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| Sky Wizard's robot terror bears some resemblance to Superman's mechanical monsters in the animated cartoon released in November of that year. Robots that rob banks and fly away - similar but not identical. Coincidence, or inspiration? |
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| Publication | March 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | Kressy and Fallon were the only artists on the Sky Wizard strip according to the character's writer, Emile C. Schurmacher in an article in Alter-Ego #2 (Autumn, 1999). |
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| Featuring | Sky Wizard |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Sky Wizard |
| Notes | Kressy and Fallon were the only artists on the Sky Wizard strip according to the character's writer, Emile C. Schurmacher in an article in Alter-Ego #2 (Autumn, 1999). |
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| Comic Story | The Robot Terror (16 pages) |
| Featuring | Sky Wizard |
| Credits | Script: Emile C. Schurmacher |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Sky Wizard (last appearance); Howland (villain, introduction, death); the Robot Terrors (villains, introduction for all, most die) |
| Notes | Writer credit revised from ? to Emile C. Schurmacher, and artist credits revised from Schurmacher by Craig Delich 2011-30-11 per article by Will Murray in the pages of Alter-Ego #2, specifically about the character of Sky Wizard and WRITER (not artist) Emile C. Schurmacher (also spelled Schnurmacher) from Schurmacher's article in the February, 1940 issue of "Writer's Digest". In article, Ed Kressy is stated to be the penciler and Norm Fallon the inker of the Sky Wizard strip. |
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| Comic Story | General Panzi, Traitor (8 pages) |
| Featuring | K-7 |
| Credits | Script: Emile C. Schurmacher |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: K-7 (last appearance); Gen. Panzi (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Writer credit revised from ? to Emile C. Schurmacher by Craig Delich 2011-30-11 per article by Will Murray in the pages of Alter-Ego #2, specifically about the characters appearing in Miracle Comics, many written by Emile C. Schurmacher (also spelled Schnurmacher), who was NOT an artist, all taken by Murray from Schurmacher's article in the February, 1940 issue of "Writer's Digest". For the same reason, the art credits, list as being by Schurmacher, were revised to a ?. |
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| Comic Story | The Mystery of Atlantis (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Bullet Bob |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bullet Bob Dunn (introduction, only appearance); King Sarx (introduction); Princess Tellura (introduction); X-Atlantis (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Art and script credits from Burnley. According to Burnley, this was his first work for comic books but was not published for several years. |
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| Comic Story | The Treachery of Judar Ben Ali (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Veiled Prophet |
| Content | Characters: The Veiled Prophet (first appearance; only appearance); Shiek Judar Ben Ali (first appearance; villain; death) |
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| Text Story | Death at Sunset (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: John H. Compton | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Death Stalks a Rodeo (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Bill Colt, the Ghost Rider |
| Content | Characters: Ranger Bill Colt [the Ghost Rider] (last appearance); Bob Lowe (first appearance; death); Marie Lowe (first appearance); Garr Weddick (first appearance; villain); Weddick's partner (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | The White Knights (10 pages) |
| Featuring | Dash Dixon |
| Content | Characters: Dash Dixon (last appearance); The White Knights (first appearance; villains) |
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| Comic Story | Revolution in Brazil (4 pages) |
| Featuring | One Minute To Live |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | last appearance |
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| Comic Story | Hendricks the Business Saboteur (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Scorpion |
| Credits | Script: Emile C. Schurmacher |
| Content | Characters: The Scorpion [Hal Ward] (last appearance); Hendricks (first appearance; villain); Dopey Dan (first appearance; villain); their gang (first appearance; villains); Mary Weld (first appearance) |
| Notes | Credits revised: artist from Schurmacher to ? and ? for penciler to Emile C. Schurmacher, by Craig Delich 2011-1-2 per interview with Schurmacher. He was a writer only....not an artist. |
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