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| I've missed this comic until now. Looks great, fiche or no fiche. I enjoyed the long Sky Wizard adventure. As for Blanda the Jungle Girl...an unfortunate choice of name. Truth in advertising, maybe? Bland or not, she gets to do a nude scene, which was rare in Golden Age comics. |
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| More alliterative hero-names, a Golden Age trait: Dash Dixon, Dusty Doyle, and Pinkie Parker.
Also secret agent "K-7" was (as credited) based on a radio series of that name, which apparently also inspired the film "Special Agent K-7" ('36) |
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| Blanda - another jungle queen. How many jungle queens were there in the 40's? And why were they all white? |
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| Publication | March 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | Artist credits revised from Emile C. 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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| Featuring | Sky Wizard |
| Credits | Pencils: Ed Kressy | Inks: Norman Fallon |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Sky Wizard |
| Notes | Artist credits revised from Emile C. 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 | The Unholy One: Part 2 (20 pages) |
| Featuring | Sky Wizard |
| Credits | Script: Emile C. Schurmacher | Pencils: Ed Kressy | Inks: Norman Fallon |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Sky Wizard; Unholy One (villain); Hawk Armand (villain); Vera (villain); Butch (villain) |
| Notes | Writer credit revised from ? to Emile C. Schurnmacher and artist credits revised from Emile C. 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 the 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 | The Thermite Bomb Formula (8 pages) |
| Featuring | K-7 |
| Credits | Script: Emile C. Schurmacher |
| Content | Characters: K-7; Prof. Schmidt (introduction); Charlotta Sandro (villain, introduction, death); Hircon (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Writer credit revised from ? to Schurnmacher by Craig Delich 2011-30-11. Schurnmacher was a writer only, verified by himself in article in Alter-Ego #2 (Autmn, 1999). For that reason, the art credits, credited to him, have been changed to a ?. |
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| Comic Story | Spies Without Eyes (10 pages) |
| Featuring | Dash Dixon |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dash Dixon; The Eyes (villain, introduction); Switch (villain, introduction); Finger (villain, introduction); Trusty (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | For Valor: Hero of the Month (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A group of three 11 year olds in Norwalk, OH build a sand cave which then collapses. One of the boys runs for help while the other holds back the avalanche with his own back and uncovers the head of his trapped friend until help arrives. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Sequence and synopsis from Paul Moore. |
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| Comic Story | The Captive Crooner (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Scorpion |
| Credits | Script: Emile C. Schurnmacher [as Carl Sherman] |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Scorpion [Hal Ward]; Bill Phelps (introduction); Gus Zenda and his gang (villains, introduction) |
| Notes | Writer credit revised from ? to Emile C. Schurnmacher by Craig Delich 2011-30-11. Alter-Ego #2 (Autumn, 1999) features an article on Schurnmacher, stating he was a writer only, not an artist, thus the art credits were changed from Schurnmacher to ? as well. |
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| Comic Story | Gala the Usurper (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Blanda |
| Content | Characters: Blanda; Gala (first appearance; villain; death) |
| Notes | nude scene |
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| Comic Story | Rescue On Banks Island (4 pages) |
| Featuring | One Minute To Live |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Alderman | Inks: Jack Alderman |
| Notes | true adventure story |
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| Comic Story | The Gorilla's Rampage (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Dusty Doyle |
| Content | Characters: Dusty Doyle (last appearance); Hank Wilkins (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Hot Silk (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Pinkie Parker |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Alderman | Inks: Jack Alderman |
| Content | Characters: Pinkie Parker |
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| Text Story | Boomerang (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: John H. Compton | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
| Notes | inside back cover |
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