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The Angel / cover / 1 page
The Angel / cover / 1 page
| Pencils: | Alex Schomburg ? (see notes) |
| Inks: | Alex Schomburg ? (see notes) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | ? |
- Genre:superhero
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Unaware of death behind him, the Angel went into action
- Keywords:automatic pistols;hatchets;skeletons
Characters:
The Angel [Tom Halloway]
inMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004),#1 ([October] 2004)- inGolden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
- inMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011),#1 (2011)
inMarvel Facsímil (Panini España, 2019 series) #9 (Septiembre 2019)
Reprints (4)
Indexer Notes
If, as claimed, this IS Schomberg it's a very different style to anything that followed.
Issue Data
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:Timely Publications
- Indicia Frequency: monthly
Indexer Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B Periodical. Copyright number B 437425.
[The Menace from Mars]
[The Menace from Mars]
Human Torch / comic story / 16 pages
Human Torch / comic story / 16 pages
| Script: | Carl Burgos (credited) (signed asBurgos) |
| Pencils: | Carl Burgos (credited) (signed asBurgos) |
| Inks: | Carl Burgos (credited) (signed asBurgos) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | Carl Burgos (credited) (signed asBurgos) |
- Genre:superhero
- Feature Logo:The Human Torch
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:The streamline train, Comet, cracks out a steady rhythm as her nose heads for Texas.
Characters:
The Human Torch; Mr. Carson (introduction, owner of the Carson Explosive Company, death); Diane Carson (daughter of Mr. Carson); the Martians (villains, introduction); Captain Ott (villain, introduction, a Martian); Mr. Ritton (villain, introduction, agent of the planet Mars on Earth, death)- Synopsis:
- After an attack on New York by Martians, the Torch decides that a new explosive called Trinitrotoluol is probably better off in the hands of the Martians rather than allowing it to remain on Earth.
- inMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004)
- inGolden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
- inMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
- inTimely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
Reprints (4)
Indexer Notes
Torch wears a blue costume. He doesn't adopt the Jim Hammond identity until issue #4.
[The Voodoo Sacrifice]
[The Voodoo Sacrifice]
The Angel / comic story / 8 pages
The Angel / comic story / 8 pages
| Script: | |
| Pencils: | Paul Gustavson (signed)(sourced) |
| Inks: | Paul Gustavson (signed)(sourced) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: |
- Genre:superhero
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Voodoo drums of sacrifice beat louder and more vigorously every second but a few miles from the great city of New York...
Characters:
The Angel [Tom Halloway]; The Sacred One (villain, introduction, death); a voodoo cult (villains, introduction)- Synopsis:
- The Angel must battle a voodoo cult that has kidnapped young women to sacrifice to their fire god.
[Enter: Betty Dean]
[Enter: Betty Dean]
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
| Script: | Bill Everett (signed) (see notes) |
| Pencils: | Bill Everett (signed) (see notes) |
| Inks: | Bill Everett (signed) (see notes) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | Bill Everett (signed) (see notes) |
- Genre:superhero
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Sub-Mariner, amphibious demon of the earth, bent on an inspired campaign against the white man -- mainly American -- who has all but obliterated his south Antarctic race
Characters:
The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Inspector Peterson; Betty Dean (introduction); Esther; a Nazi U-boat crew (villains, introduction for all, all die)- Synopsis:
- The police concoct a plan to use police officer Betty Dean as bait in a trap to capture the Sub-Mariner, but instead she convinces Namor to fight for the Allies in the war.
inGibi (O Globo, 1939 series) #155 (maio de 1940)- inFantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (February 1967)
- inMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004)
- inGolden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
- inMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
- inTimely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
Reprints (6)
Indexer Notes
Story continued next issue.
Everett signs again on the final page.
[The Land Grabbers]
[The Land Grabbers]
The Masked Raider / comic story / 8 pages
The Masked Raider / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre:western-frontier
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Thet's our answer!
Characters:
Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; Barney (the sheriff); Jeb Barnes; Dan Barnes; Jed Sirrah (villain, introduction, death?); Brace (villain); Dan (villain)- Synopsis:
- The Raider has to deal with a group of outlaws, who are trying to run a man off his run-down ranch in order to get to gold buried in the hills and oil deposits as well. The outlaws decide to frame the owner and have the sheriff run him off.
[Origin of the American Ace, Part 2]
[Origin of the American Ace, Part 2]
American Ace / comic story / 6 pages
American Ace / comic story / 6 pages
| Script: | Paul Lauretta ? (see notes) |
| Pencils: | Paul Lauretta (credited) (signed asPaul J. Lauretta) |
| Inks: | Paul Lauretta (credited) (signed asPaul J. Lauretta) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | Paul Lauretta (see notes) |
- Genre:adventure; aviation
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:As roaring flames lick up the ruins of a once beautiful city -- Perry Wade, American, wanders the streets...
Characters:
American Ace [Perry Wade] (Origin, Part 2); Jeanie; Queen Ursula (villain)- Synopsis:
- Perry takes the girl he saved last month back to her father and sister then heads back to his fight against Queen Ursula. However, he is seriously wounded but returns and is tended to by Jeanie.
Indexer Notes
Last golden age American Ace story. A similar or reworked feature titled Lieutenant Lank appears at Centaur in Amazing Mystery Funnies #24http://www.comics.org/issue/1026/#1153116 and The Arrow #2http://www.comics.org/issue/1083/#16332.
Next appearance in All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes (Marvel, 2011 series) #4.
Lauretta was famously let go by Timely because his stories were too complex for children, so he is likely to be the scripter here. In addition, he is known to have lettered Superman stories for National.
Siegfried Suicide
Siegfried Suicide
text story / 2 pages
text story / 2 pages
| Script: | David Cooke (credited asDavid C. Cooke) |
| Pencils: | Bill Everett (signed asEverett) (illustrations) |
| Inks: | Bill Everett (signed asEverett) (illustrations) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | typeset |
- Genre:war
Characters:
Sgt. Bill Stern; the Germans (villains)- Synopsis:
- Sgt. Stern and his company of men attempt to smash a hole through the German fortifications along the Siegfried Line.
Indexer Notes
Story set in World War I.
Text story with illustrations.
Third Episode
Third Episode
Ka-Zar the Great / comic story / 12 pages
Ka-Zar the Great / comic story / 12 pages
| Script: | |
| Pencils: | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Inks: | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | ? |
- Genre:adventure; jungle
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:One day a caravan, led by a white man, crosses the mountains and rocky gorges to the east of Ka-Zar's jungle home. Universe:Marvel : mainstream
Characters:
- Ka-Zar the Great [David Rand](featured)
- Synopsis:
- A hunter, who has enlisted the aid of local natives in his search for, has a hard time convincing those natives that it was a man [Ka-Zar] who was interfering with their hunt and not a jungle god as they thought.
Indexer Notes
Story continued in next issue.
Editing
Table of ContentsToC
- ["Unaware of death behind him, the Angel went into action"]
The Angel - ["Hi Fellers!"]
Brownscope Co. - [The Menace from Mars]
Human Torch - [The Voodoo Sacrifice]
The Angel - [Enter: Betty Dean]
Namor the Sub-Mariner - [The Land Grabbers]
The Masked Raider - [Origin of the American Ace, Part 2]
American Ace - Siegfried Suicide
- Third Episode
Ka-Zar the Great - ["This Beautiful Desk"]
Remington Rand, Inc. - ["30 Shot Automatic Repeater"]
Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
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