(October 1944)

Ace Magazines, 1940 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Ace Periodicals Inc.
Brand
An Ace Magazine
Editing
Aaron A. Wyn

Issue Notes

"Vol. IV no. 4"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Magno; Davey / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Louis Ferstadt (signed)
Inks
Louis Ferstadt (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Magno; Davey [Davey Landis]; The Clown

[The Rats with the Brains of Men] (Table of Contents: 1)

Magno and Davey / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Ferstadt ?; George Gregg ?
Inks
Lou Ferstadt
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Magno; Davey [Davey Landis]; The Clown (villain)
Synopsis
The duo fight their nemesis, The Clown, who, working out of a traveling circus, uses trained rats to carry out his plan of death.

Indexer Notes

Information from Craig Delich (September, 2005).

Story is unsigned.

George Gregg credit from Steve Rogers (August 2007).

Danger That Laughed! (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. Risk / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Ferstadt
Inks
Lou Ferstadt
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Mr. Risk; Abdul
Synopsis
Mr. Risk and Abdul go undercover in a boiler room to find out what is causing strange accidents.

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

Chuck / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ferstadt Studio
Pencils
Lou Ferstadt
Inks
Lou Ferstadt
Colors
?
Letters
Ferstadt Studio?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Meet Chuck Connors, of Coudersport...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Chuck Connors (introduction); Hazel; Mr. Wrinkle; Miss Merger
Synopsis
Chuck accidentally brings a box of mice to a high-school dance.

[The Genius] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Sword / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Ferstadt
Inks
L. B. Cole
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Sword [Arthur Lake]; The Genius (villain, introduction); Fay Morgana (villain, Nazi spy); The Hun (villain); The Goth (villain)
Synopsis
The Sword has to face the Genius, a little man with big ideas, the most prominent of which was death for hundreds of American sailors and thousands of Yankee soldiers.

Hell Riders of the Brazos (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Cliff Howe (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier

[The Phony Soldiers] (Table of Contents: 6)

Paul Revere Jr / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Ferstadt
Inks
Lou Ferstadt
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Magno; Davey
  2. 1. [The Rats with the Brains of Men]
    Magno and Davey
  3. 2. Danger That Laughed!
    Mr. Risk
  4. 3. ["Meet Chuck Connors, of Coudersport..."]
    Chuck
  5. 4. [The Genius]
    The Sword
  6. 5. Hell Riders of the Brazos
  7. 6. [The Phony Soldiers]
    Paul Revere Jr
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Jochen G.
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Len Wolinsky