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| Date | | Number: 23 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Champ Comics 23 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/) |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | War |
| Pencils | Joe Simon |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Previous indexer suggested Jack Kirby for pencils and Joe Simon for inks. |
| PSA | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Reproduction of a letter from the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. urging readers of the comic book to purchase War Savings Stamps. |
| Genre | War |
| Script | Henry Morgenthau Jr. (signed) |
| First Line | A special message to the readers of Champ Comics |
| Notes | This public service announcement appeared in numerous comic books around this time. The only difference was in the headline, where the particular comic book title was inserted. Black-and-white, inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | Carrying the Fight to France / Human Meteor (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | After hearing of the massacre of a commando unit in France, Duke and Toby decide to pop over and help. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Nazis (villains); Lambesque (villain, introduction, death); Human Meteor [Duke O'Dowd]; Toby |
| Pencils | Art Peddy |
| First Line | On a foggy night, on the French Channel... |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Comic Story | The Poison Plot / Liberty Lads (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Lads investigate when they notice a robbery taking place at a drug company. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Liberty Lads [Skip; Chuck]; Lee Hunt; The General [Dr. Dayton] (villain, introduction); Nazis [villains]; |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
| Inks | Henry Kiefer |
| First Line | At the warehouse of the Dayton Chemical Company... |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Comic Story | Framed for Murder / The Champ (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Champ and Henry are accused of murder. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Champ; Henry; Sergeant Cassidy; Ed Day (villain, introduction, death); Pete Carter (villain, introduction); Eduardo Martinelli (villain, introduction) |
| Story | Li'l Abner |
| Synopsis | One panel cartoon showing the inhabitants of Dogpatch lining up to buy War Bonds. |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Characters | Lil Abner; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae |
| Pencils | Al Capp (signed) |
| Inks | Al Capp (signed) |
| First Line | Dogpatch goes 100% for U.S. War Bonds |
| Notes | Promotional cartoon to purchase US war bonds. The Li’l Abner and Winnie Winkle cartoons together take up the left two thirds of the page, the Liberty Limericks the right third. |
| Story | Winnie Winkle |
| Synopsis | One-panel cartoon showing Winnie Winkle offering to accept part of her salary in U.S. War Bonds. |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Characters | Winnie Winkle |
| Script | Martin Branner (signed) |
| Pencils | Martin Branner (signed) |
| Inks | Martin Branner (signed) |
| First Line | Boss, I'd be glad to accept part of my salary in U.S. War Bonds! |
| Notes | Promotional cartoon to purchase US war bonds. The Li’l Abner and Winnie Winkle cartoons together take up the left two thirds of the page, the Liberty Limericks the right third. |
| PSA | Liberty Limericks |
| Synopsis | Two poems and illustrations promoting the purchase of U.S. War Bonds. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Notes | Promo to purchase US war bonds. The second of the two illustrations is signed, but the signature is very difficult to identify. The Li’l Abner and Willie Winkle cartoons together take up the left two thirds of the page, the Liberty Limericks the right third. |
| Text Story | The Story Behind the Cover (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Lads fight off an invading Japanese force that have landed in the Aleutian Islands. |
| Feature | Liberty Lads |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Liberty Lads [Skip; Chuck] |
| Story | Slim Jim and the Force (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Slim attempts to escape The Force by stowing away on a ship. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Slim Jim; The Force |
| Script | Stanley Armstrong (signed) |
| Pencils | Stanley Armstrong (signed) |
| Inks | Stanley Armstrong (signed) |
| First Line | Well s'r kids, it makes me laugh every time I think about... |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of "Slim Jim and the Force" reprints in Champ Comics. |
| Cartoon | Flags of the 28 United Nations (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Drawings of flags of 28 United Nations and a charging soldier. |
| Pencils | Howard Ferguson (signed) ? |
| Inks | Howard Ferguson (signed) ? |
| Notes | The signature "Ferg" appears next to the art of the soldier. Bails indicates Howard Ferguson worked for Harvey around this time. |
| Comic Story | Conditions in Army Camp Appalling! / Twinkle Twins (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | To undermine the public’s confidence, an unscrupulous newspaper publisher is paid by the enemy to publish lies about the conditions in American Army camps. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | A. Daniel Durst (villain, introduction); Countess Honen Linden (villain, introduction); Elijah Truth; Diane Twinkle; Dan Twinkle |
| Pencils | Al Bryant |
| Inks | Al Bryant |
| Notes | Art identification from original art at Lewis Wayne gallery. Previous indexer suggested Rudy Palais? for pencils and inks or Mort Leav? for pencils and inks. |
| Story | Daffy Drafty (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Daffy gets a role as a reporter for the camp newspaper. |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| Characters | Daffy Drafty |
| Script | Art Helfant |
| Pencils | Art Helfant |
| Inks | Art Helfant |
| Letters | Art Helfant |
| First Line | Men, we need a reporter for our camp paper... |
| Notes | app. between SPEED COMICS #18 and 26 |
| Comic Story | The Fiendish Four / Padlock Homes (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Padlock continues in his pursuit of The Professor, while both Nick O’Tyme and Dr Watsis have gone missing. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | The Professor (villain); the Baroness (villain); the Fiendish Four (villains) |
| Script | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
| Pencils | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
| Story | Smokey Stover |
| Synopsis | One-panel cartoon showing Smokey Stover going to purchase War Bonds. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Smokey Stover |
| Script | Bill Holman (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Holman (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Holman (signed) |
| First Line | Where you rushing to, Smokey? |
| Notes | Promo for the purchase of US war bonds. The 2 cartoons (this and Rube Goldberg’s inventions) occupy the left two thirds of the page. |
| PSA | One of Rube Goldberg's Inventions |
| Synopsis | One-panel cartoon showing a man with an elaborate invention to remind him to purchase War Bonds. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| Pencils | Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| Inks | Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| Notes | Promo for the purchase of US war bonds. The 2 cartoons (this and Smokey Stover) occupy the left two thirds of the page. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| First Line | Just out--on sale at all newsstands |
| Notes | Vertical format (occupying the right third of the page) house ad for Green Hornet and Speed Comics. Only art is cover reproductions. |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Multiple puzzles and word games. |
| Feature | Champ Confusers |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent |
| Inks | A. W. Nugent |
| Letters | A. W. Nugent |
| First Line | Eight incomplete words |
| Comic Story | Snooky the Mayor (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Snooky fights off crooked campaigners in his run for mayor. |
| Feature | Snooky |
| Characters | Snooky (introduction); V (introduction); Harlow Jarmin (introduction) |
| Notes | story all in rhyme Only appearance of this "Snooky" feature. Not to be confused with the later "Snooky" feature from Fox. |
| Story | Dr. Miracle (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A former colleague of Dr. Miracle has come to Hollywood to raise a zombie army. |
| Genre | Fantasy; Superhero |
| Characters | Dr. Miracle; Mat Mahata (villain, introduction, death); Dolores Dolora (introduction) |
| Pencils | Alex Blum |
| Inks | Alex Blum |
| First Line | Good versus evil... black magic pitted against white magic... |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| 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 | |
