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Publication | September - October 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
Notes | In an article by Bill Woolfolk that appeared in in Alter Ego #6, it reprints the color proof to this cover [in black and white], stating first it was drawn by John Giunta [who drew the feature at the same time Mort Leav did], and then a take-off on this cover by done in 1996, stating that both were done by Mort Leav. |
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Cover | Mad Hatter vs. Humpty Dumpty; Mad Hatter Visits the Golden City of Crime |
Featuring | The Mad Hatter |
Credits | Pencils: Mort Leav (signed) | Inks: Mort Leav (signed) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Mad Hatter [Grant Richmond] |
Notes | In an article by Bill Woolfolk that appeared in in Alter Ego #6, it reprints the color proof to this cover [in black and white], stating first it was drawn by John Giunta [who drew the feature at the same time Mort Leav did], and then a take-off on this cover by done in 1996, stating that both were done by Mort Leav. |
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Synopsis | Promotional, illustrated ad for EC Comics Animal Fables #1 (July-August 1946), with the cover. |
Featuring | Animal Fables |
Credits | Pencils: Burton Geller? | Inks: Burton Geller? | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Freddy Firefly; Hector the Inspector; Willie Weasel; Korky Kangaroo |
Notes | Found on the inside front cover. Art credits added by Craig Delich 2012-12-2. |
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Comic Story | The Golden City! (13 pages) |
Synopsis | In 1528, Spanish exporer Fernand De Leon had discovered the fabled City of Gold, built by the Atzecs who had fled from Cortez twenty years before. Now, in 1946, young Grant Richmond suspects that noted jewel thief Spade Delvane is escaping town by air with $50,000 in gold, and when the Mad Hatter follows him, they both wind up in the City of Gold. |
Featuring | Mad Hatter |
Credits | Script: Bill Woolfolk (signed) | Pencils: Mort Leav (signed) | Inks: Mort Leav (signed) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Mad Hatter [Grant Richmond]; Fernand De Leon (flashback, explorer, death); Fuddy (lawyer); Bustle (lawyer); De Leon (descendant of Fernand); Spade Delvane (villain, jewel thief) |
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Synopsis | The Hatter finally tracks down wanted crininal Frank Faro, who was soon executed in the electric chair. Soon after, a doctor claims the body, takes it to his lab, and removes the brain, placing it in the skull of a gorilla. When the gorilla comes to, he kills the doctor and disguises himself as a human, calling himself the Gargoyle, and vows revenge on the judge, jury and Mad Hatter. |
Featuring | The Mad Hatter |
Credits | Script: Bill Woolfolk? | Pencils: John Giunta | Inks: John Giunta |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Mad Hatter [Grant Richmond]; Barbara Blake (reporter); un-named doctor (death); Fuddy (lawyer); Bustle (lawyer); Judge John Hastings (death); Denimore (juror, death); Harley (juror, death); Terese Dagon (juror); The Gargoyle [aka Frank Faro] (villain) |
Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur and Hames Ware, verified by Bill Black. The cover to this story is actually found on the cover of The Mad Hatter #1 (January-February 1946). |
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Synopsis | Tardy is putting in a vegetable garden, and the next day, while checking on his carrots, Tardy discovers them all gone. He sets a trap to catch the thief and discovers that Hasty is responsible. |
Featuring | Hasty and Tardy |
Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Hasty (a rabbit); Tardy (a bear) |
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Text Story | Murder Rides the Trail (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Tommy and Jake's fathers had been unable to make a go of raising horses in the desolate environment they resided in, and now it was a battle between the two to see who would raise horses all these years later. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Tommy Mason (horse raiser); Johnny Knight (foreman); Jake Hatton |
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Synopsis | Elmer, on the lookout for Sweet Tooth Samuels, receives a call from a woman to be on the look out for her husband who lives at 22 Lenox Avenue. As it turns out, the woman is Elmer's wife, who wanted her husband to be home on time for dinner. |
Featuring | Fuddy and Bustle |
Credits | Script: Bill Woolfolk? | Pencils: John Giunta | Inks: John Giunta |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Elmer Fuddy (lawyer); Bustle (lawyer); Sweet Tooth Samuels (villain) |
Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur and Hames Ware. |
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Comic Story | Crime Consultant! (11 pages) |
Synopsis | The Hatter spots Humpty Dumpty and his men making a fur heist on the waterfront.....later, the villain decides to "go straight" in business selling advice for a price......to criminals! The Mad Hatter is concerned when his lawyer bosses decide to defend one of the felons. |
Featuring | The Mad Hatter |
Credits | Script: Bill Woolfolk (signed) | Pencils: Mort Leav (signed) | Inks: Mort Leav (signed) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Mad Hatter (last appearance); Humpty Dumpty (villain); Freddy Gaunt (villain); Sparrow Saunders (villain) |
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Advertisement | Amuse and Amaze Friends with the Library of Fun (1 page) |
Featuring | Fun Industries |
Credits | Letters:?; some typeset |
Notes | Found on the inside back cover. Illustrated advertisement from Fun Industries in New York City in regards to the Library of Fun, which contains 20 books and more than 500 pages of ideas covering sports, games, tricks, stunts, and puzzles, all for $1 postpaid. |
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Advertisement | Be a Movie Producer! (1 page) |
Featuring | Projector Sales Co. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Found on the back cover. Illustrated advertisement from Projector Sales Company in New York City, telling readers that they, too, can be a big movie producer with the Techicolor Comic Scope, for sale at $1.98. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-12-2. |
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