(Fall 1943)

Marvel, 1943 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1943-10-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantasy Comics, Incorporated
Editing
Vince Fago

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. 4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Young Allies / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Bucky Barnes; Toro; Whitewash Jones; Tubby

Indexer Notes

Original pencil credit given to: Al Avison. Original ink credit given to: Syd Shores. Updated pencil and ink credits from West Stephan (April 18, 2005).

Caught In the Tune of Death (Ch. 1) (Table of Contents: 1)

Young Allies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Rico
Inks
Al Gabriele ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America (guest-star); Black Dirge (villain)

The Song of Doom (Ch. 2) (Table of Contents: 2)

Young Allies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Rico
Inks
Al Gabriele ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Dirge (villain)

Into the Jaws of the Monsters (Ch. 3) (Table of Contents: 3)

Young Allies / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Rico
Inks
Al Gabriele ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Dirge (villain)

Battle Against the Nazi Horror (Table of Contents: 4)

Vision / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino ?
Inks
Gil Kane ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

The Who's Who has Infantino penciling on Captain Wonder at this date.
Kane once stated that he and Infantino formed a team between 1943 and 1946.

[The Inducto Machine] (Table of Contents: 5)

Jeep Jones / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils
Chic Stone (signed)
Inks
Chic Stone (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I repeat! What in the name of everlasting peace is it?
Genre
humor
Characters
Jeep Jones (introduction)

The Human Eel (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Tod; Hardy

[Alexandria Incident] (Table of Contents: 7)

Dare Devils 3 / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Schrotter (signed as G. S.)
Inks
Gus Schrotter (signed as G. S.)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The war hit the garment center of New York...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Dare Devils 3 [Clancy (introduction); Goldy (introduction); Off-Key (introduction)]

Tha B'ar! (Table of Contents: 8)

Billy Hill / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Douglas
Inks
Harry Douglas
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Billy Hill (introduction); Ol' Goon Haid; Stinky Joe; Goosegrease Gus; Pappy Hill; Mammy Kornkicker

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

Make-Believe Magic / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Hamilton ?
Pencils
Ed Hamilton (signed)
Inks
Ed Hamilton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer misread the signature as "George Harrison."

[The Origin of Red Hawk] (Table of Contents: 10)

Red Hawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Klein; Gil Kane ?
Inks
Gil Kane ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Red Hawk [Jan Valor] (introduction, origin); Major Hoffritz; Tanka [also called Tanaya]; General Draja Mikhailovitch

Indexer Notes

Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006).
Kane once affirmed that he worked on this story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Young Allies
  2. 1. Caught In the Tune of Death (Ch. 1)
    Young Allies
  3. 2. The Song of Doom (Ch. 2)
    Young Allies
  4. 3. Into the Jaws of the Monsters (Ch. 3)
    Young Allies
  5. 4. Battle Against the Nazi Horror
    Vision
  6. 5. [The Inducto Machine]
    Jeep Jones
  7. 6. The Human Eel
  8. 7. [Alexandria Incident]
    Dare Devils 3
  9. 8. Tha B'ar!
    Billy Hill
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Make-Believe Magic
  11. 10. [The Origin of Red Hawk]
    Red Hawk
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Ramon Schenk
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