(August 1945)

Narrative, 1945 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Volume
?
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
?
Editing
L. B. Cole ?
Color
Four Color
Dimensions
Standard U. S. Golden Age;
Paper Stock
Newsprint with Glossy Covers
Binding
Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

The book itself is undated anywhere. Date is a best guess based on William Woolfolk's records and Keltner's Index.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dr, Mephisto / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
L. B. Cole
Inks
L. B. Cole
Colors
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Black Raider; Merlin; Dr. Mephisto; Miss Espionage; Chin Chop
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Power Comics (Narrative, 1945 series) #3
View: Large
Edit cover
Cover gallery

Cut Rate Crimes (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Raider / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk ?
Pencils
George Appel (signed)
Inks
George Appel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Raider [Gordon Summers]

Indexer Notes

Woolfolk's records indicate he wrote at least one Black Raider story. This is probably it.
Previously appeared in Mask Comics #2.

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

Chin Chop / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Tony Dipreta (signed)
Inks
Tony Dipreta
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chin Chop, the world's worst detective...
Genre
humor
Characters
Chin Chop

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Casper Emerson
Inks
Casper Emerson
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here is a tale of the diabolical Dr. Mephisto...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Mephisto (Introduction)

Indexer Notes

Art ID by David Saunders at <http://www.pulpartists.com/Emerson.html> (September 2013).

Science Solves a Crime (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
crime

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

Miss Espionage / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk ?
Pencils
Rudy Palais (signed)
Inks
Rudy Palais
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Out of the smoke and flame of war...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Miss Espionage [daughter of Mata Hari](introduction; origin)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Woolfolk's records for this period indicate he wrote at least one Miss Espionage story and this is probably it.

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

Boy Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leo Morey
Inks
Leo Morey
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What was the secret of the magic coin?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Merlin (the Boy Magician); Pancho; Morgan Le Faye (villain)

Indexer Notes

credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Previously appeared in Mask Comics #2

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dr, Mephisto
  2. 1. Cut Rate Crimes
    Black Raider
  3. 2. ["Chin Chop, the world's worst detective..."]
    Chin Chop
  4. 3. ["Here is a tale of the diabolical Dr. Mephisto..."]
    Dr. Mephisto
  5. 4. Science Solves a Crime
  6. 5. ["Out of the smoke and flame of war..."]
    Miss Espionage
  7. 6. ["What was the secret of the magic coin?"]
    Boy Magician
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • James Ludwig
  • Lou Mougin
  • Merlin Haas
  • Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.