Weird Comics #1

(April 1940)

[The Origin of Thor] (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pierce Rice

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor; Grant Farrel [Thor]; Glenda

Synopsis

Thor, the son of Odin, chooses a mortal, Grant Farrel, and imbues him with the God of Thunder's powers and abilities. Thereafter, Grant is known as Thor when he changes shape and assumes the form and powers of the Thunder God.

Reprints

• in Étranges Aventures (Organic Comix, 2013 series) #1 (décembre 2013)

Keywords

Andura; magic hammer; Valhalla

Indexer Notes

Inks credit from Jerry Bails via the GCD Main List (21 March 2006); the original indexer credited Pierce Rice.

Grant can change forms between his human self and that of the Thunder God at will. Thor is also referred to as the mighty Thor within the story.

[The Coming of the Sorceress] (Table of Contents: 2)

Sorceress of Zoom / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Rico

Inks

Don Rico

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Zoom, a magical city that appears and disappears at the will of the powerful sorceress...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sorceress of Zoom; Tom; Janice; The Stranger

[Boy! Special delivery to Mars!] (Table of Contents: 3)

Solar Plexis / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab

Pencils

Fred Schwab

Inks

Fred Schwab

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Schwab

Genre

humor

Characters

Solar Plexis

Synopsis

Solar is tasked with delivering a message to Mars.

Keywords

Mars; Venus

[The Pirates and the Meteor] (Table of Contents: 4)

Blast Bennett / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Rico

Inks

Don Rico

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In their fast spaceship, Blast Bennett and his companion, Red, speed through the spaceways in search of adventure.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Blast Bennett; Red

Synopsis

Blast and Red explore a meteor that crosses their path.

Keywords

anti-magneto gun; meteor; spaceships

[The Man Who Made Monsters] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dr. Mortal / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bert Whitman

Pencils

Bert Whitman

Inks

Bert Whitman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Creator of inhuman monstrosities, Dr. Mortal has kept his deadly secret from the world until

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dr. Mortal; Marlene Mortal; Gary Brent

Synopsis

Dr. Mortal is about to operate on his niece, Marlene, but is stopped in the nick of time by Gary Brent.

[The Voodoo Man Cometh] (Table of Contents: 6)

Voodoo Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? [as Alan Spectre]

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To Haiti, island of mystic voodooism, where black magic reigns and dead men walk as zombies...

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Voodoo Man; Bob Warren; Petro; Lana

Synopsis

Bob frees Petro and Lana from the clutches of the Voodoo Man.

Keywords

Haiti

The Invisible Planet (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

A. B. Crews

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When a fella discovers something, he'd at least like to know what he's discovered.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Bill Swift; Victor; Nadine

Keywords

Infra Screen; Inviso

[Introducing the Bird Man] (Table of Contents: 8)

Bird Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? [as Arnold Inagos]

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Over the vast wilderness of the great western canyons, swoops the Birdman - winged hunter of the plains.

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Bird Man; The Stone Man

Synopsis

Bird Man helps a father find his missing daughter in Lone Canyon.

Indexer Notes

The protagonist of the story is referred to as Bird Man and Birdman.

[Master of the Serpent-Men] (Table of Contents: 9)

Typhon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? [as Phillips Judge]

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At a private dock, a new super-submarine is ready to be launched

Genre

adventure

Characters

Typhon; Master of the Serpent-Men

Synopsis

Exploring the ocean depths, Typhon fights off a giant electric eel and a many-headed sea monster.

Keywords

charm-dispelling ring; submarine; televisor