Wonderworld Comics #7

(November 1939)

[Invasion of the Kikoos] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flame / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Will Eisner [as Basil Berold] (signed)

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flame [Gary Preston]; un-named girl agent; The Kikoos (villains, some die); Monk (villain)

Synopsis:

The Flame has to deal with the wanton killing and robberies staged by a group of weird, spectral creatures called the Kikoo, which came from an island where the government leaders hid them out because of their inferior minds. Unfortunately, led by an evil influence, they are capable of extreme violence, as the Flame discovers.

Reprints:

• in The Flame (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Summer 1940)
• in The Adventure Album (G. T. Limited, 1959 series) (1959)
• in Golden-Age Greats (AC, 1994 series) #3 (1995)
• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #3 (2008)
• in Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) ([February 15] 2009)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #79 ([May] 2009)
• in L'âge merveilleux des Comics (J.F.C. Editions, 2012 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Revised synopsis added by Craig Delich (2009-7-30).

[The Voodoo Master] (Table of Contents: 2)

Yarko the Great, Master Magician / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Will Eisner [as Anthony Brooks] (signed)

Inks:

Will Eisner [as Anthony Brooks] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Yarko; Vladim (villain, death); his beast-men (villains, death)

Synopsis:

While traveling through the moors outside London, Yarko comes across a man who has been murdered. Stranger still is a weird scientist who practices voodoo and has a group of beast-men under his personal control.

Reprints:

• in Super Thrill Album (G. T. Limited, 1959 series) (1959?)
• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #3 (No Date [circa décembre 2007]) [excerpts]
• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #3 (2008)

In Guatemala (Table of Contents: 3)

Shorty Shortcake / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (signed)

Pencils:

S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (signed)

Inks:

S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Shorty Shortcake

[Sabotage On the Northern Clipper] (Table of Contents: 4)

Patty O'Day / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Claire Moe

Pencils:

Claire Moe

Inks:

Claire Moe

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Patty O'Day

Reprints:

• in Super Thrill Album (G. T. Limited, 1959 series) (1959?)

[The Revenge of Loti Gen-Kee] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dr. Fung / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean] (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean] (signed)

Inks:

Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Dr. Fung; Dan Barrister; Lio San; Little Lotus Flower (death); Khan Gen-Kee (villain, death)

Synopsis:

After the death of a Mr. Byron, Dr. Fung and his assistant pull a false maneuover against Khan Gen-Kee in order to secure evidence that Gen-Kee is responsible.

Reprints:

• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #3 (2008)

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-28-08.

Tommy Taylor in India (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

S. M. Iger (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Powell

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Tommy Taylor

A Hot Lead Rumba On "Crazy Woman Creek" (Table of Contents: 7)

Tex Maxon / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson] (signed)

Pencils:

Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson] (signed)

Inks:

Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Tex Mason

[A Day at the Circus] (Table of Contents: 8)

Don Quixote / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Don Quixote

[The Plot to Take the Phillipines] (Table of Contents: 9)

K-51 Spies at War / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie] (signed)

Pencils:

Bob Powell ?

Inks:

Bob Powell ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Von Diableff (villain, introduction)

[Diamonds of Death] (Table of Contents: 10)

Mob Buster Robinson / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

? [as Larry Vance] (signed)

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Mob Buster Robinson; Coleman (villain, introduction, death)

Reprints:

• in Super Thrill Album (G. T. Limited, 1959 series) (1959?)

In Cuba (Table of Contents: 11)

Spark Stevens / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spark Stevens

Reprints:

• in The Adventure Album (G. T. Limited, 1959 series) (1959)