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| Name | Amazing Man Comics 5 (paper/fiche) | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | September 1939--Volume 1, Number 5--AMAZING MAN COMICS is published monthly by Comic Corporation of America, 29 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass. Editorial and Executive Offices: 220 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second class matter at Springfield, Mass. pending. Single copies 10c--annual subscription $1.00 in U. S. A.: other countries $1.50. Copyright 1939 by Comic Corporation of America. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. Printed in U. S.A. [sic- inconsistent spacing] This is the first comic published by Comic Corporation of America, and remained the only such series until the collapse of the Centaur Publications, Inc. line at the end of 1940. Original index from Jerry Bails' index cards & Howard Keltner's Golden Age index. Updated from scan from http://www.goldenagecomics.co.uk/ On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 427245. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Bill Everett |
| Inks | Bill Everett |
| Publisher advertisement | It's Hard to Beat (1 page) |
| Feature | Amazing Mystery Funnies |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Fantom of the Fair; Speed Centaur |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (Fantom of the Fair) (signed) Malcolm Kildale (Speed Centaur) (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (Fantom of the Fair) (signed) Malcolm Kildale (Speed Centaur) (signed) |
| Notes | Inside front cover. According to Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson, script related to the Fantom is by his father. |
| Comic Story | Origin of Amazing-Man / Aman the Amazing-Man (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | After being raised for 25 years by the Council of Seven in Tibet, Aman is tested and sent out into the world. Of the council members, Nika exhorts him to do good and gifts him with invisibility, while the Great Question plots to bend Aman to his will. In America, Aman learns of a series of train wrecks and confronts the man behind the disasters. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Council of Seven [The Great Question (villain); Nika (scientist); Lady Zina (a knife thrower); four unnamed others] (introduction for all); unnamed cowhand; Mr. Uhlin [as Mr. Crater] (villain, railroad company President, death) |
| Script | Bill Everett |
| Pencils | Bill Everett |
| Inks | Bill Everett |
| Letters | Bill Everett |
| First Line | Aman, known to his enemies by many aliases. the most terrifying of which is "The Green Mist"... |
| Notes | According to a letter written by Grace Everett (Bill Everett's mother) she did most of the research in creating Aman the Amazing-Man. The character influenced the creation of Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt in Thunderbolt (Charlton, 1966 Series) #1 as well a Iron Fist in Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #15. Once he was in public domain he was used in The Protectors (Malibu, 1992 series) #1 (with other Centaur characters ), in Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel, 2007 series) #12 and in Project Superpowers (Dynamite Entertainment, 2008 series) #0. One of many aliases that the Amazing Man is known to have to his enemies is "The Green Mist". |
| Comic Story | No Title (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Barton Stone finishes his 20-year jail sentence and seeks revenge on his former partners who let his wife die in poverty while he took the rap for all of their crimes. A year later, each partner is visited by a strange old lady with a cat who scratches them. |
| Feature | The Cat Man |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Cat Man [Barton Stone] (introduction); Steve Harrigan (dies); Roger Watson Hammond (dies); Lionel Black (dies) |
| Pencils | Tarpé Mills (signed) |
| Inks | Tarpé Mills (signed) |
| First Line | In the sumptuous office of Steve Harringan... |
| Comic Story | River Subs (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rhodes is sent to investigate suspicious submarine sightings. |
| Feature | Jack Rhodes |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jack Rhodes (introduction, only appearance?); Peterson |
| Pencils | Larry Riley (signed) |
| Inks | Larry Riley (signed) |
| First Line | The custom-jumpers receive their cargo out side the 12 mile limit |
| Notes | Previously a note here linked Jack Rhodes with Minimidget, but there is no evidence of any such link in this issue- Minimidget also debuts in a later story. All other references easily found on the internet mention this link only to dismiss it. Some mention that Minimidget may be called Jack Rhodes later in his run, but a spot check of several issues of this series and Stars and Stripes Comics reveal no such name. |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Iron Skull thwarts a scientist's plans to use robots to carry out crime, and mechanized spiders to terrorize the town and extort cash from the local government. |
| Feature | The Iron Skull |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Iron Skull (introduction); Terry Terrin; Guy McMann; Judy; Blackie Norton (dies); Mayor Haskins; Ryan |
| Script | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Pencils | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| First Line | But Terry, I tell you I need another $10,000 |
| Notes | No origin or explanation is given for the Iron Skull in this story. He is mentioned as having "steel fists" but it is not stated that he is a robot or android, despite the presence of robots elsewhere in the story. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Stranger Than Fiction |
| Editing | ? (syndicated) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Walter Galli (signed) |
| Pencils | Walter Galli (signed) |
| Inks | Walter Galli (signed) |
| Letters | Walter Galli ? |
| First Line | It has been estimated that more than one-third... |
| Notes | Syndication credits: "Copyright Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Distributed by Watkins Syndicate, Inc." |
| Text Story | The Tragic Note / Aman the Amazing-Man (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | In order to explain why he refuses to perform a certain piece of music, Aman tells of his musical testing during his time in Tibet. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Matty Point |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas (3 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | Frank Thomas (3 spot illustrations) |
| First Line | "Aman", the beautiful creature asked the Amazing Man... |
| Comic Story | The Congo War Drum (Part 1) (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | "Sandy" Thorne of the Congo patrol and his servant Labu go in search of the source of the Congo war drums, knowing they mean trouble. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | "Sandy" Thorne; Labu (Thorne's servant); The Kilanga |
| Script | Paul Gustavson |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | Thundering beats of the giant war drum... |
| Notes | Credit is given in type (not lettering) under the splash panel. Jerry Bails' Who's Who shows that Gustavson generally did not write the stories he illustrated for Centaur proper, although he did often write for the predecessor issues published by Chesler. However, Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson, verified that his father, Paul Gustavson, wrote, drew and lettered this story. |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The mad scientist Barmell, who had already shrunk two people so small that they can fit in his hand, seeks to use Minimidget to kill his brother in order to inherit his fortune. Thwarted by his brother's will, he sends Minimidget out again and again to kill everyone who inherited his brother's fortune in his stead. |
| Feature | Minimidget |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Minimidget (introduction); Ritty (introduction); Barmell (villain, introduction, death); Mr. James (dies); Jim; Bob; Dale |
| Pencils | John Kolb |
| Inks | John Kolb |
| First Line | So my dear brother won't let me have more money |
| Notes | Neither Minimidget nor Ritty has a single line during this story, which is told primarily from the point of view of Barmell. Minimidget acts only as Barmell's assassin rather than as a hero, and Ritty makes only background appearances. Clearly inspired by the 1936 film The Devil-Doll. |
| Comic Story | The Land Beneath the Sea (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Divers Chuck and Jerry are swept through a crack in the sea floor to an underground land populated by strange creatures. |
| Feature | "Chuck" Hardy |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Chuck Hardy (introduction); Jerry Peterson (Chuck's girlfriend, introduction); Professor Kingsley (introduction); Mogba |
| Script | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| First Line | The small yawl "Research" comes to anchor... |
| Comic Story | Mystery of the Kidnapped Heir (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ranger Slim Bradley has to rescue a captured millionaire's son while a forest fire rages. |
| Feature | "Slim" Bradley Forest Ranger |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Slim Bradley (forest ranger, introduction); Buck (Slim's horse); Jackie Stillman; Danny; Dave; A.K. Stillman; Mrs. Stillman |
| Pencils | Dick Hayes (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Hayes (signed) |
| First Line | Little Jackie Stillman, 10 year old son of the millionarie... |
| Comic Story | Origin of Mighty Man / Mighty Man (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sunny brings the Professor to the giant valley he found with the Professor's map. They are pursued by bandits, but the giant man they find in the valley rescues them and agrees to come with them into the outside world. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mighty Man (introduction, origin); Sunny (introduction); The Professor (introduction); Buck Long; Tex; Dash |
| Script | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Pencils | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Inks | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Letters | Martin Filchock ? |
| First Line | Another prospector! Won't they ever give up? |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Johnson Smith & Co. |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Wow! The Year's Biggest Bargain! |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Publisher advertisement | Flash! (1 page) |
| Feature | Keen Detective Funnies #v2#9 |
| Characters | The Masked Marvel |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson ((signed on original cover)) |
| Inks | Ben Thompson ((signed on original cover)) |
| Notes | Back cover. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
