Keen Detective Funnies
#v2#6
(June 1939)
Centaur,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1939-04-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Centaur Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Lloyd Jacquet
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 416822.
Pyramid of Death
Dean Denton / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Harry Francis Campbell
- Pencils
- Harry Francis Campbell
- Inks
- Harry Francis Campbell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dean Denton
[no title indexed]
Spy Hunters / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bixby...Bixby!!!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Forsyth; Sergeant MacLean
[no title indexed]
Dan Dennis, F.B.I. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Sam Gilman [as Gilman] (signed)
- Pencils
- Sam Gilman [as Gilman] (signed)
- Inks
- Sam Gilman [as Gilman] (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Washington-Centre of the nation's crime-fighting machine......
- Characters
- Dan Dennis; Inspector Joe Tickner; Chop Quiderio (villain); Achmet (villain, huge giant)
- Synopsis
- Dan is sent to New York to break up a dangerous dope ring and discovers an old smuggling racketeer posing as a fortune teller....and he smells a rat!
- Reprints
-
in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #80 (2009) - in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #13 - Centaur Chronicles ([August] 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed in black and white.
[no title indexed]
Crane of Scotland Yard / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inspector Crane speaking...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Crane
- Reprints
- in Masked Marvel (Centaur, 1940 series) #2 (October 1940)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed in duotone.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Dan Dix, Ship Detective / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As the first rays of the morning sun...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dan Dix
Indexer Notes
Printed in duotone.
Shark
Dave Dean / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Norman Daniels (credited)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (credited)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Funny Pages (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#3 (November 1937)
-
Racing Against Doom
Capt. Steve Ransom / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Steve Ransom
- Reprints
- in Fantoman (Centaur, 1940 series) #3 (October 1940)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed in black and white.
Boomerang
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Funny Picture Stories (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#2 (October 1937)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed in duotone.
Muss 'Em Up
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner [as William Eisner] (signed)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner [as Eisner] (signed)
- Inks
- Will Eisner [as Eisner] (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Hammer Donovan; Captain Spencer; Fen Soo (Donovan's servant); Mike Morelli (villain); Tony (villain, death); Curley [aka as Curly] (villain, death); Hophead Harry (villain)
- Synopsis
- Hammer Donovan is called back onto the Police force, with no legal limitations, to track down a notorious killer and his gang that have been bumping off cops, and whose identity and whereabouts are being protected by the underworld.
- Reprints
- from Detective Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #4 (March 1937)
-
A Slight Error
Lucky Coyne / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Lucky Coyne
- Reprints
- from Funny Picture Stories (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#1 (September 1937)
- from Little Giant Comics (Centaur, 1938 series) #1 (July 1938)
-
[no title indexed]
Gabby Flynn / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm kind to dumb animals...
- Characters
- Gabby Flynn
- Reprints
- in Fantoman (Centaur, 1940 series) #2 (August 1940)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Pyramid Of Death
Dean Denton -
1.
Pyramid of Death
Dean Denton -
2.
["Bixby...Bixby!!!"]
Spy Hunters -
3.
["Washington-Centre of the nation's crime-fighting machine......"]
Dan Dennis, F.B.I. -
4.
["Inspector Crane speaking..."]
Crane of Scotland Yard -
5.
["As the first rays of the morning sun..."]
Dan Dix, Ship Detective -
6.
Shark
Dave Dean -
7.
Racing Against Doom
Capt. Steve Ransom -
8.
Murder Story
-
9.
Boomerang
-
10.
Muss 'Em Up
-
11.
A Slight Error
Lucky Coyne -
12.
["I'm kind to dumb animals..."]
Gabby Flynn -
13.
[J. Edgar Hoover]
Detection Notes
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- James Ludwig
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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