Prize Comics #v4#5 (41)
(April 1944)

Prize, 1940 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1944-03-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Feature Publications Inc.
Editing
Samuel Bierman (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Yank & Doodle & Black Owl / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Zolnerowich ?
Inks
Dan Zolnerowich ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can the Black Owl and Yank & Doodle escape from impending doom?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Black Owl [Doug Danville]; Yank [Dick Walters]; Doodle [Rick Walters]

Indexer Notes

Tentative art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card attached to online scanned version.

Laugh At Locksmiths, Inc. (Table of Contents: 1)

Yank & Doodle & Black Owl / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Del Bourgo
Inks
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors
?
Letters
?

The Three Natures of the Frankenstein Monster (Table of Contents: 2)

Frankenstein / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Briefer
Pencils
Dick Briefer
Inks
Dick Briefer
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense; superhero

The Nazis Who Were Afraid of the Rain (Table of Contents: 3)

Ted O'Neil / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
E. C. Stoner
Inks
Arnold Hicks
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Pencils formerly credited to Arnold Hicks. Ink credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card attached to online scanned version.

The Ghost Whistle (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Crest Wood
Letters
typeset

[Building the Better Dishwasher] (Table of Contents: 5)

Worldbeater and Unggh / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Morgan
Pencils
Fred Morgan (signed as F. M.)
Inks
Fred Morgan (signed as F. M.)
Colors
?
Letters
?

[The Gold Penny Counterfeiter] (Table of Contents: 6)

Airmale / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Morgan
Pencils
Fred Morgan
Inks
Fred Morgan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card attached to online scanned version suggests Ann Brewster as the artist.

[Swami Sinistrari] (Table of Contents: 7)

Flying Fist and Bingo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Del Bourgo
Inks
Mort Lawrence ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Story formerly credited to Fred Morgan.

Tentative ink credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card attached to online scanned version.

Bag the Axis (Table of Contents: 8)

Yank & Doodle & Black Owl / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Del Bourgo
Inks
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

paper-drive feature; w/ the Vaquero, who makes his first story appearance next issue

Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card attached to online scanned version.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Can the Black Owl and Yank & Doodle escape from impending doom?"]
    Yank & Doodle & Black Owl
  2. 1. Laugh At Locksmiths, Inc.
    Yank & Doodle & Black Owl
  3. 2. The Three Natures of the Frankenstein Monster
    Frankenstein
  4. 3. The Nazis Who Were Afraid of the Rain
    Ted O'Neil
  5. 4. The Ghost Whistle
  6. 5. [Building the Better Dishwasher]
    Worldbeater and Unggh
  7. 6. [The Gold Penny Counterfeiter]
    Airmale
  8. 7. [Swami Sinistrari]
    Flying Fist and Bingo
  9. 8. Bag the Axis
    Yank & Doodle & Black Owl
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Dick Sabo
  • Jim Van Dore