Headline Comics #v1#3 (3)
(April 1943)

Prize, 1943 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1943-02-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
American Boys' Comics, Inc.
Editing
Samuel Bierman

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Junior Rangers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Binder (signed)
Inks
Jack Binder (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Junior Rangers

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Junior Rangers / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Ward
Inks
G. Hausmann
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once more, Europe shakes beneath the avenging tramp...
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Junior Rangers; Adolf Hitler

Animal Crackers (Table of Contents: 2)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Buster Greene
Pencils
Buster Greene
Inks
Buster Greene
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Cliff Gordon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ann Brewster ?
Inks
Ann Brewster ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The slimy tentacles of fascism reach...
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Cliff Gordon

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

Happy and Scrappy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Browne (signed)
Inks
Ken Browne
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh, Scrappy, this snow is pretty terrible...
Genre
humor
Characters
Happy; Scrappy

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

Tom Morgan / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Zere
Inks
Al Zere
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The good old days--when knights were bold...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Tom Morgan

Growing Pains (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Crest Wood
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Invisible Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is a picture of some boys.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Invisible Boy [Dan Curtis](first appearance)

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

Private Messkit / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Zere
Inks
Al Zere
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ya gotta pick up a jeep...
Genre
humor
Characters
Private Messkit

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Johnny Doolittle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Zere
Inks
Al Zere
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Did you ever hear of a man who buried his future?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Little Johnny Doolittle

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Perry Allen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Douglas Grant
Inks
Douglas Grant
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rubber!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Perry Allen
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Junior Rangers
  2. 1. ["Once more, Europe shakes beneath the avenging tramp..."]
    Junior Rangers
  3. 2. Animal Crackers
  4. 3. ["The slimy tentacles of fascism reach..."]
    Cliff Gordon
  5. 4. ["Gosh, Scrappy, this snow is pretty terrible..."]
    Happy and Scrappy
  6. 5. ["The good old days--when knights were bold..."]
    Tom Morgan
  7. 6. Growing Pains
  8. 7. ["This is a picture of some boys."]
    Invisible Boy
  9. 8. ["Ya gotta pick up a jeep..."]
    Private Messkit
  10. 9. ["Did you ever hear of a man who buried his future?"]
    Little Johnny Doolittle
  11. 10. ["Rubber!"]
    Perry Allen
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Richard Smith
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)