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| Date | | Number: v1 2 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Sure-Fire Comics 2 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 |
| Notes | Per information from a December 1941 NY Superior Court hearing, Ace art director, Fred Gardener, stated that Pat Lamar's studio provided all of the artwork for this issue, as well as script, lettering, and coloring. Lamar was paid on May 2, 1940. Lamar admitted that the only art work he did was corrections. 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. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Lash Lightning (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Old Man of the Volcanoes gives Flash the task of traveling to the Java Sea to retrieve a stolen ruby which will be used to incite the islanders to kick out the westerners who have settled there and run businesses. Once there, he saves the young Rita Van Dyke and overcomes many obstacles to claim the ruby and capture the native Sabbat and his boss, Tiger Man. |
| Characters | Rita Van Dyke; Sabbat (villain); Tiger Man (also referred to as Tiger Mask; villain; Rita's uncle) |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey (signed) |
| First Line | From an ancient temple in Egypt, Flash Lightning's teacher, the Old Man of the Pyramids comes... |
| Story | The Raven (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Thief Solo Mogart steals money from a gambling joint, but later, when Captain Lash cofronts him Mogart knocks Lash out. The Raven suddenly enters, clouts Mogart, takes the money to hand out to the poor, and hand cuffs Mogart to Lash. Danny's girlfriend Lola remains suspicious of him. |
| Characters | Solo Mogart (thief, villain) |
| First Line | The Raven visits the office of a crooked politician where he knows... |
| Story | Ace McCoy (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ace McCoy and his aide Bill Regan stops saboteur Major Maxim from launching a devastating attack on Brazil's commerce centers and infrastructure. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Scholz (thug); Major Maxim |
| Pencils | Al Fagaly ? |
| First Line | In South America, strange things are happening: rebel outbreaks... |
| Comic Story | The Terror Trust / X, the Phantom Fed (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | X, along with some help from reporter Betty Dale and British peer Sir Anthony Bratton, bring down the notorious Terror Trust gang. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Terror Trust [Horton (convict); Professor Parks; Lawrence Wright; Doctor Ramsey]; Sir Anthony Bratton |
| Pencils | Jim Mooney ? |
| Story | Whiz Wilson (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Whiz uses his futuroscope to time-travel to 2040 Switzerland and helps survivors of the Fourth World War to defeat the chief of a marauding army to save civilization in Europe. |
| Characters | Jim Hardy; Trudy; Chief Roab (villain) |
| First Line | Well, here goes a hundred years -- I'm off to Switzerland in 2040. |
| Story | Marvo the Magician (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | June Evans's father won $50,000 but was killed by thugs who failed to find the money. June finds the hidden money but it is taken by a thug who barely escapes Marvo and Tito, who go after the gang, headed by Spike Devlin. Later, confronting Devlin and his gang, Marvo uses the many illusions at his command to capture the entire gang. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | June Evans (damsel in distress); Spike Devlin (gangster); |
| Pencils | Al Fagaly ? |
| First Line | Always in quest of adventure is that master of magic, Marvo the magician, and his highly-trained monkey... |
| Story | Clues That Caught Criminals (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Crime |
| First Line | Masters of murder! |
| Notes | A True Detective Case |
| Story | Billy the Kid (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Fred Schwab |
| Pencils | Fred Schwab |
| Inks | Fred Schwab |
| First Line | There!! That finishes him!! |
| Story | Buck Steele (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Buck catches the killer of Joan and brother Jerry's father, the town sheriff. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Joan Martin (daughter of murdered sheriff); Jerry Martin; Gotch (thug); Hatch (thug) |
| Pencils | Al Fagaly ? |
| First Line | Hmm... she's too nice a girl to be going into a tough saloon. |
| Notes | last appearance |
| Publisher advertisement | The Geatest Characters of Them All! (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | House ad for Super-Mystery Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series). |
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