Yellowjacket Comics #6

(December 1945)

The Adventure of the Hollywood Blackmailers (Table of Contents: 1)

Yellowjacket / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ken Battefield

Inks

Ken Battefield

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

The Adventure of the Golden Horn Murder (Table of Contents: 2)

Yellowjacket / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Briefer ?

Inks

Dick Briefer ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]; Dr. Ronald Nielson; Wilson; Count Vincent (villain)

Synopsis

The Golden Powder Horn of the pirate Alcazar, showing where he buried his treasure, is about to be sold to the museum by the slickest confidence man in the racket. Yellowjacket finds the horn to be a hoax.

Indexer Notes

Faces, hands and movement are very similar to Brifer's later work in Frankenstein (Prize, 1945 series) #18.

Brotherly Love (Table of Contents: 3)

Diana the Huntress / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Leo Morey

Inks

Leo Morey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Diana the Huntress; Jupiter; Joe; Barney

Synopsis

Diana visits America and gets in the middle of a gem shop robbery.

Indexer Notes

Long faces and quite slow movements of figures point to Morey as artist.

Twain Shall Meet (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

King of the Beasts / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harold DeLay (as Harold De Lay)

Inks

Harold DeLay (as Harold De Lay)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Lefty' Dugan thought he was one smart guy...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Danny King; Russo; Lefty Dugan; Henry Clayton

Synopsis

Protection racketeers put the squeeze on the Russo Circus, but Danny and a newspaper publisher come up with a plan to stop them.

Indexer Notes

This is by DeLay, who can be recognized by the "slow" movement of the rather short figures. Also faces and the layout style more like old book illustrations. Originally credited to William M. Allison. Allison has more wide open eyes, like in his Poe story in #1.

The Tell Tale Heart (Table of Contents: 6)

Famous Tales of Terror / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rudy Palais (p 1); ? (pp 2-7)

Inks

Rudy Palais (p 1); Arnold Hicks (pp 2-7)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery; horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Mysterious Traveler Comics (Trans-World Publications, 1948 series) #1 (November 1948)

Indexer Notes

Pencils:
Rudy Palais added by Saltarella (error 8839)

Inks:
Palais and Hicks added by Saltarella (error 8839)

Reprints:
Note from John Haufe, April 2008.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Harbor Lights / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Arnold Hicks

Inks

Arnold Hicks

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mutiny! The ugliest word on the high seas...

Genre

adventure

Characters

old sailor; Jed Saunders

Synopsis

Mutiny and shipwreck on an old windjammer rolling down to Rio, bad food and a worse captain. Even the story teller drowned, he said.

Indexer Notes

Art credits suggested by Bails' Who's Who.

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

Bee Stings / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sure it's got corporal's stripes but it ain't mine!

Genre

humor

Bee Notes (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Arnold Hicks

Inks

Arnold Hicks

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Today in the United States...

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Facts about bees.

Indexer Notes

The faces and ears match Hicks' other story in this issue.