(February 1940)

Hillman, 1940 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1939-12-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hillman-Curl Inc.
Printer
Printed in the United States of America
Editing
Anatole Field (uncredited)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 444051.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sky Wizard / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Kressy
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Sky Wizard
Reprints
  • in Alter-Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) Vol. 3 #2 (Autumn, 1999) [in black and white]
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[The Unholy One: Part 1] (Table of Contents: 1)

Sky Wizard / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Emile Schurmacher
Pencils
Ed Kressy
Inks
Norman Fallon
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sky Wizard (introduction); Kee-Shan (introduction); Capt. Henry Dare (introduction); Pat Dare (introduction); Jerry Dare (introduction); The Unholy One (villain, introduction); Hawk Armand (villain, introduction); Vera (villain, introduction); Butch (villain, introduction); Spud (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

Emile C. Schurmacher (also spelled by him as Schnurmacher) told about his experiences writing comics for "Writer's Digest", dated February of 1940. This information was printed in the pages of Alter-Ego #2 (Autumn, 1999) in an article by Will Murray.

[The Fate of Andre Czermin] (Table of Contents: 2)

K-7 / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Emile Schurmacher
Pencils
Ed Kressy ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
K-7 (first appearance); Yvonne Durrell (first appearance); Andre Czermin (first appearance; villain; death)

[Murder of An Acrobat] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dusty Doyle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Emile Schurmacher
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Dusty Doyle (first appearance); Carstares (first appearance; villain)

The Triangle Murders (Table of Contents: 4)

Dash Dixon / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Dash Dixon (first appearance; origin); Dr. Lorenz (first appearance); Nada (first appearance); President of Scalene (first appearance); The Scalene Angles (first appearance; villain; death)

[The Scar Bozzi Case] (Table of Contents: 5)

Scorpion / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Emile Schurmacher (credited as Carl Sherman)
Pencils
Ed Kressy
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
The Scorpion [Hal Ward] (first appearance); Judd (first appearance); Scar Bozzi (first appearance; villain)

[The Jungle Queen] (Table of Contents: 6)

Blanda / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Blanda (first appearance; a jungle queen); the Azas (first appearance); Greg Martin (first appearance)

[Introducing the Masked Angel] (Table of Contents: 7)

Masked Angel / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
The Masked Angel [Steve Oakes] (first appearance; origin; only appearance); Jack Quinn (first appearance); John Oakes (first appearance)

Kid Sherlock (Table of Contents: 8)

Pinkie Parker / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Alderman
Inks
Jack Alderman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Pinkie Parker (first appearance); Shayne (first appearance)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sky Wizard
  2. 1. [The Unholy One: Part 1]
    Sky Wizard
  3. 2. [The Fate of Andre Czermin]
    K-7
  4. 3. [Murder of An Acrobat]
    Dusty Doyle
  5. 4. The Triangle Murders
    Dash Dixon
  6. 5. [The Scar Bozzi Case]
    Scorpion
  7. 6. [The Jungle Queen]
    Blanda
  8. 7. [Introducing the Masked Angel]
    Masked Angel
  9. 8. Kid Sherlock
    Pinkie Parker
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