Shadow Comics
#v1#3 [3]
(May 1940)
Street and Smith,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-03-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Street & Smith Publications Inc.
- Editing
- William De Grouchy (credited as William DeGrouchy) (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 452032. No volume or issue number was submitted to the copyright office. Cover has no volume/issue number.
[no title indexed]
The Shadow / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jerome Rozen (sourced) (painting)
- Inks
- Jerome Rozen (sourced) (painting)
- Colors
- Jerome Rozen (sourced) (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Shadow; Doc Savage (inset); Nick Carter (inset); Iron Munro (inset); Frank Merriwell (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Great American Comic Books (Publications International, Ltd., 2001 series) (2001) - in Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (December 2011)
- from The Shadow Magazine (Street & Smith, 1931 series) v4#3 (January 1, 1933)
-
- Keywords
- machine guns; skyscrapers
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[no title indexed]
The Shadow / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think that someone is watching this house, Ethel.
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Lamont Cranston [The Shadow]; Inspector Cardona
Death in the Glass Mountain
The Avenger / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Richard Benson [The Avenger]
The Smoke of Eternity
Doc Savage / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Lester Dent (original story); ? (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer ?
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
Indexer Notes
The story is adapted from "The Land of Terror" story in Doc Savage Magazine (Street & Smith Publications, 1933 series) v1#2 (April 1933) by Lester Dent [as Kenneth Robeson].
The feature continues in Doc Savage Comics (Street and Smith, 1940 series) #v1#1 (1) ([April 17] 1940).
New
Doc Savage / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kar (villain)
Indexer Notes
A house advertisement for Doc Savage Comics (Street and Smith, 1940 series) #v1#1 (1) ([April 17] 1940), with a full-page art panel that continues from the Doc Savage story.
[no title indexed]
Can You Solve it? - A Carrie Cashin Mystery / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She's Pinky Dawson - a cigarette girl at Club Flamingo...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Pinky Dawson
Indexer Notes
The murderer is not revealed; this leads to a contest on the inside-back cover
Glenn Cunningham
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vernon Greene (signed as V. Greene)
- Inks
- Vernon Greene (signed as V. Greene)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
[no title indexed]
Iron Munro [Street and Smith] / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- John Campbell (story); Theodore Sturgeon (sourced) (adaptation, see notes)
- Pencils
- E. C. Stoner (sourced)
- Inks
- E. C. Stoner (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Iron Monroe, Jupiter-born and Earth-bred daredevil of science, roams space...
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Iron Munro (introduction); Spencer Carlisle (introduction); Anto Rayl (Chieftess of the Magyans, mention only, introduction); Devil People of Teff-el (villains, introduction for all, some die)
- Synopsis
- Jupiter born and Earth bred Iron Munro allies himself with the Magyans, the descendants of castaways from Earth's lost continent of Mu, but is captured by the Teff-els, who return to their home planet with their prize captive. But Munro surprises his enemies, captures the ship and returns to Magya to prepare some chemical weapons for use against the Tefflans.
- Reprints
- in The Shadow (Sanctum Books, 2006 series) Volume 95 (April 2015)
Indexer Notes
The Iron Munro comic stories were inspired/based on editor John W. Campbell's Arn Munro short stories in the Astounding Science-Fiction (Street and Smith, 1938 series) pulp.
[no title indexed]
Norgil the Magician / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Norgil, and his pretty assistant, Miriam, are about to leave for an engagement...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
The Eight-Oared Shell Game
Frank Merriwell / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Frank Merriwell at College
- Genre
- sports; adventure
The Mystery of the Opera Star's Death
Nick Carter / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure; crime
- Characters
- Doctor Quartz (villain); Thora Larsen (opera star)
[no title indexed]
Bill Barnes / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bill Barnes has been called by Overland Air Lines to investigate...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
Join Bill Barnes' Model Airplane Club
Bill Barnes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation; adventure
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Shadow -
1.
["I think that someone is watching this house, Ethel."]
The Shadow -
2.
Death in the Glass Mountain
The Avenger -
3.
The Smoke of Eternity
Doc Savage -
4.
New
Doc Savage -
5.
Death Code
-
6.
["She's Pinky Dawson - a cigarette girl at Club Flamingo..."]
Can You Solve it? - A Carrie Cashin Mystery -
7.
Dick's Luck
-
8.
Glenn Cunningham
-
9.
["Iron Monroe, Jupiter-born and Earth-bred daredevil of science, roams space..."]
Iron Munro [Street and Smith] -
10.
["Norgil, and his pretty assistant, Miriam, are about to leave for an engagement..."]
Norgil the Magician -
11.
The Eight-Oared Shell Game
Frank Merriwell -
12.
The Mystery of the Opera Star's Death
Nick Carter -
13.
["Bill Barnes has been called by Overland Air Lines to investigate..."]
Bill Barnes -
14.
Join Bill Barnes' Model Airplane Club
Bill Barnes -
15.
["Songs of the imaginary birds, in Wizard of Oz were obtained..."]
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