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| Date | | Number: 17 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Amazing Man Comics 17 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | Data from Jerry Bails index cards & Howard Keltner's Golden Age index. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| Inks | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| Text Article | No Title |
| Feature | Stamps |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | Numerous countries have vanished in the past... |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Page also includes indicia. |
| Publisher advertisement | Biggest Dime's Worth of Thrills |
| Synopsis | Promo for Sure-Fire Comics and Super-Mystery Comics. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Also inside front cover. |
| Story | Aman the Amazing-Man (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Great Question seeks to destroy the oil fields in Wyoming but the Amazing Man intervenes to stop his henchmen. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Zona Henderson; Great Question; Operative Eight-Six (Great Question's agent); Slim (cowboy); Chuck (cowboy); Black Bull (renegade native); Joe Weltners (rancher) |
| Script | Allen L. Kirby |
| Pencils | Lew Glanzman |
| Inks | Lew Glanzman |
| First Line | Look that girl is fainting! |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Minimidget and Ritty help their friend Sam stop cattle thieves at his ranch. |
| Feature | Minimidget |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Minimidget; Ritty; Sam Reagan (Texan rancher) |
| Script | Charles Verral ? |
| Pencils | John Kolb |
| Inks | John Kolb |
| First Line | Come here, Ritty, we have some mail. |
| Notes | Charles Verral has a Minimidget writing credit for 1941 in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Is there any data to suggest THIS story is by him? |
| Comic Story | No Title (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Moose quits Avison's employ and assist Iron Skull in pursuing Avison's gang to Peru to prevent them from raiding an Incan site. Avison tries to rile up natives into killing Iron Skull but his invulnerable body causes the natives to take him for a god. |
| Feature | Iron Skull |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Iron Skull; Moose; Chuck Lemerise; Al Avison; Professor Edmunds; Peep Eckley (guide) |
| Script | Sam Gilman ? |
| Pencils | Sam Gilman (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Gilman (signed) |
| First Line | Arriving at the airplane factory, the Iron Skull... |
| Comic Story | Shanghied! (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rocke finds his friend Thad has been shanghaied by Walrus Blake. Rocke infiltrates the crew and leads a rebellion against Blake. Blake had been smuggling dope inside crates of silk. |
| Feature | Rocke Wayburn |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Rocke Wayburn; Thad Burns [Rocke's friend]; Walrus Blake [smuggler]; John [sailor]; Molly Burns [Thad's wife] |
| Text Story | Midnight Deadline / Aman the Amazing-Man (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | While going on vacation to Bermuda John Aman solves a murder committed using poison. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Zona Henderson |
| Script | Duke Carey |
| Pencils | Sam Glanzman (illustrations) (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Glanzman (illustrations) (signed) |
| Notes | Duke Carey is likely a pen-name. |
| Comic Story | No Title (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | After a gorilla murders 22 people in a scheme inspired by Poe's 'Murders in the Rue Morgue,' Dr. Hypno places his mind inside another gorilla in order to capture the killer animal. The first gorilla had been set free by Scotty, who commits suicide. |
| Feature | Doctor Hypno |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Doctor Hypno; Wun; Scotty (zookeeper, dies) |
| Script | Frank Thomas ? |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| First Line | Wun. Change that radio program! |
| Story | Mighty Man (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mighty Man breaks up a mob who have been insuring people then killing them with Brazilian poison in order to collect on the policies. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mighty Man (poses as Pat O'Riley); Jim Boyl (dead man) |
| Script | Martin Filchock ? |
| Pencils | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Inks | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| First Line | Hey old timer! You have a bite! |
| Comic Story | No Title (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Using his new ability to walk on water the Shark battles a birdman. The birdman reveals himself to be scientist Jean Vigee-Le Brun, who shares his formula with the Shark. Then Eric kills Jean. Then Eric reveals Jean is actually his boss Joe Shapiro and isn't dead. Then Joe explains he hypnotized the Shark and virtually everything he saw was a trick. |
| Feature | The Shark |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Shark; Eric (gunman); Father Neptune; Joe Shapiro (also as Jean Vigee-Le Brun) |
| Script | Lew Glanzman ? |
| Pencils | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| Inks | Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| First Line | He walks over to a telephone. |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Reef and his friends return to the jungles of Brazil to learn where a golden knife originated from. They discover men dressed as alligators who try to sacrifice Marian to a pit of alligators. Reef saves Marian and they find a huge deposit of gold. |
| Feature | Reef Kinkaid |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Reef Kinkaid; Dr. Lang; Marian Lang; Kobo (jungle guide); Alligator-Men (costumed men); Torrga |
| Script | Bob Lubbers (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Lubbers (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Lubbers (signed) |
| First Line | We know that this knife was carved from pure gold... |
| Comic Story | Were You Born in November (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about people born in November. |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Marie Antoinette; Daniel Boone; Robert Fulton; Joe Dimaggio; Mark Twain |
| Script | Joseph Kaliff ? |
| Pencils | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Inks | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Advertisement | This Beautiful Desk for only $1 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for a desk and typewriter from Remington. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Advertisement | Boys! Girls! Have You Seen Our New 1945 Catalog? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for novelties from Johnson Smith & Company. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | On back cover of comic. |
| 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 | |
