Amazing Mystery Funnies #v1#2

(September 1938)

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

Skyrocket Steele / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is the year "X" (about 2500 A.D.) and our three friends.......

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Skyrocket Steele Dodge (introduction); Sari Marston; Peter Muhr; King Kurt; Minister Craid; Tal (villain, Lieutenant in command of Mannin); Vance Roy (villain)

Synopsis

Steele heads to the planet out-post Mannin at the request of King Kurt to investigate the mysterious bat raids that supposedly have been occuring.

Reprints

• in Amazing Adventure Funnies (Centaur, 1940 series) #1 (June 1940)
• in The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #1 - Amazing Mysteries (December 2011)

Indexer Notes

This is the first Skyrocket Steele story, even though he was featured on the cover of the previous issue.
Bill Everett also signs in the final panel.

The Sacred White Elephant (Table of Contents: 2)

Brailey of the Tropics / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Victor Dowling (credited as Victor J. Dowling)

Pencils

Victor Dowling (credited as Victor J. Dowling)

Inks

Victor Dowling (credited as Victor J. Dowling)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Joe Brailey

Reprints

• from Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #v1#1 (November 1936)

Diamond of Doom (Table of Contents: 3)

Speed Rush / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Phil Richards (credited)

Pencils

Jim Wilcox (credited as Milt Wilcox)

Inks

Jim Wilcox (credited as Milt Wilcox)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We're going to be murdered, Detective Rush!

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Speed Rush; O. Fenton (diamond cutter); Machine-Gun Corson (villain); Rocks McCool (villain)

Reprints

• from Detective Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #2 (January 1937)
• from Detective Picture Stories (1936 series) #2 (January 1937) (Comics Magazine Company)

Rocks of Fate (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wal - H'ya, Baldy...

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Baldy; Blackie; Joe

Reprints

• from ? (Comics Magazine Company, ? series) #?

Indexer Notes

It seems likely that this is a Comics Magazine Company reprint, but no match is currently known.

All pages are printed in black and red, except page two, which is in black and white.

An Excursion to Mars (Table of Contents: 5)

2038 A. D. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

A. S. Van Eerde (signed)

Pencils

A. S. Van Eerde (signed)

Inks

A. S. Van Eerde (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

1st appearance of strip. A two page spread.

Flying Bluff (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Lloyd Jacquet (credited as Lloyd)

Pencils

Terry Gilkison (signed as Gilkison) (2 spot illustrations)

Inks

Terry Gilkison (signed as Gilkison) (2 spot illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Even though there was a war ging on...

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Lieutenant Powell Branson of the Chinese Flying Corps; Lieutenant Nakamura (Japanese pilot)

Synopsis

Branson and Nakamura are involved in a dog-fight over the Yangtsee River, and both survive.

Reprints

• in Amazing Adventure Funnies (Centaur, 1940 series) #1 (June 1940)

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

The Brothers 3 / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Will Eisner (signed as Eisner) (credited as William Eisner)

Pencils

Will Eisner (signed as Eisner) (credited as William Eisner)

Inks

Will Eisner (signed as Eisner) (credited as William Eisner)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the office of the French Foreign Legion in French Morrocco - a prominent merchant pleads...

Characters

The Brothers 3 [Capt. Smith; Baron Carl von Kirchoven; Fatts Dugan]; J. M. Thormick; Commandant Phillippe; Ben Ali (leader of a desert tribe)

Reprints

• from Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #v1#4 (February 1937)

Indexer Notes

Also signed, as "Eisner", in the final panel.

Treachery on the Trail (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Henry Muheim (credited as H. Muheim)

Pencils

Henry Muheim (credited as H. Muheim)

Inks

Henry Muheim (credited as H. Muheim)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Into the setting sun...

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Tom Travis; Sal Travis; Onah the Chippewa

Reprints

• from Western Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1937 series) #1 (February 1937)

The Red Raider (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Moore (credited as E. McD. Moore, Jr.)

Pencils

Ed Moore (credited as E. McD. Moore, Jr.)

Inks

Ed Moore (credited as E. McD. Moore, Jr.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

An utterly exhausted hillman...

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Red Raider; Lt. Smoky Battle

Reprints

• from Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #v1#2 (December 1936)

Indexer Notes

Moore also signs - as Ed Moore - on the final page.