Amazing Man Comics #7

(November 1939)

Amazing-Man Loose! (Table of Contents: 1)

Aman the Amazing-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

A. L. Kirby (signed)

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Lucille Peabody (image in newspaper); Tom Gregg (maintenance engineer, death); un-named State Engineer; Miss Dean (State Engineer's secretary); The Great Question (villain); Garcia (villain); Murray (villain, death); Karl Holm (villain, aviator, death); Geoffrey Bliss (villain, aviator, death); Henry Muth (villain, engineering contractor, death)

Synopsis

Having interfered with the plans of the Great Question, the villain arranges for fake witnesses to claim in court that Aman forced a car off the road, killing a maintenance engineer. Forced into a cell, Aman changes into the Green Mist and confronts the witnesses, trying to get them to confess to their treachery.

Reprints

• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #3 (No Date [circa décembre 2007]) [excerpt]
• in The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #1 - Amazing Mysteries (December 2011)

Keywords

monoplane; radio-controlled super eye; Tibet

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer listed script by Bill Everett, revised credit from Gregory Huneryager 2007-5-31. Title and character info from Lou Mougin (May, 2009).

Dinosaur Forest (Table of Contents: 2)

Dinosaur Forest / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Louis Golden [as Robert Louis Golden] (signed)

Pencils

Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)

Inks

Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jay Douglas; Ronald Wells

Synopsis

Jay and Ronald discover a location in South America where dinosaurs still live.

Keywords

allosaurus; crocodile; South America; triceratops

Indexer Notes

A Complete Novelette. Info for this sequence from Gregory Huneryager 5/31/2007.
Also signed - as 'L. Golden' - in the final panel.

The 'King' of the South Seas (Table of Contents: 3)

King of the South Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harold Hughes (signed)

Inks

Harold Hughes (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Su; Mr. Jenkins; Finkey; Sir Oliver King; Doris McAllister; William Dites; Ootang; Mr. Wilkes; The King

Synopsis

Pirates launch an attack on the So Chung, a freighter bound for Sydney.

Keywords

Borneo; Makoola island; Sandakan; So Chung

Indexer Notes

Data from Jerry Bails index cards & Howard Keltners Golden Age index. Art credit from Gregory Huneryager 5/31/2007. Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.
Hughes signs on the penultimate panel of the final page.

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

The Iron Skull / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks

Carl Burgos (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Reader--In the year 1950 during the Second World War...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Skull; Inspector Bradley; Brown (first appearance, Iron Skull's aide); Dr. Toyat (first appearance, dies); Kito

Synopsis

Dr. Toyat is kidnapping young women and injecting them with drugs which transform them into giants. Iron Skull forces the mad scientist to undo his experiments.

Keywords

elevator; giants; hypodermic needle; Littlebrook; robot

Indexer Notes

Info on this sequence from Gregory Huneryager 5/31/2007. Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.
Also signed - as 'Burgos' - on the final page.
The opening caption of this story reveals Iron Skull's origin and indicates his adventures are supposed to occur some time post-1960.

[Origin of the Magician from Mars] (Table of Contents: 5)

Magician from Mars / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Giunta (signed)

Inks

Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Magician from Mars [Jane Gem35] (introduction, origin); Jane Faro [Gem35] (Earth woman, mother of daughter Jane); Jarl Gem35 (Martian man, father of daughter Jane); Dr. Clinton (introduction); Jane's Aunt (guardian, introduction)

Synopsis

The daughter of a Martian father and human mother is accidentally exposed to the rays of a cathode tube by her nurse which gives her extraordinary powers and advanced mentality. However, her Earthly heritage of affection for blood relatives is her one weakness.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #100 (2016)

Keywords

atomic rocket-tubes; cathode tube; heat suits; Mars; meteor; rocket life boat

Indexer Notes

Art credit from Gregory Huneryager (2007-5-31).

The Who's Who indicates that Giunta did both pencil and ink, and does not indicate that Kildale worked on the strip at all.

Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

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

Minimidget the Miniature Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John F. Kolb (signed)

Pencils

John F. Kolb (signed)

Inks

John F. Kolb (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, Ritty!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Minimidget; Ritty

Synopsis

Minimidget and Ritty battle a weasel.

Keywords

midget plane

First to Luna (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

David C. Cooke

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Characters

George Court; Yvonne Van Lommen; Denis Farrish

Synopsis

George races his rocket the Black Bullet to the moon to break the speed record.

Keywords

annual rocket race; Black Bullet; heaviside layer; Luna

Indexer Notes

Info on this sequence from Gregory Huneryager 5/31/2007.

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

Chuck Hardy; Land Beneath the Sea / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Thomas (signed)

Pencils

Frank Thomas (signed)

Inks

Frank Thomas (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Provided with a good meal by the patrol captain...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Chuck Hardy; Jerry Peterson; Kustan; Wistom; Oxan

Synopsis

Chuck and Jerry learn to speak Aquatanian. Oxan challenges Chuck to test his strength. Chastened when Chuck defeats him, Oxan declares he's now Chuck's servant.

Keywords

Aquatania; Roara

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

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

Mighty Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Filchock (signed)

Pencils

Martin Filchock (signed)

Inks

Martin Filchock (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Mighty Man -- a huge twelve-foot giant...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mighty Man; Jane; Joe

Synopsis

Mighty Man solves the murder of a ranger in lumber country.

Keywords

X-Bar Ranch

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

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

The Shark / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)

Pencils

Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)

Inks

Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Shark is an amazing under-sea creature...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Shark; Father Neptune; Dr. Stepet (first appearance, dies); J. J. Stone

Synopsis

The Shark learns he's the son of Father Neptune. Neptune grants the Shark additional strength while on land. The Shark and Father Neptune work together to stop Dr. Stepet from using his ray gun which can evaporate entire lakes. An octopus kills Dr. Stepet.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #63 ([February] 2007)

Keywords

magic knife; octopus; Seafish Lake; television set; World Globe

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.