(June 1940)
Worth Carnahan,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Bilbara Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Some story sequences and correct sequence order by Gary Watson.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[no title indexed]
Tornado Tom / cover / 1 page
- Characters
- Tornado Tom
- Keywords
- automatic pistols; machine guns
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover is a house ad for Movie Life magazine.
[no title indexed]
Tornado Tom / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tom Kenny, an honest hard working young farm hand is caught up by a cyclone...
- Characters
- Tornado Tom (introduction and origin)
- Reprints
-
in Tornado Tom [Mighty Midget Comic] (Samuel E. Lowe & Co., 1943 series) ([1943]) [splash page only], ([1943]) - in State Trooper Stops Crime [Mighty Midget Comic] (Samuel E. Lowe & Co., 1943 series) (circa 1943)
-
...Meet an Ornithorhynchus
Didja Ever / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal; nature
- Synopsis
- Facts about duckbill platypus.
Indexer Notes
Signed with "WC" monogram in lower right.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Q / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- High above the din of the metropolis in his pent-house studio...
- Feature Logo
- Mister Q
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Q (introduction)
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Koroo the Black Lion / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Koroo is a most unusual lion for instead of being tawny in color...
[no title indexed]
Sgt. "Buzz" Sawyer / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unique in the annals of maintaining law and order is a body of men...
[no title indexed]
Volton the Human Generator / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Guy Newton - a brilliant young scientist, has discovered the amazing secret of mastering- the powerful forces of static electricity in the human body!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Volton [Guy Newton] (introduction); Police Commissioner; District Attorney Mello (death)
- Synopsis
- Guy Newton, a brilliant young scientist, has created a device which enables him to control the powerful forces of static electricity in the human body. He takes the name "Volton" and offers his services to the local Police Commissioner, but the Commissioner doesn't react as he expected. When a call comes in declaring that a gang of bandits have just held up the First National Bank, the Commissioner reluctantly accepts Volton's help.
What Use Are Stamps?
How to Collect Stamps / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Signed with "WC" monogram in lower right.
[Sir Miles of Lorraine, a young prince who has been robbed of his duchy by his uncle Sir Baldric..."]
The Red Knight of the First Crusade / comic story / 6 pages
How to Choose a Dog
Your Own Page of Pets / text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Signed with "WC" monogram.
[no title indexed]
Nick Nelson of the Navy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The enemy fleet has been reported operating in the South Atlantic waters...
Indexer Notes
Credit given as "by former Lieut U. S. Navy C. Winter."
[no title indexed]
Kingdom of the Moon / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is the year of 1940 - the world is a seething cauldron of hate and unrest...
Indexer Notes
Looks like Quinlan art but no credit given.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- $50. in Cash Prizes
Indexer Notes
Promo for $50 in cash for writing in about which features you liked in the book.
Signed in lower left with "WC" monogram.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Tornado Tom -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
["Tom Kenny, an honest hard working young farm hand is caught up by a cyclone..."]
Tornado Tom -
3.
...Meet an Ornithorhynchus
Didja Ever -
4.
["High above the din of the metropolis in his pent-house studio..."]
Mr. Q -
5.
["Koroo is a most unusual lion for instead of being tawny in color..."]
Koroo the Black Lion -
6.
["Unique in the annals of maintaining law and order is a body of men..."]
Sgt. "Buzz" Sawyer -
7.
The Battle of the Milk Cans
Ted Cameron -
8.
["It looks hopeless for my son, doesn't it, John?]
King Anthony -
9.
A Visitor from Space
-
10.
["Guy Newton - a brilliant young scientist, has discovered the amazing secret of mastering- the powerful forces of static electricity in the human body!"]
Volton the Human Generator -
11.
What Use Are Stamps?
How to Collect Stamps -
12.
[Sir Miles of Lorraine, a young prince who has been robbed of his duchy by his uncle Sir Baldric..."]
The Red Knight of the First Crusade -
13.
How to Choose a Dog
Your Own Page of Pets -
14.
["The enemy fleet has been reported operating in the South Atlantic waters..."]
Nick Nelson of the Navy -
15.
["It is the year of 1940 - the world is a seething cauldron of hate and unrest..."]
Kingdom of the Moon -
16.
Pirate Gold
-
17.
["$50. in Cash Prizes"]
-
18.
[no title indexed]
-
19.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- John Censullo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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