Shadow Comics
#v1#6 [6]
(August 1940)
Street and Smith,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-06-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Street and Smith
- Editing
- William De Grouchy (credited as William DeGrouchy) (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
[no title indexed]
The Shadow / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jerome Rozen (painting)
- Inks
- Jerome Rozen (painting)
- Colors
- Jerome Rozen (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Shadow
- Reprints
- from The Shadow Magazine (Street and Smith, 1932 series) v13#3 (75) (April 1, 1935)
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The Editor's Page
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- William De Grouchy (credited as William DeGrouchy)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Czar of Crime
The Shadow / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Shadow; Inspector Cardona; Margo Lane
Indexer Notes
The title is from the cover.
This story is adapted from the story "Lingo" appearing in The Shadow Magazine (Street and Smith, 1932 series) v13#3 (75) (April 1, 1935) written by Walter Gibson [as Maxwell Grant].
Robert Coverdale's Pluck and Luck
Stories by Horatio Alger, Jr. / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
[no title indexed]
The Three Musketeers / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D'Artagnan, alone, reached port in the effort to get to England...
- Genre
- historical; adventure
The Tale of the Itching Men
Talking Toad (Click Rush) / comic story / 7 pages
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[no title indexed]
The Avenger / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- During a meeting of the chamber of commerce...
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
Indexer Notes
Character's next appearance was in Army and Navy Comics (Street and Smith, 1941 series) #3 (December 1941).
The Gilford Mystery
Nick Carter / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure; crime
- Reprints
in [no title indexed]
Iron Munro [Street and Smith] / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Theodore Sturgeon (sourced)
- Pencils
- Jack Farr (sourced)
- Inks
- Jack Farr (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Iron Munro and Spencer Carlyle are hurled into another universe...
- Feature Logo
- Iron Munro the Astounding Man
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Iron Munroe; Spencer Carlisle; Andarminot; the Tefflens (villains, many die); Tefflen leaders (villains)
- Synopsis
- Iron and Andarminot plan to hollow out and equip each moon of Magya with Munro's Aggie Coils, then they will be hurled at the enemy planet of Teff-el. Munro and his fleet will engage the Teff-el fleet and destroy them, then have his ships encircle Teff-el and destroy its ground forces. But the Tefflen leadership pulls a surprise on Munro.
- Reprints
- in The Shadow (Sanctum Books, 2006 series) Volume 104 (February 2016) [In black and white.]
- Keywords
- Aggie Coils; Ma-Kanee (moon of Magya); Ma-Ran (moon of Magya); Magya (a planet); Mu (lost continent of Earth); Teff-el (a planet); Transpon Beam
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 & Smith, 1938 series) pulp.
[no title indexed]
Bill Barnes / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Marianna Norris, famous aviatrix, disappears over the thick Brazilian jungles.
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
Indexer Notes
Bill Barnes appears next in Bill Barnes Comics (Street and Smith, 1940 series) #v1#1 ([July 26] 1941]).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Shadow -
1.
The Editor's Page
-
2.
Czar of Crime
The Shadow -
3.
Robert Coverdale's Pluck and Luck
Stories by Horatio Alger, Jr. -
4.
["D'Artagnan, alone, reached port in the effort to get to England..."]
The Three Musketeers -
5.
The Tale of the Itching Men
Talking Toad (Click Rush) -
6.
["During a meeting of the chamber of commerce..."]
The Avenger -
7.
Owlhooter's Revenge
-
8.
The Gilford Mystery
Nick Carter -
9.
Death Lights a Candle
Carrie Cashin -
10.
["Iron Munro and Spencer Carlyle are hurled into another universe..."]
Iron Munro [Street and Smith] -
11.
["Marianna Norris, famous aviatrix, disappears over the thick Brazilian jungles."]
Bill Barnes
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