Headline Comics #v2#3 (15)
(September-October 1945)

Prize, 1943 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
American Boys' Comics Inc.
Editing
Samuel Bierman

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Junior Rangers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer
Colors
?

Keywords
helicopters; swords

[The Return of Dr. Emit] (Table of Contents: 1)

Junior Rangers / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Dr. Emit; Attila the Hun

Hi-Jackers of the Arctic (Table of Contents: 2)

Buck Saunders / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Munson Paddock
Inks
Munson Paddock
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Art ID from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version: https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=55435

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

First-Fact-Fun / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Origin of 'Sergeant'!
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Five cartoons illustrating famous "firsts" such as "first public coffee house."

Crime Ain't Profitable (Table of Contents: 4)

Petty Larceny Pete / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howie Post
Inks
Howie Post
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Petty Larceny Pete (only appearance)

Indexer Notes

"Signed" on splash panel with a little stick-figure of a cat, one of Post's signatures, which is also used alongside his name in Wonderland Comics #1 (Summer 1945). Bails also credits Post on this feature.

The Golden Goblets (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Clem Colbert
Letters
typeset

Paradise Lost (Table of Contents: 6)

Worldbeater and Unghh / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Froehlich
Inks
August Froehlich
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Jo-Blo; Gopher people

Indexer Notes

continued in issue #17

[The King of the Air] (Table of Contents: 7)

Blue Streak / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Alderman
Inks
Jack Alderman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Johnny King

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Big 4

Indexer Notes

House ad for Headline, Wonderland, Treasure, and Prize Comics. The only artwork is cover reproductions.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Junior Rangers
  2. 1. [The Return of Dr. Emit]
    Junior Rangers
  3. 2. Hi-Jackers of the Arctic
    Buck Saunders
  4. 3. ["Origin of 'Sergeant'!"]
    First-Fact-Fun
  5. 4. Crime Ain't Profitable
    Petty Larceny Pete
  6. 5. The Golden Goblets
  7. 6. Paradise Lost
    Worldbeater and Unghh
  8. 7. [The King of the Air]
    Blue Streak
  9. 8. ["The Big 4"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • James Ludwig
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt