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| Date | | Number: 1 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Choice Comics 1 (alt) | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.10 CAD; 0.15 USD (Foreign Countries) | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Indicia (from goldenagecomics.co.uk): Choice Comics, Vol. 1, No. 1, December, 1941. Published bi-monthly by Great Comics Publications, Inc., 220 West 42nd St., New York City. Entire contents Copyrighted, 1941 by Great Comics Publications, Inc. Yearly Subscription in the U. S. A. and Canada $1.50; Foreign $2.10. Single copies 10 cents in the U. S. A. and Canada; 15 cents in Foreign Countries. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Distributed By American News Company Printed in U. S. A. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Feature | Kangaroo Man |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Kangaroo Man [Jack Brian]; Bingo |
| Pencils | Chuck Winter |
| Inks | Chuck Winter |
| Comic Story | The Origin of Kangaroo Man (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professor Stanford calls Jack back from Australia to help break up a ring of enemy agents who are sabotaging American defenses. |
| Feature | Kangaroo Man with Bingo the Amazing Kangaroo |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Kangaroo Man [Jack Brian] (introduction); Bingo (his kangaroo, introduction); Professor Stanford (of Tech Institute, introduction); unnamed enemy agents (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | Chuck Winter (signed) |
| Inks | Chuck Winter (signed) |
| Notes | Kangaroo Man was created by Oklahoman, Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger, a businessman, writer and artist. |
| Comic Story | Prince of Pirates, Jean Lafitte (7 pages) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Jean Lafitte |
| Pencils | Pagsilang Isip ? |
| Inks | Pagsilang Isip ? |
| Notes | Tentative art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
| Comic Story | The Huda-Wazi War (6 pages) |
| Feature | Zomba |
| Characters | Zomba (introduction) |
| Comic Story | Episode One (6 pages) |
| Feature | G-Men vs. Crime |
| Genre | Crime |
| Comic Story | The CCC Camp Mystery (5 pages) |
| Feature | Atlas the Mighty |
| Script | ? [as Paul Powers] (signed) |
| Pencils | ? [as Paul Powers] (signed) |
| Inks | ? [as Paul Powers] (signed) |
| Characters | Atlas (introduction) |
| Notes | Who's Who lists "Paul Powers" as a byline rather than an actual person. |
| Comic Story | Fight for Freedom in Holland (3 pages) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Pencils | Chuck Winter |
| Inks | Chuck Winter |
| Notes | Art credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
| Comic Story | Origin of the Secret Circle (6 pages) |
| Feature | Secret Circle |
| Inks | ? [as G. Edgar Horner] (signed) |
| Characters | Secret Circle [Jim Storm; Larry Storm; Mac Storm] (introduction and origin) |
| Pencils | Mort Leav (signed) |
| Notes | According to the notes of Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (included with the goldenagecomics.co.uk scan), Leav was the penciler and the inker is unknown. |
| Comic Story | Nathan Hale (1 page) |
| Feature | Men of Courage |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Nathan Hale |
| Pencils | Alex Blum |
| Inks | Alex Blum |
| Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
| Comic Story | The Coming of Fire-Eater (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A known arsonist is out to get Fire-Eater and plants a nitroglycerin capsule in his stage kit that will blow the hero up when he swallows it. |
| Feature | Fire-Eater |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Fire-Eater [Mike O'Malley] (introduction); Louise Peters (a nurse, O'Malley's girl friend, introduction); Dr. Nagel (villain, boss of gang, introduction); Dr. Nagel's gang [Smoky Karsh (arsonist); Ludwig; other unnamed (death)] (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Art Saaf (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Saaf (signed) |
| Inks | Art Saaf (signed) |
| Notes | According to the notes of Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (included with the goldenagecomics.co.uk scan), Saaf was the penciler and the inker is unknown. Jerry Bails in the Who's Who disagrees and maintains Saaf was the inker as well. Craig Yoe in Super Weird Heroes agrees and there is no evidence extant that proves otherwise, so ? for inker removed. Script credit per Craig Yoe, added by Craig Delich. Art credit signature addition by Craig Delich. Fire-Eater is a stage performer who is able to expel flames from his mouth by taking a certain capsule. |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Laffin Gas Section |
| Script | ? [as Bill Laffin] (signed) |
| Pencils | ? [as Bill Laffin] (signed) |
| Inks | ? [as Bill Laffin] (signed) |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Romeo Rutt |
| Pencils | ? [as Heza Swain] (signed) |
| Inks | ? [as Heza Swain] (signed) |
| Notes | Who's Who lists "Heza Swain" as a byline, not an actual person. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Petey and His Pals |
| Script | ? [as Jerry] (signed) |
| Pencils | ? [as Dic] (signed) |
| Inks | ? [as Dic] (signed) |
| Notes | Notes from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware included with the goldenagecomics.co.uk scan list question marks with these signed names. It is possible that the assignment of "Jerry" as the writer and "Dic" as the artist is incorrect, although S. M. "Jerry" Iger wrote at least one story in this issue. However, |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Suzy and Sam |
| Pencils | Sy Reit ? |
| Inks | Sy Reit ? |
| Notes | Tentative art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Choice Classroom Boners |
| Genre | Humor |
| First Line | A Mayor is a he horse |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Gilda Gay |
| Script | ? [as Mary Ann] (signed) |
| Pencils | ? [as Mary Ann] (signed) |
| Inks | ? [as Mary Ann] (signed) |
| Genre | Humor |
| First Line | Waiter, I can't eat this |
| Notes | A four panel strip at the top of the page. |
| Publisher advertisement | Boys and Girls! |
| Feature | Colonel Choice |
| Notes | Editorial note along with a promo for the "Magic Tab", a free comic for which you can mail in a coupon. |
| Comic Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Private Wire |
| Pencils | ? [as Corp Scally] (signed) |
| Inks | ? [as Corp Scally] (signed) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Comic Story | The Underweight Champ (2 pages) |
| Feature | Haff Nelson |
| Pencils | Sy Reit (signed) |
| Inks | Sy Reit (signed) |
| Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Hot Foot |
| Pencils | ? [as Joy Ride] (signed) |
| Inks | ? [as Joy Ride] (signed) |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Chimpsey's Picture Puzzle |
| Letters | typeset |
| Pencils | Richard Ryan ? |
| Inks | Richard Ryan ? |
| Story | Chimpsey (1 page) |
| Script | Richard Ryan |
| Pencils | Richard Ryan (signed) |
| Inks | Richard Ryan (signed) |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Simplescience by Prof. Wotanoodle |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Richard Ryan ? |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Little Terror |
| Script | Richard Ryan |
| Notes | Back cover. Wordless story. |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Simplescience by Prof. Wotanoodle |
| Letters | typeset |
| Pencils | Richard Ryan |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Little Terror |
| Pencils | Richard Ryan (signed) |
| Notes | Back cover. Wordless story. |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Simplescience by Prof. Wotanoodle |
| Letters | typeset |
| Inks | Richard Ryan |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Little Terror |
| Inks | Richard Ryan (signed) |
| Notes | Back cover. Wordless story. |
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