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| Name | The Arrow 2 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Some data for this issue from Jerry Bails' index cards & Howard Keltner's index. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Arrow [Ralph Payne] |
| Pencils | Bob Lubbers (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Lubbers (signed) |
| Text Article | No Title |
| Feature | Stamp Collecting |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Postmarks are often unique, and the stamp collector is able to form... |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
| Story | The Arrow (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A crime boss has a great idea on how to make some easy, sure loot: follow thieves to their hideout, fire arrows into the place (making them think the Arrow is on to them), and when the crooks clear out, they enter and take the lucre. But this idea is only a diversion for a bigger and better crime: kidnapping. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Arrow [Ralph Payne]; Richard van Vadeen; Police Captain; Harry (villain, bank robber); "Schultz" Forbes (villain); Forbe's gang (villains); The Boss (villain, kidnapper); The Boss's gang [Limey (death); Slick; Bull (death)] (villains, kidnappers) |
| Script | Bob Lubbers (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Lubbers (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Lubbers (signed) |
| First Line | Help police! The bank has been robbed! |
| Notes | Script credit by Craig Delich |
| Story | The Arrow (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | On the eve of the murder trial of a gangster named Marcus, reporter Benson gets a warning from Marcus' gang not to testify against their boss or else. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Arrow [Ralph Payne]; Harry Benson (reporter); Benson's newspaper Editor; Charlie (newspaper press man); Jane (reporter); Chief of Police; Marcus (villain, killer); Marcus' mob [Rickie; rest unnamed) (villains) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | Being instrumental in the capture of the murderer... |
| Notes | The last panel of the story shows the Arrow shooting an arrow, but the rest of panel is blank. No doubt it said something in the original version before the story was reprinted here. Letterer credit from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Story | The Arrow (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Department of Sanitation ignores a demand for $1 million else the city's water supply will be poisoned, and the crime is carried out. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Arrow [Ralph Payne]; John Carter (Department of Sanitation worker); Dr. Lang (Commissioner of Sanitation); Lang's Secretary; Dr. Sheldon (villain, Department of Sanitation employee, embezzler, death) |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | Here's a good one, John -- |
| Notes | The last panel of the story shows the Arrow shooting an arrow, but the rest of panel is blank. No doubt it said something in the original version before the story was reprinted here, and one can see traces of the lettering that was once there. Letterer credit from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Comic Story | The Headless Horseman Rides Again (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | It seems the Headless Horseman has been up to no good, killing people, burning down a town and more, but Betty will believe none of it, even after the Horseman apparently robs the stagecoach she is riding in. Since she is the real Horseman, she sets out to find the true culprits. |
| Feature | The Headless Horseman |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | The Headless Horseman [Betty (Paige) Warren]; Black Beauty (Horseman's horse); Betty's mother; Jim Parks (death); Sheriff Jim Dandee; Alec Trush (villain, owner of the Bar-X Ranch); Trush's gang [Hank; others un-named] (villains) |
| Script | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Pencils | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Inks | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Text Story | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Some Fun |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Humor |
| First Line | Long engagement |
| Notes | These two pages contain alternating illustrations and typed jokes. |
| Comic Story | Speedway of Death! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Larry witnesses the hit and run of a young boy, he vows to pay the boy's hospital bills totaling $2000. When he sees the chance to earn $5000 by winning a race car event, he goes for it not knowing that a racketeer has resolved not to allow Larry to win. |
| Feature | Larry Kane, The Adventure Hunter |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Larry Kane; Tommy Woods (young boy, accident victim); Tommy's mother; Colonel Kirkdale (race car owner); "Rock" Zirko (villain, racketeer); Red Bragg (villain, Zirko's race car driver); Zirko's mob (villains) |
| Pencils | Steve Dahlman (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Dahlman (signed) |
| First Line | Yippee! This is my day to howl! |
| Notes | Inker credit from Craig Delich |
| Comic Story | No Title (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lank is called in by the Bavanian consul, fearing that an enemy attack is due. He is right, so the Lieutenant heads out to investigate. Discovering enemy bombers at work pummeling a small town, Lank mans an airplane to face the foe. |
| Feature | Lieutenant Lank |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | Lieutenant Lank [aka the Robin Hood of Wartime]; Bavanian Consulate; enemy soldiers (villains, some die) |
| Pencils | Paul Lauretta (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Lauretta (signed) |
| First Line | Lieutenant Lank -- the Robin Hood of wartime... |
| Notes | Previous appearance of this feature in Amazing Mystery Funnies #24. Inker credit from Craig Delich |
| Comic Story | No Title (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bill enters Mexico, hot on the trail of cattle rustlers, and promptly saves the life of the son of a wealthy ranch owner. |
| Feature | 'Bill' Hardin |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Bill Hardin; Pedro Carlos Montenez Del Cordorba; Don Carlos (Pedro's father, rancher); Jose (ranch hand) |
| Pencils | Al Micale (signed) |
| Inks | Al Micale (signed) |
| First Line | I shore feel lost here. |
| Notes | The story ends abruptly with a blank small panel in the last story panel (because this is a reprinted story), no doubt once giving information about the continuance of the story. |
| Comic Story | 'The King' in London (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Roger has been found alive and stands to inherit 100,000 pounds instead of his cousin Hemsley. The criminal elements trying to coerce Hemsley intend for Roger's cousin to get that money -- one way or another. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Sir Oliver King; Roger King; Su (Roger's servant); Hemsley Hardwicke (Roger's cousin); Judson (family lawyer); Slip Horrigan (villain, gambler); Corrigan's gang [Knuckles; Pinkey; Lefty; Roger Smith impersonator] (villains) |
| Pencils | Harold Hughes (signed) |
| Inks | Harold Hughes (signed) |
| First Line | H'lo, Hardwicke! Y'read the morning paper yet............?? |
| Notes | Inker credit by Craig Delich |
| Comic Story | Fantasy Isle Chapter 9 (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | After escaping from the Underground World by reducing himself to miniature size, Terry, in order to regain his true size, must remain in the House of Satan for one whole night. But Satan forces him to drink a potion that changes him physically, but not mentally, and Tippy succeeds in besting Satan and returns to normal size. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Tippy Taylor; Satan (villain); Carlos (villain, Satan's assistant) |
| Pencils | George Loomis (signed) |
| Inks | George Loomis (signed) |
| First Line | Hmnn! I wonder who is going to be buried... Holy Smoke! This isn't a new grave!! |
| Notes | Continues from Amazing Mystery Funnies #24. Last appearance. Inks credit from Craig Delich |
| Comic Story | Robin Hood / Robin Hood (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief illustrated biography of Robin Hood. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Historical |
| Characters | Robin Hood; William the Conquerer |
| Script | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Pencils | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Inks | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Notes | Script and inks credits from Craig Delich |
| Advertisement | Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Illustrated advertisement from the Johnson Smith and Company, offering readers a variety of items to purchase, such as a blank cartridge pistol for 50 cents, transfer crayons for 10 cents, a bugle for 33 cents, magnetic pups for 25 cents and much more. |
| 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 | |
