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| Name | Wham Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | November, 1940. Number 1. WHAM COMICS is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 221 East 20th St., Chicago, Illinois. Editorial and Executive Offices: 215 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second class matter at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., pending. Single copies 10c; 15c in Canada. Yearly subscription $1.00 in the U.S.A. (other countries $1.50). Copyright 1940 by Centaur Publications, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Printed in the U.S.A. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Craig Carter; Zeus |
| Pencils | Eddie Robbins (signed) |
| Inks | Eddie Robbins (signed) |
| Advertisement | The Stamp Album |
| Feature | Tatham Stamp Co. |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Notes | Upper half of inside front cover. |
| Advertisement | Two of a Kind and Both Aces! |
| Feature | Super-Mystery Comics; Sure-Fire Comics |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey ?; ? |
| Inks | Harry Lucey ?; ? |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Notes | Lower half of the inside front cover. Reproduces in black and white all or parts of the covers to Sure Fire Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) #v1#3[a] and Super-Mystery Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) #v1#3. Note that there is no mention whatsoever of the publisher of either book. |
| Comic Story | Craig Carter and the Magic Ring / Craig Carter (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Craig declares to his girlfriend that he wants to become a crime fighter. He discovers that an Egyptian named Aben Toumaj whose life he once saved has given him a magical ring that commands the (Greek) gods (although Thor is also mentioned). When thieves steal the formula for a powerful acid from Nikky's father, Craig gets his first case! |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Craig Carter (introduction); Nikky Darnier (introduction); Professor Darnier (introduction); Zeus; Mercury; Pegasus |
| Script | Eddie Robbins |
| Pencils | Eddie Robbins |
| Inks | Eddie Robbins |
| Notes | Credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
| Story | Sparkler (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Sparkler stops in a supposedly quiet town where two mobs are fighting for control. |
| Characters | The Sparkler [Red Morgan]; Madge Sherman (introduction) |
| Script | John Kolb (signed) |
| Pencils | John Kolb (signed) |
| Inks | John Kolb (signed) |
| First Line | There's a nice quiet looking town. |
| Notes | previously appeared in Super Spy (Centaur, 1940 series) #1 Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | No Title (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Slugg needs to learn to control his fists, but even though he gets suspended he still catches the crooks. |
| Feature | Copper Slugg |
| Characters | Copper Slugg; Police Chief |
| Pencils | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Inks | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| First Line | Stop thief |
| Story | Phantom Rider (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Phantom Rider saves a man who was framed for murder when he pulled his gun but did not shoot it. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Phantom Rider; Thunder (his horse) |
| Pencils | A. L. Petersen (signed) |
| Inks | A. L. Petersen (signed) |
| First Line | Lin Wade, top waddy of the "Lazy Ranch", heads for town on an after round-up holiday. |
| Notes | last appeared in Funny Pages (Centaur, 1936 series) #34; last appearance |
| Text Story | The Mystery of the "Circle-X" (2 pages) |
| Script | Ray Gill |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Story | Speed Silvers (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mike reminisces to Speed about the old days of the railroad and wishes they'd get robbed, and then they do. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Speed Silvers; Mike Muldoon |
| Script | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| First Line | Along a southern route from California roars the Eagle, fastest and newest train of the streamlined railroads. |
| Notes | previously appeared in Amazing Adventure Funnies (Centaur, 1940 series) #2. Silvers' last appearance. Gustavson's credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Story | Jon Linton (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | After Jon helps Alpha defeat the Nogos, he and the Kanes journey back to the 3rd dimension and Earth. To their surprise, Alpha joins them en route and explains that they may have travelled in time as well as space. They arrive in 1940, sixty years before their time, and are greeted with suspicion and disbelief. |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Jon Linton; Dr. Kane; Lisa Kane; Alpha-712 |
| Script | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Campbell (signed) |
| First Line | I'll bet the Nogos steal our dinosaur idea, Jon! |
| Notes | previously appeared in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #23; last appearance Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. The story ends fairly abruptly, and there appears to be a box for a "continued next issue" blurb, but it is blank and the feature did not appear in issue #2. |
| Illustration | "Togo" Hero of the Alaskan Trail / Album of Famous Animals (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Animal |
| Script | Roy Humphries ? |
| Pencils | Roy Humphries (signed) |
| Inks | Roy Humphries (signed) |
| Story | Speed Centaur (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Speed takes Reel to see the ruined city of his people, but they are captured by hostile humans who have taken up residence there. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Speed Centaur; Jerry "Reel" McCoy |
| Pencils | Malcolm Kildale (signed) |
| Inks | Malcolm Kildale (signed) |
| First Line | With Reel trying to scoop the newspaper world... |
| Notes | last appeared in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #24; last appearance |
| Comic Story | No Title (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Scientist Jack Strand discovers "detecto," the wonder beam, and installs it in his car. When he hears of a dangerous criminal on the loose, Jack pursues him and captures him using detecto. |
| Feature | Detecto |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Jack Strand |
| Pencils | Al Tyler (signed) |
| Inks | John Belfi (signed) |
| First Line | After all my tiresome research I have finally succeeded -- I have discovered -- a wonder beam! |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Amazing Facts |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography |
| Script | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Pencils | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| Inks | Joseph Kaliff (signed) |
| First Line | Did you know that? Andrew Johnson |
| Notes | Script credit from Who's Who. |
| Advertisement | This Beautiful Desk for only $1.00 (1 page) |
| Feature | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | "Boys! Girls! Have you seen our new 1941 catalog?" (1 page) |
| Feature | Johnson Smith & Company |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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