Shadow Comics #v2#8 [20]
(November 1942)

Street and Smith, 1940 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-09-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Street & Smith Publications Inc.
Editing
William De Grouchy (credited as William DeGrouchy) (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Shadow / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Vernon Greene
Inks
Vernon Greene
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Shadow [Lamont Cranston]

Horror House (Table of Contents: 1)

The Shadow / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Gibson (see notes)
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Barton Frew; Margo Lane; Skeet Hansen

Indexer Notes

Writer credit was formerly given to Otto Binder.

Giant's Garden (Table of Contents: 2)

The Shadow / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Gibson (see notes)
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Shiwan Khan; Margo Lane; Moe Shrevnitz; Skeet Harley

Indexer Notes

Writer credit was formerly given as "Otto Binder ?".

The Haunted Mill (Table of Contents: 3)

The Shadow / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Gibson (see notes)
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]; Roger Strahn (introduction); Bob Jorman; Valda Rune; Skeet Harley

Indexer Notes

The writer's credit was formerly given as "Otto Binder ?".

The Clue of the Missing Periods (Table of Contents: 4)

Nick Carter / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nick De Stephano
Inks
Nick De Stephano
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery; adventure; crime
Characters
Nick Carter

In the Castle of Death (Table of Contents: 5)

The Hooded Wasp / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hooded Wasp [Bob]; Wasplet [Jim Martin]; Dr. Merlin; Mirth (introduction); Rita Mirth (introduction)

Ghost Car Robbers (Table of Contents: 6)

Danny Garrett / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Mirror Dennetti

[The Bubble King] (Table of Contents: 7)

Little Nemo in Slumberland / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Jack Binder ?
Inks
Jack Binder ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Little Nemo; The Bubble King (introduction); Flip; Impie; Peppy; King Morpheus; the Princess

Indexer Notes

The feature next appearance was in Punch Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #9 (July 1944).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Sam th' Seal / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Wessell (credited as Charles W. Wessell)
Inks
Charles Wessell (credited as Charles W. Wessell)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look lads! Sam th' Seal!
Genre
humor

Secret Codes (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Henry Lysing
Letters
typeset

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Shadow
  2. 1. Horror House
    The Shadow
  3. 2. Giant's Garden
    The Shadow
  4. 3. The Haunted Mill
    The Shadow
  5. 4. The Clue of the Missing Periods
    Nick Carter
  6. 5. In the Castle of Death
    The Hooded Wasp
  7. 6. Ghost Car Robbers
    Danny Garrett
  8. 7. [The Bubble King]
    Little Nemo in Slumberland
  9. 8. ["Look lads! Sam th' Seal!"]
    Sam th' Seal
  10. 9. Secret Codes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky