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| checking out the origin of 'Hugh Hazard and His Iron Man' ( not at all bad for the period) I find a police commissioner firing a flare into the sky to alert the hero. In August 1939, does this predate the Bat Signal?
Just had to add this.
Only serious source of info on George Brenner.
Most sources, which are brief, credit his character 'The clock' as the first masked comic hero. This source is more accurate and gives more detail.
https://qualitycomics.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Clock
But seriously, check the link and tell me, 'Did George Brenner look like ARNOLD or not?'
There's now this page too.
https://qualitycomics.blogspot.com/2013/01/george-edward-brenner-28-sept-190813.html#more
Cheers! |
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| This story does indeed predate the Bat-Signal by a year and a half. The first use of the Bat-Signal was in Detective Comics #60 (cover-dated Feb 1941). |
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| Publication | August 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Bozo the Robot; Espionage [Black Ace] (inset); Abdul the Arab (inset); Archie O'Toole (inset); Wings Wendall (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Black Spot (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Black Spot (a political group) takes over Argentina and conquers most of the rest of South America, before Black Ace intervenes. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Espionage [Black Ace]; Colonel Atwater; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Batu; The Black Spot (Villains); Vlamir Koran (Introduction); Mara Hani (Introduction, Dies) |
| Notes | Feature continued from Feature Comics #22, where the hero was called Black X. Black Ace becomes Black X again with issue #6. No explanation given. |
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| Comic Story | The Big Radio Hoax (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Philpot Veep (intro); Waldo |
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| Comic Story | Escape from Devil's Island (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Feature continues from Feature Funnies (Quality Comics, 1937 Series) #12 (September 1938).
Final appearance. |
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| Comic Story | The Murder of Max Gorman (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter (intro); Monahan, DAILY STAR editor; Gloria Gorman; Van Drenn (villain, intro); Rocco (villain, intro) |
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| Comic Story | The King's Visit (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | King Julius of Slobodka visits Shickshinny and gets kidnapped |
| Featuring | Simple Simon |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Simple Simon; King Julius; Slaughterhouse |
| Notes | (only appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Mickey Rooney (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: Mickey Rooney |
| Notes | Feature continues from Feature Funnies (Quality Comics, 1937 Series) #16. |
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| Comic Story | Major Drake Is Missing (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Wings Wendall (intro); Major Drake; Balov (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Apple of Invisibility (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gil O'Teen, has usurped the throne of Pyromania. He captures Archie and tortures him by witholding food but piping aromas towards him. Archie finds an apple in a laboratory and turns invisible when he bites into it. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Bud Thomas] (signed) | Pencils:? [as Bud Thomas] (signed) | Inks:? [as Bud Thomas] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Archie O'Toole; Gil O'Teen (villain) |
| Notes | continued from FEATURE COMICS #22
Bails has 'Bud Thomas' only as a byline, adding that this feature was sometimes by George Tuska. |
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| Comic Story | Introducing the Invisible Hood (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Maharajah of Raas is willing to pay a million dollars for the return of a stolen sacred Indian necklace, and Inspector Blake calls in Kent Thurston because of his knowledge of precious gems. Donning a simple disguise, Thurston uses a gas gun to convince a culprit to cooperate as to the location of this necklace. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] (introduction); Inspector Bill Blake; Maharajah of Raas; Peter Robinson; Butch (villain); Spike (villain) |
| Notes | Many sources confuse the name of this hero with the name of the feature. In this issue, it was titled "Hooded Justice" and it starred the "Invisible Hood". Here he did not have the power of invisibility, merely donning a red monk's cloak and domino mask. |
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| Comic Story | The Baseball Fixers (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Clip accepts an invitation to visit the farm owned by his friend Bob. Two crooks are hiding out at the local hotel, and decide to fix the following day's baseball game for profit by kidnapping star player Bob. Clip tracks him down and releases him in time to play the game. |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Sports | Characters: Clip Chance; his mother; Bob Brack; Slick (Villain); Butch (Villain) |
| Notes | continued from FEATURE COMICS #16 |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost Express (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cook and Kelly investigate a "ghost train" which appears directly in the path of passenger trains belonging to the Continental Railway Company. Cook works out that the headlight and whistle of the "ghost train" actually belong to an airplane being flown low over the tracks, and ambushes the pilot, who is in the pay of a rival railroad company. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Captain Cook; Kelly; The "Ghost Engineer" (Intro, Villain); Donald Kelly |
| Notes | continued from FEATURE COMICS #22. |
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| Text Story | Mystery at Catalina: Chapter 1 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Tony Parelli |
| Credits | Script: Jeffrey Spain (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tony Parelli; Sun Wang |
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| Comic Story | Veron Gomez (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Vernon Gomez |
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| Comic Story | The Treachery of Murdock (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Abdul the Arab (intro); Hassan; Ali Bey; Col. Simpson; Sylvia Simpson; Murdock (Villain, Intro, Dies) |
| Notes | Signed in the last panel. |
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| Comic Story | Iron Monster at Large Again (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mad scientist Von Thorp sends his metal robot on a rampage through the city, leaving the Police at their wits' end, so they call in Hugh Hazzard, who manages to stow away inside the robot. The robot returns to von Thorp's hideout, whom Hazzard manages to capture. Learning that the Police plan a watery grave for the robot, Hazzard rushes in to save it, naming him Bozo the Iron Man, and using him as his new crime-fighting partner. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot (introduction, origin): Commissioner Hunt; Inspector Burke; Chief Blane; Pat; Dr. Von Thorp (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Brenner probably created Bozo from the golden robot Elektro, which was made by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and presented to the 1939 New York World's Fair. It was 7' tall and performed a variety of feats, but could not house a human being. |
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| Dan and the Gang Go to Bat with Grips (1 page) |
| Notes | printed in two colors- red only. |
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| Advertisement | Just Out the Fastest Loading Air Rifle in History (1 page) |
| Notes | back cover |
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