(July 1947)

Superior, 1947 Series
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Price
0.10 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Superior Publishers Limited
Editing
Waldemar Heggum

Issue Notes

Waldemar Heggum credited in indicia as Editor.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dynamic Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Gattuso
Inks
Paul Gattuso
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Dynamic Man [Bert McQuade]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The women in the dinosaur's grasp and the ballet-like pose of Dynamic Man are typical Gattuso.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Dynamic Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Cataldo
Inks
Tony Cataldo
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What devilish purpose was behind the unwilling jinxing...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dynamic Man [Bert McQuade]

Indexer Notes

Most probably art by Cataldo, when comparing the faces and figure movement with his signed Voodah story in Crown Comics #16. He is credited on Dynamic Man by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

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

The Echo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Paul Gattuso
Inks
Paul Gattuso
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No one would ever have known the grim destiny that lurked behind...
Characters
The Echo [Jim Carson]

Indexer Notes

Gattuso's unique and a bit comical style, with gaping faces and running on long legs, is not to be mistaken. He is credited on "Echo" by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Welcome Home (Table of Contents: 3)

Ima Slooth / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Beck
Inks
Otto Eppers ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humour
Characters
Ima Slooth

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

Manhunters -- Crime on the Run / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Frozen corpses for Christmas started a grim manhunt...
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

The same story was later recounted as 'Murder for Christmas' in Justice (Marvel, 1947 series) #4. Possibly both are adaptations of the same true crime event.

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

Knockout Drops / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Beck
Inks
Otto Eppers ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humour
Synopsis
Two page centerfold of humorous cartoons.

Death Doze (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Synopsis
A war vet with two artificial legs who works at a gas station helps capture a crook.

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

Yankee Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Some evil power haunted the shadows...
Characters
Yankee Boy

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

Dan Hastings / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ralph Mayo
Inks
Ralph Mayo
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What horrible delicacy did the frogmen of Venus...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dan Hastings; Dr. Carter; Bob Carter; Gloria Carter; King Chugoo (lizard man)

Indexer Notes

This story matches Mayo very well with bodies and angry faces as in his signed story in Thrilling Comics #59.

Killer's Trap (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Mr. E / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Sultan
Inks
Charles Sultan
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why did men with grim faces and shifty eyes come to Samson's toy bazaar?
Characters
Mr. E

Indexer Notes

The close up face of the old man match the rendering of the face on the sample of Sultan's work from Who's Who. Also the hands, movement and inking match.

[Baseball] (Table of Contents: 11)

It's a Fact / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Beck
Inks
Otto Eppers ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Facts about baseball.
Keywords
baseball
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dynamic Man
  2. 1. ["What devilish purpose was behind the unwilling jinxing..."]
    Dynamic Man
  3. 2. ["No one would ever have known the grim destiny that lurked behind..."]
    The Echo
  4. 3. Welcome Home
    Ima Slooth
  5. 4. ["Frozen corpses for Christmas started a grim manhunt..."]
    Manhunters -- Crime on the Run
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Knockout Drops
  7. 6. Death Doze
  8. 7. ["Some evil power haunted the shadows..."]
    Yankee Boy
  9. 8. ["What horrible delicacy did the frogmen of Venus..."]
    Dan Hastings
  10. 9. Killer's Trap
  11. 10. ["Why did men with grim faces and shifty eyes come to Samson's toy bazaar?"]
    Mr. E
  12. 11. [Baseball]
    It's a Fact
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • David Wilt