(April 1945)

Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Spotlight
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia publisher is The Spotlight.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Giunta (signed)
Inks
John Giunta (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; jungle

Indexer Notes

Cover does not depict a scene from the comic.

Murder at College (Table of Contents: 1)

Mr. and Mrs. Lane / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Manny Stallman
Pencils
Manny Stallman (signed)
Inks
Manny Stallman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Bob Lane; Blanche Lane (first and only appearance)

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

Cookin' with Laughing Gas / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Inez Karma
Pencils
Inez Karma [as Karma]
Inks
Inez Karma
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's going on up there, Jack?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Tugboat Danny and Bilge / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Schertz (signed)
Inks
Schertz (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why--it's the inventor, Red Herringbone IV!
Characters
Captain Danny; Bilge; Red Herringbone IV (first appearance for all; only appearance)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Cookin' with Laughing Gas / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wish you'd have a carpenter fix this table, John!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

This is the second instance of this feature in the comic. However, there are no continuing characters and, unlike the first appearance, "Karma" is not credited.

The White Beaver (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Mohee / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Warren ?
Pencils
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)
Inks
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Little Mohee (first and only appearance)

Indexer Notes

Signed at bottom left in last panel.

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

Funifties / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You missed 63 times, sir!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

5 separate gag cartoons.

A Touch of Murder (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Cuthbert (credited)
Letters
typeset

Moro Island (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gerald Altman (signed)
Inks
Gerald Altman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Simple Seaman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm here to ask for a volunteer!
Genre
humor; military

On Volcano Island (Table of Contents: 10)

Steve Strong / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gerald Altman [as G.A.] (signed)
Inks
Gerald Altman [as G.A.] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Steve Strong (introduction; only appearance)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Murder at College
    Mr. and Mrs. Lane
  3. 2. ["What's going on up there, Jack?"]
    Cookin' with Laughing Gas
  4. 3. ["Why--it's the inventor, Red Herringbone IV!"]
    Tugboat Danny and Bilge
  5. 4. ["I wish you'd have a carpenter fix this table, John!"]
    Cookin' with Laughing Gas
  6. 5. The White Beaver
    Little Mohee
  7. 6. ["You missed 63 times, sir!"]
    Funifties
  8. 7. A Touch of Murder
  9. 8. Moro Island
  10. 9. ["I'm here to ask for a volunteer!"]
    Simple Seaman
  11. 10. On Volcano Island
    Steve Strong
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt