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| Date | | Number: 2 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Wham Comics 2 | Published |
| Publication | 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 | 1 page |
| Feature | Blue Fire |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Fire [Jack Knapp]; The Frost |
| Pencils | Lew Glanzman |
| Inks | Lew Glanzman |
| First Line | Wham! The Frost |
| Advertisement | This Beautiful Desk for only $1.00 (1 page) |
| Feature | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | No Title (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. |
| Feature | Blue Fire |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Fire [Jack Knapp] (introduction, origin); The Frost (introduction) |
| Script | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| Pencils | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| Inks | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| First Line | Blue Fire is a real figure of mystery to the world... |
| Notes | The story was intended to continue in the next issue, but Centaur Publications, Inc. cancelled all of its titles and folded. Script credit from Who's Who. |
| Activity | Boys--Girls! Solve this Puzzle! |
| Letters | typeset |
| Comic Story | No Title (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. |
| Feature | Solarman |
| Genre | Science Fiction; Superhero |
| Characters | Solarman (introduction, origin); Quino (Saturian scientist, introduction); Al Ravoni (villain, gangster); Joe (villain); Tony (villain) |
| Script | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| First Line | Close to the heart of the great solar system lies the orbit of the moon-ringed planet of Saturn, where people live in peace and crime is unknown!! |
| Notes | Script credit from Who's Who. |
| Story | Sparkler (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Sparkler must track down Queen Marie and her mob who are smuggling diamonds. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Sparkler [Red Morgan] |
| Script | John Kolb (signed) |
| Pencils | John Kolb (signed) |
| Inks | John Kolb (signed) |
| First Line | Telegram for Mr. Morgan, sir. |
| Notes | Script 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 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. 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. |
| Feature | Buzzard |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Buzzard [Flash] (introduction, origin); The Mayor (introduction); The Police Chief (introduction); Flash's girlfriend (introduction) |
| Script | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Pencils | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Inks | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| 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. |
| Feature | Blue Fire |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Blue Fire [Dick Knapp] (name was Jack Knapp in the lead story); The Frost; Tanya Gerhst (introduction) |
| Script | Eric Reid |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas (signed) ? |
| Inks | Frank Thomas (signed) ? |
| Notes | Who's Who identifies Eric Reid as a byline. |
| Comic Story | No Title (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. |
| Feature | Larry Hunter |
| Characters | Larry Hunter (introduction, origin) |
| Pencils | Patrick Weld (signed) |
| Inks | Patrick Weld (signed) |
| First Line | Larry Hunter, young psychology professor... |
| Notes | Only appearance of the Larry Hunter feature |
| Story | Spark O'Leary- Radio Newshawk (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spark uses radio to help the police catch a gang that's been blowing up buildings. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Spark O'Leary |
| Pencils | Charles Pearson (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Pearson (signed) |
| First Line | Spark O'Leary is finishing his evening news broadcast... |
| Comic Story | "Satan" Takes a Holiday (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jeb and Laru get tangled up in a case involving $40,000 in the basement and a gangster who calls himself "Satan". |
| Feature | Jeb Tinker |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Jeb Tinker; Miss Laru; Sargent Dooley; Rosie; "Satan" (a gangster) |
| Pencils | Arthur Hoffman (signed) |
| Inks | Arthur Hoffman (signed) |
| Story | Craig Carter (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 have some "fun" rather than return to the ring once his work is done. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Craig Carter; Nikky Darnier; Professor Darnier; Zeus; Pluto; Thor |
| Script | Eddie Robbins (signed) |
| Pencils | Eddie Robbins (signed) |
| Inks | Eddie Robbins (signed) |
| First Line | I'm telling you, Heinie, if we had that ring we'd be set for life! |
| Notes | Script credit from Who's Who. |
| Illustration | Berg "Stout Fellow" / Album of Famous Animals (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Animal |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Wilson Chem. Co., Inc. |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Mail coupon! Given Nothing to buy! |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Some panels tinted pink, otherwise black and white. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Johnson Smith & Company |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Boys! Girls! Have you seen our new 1941 catalog? |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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