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Great Comics
Date | Number: 1 | Lang: English (en)
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You've got issue one and two backwards here. Otherwise they're gorgeously wacky examples of early comics with a slew of wonderfully weird artists.
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I just bought this comic, and being in a cgc case I just had to read it. Thanks for the posting. The artwork was great.
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Madame Strange is a such a badass! "Keep talking or i'll break your arm"
  
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NameGreat Comics 1 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bi-monthly
NotesThe on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
 
Cover1 page
FeatureThe Great Zarro
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe Great Zarro; Rags
NotesArt revision from Larson Wells to ? by Craig Delich. Larson Wells was a by-line only used on this strip.
 
Comic StoryOrigin of the Great Zarro (8 pages)
SynopsisA pilot is hired by two foreign nationals to fly them to the Grand Toulee Dam, not knowing that they intend the blow the structure up. Saved by Zarro, the pilot is told of the young man's origins, then together they track down the villains and save the dam.
FeatureThe Great Zarro
Script? [as Larson Wells] (credited)
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe Great Zarro [aka "Eagle Man"] (former circus aerialist, introduction, origin); Rags (a young boy, introduction); Pete Lahar (pilot, introduction); an old Gypsy woman (in flashback, introduction); circus owner (introduction, in flashback, death); Rag's sister (introduction, in flashback, death); Schwindler (villain, introduction, death); Ganzman (villain, introduction, death)
NotesScript and art revision by Craig Delich. Larson Wells is a by-line on this strip and not the name of the actual person working on this feature.

Some of the story is told in flashback.
 
Comic StoryGeorge Washington (1 page)
FeatureGreat Fighters
GenreNon-fiction
CharactersGeorge Washington
 
Comic StoryThe Plague of the Yellow Dragons (6 pages)
FeatureGuy Gorham
GenreAdventure
CharactersGuy Gorham (introduction); Zarita (introduction); Dr. Moluk (villain, introduction, death); Scorpo (villain, introduction, death)
 
Comic StorySearch for Charles King (2 pages)
FeatureGreat Manhunts
GenreAdventure
PencilsArt Saaf
InksArt Saaf
NotesArt credits identified by Art Saaf index.
 
Comic StoryFranz Von Papen / Dr. Heinrich Albert / Mata Hari (4 pages)
FeatureWorld's Great Spies
GenreNon-fiction
 
Comic StoryHunt for the Malay Elephant / Buck Johnson (5 pages)
GenreAdventure
CharactersBuck Johnson (introduction); Irene (introduction)
PencilsAndré LeBlanc
InksAndré LeBlanc
 
Comic StoryPrincess Pursuit (2 pages)
FeatureKnight and Daye
GenreAdventure
Script
PencilsFrank Little
InksFrank Little
NotesSir Upp removed from pencil credit by Craig Delich, and listed here. IF this was a pen name, it is NOT the pen name for Little, who, indeed, wrote and drew this feature.
 
Comic StoryNo Title (1 page)
FeatureMontmorency Twerp
GenreHumor
CharactersMontmorency Twerp
 
Comic StoryNo Title (1 page)
FeatureClambake the Magician
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsFrank Little
InksFrank Little
NotesWatt A. Lyre removed from pencil credit and listed her by Craig Delich. IF this was a pen name, it was not one used by Little who wrote and drew this feature.
 
Comic StoryNo Title (1 page)
FeatureLife in the Roar
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsBob Kane
InksBob Kane
LettersBob Kane ?
NotesThis is really Bob Kane.

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
 
Comic StoryMein Kemp Von Der Chungle (2 pages)
FeatureSnarzan the Ape
ScriptLlamuz
PencilsLlamuz
InksLlamuz
First LineIn a far corner of Junglemania sits a lonely figure, Adolph, the cave painter, taking a day off to rewrite the Ten Commandments...
Notesmaybe Frank Little, but I'm not sure
 
StoryOllie (1 page)
GenreHumor
Script
PencilsBob Kane
InksBob Kane
Notesthis is really Bob Kane, too
 
Comic StoryNo Title (1 page)
FeatureFrank and Meek
GenreHumor
 
Comic StoryThe Brain-Busted Dynamo (1 page)
FeatureSoup-Or-Man
ScriptHeza Souse
PencilsHeza Souse
InksHeza Souse
CharactersSoup-Or-Man (first appearance)
Noteslooks like Dr. Seuss, kinda
 
Comic StoryNo Title (1 page)
FeatureMilty and His Ma
GenreHumor
 
Comic StoryNo Title (1 page)
FeatureSmoothie
ScriptLlamuz
PencilsLlamuz
InksLlamuz
GenreHumor
 
Comic StoryThe Ghost of Snaggle Castle (2 pages)
Script
PencilsSlabba Eyce
InksSlabba Eyce
NotesI'm not making these pseudonyms up!
 
Comic StoryHail All Barberania (1 page)
FeatureBarberania
CharactersDan Druff (first appearance); Manny Cure (first appearance); Herr Cutt (first appearance)
 
Comic StoryKing of the Canvas Kissers (5 pages)
FeatureMoe M. Downe
CharactersMoe M. Downe (first appearance)
Script
PencilsFletcher Hanks
InksFletcher Hanks
NotesAttribution on December 29, 2009, by Paul Karasik, Editor of "I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets!" and "You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation!" Faces are retouched by Seymour Reit.
 
Comic StoryWarmer Brothers Present Safety First (1 page)
GenreHumor
 
Comic StoryOrigin of the Bat (1 page)
Script
PencilsDon DeConn
InksDon DeConn
 
Comic StoryCrisis in Sector Five (8 pages)
FeatureDevildogs Three
CharactersDevildogs Three [Tex Burton (first appearance); Windy Wyeth (first appearance); Pete Perkins (first appearance)]
PencilsRudy Palais
InksRudy Palais
 
Comic StoryThe Plot to Capture Hawaii / Madame Strange (7 pages)
SynopsisAs Madam Strange walks the streets of a Hawaiian island, she is shot at, but is able to capture one of the felons, and learns that Bonza, the kingpin of Axis agents, is behind it. If he is successful in overthrowing the island's government and execute its leaders, it means millions to Bohlog.
Script? [as Achmed Zudella] (signed)
GenreAdventure
CharactersMadame Strange (introduction); Bonza (villain, Japanese, introduction, death); Bohlog (villain, introduction); Pedro (villain, introduction, death); Dingo Bill (villain, introduction); Mato (villain, introduction)
PencilsChuck Winter (signed)
InksChuck Winter (signed)
First LineMysterious, beautiful and cloaked with an unknown identity, Madam Strange matches[…]
NotesMadam Strange in an expert knife thrower.

Story line continued next issue.
 
ActivityNo Title (1 page)
FeatureThe Secrets of Magic
ScriptThurstan Merlin
NotesIn red tones on inside back cover.
 
Comic StoryMiracle Pictures Presents "Gold Dust or Bust" (1 page)
ScriptWatz Izz Name
PencilsWatz Izz Name
InksWatz Izz Name
GenreHumor
 
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