Four Favorites #9

(February 1943)

The Case of the Woman Who Couldn't Die! (Table of Contents: 1)

Magno and Davey / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Walter Davoren (signed as W. D.)

Inks

Marty Taras (signed as M. T.)

Colors

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Letters

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Editing

Lou Ferstadt (signed as L.F.) (art director, see notes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fabulous was the wealth...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Magno; Davey; The Clown (villain); Princess Ohisis; Prince Fadouah (cameo)

Synopsis

There is a shortage of diamonds for American war production work, and American generosity is called upon. However The Clown wants those diamonds for his own use.

Indexer Notes

Credit for "L.F. art director". Davoren and Taras were members of the Lou Ferstadt studio at this date.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Lash Lightning / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. K.)

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. K.)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Into the very depths of nature the maestro delved...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lash Lightning [Robert Morgan]; Lightning Girl [Isobel Blake]; Young Mike Bordon; Basilo Tosca [The Maestro] (villain, in bee costume)

Reprints

• in The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #274

Indexer Notes

Kurtzman was a member of the Lou Ferstadt studio at this date.

Dead Man's Coulee (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Cliff Howe (credited) (house name)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As Tom Blaine and Jude Gorman rode...

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Tom Blaine; Jude Gorman; Loco Pete

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Unknown Soldier / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Walter Davoren (signed as E D)

Inks

Walter Davoren (signed as E D)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whenever democratic peoples face their darkest hours...

Genre

military; superhero; war

Characters

Unknown Soldier; Captain Arthur K. Wermuth; Lieutenant J. T. Bulkeley; General MacArthur; General Wainwright; Tex Chalker; Johnny Houlihan; Yamashita

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Courageous / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who was the mysterious figure of Oriental evil who stalked...

Genre

military; superhero

Characters

Captain Courageous; Captain Nippo (masked villain); Nikki Fuju; Yoshima; Sakai

Synopsis

Captain Courageous is finding Japanese saboteurs on the mainland, while Niki Fuju, a young boy now living in a Japanese WW2 interment settlement misses his dog.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mr. Risk / comic story / 6.75 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)

Inks

Harvey Kurtzman (signed as H. Kurtzman)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What was the grim secret that made Killer Gammon die with bloody laughter...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Risk; Abdul (Mr. Risk's assistant); Killer Gammon (repentant dying hoodlum); Tina Grand (his daughter)

Indexer Notes

Kurtzman was a member of the Lou Ferstadt studio at this date.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Publisher, editor, business manager : A. A. Wyn; Managing editor: Fred Gardener.
Periodical House, Inc. owned by A. A. Wyn, Rose Wyn, Warren A. Angel; E. L. Angel; C & A Publishing Company; E. Campbell

For Victory (Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Lou Ferstadt (signed as Ferstadt)

Inks

Lou Ferstadt (signed as Ferstadt)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hmph! How can my couple of dollars help any?

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Mrs. Jones; Miss Smith; Uncle Sam

Synopsis

Buy war bonds and stamps in order to win the war.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Printed in black and white.