Weird Comics #5

(August 1940)

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Blue Beetle / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

? [as Jerry Abus] (credited)

Pencils

Pierce Rice

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In ancient Rome, Caius Martius, the terror of Roman racketeers, is breaking up an extortion racket...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler] (introduction, origin); Ace Barlow (introduction, adoptee of Caius); General Sulla (leader of the Roman Army, flashback); Marius (villain, flashback); Lucius (villain, flashback); Ricarno (villain); Ricarno's gang [Kid Frost; others unnamed] (villains)

Synopsis

Caius, known in ancient Rome as the terror of Roman racketeers, by magical incantations, is put into a deep sleep for 2200 years, awakening in a museum. Upon exiting into the modern world, he sees a vicious gang attempting to kill a young boy, Ace Barlow, and saves him. He adopts the boy and trains him to be his sidekick and together they battle against the Ricarno Gang, responsible for killing Ace's parents.

Reprints

• in Super Weird Heroes (IDW, 2016 series) #[nn] (November 2016)
• in Super Weird Heroes (IDW, 2016 series) nn (November 2016)

Keywords

ancient Rome; Cordinia (a gambling ship)

Indexer Notes

Louis Cazeneuve created this character.

Penciller revision from Cazeneuve to Rice per reprint.

Jerry Abus is a house name.

The Dart had the uncanny ability to "dart" through the air, hence his name.

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Thor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pierce Rice

Inks

Pierce Rice

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Accompanied by his secretary Glenda, Grant, head of the Chinese relief mission, strolls on the deck of a huge trans-Pacific liner, en route to China...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dr. Hsin; Mako; Grant Farrel [Thor]; Glenda

Keywords

cosmic pulsator; Shanghai; Thor's gauntlet

Indexer Notes

last appearance

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

Script

?

Pencils

Don Rico

Inks

Don Rico

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Determined to rule the mystical East, the Sorceress of Zoom plans to place her magical city in the heart of India [sic]

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Labi-Bey; Rani-Bey; Sorceress of Zoom

Keywords

Nagpur

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

Script

?

Pencils

? [as Jupiter]

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Solar, this message must be given personally to...

Genre

humor; science fiction

Characters

Solar Plexis; King Socko

Keywords

Mars; stato-rocket ship

On the Ice Planet (Table of Contents: 6)

Blast Bennett / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Rico

Inks

Don Rico

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Speeding thru the vast emptiness of space at millions of miles a minute, Blast Bennett finds an ice covered planet...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Empress Ilera; Darno; Keero; Blast Bennett

Synopsis

Blast stops Keero's coup to seize the throne of Ilera.

Keywords

robots

[The Man-Ape] (Table of Contents: 7)

Dr. Mortal / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bert Whitman

Pencils

Bert Whitman

Inks

Bert Whitman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dr. Mortal, in his experiments to create a perfect automaton, makes an amazing discovery in examining the brain fluid of man and ape...

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

The Ape; Dr. Mortal; Marlene; Gary Brent; Dr. Clark

Blood and Thunder News (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

B. A. Martin

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Throughout the eastern seaboard town newspapers were fraught with screaming headlines...

Genre

drama

Characters

Steve Rider; Professor Nixon

Synopsis

Steve Rider, a newspaper reporter, uncovers a cell of revolutionaries.

Indexer Notes

Fairmont

[Boanga's Zombie Corps] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

?

Pencils

? [as Allan Spectre]

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At midnight in a native cemetary, voodoo dancers work themselves into a horrible frenzy!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Bob Warren; Petro; Boanga; Stanley Hibbert; Gloria Hibbert

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Rex Dexter of Mars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Typhon / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? [as Phillips Judge]

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While scanning the undersea horizon thru his hydroscope, Typhon, adventurer of the deep, see a horde of strange, weird, sea demons embark on a secret raiding trip!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Sea Amazons; Queen Mea; Mikal; Sea Demons; Typhon; Hank

Keywords

Mermea; seaclops; vibro-wave annihilator

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How would you like this for a pet?

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

angler fish; brontosaurus; mammoth

Indexer Notes

Facts about various animals are presented in this feature.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Green Mask / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)