| Comments |
| |
| Excellent download - thank you, Yoc! The advertisement, inside, for Marvel Mystery #2, a Timely publication, was wild to see. I know, earlier on, that many comic publishers carried "rival" companies' ads. I'd just never seen one before. |
|
| | |
| Additional Information |
| |
| Publication | December 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| |
| Featuring | The Claw |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Claw; Captain Fearless |
| |
| Comic Story | The Tom-Tom (1 page) |
| Featuring | Indian Lore |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | The use of the tom-tom in Indian society. |
| |
| Synopsis | Jerry Morris and Ambassador Eloise Pearsall happen to stop at Ricca, on their way to China to aid war victims. This is the home of The Claw, and The Claw needs a woman to aid in his world conquest. |
| Featuring | The Claw |
| Credits | Letters: Menken? (see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Claw (introduction); Jerry Morris; Eloise Pearsall; Hy-Lang |
| Notes | Per Bails' Who's Who, payment records show that Cole and someone named "Menken" (signature illegible) were paid for this Claw story. "Menken" may be a letterer. |
| |
| Cartoon | The Acid Test (1 page) |
| Featuring | Factograms |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Six factoids. |
| |
| Comic Story | As Time Stops (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A ball of light is committing crimes. |
| Featuring | Mister Midnite |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Midnite (Neal Carruthers); Will-O-Wisp (villain); Slip; Gunner; Chief Birey |
| Notes | Pencils:
1. Original indexer stated: Jim Chambers ?
2. Eric Schumacher stated (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4061): Al Anders ?
Letters:
Eric Schumacher stated (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4061): Al Anders ?
Bob Hughes confirms Al Anders by comparing his art with Marvel Mystery #1, Masked Raider. Several shots and body positions are almost identical. |
| |
| Text Story | Save on Bullets (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Sheriff of Green Gulch was dignified, well bred, and older man (even though he didn't look it or act like it) who was careful, and slow about things, especially guns. Although his young Deputy held that against him, when the chips were down, the Sheriff knew how to take care of troublemakers......without wasting time or lead! |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: John Carteris (Sheriff); Kenneth Lester (Deputy); Ken Lester |
| Notes | Pencils/inks: Eric Schumacher stated (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4061): Bill Everett. |
| |
| Comic Story | Meeting With a Genie (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Red finds a genie in a marble. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Red Reeves (introduction); the Genie (introduction); Reilley; Mrs. Reeves |
| Notes | Pencils/inks: Eric Schumacher also stated (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4060): Harold DeLay |
| |
| Comic Story | Ting Ling's Power Play (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Fearless has his ship stolen by Ting Ling. |
| Featuring | Captain Fearless |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Fearless; Ting Ling (villain); Lt. Dugan |
| Notes | Continued next issue. |
| |
| Comic Story | The Airport Murders (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Someone is killing test pilots. |
| Featuring | Calling the Duke |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Duke; Jack Smith; Mary; the Hooded man; Bill |
| |
| Comic Story | The Spy Ring Case (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Wasp tracks down a spy ring that is stealing blueprints. |
| Featuring | Wasp |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Wasp (Burton Slade); Rudolph Lake; Philip Wingate; Dan Roberts; Wilson; Jim; Ludwig; Max |
| |
| Featuring | Make This |
| Notes | How to make a model airplane out of balsa wood. |
| |
| Comic Story | Mesa Justice (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Barry helps the sheriff round up a gang of cattle rustlers. |
| Featuring | Barry Lane |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Barry Lane (introduction); Pat Bowers; Matt Blake |
| |
| Comic Story | Introducing the Spirit Man (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spiritman stops men robbing the U. S. gold depository. |
| Featuring | Spirit Man |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Spiritman [Spirit Malcolm] (introduction); Ray Williams; Fritz |
| Notes | The story spells Spiritman as one word whereas the feature name has it as two words. |
| |
| Advertisement | Here's Marvel Comics (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Marvel Mystery Comics #2 - with reprinted cover. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Frank Motler noted the existence of this ad on the Timely-Atlas list during a conversation about an ad for this issue on the inside front cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #2. Early issues of Silver Streak Comics are believe to have been produced by Funnies, Inc., which also produced the early Marvel [Mystery] Comics. |
| |
| Publisher advertisement | Did You Say Thrills? (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: The Claw; Capt. Fearless |
| Notes | Next issue out November 10, 1939.
Back cover. |
| |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a
Creative Commons Attribution License.
More details about this comic may be available in their page here |
