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| Date | | Number: 9 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Amazing Man Comics 9 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Various sequence notes corrected by Darci, September 2007. Editor per Ownership Statement on inside front cover. Indicia: February 1940. Number 9. AMAZING MAN COMICS is published monthly by Comic Corporation of America, 29 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass., Editorial and Executive offices: 215 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Springfield, Mass. Single copies 10c. Yearly subscription $1.00 in the U.S.A. (other countries $1.50). Copyright 1939 by Comic Corporation of America. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Ptd. in U.S.A. On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 439469. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Nazis |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Notes | Various sequence notes corrected by Darci (September 2007). |
| Publisher advertisement | Books for Boys and Girls |
| Feature | Comic Corp. of America |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Upper left corner of the inside front cover. A promotional house advertisement for Lone Ranger books published by the publisher of this comic book. |
| Statement of Ownership | Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation Etc. E. L. Angel (owner) (credited) |
| Synopsis | Statement of ownership of "Amazing-Man Comics, published monthly at Springfield, Mass., for October 1, 1939." Comic Corporation of America (owner) |
| Letters | typeset Joe Hardie (owner, publisher) (credited) |
| Script | Joe Hardie Berta M. Holcepl (notary) (credited) |
| Editing | Raymond Kelly (owner, business manager) Lloyd Jacquet (editor) |
| Notes | Lower left corner of inside front cover. All addresses for given as 220 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. Bertha M. Holcepl, Notary public, Kings County. Managing editor listed as "none". |
| Publisher advertisement | For 1940 It's the Centaur Group! |
| Feature | The Centaur Group |
| Pencils | George Peter (signed) |
| Inks | George Peter (signed) |
| Notes | Right side inside front cover. The Centaur Group books are Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series), Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series), Amazing Man Comics (Centaur, 1939 series), and Funny Pages (Centaur, 1938 series). |
| Story | Aman the Amazing-Man (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Escaping from the clutches of the Nazis, thanks to "The Green Mist," Aman steals a German plane and heads for Berlin. He is shot down, injured, and once again captured. While in the hospital, the Great Question mentally contacts Aman and demands he escape and head for Tibet. |
| Inks | ? (see notes) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Elsie (a nurse); Pat (a nurse)The Great Question (villain); un-named German Leutnant (villain); Herman (villain); Karl (villain); Erich (villain, intern, death); Wilhelm (villain); Joseph (villain); other Nazis (villains, some die) |
| Script | Allen L. Kirby |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| First Line | Aman, the 'Amazing-Man', having abandoned his plan to avenge the misdeeds... |
| Notes | First line and character information from Lou Mougin (May 2009). According to Blake Bell, Everett received an art assist on this story from some unknown artist. |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The King is revealed to be Roger King, Sir Oliver's missing son. When the King gets into a fight with Jenkins over the treatment of his prisoners King hits his head. Thinking the King is dead the natives begin an attack on the white people. Jenkins sacrifices his life to help the others escape the island with the King. |
| Feature | King of the South Seas |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Doris McAllister; Sir Oliver King; Jeffers; Mr. Dites; The King [Roger King]; Dr. Wellesly (castaway); Mr. Jenkins (King's partner, dies) |
| Script | Harold Hughes (signed) |
| Pencils | Harold Hughes (signed) |
| Inks | Harold Hughes (signed) |
| First Line | Doris, Sir Oliver King, First Mate Jeffers... |
| Notes | First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009. |
| Comic Story | Jungle Battles (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jay hunts dinosaurs in South America, encountering a menacing stegosaurus dinosaur in the jungle. |
| Feature | Jay Douglas |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Jay Douglas (paleontologist); Kelinga (guide); Ka-No (guide) |
| Script | R. Louis Golden (signed on the last panel) (signed) |
| Pencils | R. Louis Golden (signed on the last panel) (signed) |
| Inks | R. Louis Golden (signed on the last panel) (signed) |
| Comic Story | No Title (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Iron Skull investigates missing rocket planes. Ludwig has been blasting them from the sky with his invisible ray then collecting the fallen planes aboard his steamship. Iron Skull pilots a rocket plane to learn what's happening. Confronting Ludwig Iron Skull throws him into the furnace of the ship then destroys the invisible ray. |
| Feature | Iron Skull |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Iron Skull; Mr. Leighton (aircraft executive); Mr. Ryan (Naval intelligence); Jeff (pilot); Richards (pilot); Ludwig (spy, skipper, dies); Otto (coal man) |
| Script | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Pencils | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| First Line | Late in the year 1970, twenty years after the Second World War... |
| Notes | First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009. |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A mad professor makes an alliance with an unearthly Elemental. The Magician from Mars grows in size to battle the monster. She dispatches the monster by singing 'the most beautiful song in the world' at him. |
| Feature | The Magician from Mars |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Magician from Mars; Bill Wend (amateur pianist); Elemental (giant green monster) |
| Script | John Giunta (see notes) Mike Mirando |
| Pencils | John Giunta (see notes) Mike Mirando |
| Inks | John Giunta (see notes) Mike Mirando |
| First Line | The story starts in a small rural town... |
| Notes | First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Giunta's name is misspelled "Guinta" in the splash panel. |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jake and Smily kidnap Minimidget and Ritty to force the duo to rob a bank for them. Minimidget escapes them and phones the police; the two robbers die in a shoot-out with the police. |
| Feature | Minimidget |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Minimidget; Ritty; Jake (robber, dies); Smiley (robber, dies); Mahoney (policeman) |
| Script | John Kolb (signed) |
| Pencils | John Kolb (signed) |
| Inks | John Kolb (signed) |
| First Line | Say, Jake! |
| Notes | First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009. |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jerry is kidnapped by the Quadropel Men, who want to sacrifice her to their god of steam. Oxan and Chuck rescue her. Oxan keeps the head of a victim as a trophy. |
| Feature | Chuck Hardy in the Land Beneath the Sea |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Chuck Hardy; Jerry Peterson; Oxan; Ciro (king of Quadropel Men); Quadropel Men (four-armed green men) |
| Script | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| First Line | After the death of their treacherous guide... |
| Notes | First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009. |
| Text Story | The Green Mist (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professor Matulay tries to start an uprising at the asylum where he's kept but Amazing Man stops him. |
| Feature | Aman the Amazing-Man |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Amazing Man [John Aman]; Professor Khosov Matulay |
| Script | Sam Gilman |
| Pencils | Sam Gilman (two illustrations, see notes) (signed) ? Sam Glanzman (two illustrations, see notes) (signed) ? |
| Inks | Sam Gilman (two illustrations, see notes) (signed) ? Sam Glanzman (two illustrations, see notes) (signed) ? |
| Notes | Lou Mougin added the credited script of Sam Gilman, May 2009. Both Gilman and Glanzman used the initials of S. G. to sign their work, it is more likely this was done by Gilman, who is credited already on this text story. However, Glanzman cannot be ruled out either. |
| Comic Story | The Devil Dogs / Mighty Man (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mighty Man, a 12' giant, leaves the Valley of Giants to wage war on crime, and his first case is to battle The Dogman and his devil dogs. The Dogman's master has created a formula which can be traced by his dogs across any distance, making it impossible for men to escape him. Mighty Man battles the Dogman while the inventor of the formula is doused in his own chemical then killed by his dogs. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mighty Man [Scott Pearson] (introduction); the Dogman (villain); Sunny |
| Script | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Pencils | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Inks | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Comic Story | No Title (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Shark battles von Sclagian's submarine, which has been sinking and plundering ships in the Atlantic. |
| Feature | The Shark |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Shark; Captain von Sclagian (pirate) |
| Script | Lew Glanzman |
| Pencils | Lew Glanzman |
| Inks | Lew Glanzman |
| First Line | Out on the high seas, a fishing schooner... |
| Notes | Sub-Mariner-like aquatic super-hero. First line from Lou Mougin, May 2009. |
| Advertisement | This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00 / Remington Typewriters (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. An advertisement for the Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter. |
| Advertisement | Boys, Girls! Select New & Unusual Gifts from This Ad or Sensational New Catalog / Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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