(1944)

Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1944
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Service Publishing Co.
Editing
Harry "A" Chesler

Issue Notes

Issue number given in roman numerals as "Vol. 1 No. II" in the indicia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Major Victory / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Sultan ?; Gus Ricca ?
Inks
Charles Sultan ?; Gus Ricca ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Major Victory
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original indexer identified cover artist as Charles Sultan; JVJ index card attached to online scanned version identifies Gus Ricca as the cover artist.

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

Major Victory / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Sultan ?
Inks
Charles Sultan ?; George Tuska ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is the Legion of Lost Souls that strikes...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Major Victory; Father Patriot; John (guard at the dam, death); unnamed guard at the dam (death); The Boss (villain); The Boss's gang (villains); Jake (villain, escaped prisoner)
Synopsis
Major Victory foils a plot to destroy a dam. The murderers of two guards there are caught and sentenced to death. But no sooner than this is done, the Boss, hired by an Asian power, recruits escaped prisoners to hijack American merchant ships carrying supplies to the Far East.
Reprints
Keywords
Allen Dam

Indexer Notes

The faces of some characters, with large noses and visible teeth must be Sultan's work.

Original indexer had Charles Sultan for both pencils and inks, but the JVJ index card attached to the scanned version online credits Sultan with pencils and George Tuska with inks.

Father Patriot is costumed.

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

Dynamic Boy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Madden [as WM] (signed)
Inks
Bill Madden [as WM] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It took all the power and cunning of the mighty little Dynamic Boy...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dynamic Boy [Kent Banning] (Dr. Brown's adopted son); Dr. Brown; Brown's daughter; unnamed dope ring leader (villain, death); dope leader's gang (villains); Dr. Holmes (villain, medical center superintendent); Hideous (villain, strong-arm gang member)
Synopsis
Dynamic Boy pits himself against a drug ring that has a diabolical plan to rob the city's doctors of all of their drugs, then feed them to the wretched users who will pay any price to get them.
Reprints
Keywords
Daily News; Daily Star; Daily Times

Indexer Notes

Last appearance of Dynamic Boy [Kent Banning]; he is not Dynamic Man's later partner.

Madden is credited on Dynamic Boy by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some of the the grotesque faces with long fangs and a special cheek bone line, and also the peculiar leg work are all identical to Madden's work on the signed story of Mother Hubbard in Bulls Eye Comics #11.

Initials "WM" appear on a radio station microphone on page 3.

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

Red Herring / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Beck
Inks
Otto Eppers ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Spots' Hannigan--famous safe and lock expert--
Genre
humor
Characters
Red Herring; Spots Hannigan; Flash; Sheriff

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

Serg't Bell, RAF Demon / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Frollo ?
Inks
Frank Frollo ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sergeant Bell, crack American observer with the R.A.F.
Genre
war
Characters
Sergeant Bell
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Tentative art ID from JVJ index card attached to scanned version online.

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

Unholy Three / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Madden ?
Inks
Bill Madden ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A fine predicament for Dale to be in!
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Unholy Three
Reprints

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

Words Without Music / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Romer
Pencils
Jack Romer
Inks
Jack Romer
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're a-blinkin' and a-winkin'
Genre
humor; western-frontier
Synopsis
Humor poem with three panels of art.
Reprints

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

K-9 / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Helen King ?; Allen Ulmer ?
Inks
Helen King ?; Allen Ulmer ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A cruel fiendish invisible menace
Genre
animal; detective-mystery; science fiction
Characters
K-9 (a dog hero); Dick Star
Reprints

Indexer Notes

"H King" appears on a shop window in the last panel of page 3, however JVJ index card attached to scanned version online also tentatively identifies artist as Allen Ulmer.

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

Scoop Daley / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield ?
Inks
Ken Battefield ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Professor Marty, sworn enemy of fascism...
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Scoop Daley; Prof. Charles Marty; Sarah Marty; Hilda Cramer
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art ID from JVJ index card attached to scanned version online.

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

Lionel Railroad / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Run for Boys (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Major Victory
  2. 1. ["It is the Legion of Lost Souls that strikes..."]
    Major Victory
  3. 2. ["It took all the power and cunning of the mighty little Dynamic Boy..."]
    Dynamic Boy
  4. 3. ["'Spots' Hannigan--famous safe and lock expert--"]
    Red Herring
  5. 4. ["Sergeant Bell, crack American observer with the R.A.F."]
    Serg't Bell, RAF Demon
  6. 5. ["A fine predicament for Dale to be in!"]
    Unholy Three
  7. 6. ["We're a-blinkin' and a-winkin'"]
    Words Without Music
  8. 7. ["A cruel fiendish invisible menace"]
    K-9
  9. 8. ["Professor Marty, sworn enemy of fascism..."]
    Scoop Daley
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Lionel Railroad
  11. 10. Run for Boys
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Henry Andrews
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Michael Vance
  • David Wilt