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Amazing Man Comics #5 F
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | September 1939 | 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/ |
| Featuring | Aman the Amazing-Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Everett | Inks: Bill Everett |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Amazing Man [John Aman] |
| Publisher advertisement | It's Hard to Beat (1 page) |
| Featuring | Amazing Mystery Funnies |
| Credits | 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. |
| Comic Story | Origin of 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. |
| Featuring | The Amazing-Man |
| Credits | Script: Bill Everett [as W.B. Everett] (signed) | Pencils: Bill Everett [as W.B. Everett] (signed) | Inks: Bill Everett [as W.B. Everett] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Amazing-Man [John Aman] (introduction, origin); The Council of Seven [The Great Question (villain); Nika (scientist); Lady Zina (a knife thrower); four un-named others] (introduction for all); un-named cowhand; Mr. Uhlin [as Mr. Crater] (villain, railroad company President, death) |
| Notes | According to a letter written by Grace Everett (Bill Everetts 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 Protectors, The (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 | "In the sumptuous office of Steve Harrington..." (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. |
| Featuring | The Cat Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Tarpe Mills (signed) | Inks: Tarpe Mills (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Cat Man [Barton Stone] (introduction) |
| Comic Story | River Subs (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rhodes is sent to investigate suspicious submarine sightings. |
| Featuring | Jack Rhodes |
| Credits | Pencils: Larry Riley [as Riley] (signed) | Inks: Larry Riley [as Riley] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Jack Rhodes (introduction, only appearance?) |
| 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 | "But Terry, I tell you I need another $10,000" (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. |
| Featuring | The Iron Skull |
| Credits | Script: Carl Burgos (signed) | Pencils: Carl Burgos (signed) | Inks: Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Iron Skull (introduction) |
| Notes | No origin or explanation is given for the Iron Skull in this story. He is mentioned to have "steel fists" but it is not stated that he is a robot or android despite the presence of robots elsewhere in the story. |
| Filler | "It has been estimated that more than one-third..." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Stranger Than Fiction |
| Editing | ? (syndicated) |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Notes | There are two signatures and what appear to be syndication credits, but the scan is too blurry to make them out. |
| Text Story | The Tragic Note (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. |
| Featuring | Aman the Amazing-Man |
| Credits | Script: Matty Point | Pencils: Frank Thomas | Inks: Frank Thomas | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Amazing-Man [John Aman] |
| 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. |
| Credits | Pencils: Paul Gustavson (credited) | Inks: Paul Gustavson (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
| 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. |
| Comic Story | "So my dear brother won't let me have more money" (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. |
| Featuring | Minimidget |
| Credits | Pencils: John F. Kolb (signed) | Inks: John F. Kolb (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Minimidget (introduction); Ritty (introduction); Barmell (villain, introduction, death) |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Featuring | Chuck Hardy |
| Credits | Script: Frank Thomas [as Franklyn Thomas] (signed) | Pencils: Frank Thomas [as Franklyn Thomas] (signed) | Inks: Frank Thomas [as Franklyn Thomas] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Chuck Hardy (introduction); Jerry Peterson (introduction) |
| Notes | Script credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| 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. |
| Featuring | Slim Bradley |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Hayes (signed) | Inks: Dick Hayes (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Slim Bradley (forest ranger, introduction) |
| Comic Story | Origin of Mighty Man (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sunny brings the Professor to the giant valley he found with the Professor's map. They're pursued by bandits, but the giant man they find in the valley rescues them and agrees to come with them into the outside world. |
| Featuring | Mighty Man |
| Credits | Script: Martin Filchock (signed) | Pencils: Martin Filchock (signed) | Inks: Martin Filchock (signed) | Letters: Martin Filchock? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mighty Man (introduction, origin); Sunny (introduction); The Professor (introduction) |
| Advertisement | "Wow! The Year's Biggest Bargain!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Johnson Smith & Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Publisher advertisement | Flash! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Keen Detective Funnies #v2#9 |
| Credits | Pencils: Ben Thompson (signed on original cover) | Inks: Ben Thompson (signed on original cover) |
| Content | Characters: Masked Marvel |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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