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| Date | | Number: 20 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Keen Detective Funnies 20 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | The pay-record for this issue were used for credit identification. Records were kept by Lloyd Jacquet, head of "Funnies, Inc." who packaged this issue. Pay-record data provided by Robert Wiener. On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 451773. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Eye; Estella |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| First Line | The Eye's power ray repels the attacking aliens! |
| Notes | Credits confirmed by pay record. |
| Advertisement | No Title |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Books for boys and girls |
| Notes | Four Lone Ranger books, a Hardy Boys book, a Melody Lane book, a Judy Bolton book, a Dana Girls book, and a Nancy Drew book sold through Centaur Publications, Inc. |
| Advertisement | Tatham Stamps and Coins |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | For stamp collectors |
| Notes | Three stamp ads from Movie Star Stamps, Centaur Publications, and Tatham Stamps. |
| Help Yourself to a Free Gift by Helping Uncle Joe! | |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Joe Hardie |
| Story | The Eye (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | An airplane is smuggling illegal aliens from Canada to Montana. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Eye; Curly; Estella |
| Script | Frank Thomas |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas |
| Inks | Frank Thomas |
| First Line | Our story opens near the bitter root mountain border country of America's rugged and beautiful great northwest! |
| Notes | Credits confirmed by pay record. |
| Comic Story | Magnetic Mine Menace / Dean Denton (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Magnetic mines are being dropped in the area where the ship Dean and friends are traveling through. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Carol; Absalom; Hall |
| Script | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell (signed) Tex Blaisdell (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Campbell (signed) Tex Blaisdell (signed) |
| Notes | The pay-records state Harry Frances Campbell was paid for this work, although Tex Blaisdell signed the next to last panel on page 8. |
| Story | Dan Dennis- F.B.I. (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spies kidnap a man's daughter to get secret plans. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Dan Dennis; Tick [Tickner]; Lawrence Hilly; Mrs. Hilly; Betty Hilly; Erick; Steve |
| Script | Sam Gilman (signed) |
| Pencils | Sam Gilman (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Gilman (signed) |
| First Line | Tick! |
| Notes | Red duotone on pages 1, 3, 4, and 6, pages 2 and 5 are black and white. Credits confirmed by pay record. |
| Comic Story | Lesson Number Seven / How to Be an Amateur G-Man (2 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Bill; Butch |
| Script | Fred Schwab (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Schwab (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Schwab (signed) |
| Notes | Pay-records confirm credit. |
| Story | TNT Todd- Ace G-Man (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Todd is helped by an enemy of the One Thousand and One gang. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | TNT Todd; Mr. Death |
| Script | Victor Pazmiño |
| Pencils | Victor Pazmiño |
| Inks | Victor Pazmiño |
| Letters | Victor Pazmiño ? |
| First Line | "The One Thousand and One" is a vast organization of crime headed by "The Three Hoods" |
| Notes | Duotone on pages 1, 3 and 4, black and white on pages 2 and 5. Credits via pay-records. |
| Story | DetectioNotes! (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Crime |
| Characters | Luke S. May |
| Script | Terry Gilkison |
| Pencils | Terry Gilkison |
| Inks | Terry Gilkison |
| First Line | Mechanics of walking - differ with each person |
| Notes | Duotone. Five one-panel cartoons. Credit from pay-record. |
| Text Story | Muddy Evidence (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | James Druth thinks he has gotten away with murder. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Amos Druth; James Druth |
| Script | John Compton |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell (1 illustration) (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Campbell (1 illustration) (signed) |
| Notes | Credit for artist confirmed, and for writer from the pay-record. |
| Story | Dean Masters, D.A. (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dean is set-up for murder. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Dean Masters; Doc Crawford; Tony Disilver; Kitty Crane [also as Dorothy Holms]; Reed |
| Script | Claire S. Moe (signed) |
| Pencils | Claire S. Moe (signed) |
| Inks | Claire S. Moe (signed) |
| First Line | That's a picture of Tony Disilver, Doc. I've served notice through the papers that he'll get the works if he tries to operate in Bay City! |
| Notes | Credits confirmed by pay records. The writer wrote Kitty's fake name as Doris first, then Dorothy afterwards. Duotone on pages 1, 3, 4 and 6, black and white on pages 2 and 5. |
| Activity | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Clever Clues |
| Characters | Mr. A.; Mrs. A.; M. Bertillion |
| Script | Terry Gilkison (signed) |
| Pencils | Terry Gilkison (signed) |
| Inks | Terry Gilkison (signed) |
| First Line | As a woman stepped out of a rowboat at an amusement park near a shallow lake - it started to pour rain. |
| Notes | Puzzles. Credits confirmed from pay-records. |
| Story | Spy Hunters (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Suszette has a way in and out of an occupied town. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Captain Forsyth; Sergeant Maclean; Suszette |
| Script | Lochlan Field (signed) |
| Pencils | Lochlan Field (signed) |
| Inks | Lochlan Field (signed) |
| First Line | Captain Forsyth is still before the Maginot Line. |
| Notes | Duotone on pages 1, 3, 4 and 6, black and white on pages 2 and 5. Credits confirmed by pay-records. |
| Story | Masked Marvel (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Masked Marvel investigates many mysterious explosions. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | The Masked Marvel |
| Script | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Inks | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| First Line | A transport plane, loaded with passengers, roars into the air from a western airport- |
| Notes | Credits confirmed by pay-sheet. |
| Story | Crime Crushers (1 page) |
| Synopsis | About William Sheridan and how photography helped him capture crooks. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Crime |
| Characters | William Sheridan; Lefty |
| Script | Terry Gilkison (signed) |
| Pencils | Terry Gilkison (signed) |
| Inks | Terry Gilkison (signed) |
| First Line | Detective William Sheridan |
| Notes | Credits confirmed by pay-sheet. |
| Story | Spark O'Leary- Radio Newshawk (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spark turns to a hypnotist to help him stop a gang. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Spark O'Leary; Dr. Evans |
| Script | Charles Pearson (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Pearson (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Pearson (signed) |
| First Line | Spark has just been broadcasting about a gang of hijackers who have been operating in his city |
| Notes | Credits confirmed by pay-sheet. |
| Comic Story | Bullets Have Fingerprints (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Crime |
| Characters | Robert Churchill |
| Script | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Pencils | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Inks | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Notes | Fact page. Credits confirmed by pay-sheet. |
| John Kolb (signed) | |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| Feature | Amazing-Man John Kolb (signed) |
| Characters | The Great Question; The Shark; The Iron Skull; Drago; Prof. Doran; Rocklin; Red; Minimidget; Ritty Lew Glanzman (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) Carl Burgos (signed) |
| First Line | Read these! Every month- |
| Notes | Inside back-cover. Full-page ad for Amazing-Man Comics #11 featuring splash pages for the Amazing-Man, The Shark, The Iron Skull, and Minimidget stories. |
| Advertisement | Remington Typewriters (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | This beautiful desk for only $1.00 |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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