Amazing Man Comics #9

(February 1940)

Books for Boys and Girls (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Comic Corp. of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.15 page (report information)

[Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation Etc.] (Table of Contents: 2)

statement of ownership / 0.15 page (report information)

Script

Joseph J. Hardie (credited); Berta M. Holcepl (notary) (credited)

Letters

typeset

Editing

Raymond Kelly (credited as Raymond J. Kelly) (owner, business manager); Lloyd Jacquet (credited) (editor); Comic Corporation of America (owner); Joseph J. Hardie (owner, publisher) (credited); E. L. Angel (owner) (credited)

Synopsis

Statement of ownership of "Amazing-Man Comics, published monthly at Springfield, Mass., for October 1, 1939."

Indexer Notes

Lower left corner of inside front cover.

All addresses for given as 220 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y.
Bertha M. Holcepl, Notary public, Kings County.
Managing editor listed as "none".

For 1940 It's the Centaur Group! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

The Centaur Group / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.7 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Allen L. Kirby

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed); ? (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aman, the 'Amazing-Man', having abandoned his plan to avenge the misdeeds...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Elsie (a nurse); Pat (a nurse)The Great Question (villain); un-named German Leutnant (villain); Herman (villain); Karl (villain); Erich (villain, intern, death); Wilhelm (villain); Joseph (villain); other Nazis (villains, some die)

Synopsis

Escaping from the clutches of the Nazis, thanks to "The Green Mist," Aman steals a German plane and heads for Berlin. He is shot down, injured, and once again captured. While in the hospital, the Great Question mentally contacts Aman and demands he escape and head for Tibet.

Reprints

• in The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #2 - Heroic Tales (September 2013)

Keywords

Berlin; bomber; France; Hetrocoryn; motorcycle; Siegfried Line; The Green Mist; Tibet

Indexer Notes

First line and character information from Lou Mougin (May 2009).

According to Blake Bell, Everett received an art assist on this story from some unknown artist.

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

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

Script

Harold Hughes (signed)

Pencils

Harold Hughes (signed)

Inks

Harold Hughes (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Doris, Sir Oliver King, First Mate Jeffers...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Doris McAllister; Sir Oliver King; Jeffers; Mr. Dites; The King [Roger King]; Dr. Wellesly (castaway); Mr. Jenkins (King's partner, dies)

Synopsis

The King is revealed to be Roger King, Sir Oliver's missing son. When the King gets into a fight with Jenkins over the treatment of his prisoners King hits his head. Thinking the King is dead the natives begin an attack on the white people. Jenkins sacrifices his life to help the others escape the island with the King.

Indexer Notes

First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

Jungle Battles (Table of Contents: 6)

Jay Douglas / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

R. Louis Golden (credited as Robert Louis Golden) (signed as Golden) (signed on the last panel)

Pencils

R. Louis Golden (credited as Robert Louis Golden) (signed as Golden) (signed on the last panel)

Inks

R. Louis Golden (credited as Robert Louis Golden) (signed as Golden) (signed on the last panel)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Jay Douglas (paleontologist); Kelinga (guide); Ka-No (guide)

Synopsis

Jay hunts dinosaurs in South America, encountering a menacing stegosaurus dinosaur in the jungle.

Keywords

gorillas; quicksand; South America; stegosaurus

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

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

Script

Carl Burgos (signed as Burgos)

Pencils

Carl Burgos (signed as Burgos)

Inks

Carl Burgos (signed as Burgos)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Late in the year 1970, twenty years after the Second World War...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Skull; Mr. Leighton (aircraft executive); Mr. Ryan (Naval intelligence); Jeff (pilot); Richards (pilot); Ludwig (spy, skipper, dies); Otto (coal man)

Synopsis

Iron Skull investigates missing rocket planes. Ludwig has been blasting them from the sky with his invisible ray then collecting the fallen planes aboard his steamship. Iron Skull pilots a rocket plane to learn what's happening. Confronting Ludwig Iron Skull throws him into the furnace of the ship then destroys the invisible ray.

Keywords

air phone sound detector; California; derrick; invisible ray; machine gun; Pasadena; ratlin; rocket plane; steamship

Indexer Notes

First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

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

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

Script

John Giunta (credited as John Guinta) (see notes); Mike Mirando (credited as Michael Mirando)

Pencils

John Giunta (credited as John Guinta) (see notes); Mike Mirando (credited as Michael Mirando)

Inks

John Giunta (credited as John Guinta) (see notes); Mike Mirando (credited as Michael Mirando)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The story starts in a small rural town...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Magician from Mars; Bill Wend (amateur pianist); Elemental (giant green monster)

Synopsis

A mad professor makes an alliance with an unearthly Elemental. The Magician from Mars grows in size to battle the monster. She dispatches the monster by singing 'the most beautiful song in the world' at him.

Keywords

television

Indexer Notes

First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Giunta's name is misspelled "Guinta" in the splash panel.

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

Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John Kolb (signed as John F. Kolb)

Pencils

John Kolb (signed as John F. Kolb)

Inks

John Kolb (signed as John F. Kolb)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, Jake!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Minimidget; Ritty; Jake (robber, dies); Smiley (robber, dies); Mahoney (policeman)

Synopsis

Jake and Smily kidnap Minimidget and Ritty to force the duo to rob a bank for them. Minimidget escapes them and phones the police; the two robbers die in a shoot-out with the police.

Keywords

binoculars

Indexer Notes

First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

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

Chuck Hardy in the 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

After the death of their treacherous guide...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Chuck Hardy; Jerry Peterson; Oxan; Ciro (king of Quadropel Men); Quadropel Men (four-armed green men)

Synopsis

Jerry is kidnapped by the Quadropel Men, who want to sacrifice her to their god of steam. Oxan and Chuck rescue her. Oxan keeps the head of a victim as a trophy.

Keywords

Aquatania; beheading; pterodactyl; Roara; steam chasm

Indexer Notes

First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

The Green Mist (Table of Contents: 11)

Aman the Amazing-Man / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Sam Gilman (credited)

Pencils

Sam Gilman ? (signed as S. G.) (two illustrations, see notes); Sam Glanzman ? (signed as S. G.) (two illustrations, see notes)

Inks

Sam Gilman ? (signed as S. G.) (two illustrations, see notes); Sam Glanzman ? (signed as S. G.) (two illustrations, see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Amazing Man [John Aman]; Professor Khosov Matulay

Synopsis

Professor Matulay tries to start an uprising at the asylum where he's kept but Amazing Man stops him.

Keywords

Green Mist; Mohawk State Asylum; Society of Occult Sciences

Indexer Notes

Lou Mougin added the credited script of Sam Gilman, May 2009.

Both Gilman and Glanzman used the initials of S. G. to sign their work, it is more likely this was done by Gilman, who is credited already on this text story. However, Glanzman cannot be ruled out either.

The Devil Dogs (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Martin Filchock (signed)

Pencils

Martin Filchock (signed)

Inks

Martin Filchock (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mighty Man [Scott Pearson] (introduction); the Dogman (villain); Sunny

Synopsis

Mighty Man, a 12' giant, leaves the Valley of Giants to wage war on crime, and his first case is to battle The Dogman and his devil dogs. The Dogman's master has created a formula which can be traced by his dogs across any distance, making it impossible for men to escape him. Mighty Man battles the Dogman while the inventor of the formula is doused in his own chemical then killed by his dogs.

Keywords

Nevada; Valley of Giants

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Lew Glanzman (credited as Lew Glanz)

Pencils

Lew Glanzman (credited as Lew Glanz)

Inks

Lew Glanzman (credited as Lew Glanz)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out on the high seas, a fishing schooner...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Shark; Captain von Sclagian (pirate)

Synopsis

The Shark battles von Sclagian's submarine, which has been sinking and plundering ships in the Atlantic.

Keywords

freighter; Sub X; submarine; television; torpedoes; U.S. Coast Guard

Indexer Notes

Sub-Mariner-like aquatic super-hero.

First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Remington Typewriters / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Boys, Girls! Select New & Unusual Gifts from This Ad or Sensational New Catalog (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)