Wham Comics #2
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| By Superman | |
| Make Mine Centaur! | |
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | December 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | December, 1940. Number 2. WHAM COMICS is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 221 East 20th St., Chicago, Illinois. Editorial and Executive Offices: 215 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second class matter at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., pending. Single copies 10c; 15c in Canada. Yearly subscription $1.00 in the U.S.A. (other countries $1.50). Copyright 1940 by Centaur Publications, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Printed in the U.S.A. |
| Cover | "Wham! The Frost" |
| Featuring | Blue Fire |
| Credits | Pencils: Lew Glanzman | Inks: Lew Glanzman |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Fire [Jack Knapp]; The Frost |
| Advertisement | This Beautiful Desk for only $1.00 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | "Blue Fire is a real figure of mystery to the world..." (9.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jack Knapp, who spends his time experimenting with chemicals, causes an explosion that surrounds him with blue flame. While the fire engulfs him, he can pass through any object. Memorizing the formula, he goes to investigate an ocean liner sabotaged by a strange man encased in ice. Blue Fire discovers the Frost, a foreign agent who can freeze himself and his surroundings by consuming a small pill. Their powers produce a stalemate, but Jack only captures him temporarily. |
| Featuring | Blue Fire |
| Credits | Script: Louis Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed) | Pencils: Louis Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed) | Inks: Louis Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Fire [Jack Knapp] (introduction, origin); The Frost (introduction) |
| Notes | The story was intended to continue in the next issue, but Centaur Publications, Inc. cancelled all of its titles and folded. Writing credit from Who's Who. |
| Activity | Boys--Girls! Solve this Puzzle! |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story | "Close to the heart of the great solar system..." (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | On Saturn, the dwarf scientist Quino sends Solarman to help the people of Earth. His first assignment is to capture a fugitive gangster attempting to leave the country on a forged passport and bring him to justice. |
| Featuring | Solarman |
| Credits | Script: Frank Thomas (signed) | Pencils: Frank Thomas (signed) | Inks: Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Solarman (introduction, origin); Quino (Saturian scientist, introduction); Al Ravoni (villain, gangster); Joe (villain); Tony (villain) |
| Notes | Writing credit from Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | "Telegram for Mr. Morgan, Sir." (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Sparkler must track down Queen Marie and her mob who are smuggling diamonds. |
| Featuring | The Sparkler |
| Credits | Script: John F. Kolb (signed) | Pencils: John F. Kolb (signed) | Inks: John F. Kolb (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Sparkler [Red Morgan] |
| Notes | Writing credit from Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | How the Buzzard Came to Be! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Mayor gives an unidentified man a device that produces a gas that makes all see him as the "nemesis of the underworld", The Buzzard (an odd-looking man in tails with glasses, a large beak-like nose and a receding hairline)! When the Chief of Police hears that his forces have a gang cornered in a building, he rushes to the scene, expressing his annoyance over his son Flash's presence in the police department (the Mayor gave him the job). To his dismay, the Buzzard routs the gang before the police can do anything. Flash and his girlfriend are amused by the Chief's frustration, as they know that Flash is in fact the Buzzard. |
| Featuring | Buzzard |
| Credits | Script: Martin Filchock [as Filchock] (signed) | Pencils: Martin Filchock [as Filchock] (signed) | Inks: Martin Filchock [as Filchock] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Buzzard [Flash] (introduction, origin); The Mayor (introduction); The Police Chief (introduction); Flash's girlfriend (introduction) |
| Notes | Technically, the title applies to the three-panel strip that briefly gives the Buzzard's origin before the main story starts. Writing credit from Who's Who. |
| Text Story | Light Signals (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Blue Fire corners the Frost and his spy Tanya, preventing them from attacking an ocean liner. But they escape his grasp once more. |
| Featuring | Blue Fire |
| Credits | Script:? [as Eric Reid] | Pencils: Frank Thomas? [as F. T.] (signed) | Inks: Frank Thomas? [as F. T.] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Fire [Dick Knapp] (name was Jack Knapp in the lead story); The Frost; Tanya Gerhst (introduction) |
| Notes | Who's Who identifies Eric Reid as a byline. |
| Comic Story | "Larry Hunter, young psychology professor..." (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professor Larry Hunter is detoured on his way to a lecture and is imprisoned by Dr. Z, who has been studying the same topics of thought reception. Dr. Z forces Larry to work to complete his thought receiver, but with the help of fellow captive Mary Brown and the now-working receiver, Larry and Mary both escape. Larry vows to use the receiver to fight crime. |
| Featuring | Larry Hunter |
| Credits | Pencils: Patrick Weld (signed) | Inks: Patrick Weld (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Larry Hunter (introduction, origin) |
| Comic Story | "Spark O'Leary is finishing his evening news broadcast..." (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spark uses radio to help the police catch a gang that's been blowing up buildings. |
| Featuring | Spark O'Leary |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Pearson [as Chas Pearson] (signed) | Inks: Charles Pearson [as Chas Pearson] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Spark O'Leary |
| Comic Story | "Satan" Takes a Holiday (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Jeb Tinker |
| Credits | Pencils: Arthur Hoffman (signed) | Inks: Arthur Hoffman (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
| Comic Story | "Ancient god appears in night club" (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | After reading about the events from last issue in the paper, some thugs kidnap Nikky to force Craig to give them his magic ring. With the help of the gods at his command through the ring, Craig defeats them, but Pluto decides to go off and have some "fun" rather than return to the ring once his work is done. |
| Featuring | Craig Carter |
| Credits | Script: Ed Robbins [as Robin] (signed) | Pencils: Ed Robbins [as Robin] (signed) | Inks: Ed Robbins [as Robin] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Craig Carter; Nikky Darnier; Professor Darnier; Zeus; Pluto; Thor |
| Notes | Writing credit from Who's Who. |
| Filler | Berg "Stout Fellow" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Album of Famous Animals |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Advertisement | "Mail coupon! Given Nothing to buy!" |
| Featuring | Wilson Chem. Co., Inc. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Some panels tinted pink, otherwise black and white. |
| Advertisement | "Boys! Girls! Have you seen our new 1941 catalog?" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Johnson Smith & Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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