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| Date | | Number: 8 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Amazing Man Comics 8 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | Data from Jerry Bails index cards and Howard Keltner's Golden Age index. On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 435648. Comic Corporation of America's address given as 29 Worthington Street, Springfield, Massachusetts. Editorial and executive offices address given as 220 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. Printed in U.S.A. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero; War |
| Characters | The Amazing Man [John Aman] |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Text Article | Uncle Joe's Christmas Treat: Free Gifts for All! |
| Script | ? [as Uncle Joe] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Includes indicia. A questionnaire for readers to fill out about what they expect to get for Christmas. |
| Advertisement | Special Offers for Boys and Girls |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Shares page with the questionnaire. Advertisements include special offers for Cross-Words Card Game and Picture Puzzle Book from Centaur Publications; a promotional advertisement for Amazing Mystery Funnies; advertisements for stamp collectors from Tatman Coin Company of Springfield, Massachusetts; Christmas fireworks from the Spencer Fireworks Company of Polk, Ohio; and for developing roll film from Club Photo Service of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. |
| Story | Aman the Amazing-Man (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Learning about war being declared in Europe, the Amazing Man changes into the Green Mist, heads for the airport, and takes his fighter plane across the Atlantic to fight German planes in France. Involved in a aerial dogfight, Aman is shot down and captured by the Germans, who send him to Concentration Camp 23365AC. |
| Genre | Superhero; War |
| Characters | Pierre (French soldier); the Nazis (villains, many die) |
| Script | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| First Line | In Tibet, 25 years ago, the Council of Seven selected an orphan... |
| Notes | Title from Lou Mougin (May, 2009). |
| Comic Story | The Return of the Cat Man (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Disguised as an old lady, Cat Man catches "Gypsy" Greco at his hotel hide out. |
| Feature | Cat Man |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Cat Man [Barton Stone]; Doris Gorman (writer); Joseph Gypsy Greco (wanted man) |
| Script | Tarpé Mills ? |
| Pencils | Tarpé Mills |
| Inks | Tarpé Mills |
| Letters | Tarpé Mills |
| First Line | $35,000 for the capture of Joseph "Gypsy" Greco... |
| Notes | Title and credits from Lou Mougin, May 2009. |
| Comic Story | Chapter II (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The "King"'s men board and capture a passing steamer in the South Seas. |
| Feature | The King of the South Seas |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jeffers (mate); The "King" (pirate); Butang; Doris McAllister; William Dites; Sir Oliver King; Marangi |
| Pencils | Harold Hughes (signed) |
| Inks | Harold Hughes (signed) |
| First Line | The "King", thought by all white men to be only a mythical ruler... |
| Notes | Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Hughes is credited as artist on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Story | Iron Skull (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Magno is organizing the crooks to wipe out Iron Skull. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Iron Skull; Magno (Villain); Steve (guard, dies); Scarti (gangster, dies) |
| Script | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Pencils | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| First Line | Crime wave followed crime wave after the great World-War of 1950... |
| Notes | Title and character info from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Burgos is credited as writer and artist on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. In addition to the splash page credit he also signs - as 'Burgos' - in the fifth panel of the final page. |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Magician from Mars saves a man jumping from a bridge and a cowboy at the rodeo. |
| Feature | The Magician from Mars |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | The Magician from Mars [Jane Q-X3]; Zeke (cowboy) |
| Pencils | John Giunta |
| Inks | Mike Mirando (signed) |
| First Line | Here's...the Magician from Mars... |
| Notes | Title and credits from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Giunta and Mirando are both credited on art on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Confusingly, although the splash page credit reads 'By GIUNTA & MIRANDO', the final panel is signed simply as 'MICHAEL Mirando'. |
| Comic Story | No Title (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The midgets are taken prisoner and brought to The Power on his stronhold at castle Rock. |
| Feature | Minimidget the Supermidget |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Minimidget; Ritty; The Power (villain); Jose; Mike; Spud |
| Pencils | John Kolb |
| Inks | John Kolb |
| First Line | Look at that big yellow car, Ritty... |
| Notes | Later known as Minimidget. Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Originally only credited as writer, John Kolb is credited only on art by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Text Story | Loco Lobo (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Even in the deep mesa, the hand can be faster than the eye. |
| Pencils | ? [as B. T.] (signed) (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? [as B. T.] (signed) (2 spot illustrations) |
| Colors | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Drake Hanley; Sheriff Carey Phelan |
| Script | David Cooke |
| First Line | Drake Hanley slowly and deliberately lifted his carbine. |
| Notes | Sequence info from Lou Mougin, May 2009. |
| Comic Story | The Land Beneath the Sea (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chuck and his friends are starting on an expedition with Leer as guide, and he is ordered by Princess Istrid to kill them on the way. |
| Feature | Chuck Hardy |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Chuck Hardy; Oxan; Jerry Peterson; King Kustan; Princess Istrid; Leer; Kolo (Istrid's lizard); two-headed Reptilis |
| Script | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| First Line | Oxan, there seems to be much gaiety in the courtyard! |
| Notes | Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Thomas is credited on both script and art by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | The Football Mystery / Mighty Man (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mighty Man plays football against a team of men who have been operated on to obey the will of a mad scientist. |
| Genre | Sports; Superhero |
| Characters | Mighty Man (12 foot giant); Doc; Coach; Joe |
| Script | Martin Filchock (signed) Martin Filchock (story idea suggestion) |
| Pencils | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Inks | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| First Line | The Mighty Man is a twelve foot super-giant... |
| Notes | Title and script credit from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Presumably Frank Filchock was the younger brother (?--possibly cousin) of Martin Filchock (Frank born in 1916, Martin in 1912, both in Pennsylvania, USA). Frank Filchock was a professional football player in the United States, but was suspended by the National Football League in 1947 after becoming involved in a cheating scandal (his suspension was reversed in 1950). Filchock spent most of the rest of career as a player and coach in Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Filchock |
| Comic Story | No Title (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Shark is an amazing under-sea creature serving justice, has webbed hands and feet. He is the son of a mermaid and Father Neptune. |
| Feature | The Shark |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Shark; Kirk (fisherman); Johnny (gang chauffeur); The Fishermen Gang (gangsters); Phil Davis (fisherman, dies) |
| Script | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| Pencils | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| Inks | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| First Line | On the outskirts of a fishing town, trouble's afoot... |
| Notes | Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Glanzman is credited on both script and art by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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