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| Date | | Number: 1 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | America's Greatest Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 100 Mac Raboy |
| Notes | Some sources (Golden Age Comics at http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/index.php?cid=3|) list the publication date as March 1941. Roy Thomas reports Fall 1941, in Error Report #2568. Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (35th Ed) lists May? 1941. Gerber lists the publication date as 10-15-41. Copyright Registration publication date is Oct 15, 1941. Mac Raboy |
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| Cover | 1 page Mac Raboy |
| Genre | Superhero Mac Raboy |
| Characters | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler] Mac Raboy |
| Pencils | Mac Raboy Mac Raboy |
| Inks | Mac Raboy Mac Raboy |
| Publisher advertisement | Marvel Comics' Free $25.00 Prize Contest (1 page) |
| Script | ? (signed as The Editor) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| First Line | You can win $5.00 first prize |
| Notes | Interior front cover contest for the fan base to write their favorite Marvel Comics character and send to the editor. |
| Comic Story | Ghost of the Deep / Captain Marvel / Shazam! (20 pages) |
| Synopsis | A mysterious character, calling himself The Ghost of the Deep, kills to get a formula that will enable him to solve America's invasion problem: by sinking government ships with a mysterious force. Captain Marvel heads to the west coast to see if he can discover the cause and put a stop to it. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Hugo (villain, a scientist, introduction, death); The Ghost of the Deep [Spriggins] (villain, chief newscaster of the Monopoly Broadcasting Company, introduction, death); unnamed members of the Ghost's gang (villains, introduction for all, all die) |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck |
| First Line | In a secluded laboratory, hidden somewhere in the vast metropolis... |
| Publisher advertisement | You've Seen Them All...But You Haven't Seen Anything Yet! (1 page) |
| Feature | Master Comics |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Bulletman; Shazam; Captain Nazi |
| First Line | It's going to be double-fun, double-action & double-thrills... |
| Comic Story | The Riddle of the Ages / Bulletman (18 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; The Invisible Man (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Mac Raboy |
| Inks | Mac Raboy |
| First Line | Murder lurks in the back streets... |
| Text Story | Death Doesn't Whisper (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Script | Joe Millard |
| First Line | Tip Moreno finds out too late that there are tricks in every trade... |
| Comic Story | Minute Man Meets Mr. Skeleton / Minute Man (18 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Minute Man; Mr. Skeleton (villain, introduction, death); Franklin D. Roosevelt (guest star) |
| Pencils | Phil Bard |
| Inks | Phil Bard |
| First Line | Minute Man – don't attempt to rescue us – it's too terrible! |
| Story | Chubby (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Script | Tom McNamara |
| Pencils | Tom McNamara |
| Inks | Tom McNamara |
| First Line | We need tackling practise badly... |
| Publisher advertisement | If it's the Best you're looking for... (1 page) |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Colors | various |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| First Line | Follow these famous characters in Whiz and Master Comics. |
| Comic Story | The Coming of America Smasher / Spy Smasher (18 pages) |
| Genre | Spy; Superhero |
| Characters | Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Eve Corby; Admiral Corby; America Smasher (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Charles Sultan |
| Inks | Charles Sultan |
| First Line | Spy Smasher finds there are two kinds of rats that live in sewers and the human rats who would try to destroy the U.S. are more dangerous and more poisonous than the four-legged kind. |
| Notes | This is not America Smasher's first appearance, as Spy Smasher is surprised to see him alive. |
| Story | Strange but True (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | The herring gull has a very keen eyesight and can recognize its mate at thirty yards... |
| Comic Story | The Death Battalion / Mr. Scarlet (15 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky Butler; The Death Battalion [Horned Hood; Ghost, Black Clown; Thorn; Laughing Skull; Dr. Death; Brain [Loomis] (introduction)] (villains) |
| Pencils | Don Rico ? |
| Inks | Don Rico ? |
| First Line | As though back from the grave, six sinister criminal masterminds return... |
| Publisher advertisement | Spy Smasher no. 2 / Spy Smasher (1 page) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| First Line | America's number one spy fighter in another great hit! |
| Notes | Interior back cover. |
| Advertisement | A Thrill on Every Page (1 page) |
| Feature | Mechanix Illustrated |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | That's what Mechanix Illustrated offers every live-wire boy |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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