(April 1943)

Ace Magazines, 1940 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1943-02-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Periodical House Inc.
Brand
An Ace Magazine
Editing
Aaron A. Wyn

Issue Notes

Most of the data for this issue is from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index.

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)

Magno the Magnetic Man; The Sword / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Kurtzman
Inks
Harvey Kurtzman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Magno; Davey; The Sword

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

Magno the Magnetic Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From the very shadows of the hotseat to the sun-scorched hills of the Mexican border...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magno; Davey; The Clown (master of murder)

Mystery of Dead Man's Curve (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. Risk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Kurtzman
Inks
Harvey Kurtzman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; superhero

Bait for the Swawmi's Diabolic Trap (Table of Contents: 3)

Dr. Nemesis / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Drygulcher's Debt (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Theodore Wayland Douglas [as Cliff Howe] (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

This story is a reprint from Western Aces, August 1937 as written by Bruce Douglas, a pseudonym of Theodore Wayland Douglas. Cliff Howe is an Ace house name used in lieu of Douglas in this instance. Information from Fiction Magazine Database.

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

The Sword / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Walter Davoren (signed as Earl Da Voren)
Inks
Walter Davoren (signed as Earl Da Voren)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Into the darkest pages of a sin-stained history...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Sword; The Lancer; Faye Morgana (villain)
Synopsis
Morgana sabotages an anti aircraft devise to prevent its use against the Nazis.

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

Buckskin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Kurtzman
Inks
Harvey Kurtzman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Six hours until the trap on the gallows springs...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Buckskin [Robert Blake]; Mr Death (villain)
Synopsis
Mr Death takes revenge on those who tried to kill him.

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

Hap Hazard / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On the first assignment of his career...
Genre
adventure; humor
Synopsis
Hap gets his first assignment.

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

Paul Revere Jr. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Kurtzman
Inks
Harvey Kurtzman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On a lonely cliff side beach far from any aid...
Genre
adventure
Synopsis
Paul Revere Jr. and the rest of the America Awake club complain that their plane spotting role is boring, but little did they know what adventure was to follow when they spot a Nazi plane.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Magno the Magnetic Man; The Sword
  2. 1. ["From the very shadows of the hotseat to the sun-scorched hills of the Mexican border..."]
    Magno the Magnetic Man
  3. 2. Mystery of Dead Man's Curve
    Mr. Risk
  4. 3. Bait for the Swawmi's Diabolic Trap
    Dr. Nemesis
  5. 4. Drygulcher's Debt
  6. 5. ["Into the darkest pages of a sin-stained history..."]
    The Sword
  7. 6. ["Six hours until the trap on the gallows springs..."]
    Buckskin
  8. 7. ["On the first assignment of his career..."]
    Hap Hazard
  9. 8. ["On a lonely cliff side beach far from any aid..."]
    Paul Revere Jr.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Hector G. DueƱas G.
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jochen G.
  • Del Gruber
  • James Ludwig
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Len Wolinsky
  • Tom Zsolt