(November 1944)
Harvey,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1944
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Family Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Leon Harvey
Green Hornet Battles Unwelcome Cargo
Green Hornet / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Schomburg (sourced)
- Inks
- Alex Schomburg (sourced)
- Colors
- Alex Schomburg ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Green Hornet [Britt Reid]
Indexer Notes
Originally, cover pencil and ink credit was given to Al Avison.
Illustration for the text story.
The Corpse Who Walked Away
Green Hornet / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Hornet; Mamaloi [Miss Gordon] (villain, introduction)
[The Crooner's Code]
Spirit of '76 / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit of 76 [Gary Blakely]; Tubby Reynolds; Susan Reynolds (WAC Lieutenant); Hank Wonatra (villain, Nazi spy, introduction); the Nazis (villains, many die)
- Synopsis
- Hank Wonatra accidentally drops a piece of paper found by Gary, which contains a German code indicating attacks to be made on a U.S. ship convoy. The Spirit discovers that code messages are being relayed by Wonatra over the radio when he sings.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- News
in Indexer Notes
Script credit revised from Powell ? to ? by Craig Delich. The Who's Who indicates that Powell illustrated this feature only and there is no extant evidence to prove he also wrote it.
The reprint from AC fails to print Page 2 and reprints Page 5 twice.
The sign-off boxes in the margins of the original art show the inker and letterer credit as "BRB", indicating that Bob Powell did not ink this story himself.
[Japanese Carnival]
Mighty Midgets / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- The Japanese (villains)
Why?
Blonde Bomber / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ramon Sinistero (villain, introduction, death)
The Story behind the Cover
Green Hornet / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Hornet [Britt Reid]
[The Dinosaur Squad]
Corporal Fooie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Corporal Fooie" feature in Green Hornet Comics. It was last seen in All-New Comics (Harvey, 1943 Series) #8 (May 1944).
This is the final appearance of the "Corporal Fooie" feature.
The Zoot-Suit Sharks
Twinkle Twins / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Draga (villain, introduction)
Gluttony Must Kill
Zebra / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mints Maqouit (villain, introduction); Slapsie (villain, introduction, death); Doleful (villain, introduction, death); Slicker (villain, introduction, death)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Green Hornet Battles Unwelcome Cargo
Green Hornet -
1.
The Corpse Who Walked Away
Green Hornet -
2.
[The Crooner's Code]
Spirit of '76 -
3.
[Japanese Carnival]
Mighty Midgets -
4.
Why?
Blonde Bomber -
5.
The Story behind the Cover
Green Hornet -
6.
[The Dinosaur Squad]
Corporal Fooie -
7.
The Zoot-Suit Sharks
Twinkle Twins -
8.
Gluttony Must Kill
Zebra
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Weldon Adams
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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