Price: 39.99 USD
Pages: 332
Editing: Craig Yoe (credited) (editor)

Super Weird Heroes

cover / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
the Hand; Kismet; Bullet Girl; Nature Boy; Rainbow Boy; the Kitten; Madam Fatal; the Moth; Kangaroo Man
Synopsis:
A collage of characters laid out in a grid.

Indexer Notes

The art credits are for the central figure, Nature Boy. The image is a detail of the cover of Nature Boy (Charlton, 1956 series) #5.

Issue Data

[no title indexed]

Mister Scarlet and Pinky / illustration / 2 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Mister Scarlet; Pinky

Indexer Notes

Endpages with detail from Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #6, story unknown.

[no title indexed]

blank page(s) / 1 page

[no title indexed]

The Black Terror / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Black Terror; Miss Masque
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

credits, title page / 2 pages

Pencils:
E. C. Stoner (signed)
Inks:
E. C. Stoner (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Characters:
Phantasmo

Indexer Notes

Includes a detail from the cover of The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series) #48.

[no title indexed]

credits, title page / 1 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Synopsis:
title page verso.

We're Talking Weird

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 15 pages

table of contents / 2 pages

Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed]

blank page(s) / 1 page

text article / 1.5 pages


Synopsis:
A brief history of body builder Charles Atlas and the comics character Atlas.

[no title indexed]

Atlas / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Indexer Notes

Unpublished Atlas #1 (March 1945)

[no title indexed]

Atlas / comic story / 12 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Atlas [Jim Randall]; Mr. Hufnagel; Linda Thompson; Andy Thompson; Duke Cazzini; Atlas
Synopsis:
Jim Randall, newly empowered by the Greek god Atlas, and named for him, prevents an armored car robbery and convinces a young man to stick to the straight and narrow.
Reprints (1)

Secrets of Super-Strength

comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction
Characters:
Atlas
Synopsis:
Atlas describes exercises to increase strength.
Reprints (1)

text article / 0.5 page


Synopsis:
Brief history of the Black Cobra.

The Big Blast!

The Black Cobra / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Black Cobra
Reprints (1)

America's Champion of Justice

The Black Cobra / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


Mummy's Mummy

Black Cobra and Cobra Kid / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Leo Morey (credited)
Inks:
Leo Morey (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
the Black Cobra [Jim Hornsby]; the Cobra Kid [Bob Hornsby]; District Attorney Hornsby; Mr. Abernathy
Synopsis:
Cobra and the Kid prevent a museum robbery.
Reprints (1)

text article / 1 page


Synopsis:
A brief history of Bronze Man and the African-American artist A. C. Hollingsworth.

Statue of Doom!

Bronze Man / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Alec Hope]
Inks:
? [as Alec Hope]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Bronze Man; Rand Ronald Smith, Jr; Buzz Smith; Bull Gamgos
Synopsis:
Bronze Man rescues the kidnapped son of a judge.
Reprints (1)

text article / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Colors:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed]

Bulletman / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Original splash page from Master Comics #9 (December 1940).

"G -- goodbye, Bulletman!"

Bulletman / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Bulletman; Bulletgirl; Monsieur LeStars; Madame Crystal; Mrs. Worthing
Synopsis:
Bulletgirl breaks up the partnership because Bulletman isn't giving her enough credit. However, they must work together to put a stop to a pair of charlatan mediums.
Reprints (1)

Captain Fearless

text article / 1.75 pages

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed]

Captain Fearless / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Captain Fearless
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Captain Fearless / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The maneuvers at Camp Valant are vitally important to our defense program
  • Keywords:Camp Valant
Characters:
Captain Fearless [John Fearless]; John Fearless the First (ghostly spirit); Major Caldwell (cameo, death); Captain Austin [Herr Manfred] (villain, Valant's commanding officer, a spy); Rader (villain, enemy spy); unnamed enemy spies (villains)
Synopsis:
When foreign enemy agents begin to hamper the defense activities at Camp Valant, Captain Fearless is transferred to that camp (as Private Fearless) to investigate. He discovers that the commanding officer is actually an enemy spy.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits suggested by the Who's Who.

Captain Hadacol

text article / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Captain Hadacol / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Captain Hadacol; Red
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

This issue was published in 1949 and is considered to be a giveaway comic, with no pricing on the cover. The cover can be found on the internet and in the reprint. Author claims this issue was either never published or is extremely rare.

Hadacol was a notorious patent medicine -- much of it simply alcohol -- created by Louisiana State Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc. Investigated by federal and state authorities, the company collapsed in the early 1950's. This is a comic book created by the LeBlanc Corporation to promote the product----to children.

Vitamins and Minerals

Hadacol / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Captain Hadacol / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Danger at the Dam
  • Keywords:Rivertown
Characters:
Captain Hadacol [John Wright]; "Red" Reddie; Red's unnamed friends; The Gray Gang (villains)
Synopsis:
Red and his friends in Rivertown decide to have a picnic down by the city's dam. Before feasting away at their food, the boys decide to take a swim out to a boat anchored in the water, where they find John Wright tied and gagged in a chair. After being freed, John tells the boys to go back to town and warn the populace of impeding danger from the crooks wanting to blow up the dam. After they have left, John takes Hadacol and turns into Captain Hadacol, repairs the damage to the dam and saves the boys from the criminals.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Hadacol / advertisement / 1 page

Captain Truth

text article / 0.75 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

Characters:
Bob Fujitani

[no title indexed]

Captain Truth / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


Characters:
Captain Truth, Luckyman; Detective Dareall; Hopeless Henry; Witch of Salem; The Wise Guy; Jones and His Mrs; Trixie
Reprints (1)

The Vanishing Boy!

Captain Truth / comic story / 15 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Captain Truth [Ken Elliott] (introduction); Mr. Blane (landlord); Joey; Mary (Joey's mother); Arthur [aka Slug Warner] (villain, Joey's father, reforms); Blackie (villain, gang leader); Blackie's gang [Slug Warner; "Handsome" Harry] (villains, black market racketeers)
Synopsis:
Captain Truth encounters some black marketeers stealing light bulbs from a store in order to secure valuable tungsten from the filaments. Unsuccessful, he returns to his apartment as Ken Elliott only to find that the landlord has evicted him and the rest of the tenants. Having no place to stay, Ken Elliott stays overnight with Joey and learns that his father is really Slug Warner. Captain Truth then decides to show Slug the error of his ways and reform....for Joey's sake.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Only appearance.

[no title indexed]

Cat-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Cat-man [David Merrywether]; The Kitten [Katie Conn]; Mr. Peccary
Reprints (1)

Cat-Man & Kitten

text article / 1.75 pages

Indexer Notes

Quinlan meets Cat-Man & Kitten in Cat-Man Comics #15 (November 1942), splash page of Cat-Man Comics #21 (November 1943).

[no title indexed]

The Catman and the Kitten / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What queer quirk of fate makes criminals of law abiding people?
  • Keywords:Centre City Courier
Characters:
The Catman [David Merryweather]; The Kitten [Katie Conn]; Tony Berko (villain); Berko's mob (villains)
Synopsis:
When a 30-year-old paperboy becomes disgusted of being called "my boy" by people, he decides to get revenge on anyone who dares call him that. So he gathers a group of eight newsboys together to work for him, exacting that revenge and getting rich in the process. But David and Katie have a run-in with one of the boys and learn where this Berko resides. From there, The Catman and Kitten take over.
Reprints (1)

The Dart and Ace

text article / 0.75 page

[no title indexed]

The Dart and Ace / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Dart; Ace
Reprints (1)

[Origin of the Dart]

The Dart Featuring Ace Barlow the Amazing Boy! / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
? [as Jerry Abus] (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler] (introduction, origin); Ace Barlow (introduction, adoptee of Caius); General Sulla (leader of the Roman Army, flashback); Marius (villain, flashback); Lucius (villain, flashback); Ricarno (villain); Ricarno's gang [Kid Frost; others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis:
Caius, known in ancient Rome as the Terror of Roman Racketeers, by magical incantations, is put into a deep sleep for 2200 years, awakening in a museum. Upon exiting into the modern world, he sees a vicious gang attempting to kill a young boy, Ace Barlow, and saves him. He adopts the boy and trains him to be his sidekick and together they battle against the Ricarno Gang, responsible for killing Ace's parents.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Penciller revision from Cazeneuve to Rice per reprint.

Jerry Abus is a house name.

The Dart had the uncanny ability to "dart" through the air, hence his name.

text article / 1.75 pages

[no title indexed]

Cat-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Cat-Man; The Kitten; the Deacon; Mickey; Ragman (inset); The Hood (inset); Blackout (inset); Adolf Hitler (head-view); Emperor Hirohito (head-view); Benito Mussolini (head-view)
Reprints (1)

The Demons of Death

The Deacon and Mickey / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
The Deacon [Dean Denton]; Mickey Matthews; Caldron (banker, cameo, death); "Mad Monk" Rasputin Jr. (hypnotist, cameo); Satan [Pierre LaMarte] (villain, banker); Satan's followers (villains, members of the bank's Board of Directors)
Synopsis:
Hearing a weird cry, the Deacon and Mickey exit their home and go out into the marshland, discovering a fatally wounded man who warns them of the "demons of death". Spotting several figures looking like devils, they soon spot those figures robbing a bank of their gold. Deacon puts a false ad in the personal column to draw them out into the open so they can be dealt with, and soon discovers the band of villains are members of the Centreville Banks' Board of Directors, wanting to embezzle the banks' funds.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Last panel shows Mad Monk Rasputin Jr., who plays a large role in the next issue.

[no title indexed]

Fantomah / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:jungle; horror-suspense
Characters:
Fantomah; The Doctor (villain, introduction, death); Mac (villain, introduction, death); group of four Gorgon Gorillas (villains, restored to normal)
Synopsis:
Fantomah stops a mad scientist who has taken control of the gorillas in the jungle, using a serum to make them super-intelligent. As punishment, she allows the gorillas to rip him to pieces, and then she restores them to normal intelligence.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Printed from the original art.

First line of text reads: "Fantomah, the most remarkable woman ever known, has such strange powers and insight, that she foresees all that is to happen in connection with jungle life..."

The author of the reprint, who owns the original art for this story, surmises from close examination of Fantomah's face on the splash page that "the editor probably had the face of Fantomah whited out and prettified from Fletcher Hanks' original rendering".

text article / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

Characters:
Martin Filchock

[no title indexed]

Fire-Man / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Pretty smart of the boss to ship his dough this way!
Characters:
The Fire-Man [Jim] [aka Mr. Smith]; Police Chief; Nancy Smith (Police Chief's secretary, aide to the Fire-Man); a living torch (death); Professor Books (villain, death); Smitty [Book's chauffeur] (villain, death)
Synopsis:
The Fire-Man must discover just who is behind the mysterious burning of vehicles, so he gets Nancy to go undercover for the Acme Agency as an orphan needing a job and place to live. But she is discovered by the professor, and he demonstrates to Nancy how he uses a gas to turn a man into a living torch, which is used to destroy vehicles that are carrying large amounts of cash.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Funnyman / text article / 1.5 pages

Script:
Craig Yoe (credited)
Pencils:
? (photo)
Inks:
? (photo)
Letters:
typeset

  • Genre:humor; superhero
Characters:
Synopsis:
A summary of the Funnyman feature including a publicity photo of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the cover of Funnyman #1 and the original artwork for page 5 of the untitled story in Funnyman #2 (see following two sequences).

[no title indexed]

Funnyman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:humor; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The creators of Superman present their new hero:
Characters:
Synopsis:
Funnyman uses a chest-mounted retractable boxing glove to punch a gun-wielding thug.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

On the first page of the preceding text article.

[no title indexed]

Funnyman / comic story / 0.25 page

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited) (layouts)
John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (finished pencils)
Inks:
Letters:
?
Editing:
Ray Krank (original editor)

  • Genre:superhero; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:As he tumbles toward destruction, Funnyman again shouts and order to his mechanical creation.
  • Keywords:Jet-Jallopy
Characters:
Sardonic Lazar (villain, inventor of the Crime-Car, introduction); Lazar's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Lettered but uncolored original art. On the second page of the preceding text article.

[no title indexed]

Funnyman / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited) (layouts)
John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (finished pencils)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
Ray Krank (original editor)

  • Genre:superhero; humor
  • Feature Logo:Funnyman
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A stupendous, devastating roar! The crashing of masonry! Screams! Shrieks! Howls!... The Crime-Car has struck again!!
  • Keywords:Jet-Jallopy
Characters:
Synopsis:
A crazed inventor creates a powerful car capable of breaking into banks and other establishments for the purpose of looting them. Funnyman counters with his junkmobile he calls the Jet-Jallopy, and the pair engage in an all-out auto battle royale.
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The Kute Knockout!

Funnyman / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited) (sourced) (layouts)
John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (sourced) (finished pencils)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
Ray Krank (original editor)

  • Genre:superhero; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:If it's laughter you're after -- if thrills will fill the bill -- then toss aside your cares and romp along with Funnyman...
  • Keywords:Star (a newspaper)
Characters:
Synopsis:
A crazed doctor invents a robot girl to serve as a feminine lure for potential victims, luring these victims to dark street corners, dropping a hanky to the ground, and when the victim reaches down to get it, the robot bops the victim over the head with a mallet and cleans out their pockets.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

The reprint accidentally reprints Page 1 of the Crime-Car story in this issue as Page 1 of this story.

The Green Turtle

Green Turtle / text article / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

  • Genre:superhero; war
Characters:
Chu Hing

[no title indexed]

Green Turtle / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero; war
Characters:
Burma Boy
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Green Turtle / comic story / 9 pages


  • Genre:superhero; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The cymbals of intrigue crash...
Characters:
Burma Boy; Wun Too; Ra-Ting; Chan; Chinese guerrillas (some die); Japanese army [General Kimonak; Lieutenant Tasuto (phony Green Turtle, death); others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis:
General Kimonak and his staff plot a conspiracy to destroy the reputation of the Green Turtle, which, in turn, would destroy the Chinese people's faith in the Turtle. This is accomplished by a Japanese officer donning the garb of the Turtle and flying a plane similar to his to cause many Chinese guerrilla deaths.
Reprints (1)

text article / 1 page


Characters:
Bernard Flinton; Bill O'Connor

Indexer Notes

Comic panel accompanying the article is from Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 series) #12, not #13 as indicated.

[no title indexed]

The Hand / comic story / 4 pages


  • Genre:superhero; crime
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story mis-attributed to Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 series) #12. Correct source submitted by Jonathan Schaper via the GCD Error Tracker.

text article / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

Characters:
Bill Everett

[no title indexed]

Hydroman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Hydroman; Joyce Church
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Hydroman / comic story / 9 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Rainbow Boy [Jack Watson]; lighthouse keeper; Coast Guard captain; Diamond Smugglers [Lefty; rest unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis:
Rainbow Boy joins a dazed Hydroman, after he had struggled with the now imprisoned Helium Gang, and informs him that he has received a strange wireless from the Rock Island Lighthouse. Hydroman investigates and is shot at, dumping him in the water and sinking his boat. He makes his way into the lighthouse and finds the keeper, who alerts Hydroman that a gang of smugglers are attempting to bring in diamonds from South America. While the keeper alerts the authorities, Hydroman rounds up the crooks and turns them over to the Coast Guard when they arrive.
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Jeep and Peep

text article / 1 page


Characters:
Popeye; the Jeep

[no title indexed]

Jeep and Peep / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:adventure; humor
Characters:
Jeep; Peep
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Jeep and Peep / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Jeep; Peep
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Jeep and Peep / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:adventure; humor
Characters:
Jeep; Peep
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Jeep and Peep / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


Characters:
Jeep; Peep

Case of the Rioting Trees!

Jeep and Peep / comic story / 12 pages


  • Genre:adventure; humor
Characters:
Jeep (introduction, origin); Peep (introduction, origin); Eugene the Jeep; unnamed Army Colonel (introduction, cameo); unnamed Army Sergeant (introduction, cameo); unnamed City Mayor (introduction, cameo); Dr. Van Duyvil (villain, scientist, introduction); Duyvil's assistants (villains, introduction for both)
Synopsis:
Jeep, recently discharged hero of the Battle of France, is tinkering in his garage with his old Army jeep given to him in lieu of his discharge pay. Adding a rocket attachment he developed while in the Army to the jeep, it can now fly, so he and Peep, now costumed, take a spin around town. They spot weird animated trees breaking into banks and picking people's pockets, and then spot a plane with a weird scientist inside who has developed a chlorophyll atomic animator that has brought the trees to life to rob the town. Jeep secures the Army's Electronic De-Atomizer to stop the scientist.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Kangaroo Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Kangaroo Man; Bingo
Reprints (1)

[The Origin of Kangaroo Man]

Kangaroo Man with Bingo the Amazing Kangaroo / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Kangaroo Man [Jack Brian] (introduction); Bingo (his kangaroo, introduction); Professor Stanford (of Tech Institute, introduction); unnamed enemy agents (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Professor Stanford calls Jack back from Australia to help break up a ring of enemy agents who are sabotaging American defenses.
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Indexer Notes

Kangaroo Man was created by Oklahoman, Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger, a businessman, writer and artist.

[no title indexed]

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Wonder Boy; Kismet; Grimm - Ghost Doctor; Eagle Evans; Sunshine
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Kismet Man of Fate

comic story / 1.75 pages

[no title indexed]

Kismet, Man of Fate / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Somewhere in the dense forests of Southern France...
  • Keywords:France
Characters:
Kismet; Jean; unnamed wife of General von Hadden; General von Hadden (villain); the Nazis [Karl; others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis:
Friend Jean tells Kismet that the Nazis are sending a rocketship loaded with bombs that evening to unload on New York City. Kismet sneaks aboard the ship, knocks out the pilot, drops the bombs in the ocean and returns the ship to France where it is shot down. Kismet then learns that the Nazis intend to massacre innocent hostages, but he receives unexpected help in freeing them from the Nazi general's wife.
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Indexer Notes

An Islamic superhero.
Omar Tahan is a house name and not a real person.

text article / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

Characters:
Arthur Pinajian

[The Gypsy Murder]

Madam Fatal / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Jim Graves; Gypsy Band [Demo; Felipe; Maria (Demo's daughter); others unnamed]; Bastani (villain, introduction); Goro (villain, introduction); Madame De Farge (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Richard is visiting his friend Jim at his country mansion and is told about the band of Gypsies that come into the area yearly for a great festival, so he decides to go into town and check out things. He sees a man named Bastani murder a man named Demo, the father of a girl the evil villain wants to marry himself, but doesn't succeed in capturing the man. Felipe, in love with Maria, is blamed for the crime and Madam Fatal steps in to solve the crime to the Gypsy Band's satisfaction.
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text article / 1.5 pages

[no title indexed]

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Steel Sterling; Miss Liberty (inset)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Steel Sterling appears in the cover art but does not appear in any interior stories in this comic.

[no title indexed]

cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


text article / 1 page

[The Weather Kings]

The Moth / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Moth; The Weather Kings (villains, all die)
Synopsis:
Arriving in Florida, The Moth runs into a terrible storm and discovers a resident who informs him that a group called The Weather Kings are responsible, and they plan to use the weather to control the nation. Discovering the group's weather plant, The Moth destroys the control board and plant.
Reprints (1)

text article / 2 pages

[no title indexed]

Mr. "E" / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Mr. E (introduction); King Kolah (a god, introduction); "Messengers of Justice" (three blackbirds that appeared in answer to prayers to Kolah and could turn into a human figures, introduction for all); Miss Terry (introduction); Dorrence (introduction); Dorrence's mother (introduction); Ricci (villain, introduction); Ricci's gang [Slinky; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all, some die)
Synopsis:
Terry spots an old woman on the street and learns from her that her son is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit, so she takes the woman to see Mr. E. A Messenger of Justice findsto the residence of the true gang leader, then alerts Mr. E that the gang is about to leave town after framing the boy. Ricci successfully traps Mr. E at Dorrences' mother's home, but the Messengers of Justice help save the day, and Dorrence is released from prison.
Reprints (1)

text article / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed]

Nature Boy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Nature Boy
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Nature Boy vs. the Jiver from Jupiter

Nature Boy / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Nature Boy [David Crandall]; Mayor Benson; Ikzip; King Sol (Ruler of the Sun); King Neptune (Nature Boy's adoptive father)
Synopsis:
The Mayor announces to the City Council that the city is flat broke. As if in answer to their prayers, a strange being from Jupiter, Ikzip rockets into town and offers to put his rocket on display and admissions can be kept by the city......for a small favor. Once the city has regained financial security, Ikzip renders his bill: that the town of Centerville be given to Ikzip for immediate transfer to the planet Jupiter! When the Mayor refuses, Ikzip brings out his Hypnojive, which plays music that brings all youth under his control, but Nature Boy prevents Ikzip from taking them to Jupiter.
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text article / 1 page


Characters:
Nightshade

Nightshade -- Nemisis of Gangdom

Nightshade / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters:
Nightshade [Howard Hall] (wealthy scientist, introduction and origin); Princess Anna (of Balkania, introduction); Anna's child (Balkania Crown Prince, introduction); Balkania's Consul (introduction); Prince Dumka (of Balkania, introduction); Ivar Kotescu (villain, introduction); Kotescu's gang [Joe; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Howard Hall notes a crime in progress and becomes Nightshade to deal with it by saving a young woman and her offspring. The child wears a strange bracelet bearing the coat-of-arms of the nation of Balkania, and it seems that Prince Dumka of Balkania wants to marry the princess and has hired crooks to kidnap her, kill the child, and return the princess to Balkania.
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Indexer Notes

Hall becomes Nightshade by donning dark glasses and a special flashlight to his leg, all of which allows Hall to create a gigantic shadow.

text article / 1 page

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Phantasmo The Master of the World / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page

Pencils:
E. C. Stoner (signed)
Inks:
E. C. Stoner (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Phantasmo
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Indexer Notes

Phantasmo's entire body on the cover is flesh-colored, making it appear that he is nude.

[no title indexed]

Phantasmo, Master of the World / comic story / 9 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:High on top of the world's highest mountain stands Phantasmo...
Characters:
Phantasmo [Phil Anson] (introduction, origin); Whizzer McGee (hotel bell hop, introduction); the High Lama (Phantasmo's teacher); Professor Grayling; Tomislav (villain, foreign spy); Ian (villain, foreign spy)
Synopsis:
After spending 25 years in Tibet learning all the secrets of the Grand High Lamas, Phil Anson returns to America, startling on-lookers. Disappearing in a puff of smoke, he secures clothing, takes up residence in a posh hotel, and pays Whizzer McGee $50 to be his assistant. Soon after, the pair take on foreign spies, who have captured a professor who has invented a machine that can turn salt water into a powerful fuel like gasoline.
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Indexer Notes

Copyrighted by R. S. Callender.
Page 9 is from the black & white reprint in Large Feature Comic #18.

text article / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

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Hydroman; Rainbow Boy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Rainbow Boy; Hydroman
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[no title indexed]

Rainbow Boy / comic story / 9 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Rainbow Boy [Jack Watson] (star of the Wizard Kids Radio Quiz program); Whitey Wynkoop; Mrs. Wynkoop (Whitey's mother); Joe (train engineer); Nick Gilioni (villain, racketeer); Gilioni's mob (villains)
Synopsis:
After a mysterious ailment strikes several Sutton Hall football players during a game, Jack investigates and discovers that the team's drinking water had been drugged. When Whitey disappears, Jack, as Rainbow Boy, confronts racketeer Gilioni, who had bet a large sum of money for Sutton Hall to lose the game.
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Sergeant Spook

text article / 0.75 page

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Sergeant Spook / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; war
Characters:
Sergeant Spook; Jerry
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Sergeant Spook / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:They called the mayor 'His Honor'...
Characters:
Sergeant Spook; Jerry; Harris (City Council member, opponent of the Mayor); Mayor Griggs (villain); Lang (villain, city Ward member)
Synopsis:
When Sergeant Spook saves some young kids in a slum from being hit by a car while they play, Mayor Griggs comes along and chastises the boys for playing in the street. The ghost detective has Jerry, one of the boys, circulate a petition to get a playground built for the kids, then has him present it at a city council meeting. It's approved, thanks to Spook, but the mayor orders the contractor to use sub-standard materials, and charge the city for top-rated materials. When the playground opens, Spook forces the mayor to reveal the scam.
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Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

text article / 1 page

The Spider Widow Meets the Spider Man!

Spider Widow and the Raven / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; John Keller (Dianne's Uncle); The Spider Man (villain, a Nazi saboteur, introduction); Herman (villain, mechanical spider)
Synopsis:
The duo must face the Spider Man, who has been terrorizing a factory owned by Dianne's uncle through use of a giant mechanical spider named Herman.
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text article / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

Characters:
Jim Chambers

Introducing... The Voice the Invisible Detective

The Voice the Invisible Detective / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
The Voice; Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson
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The Voice, The Invisible Detective / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That looks like the Herr Kommandant's headquarters!
Characters:
The Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson; unnamed Kommandant (villain); Kommandant's men (villains)
Synopsis:
Tim, while on a Caribbean cruise, discovers a foreign submarine base and overcomes the leadership at its headquarters. He then dons his invisible clothing and discovers the location of the subs and sabotages every one of them.
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Indexer Notes

"Copr., 1941, by R. S. Callender."

text article / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? (photography)
Inks:
? (photography)
Letters:
typeset

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Yellowjacket / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page

Pencils:
George Gregg ? (Yellowjacket)
George Gregg (signed as GG) (inset)
Inks:
George Gregg ? (Yellowjacket)
George Gregg (signed as GG) (inset)
Colors:
?

  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Yellowjacket; Rosita
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[Adventure of the Crime School]

Yellowjacket / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]; Topaz (villain, master criminal); Bugs Dugan (villain); Fingers Fips (villain)
Synopsis:
Just released from prison, Topaz starts a school and turns teacher to pass along his evil learnings to his more illiterate colleagues, expecting his students to reward him with the fruits of their felonious crimes.
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Indexer Notes

Title taken from the cover.

text article / 0.75 page

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Zippo / character profile / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Zippo
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[A Racket in Dolls]

Zippo / comic story / 9 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Zippo [Joe Blair]; Lynx (villain); Slug (villain); Bill (villain)
Synopsis:
Detective Blair passes by a junkyard, hears a cry for help and encounters a suspicious man. Blair has a cabbie trail this man in a truck, which mysteriously disappears near a doll factory. Blair enters the factory, encounters more suspicious men, is knocked out and winds up in jail. Released on his own recognizance, he becomes Zippo and returns to the factory to further investigate and discovers that the ragdolls are filled with steel bars instead of straw, which other nations then melt down and use for their own purposes......good or bad. Zippo shuts down the illegal sale of defense steel.
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Impossible Man / illustration / 2 pages


  • Genre:humor; superhero

Indexer Notes

Panel from Meteor Comics (Rural Home, 1945 series) #1 (November 1945)

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Super Weird Heroes
  2. [no title indexed]
    Mister Scarlet and Pinky
  3. [no title indexed]
  4. [no title indexed]
    The Black Terror
  5. [no title indexed]
  6. [no title indexed]
  7. We're Talking Weird
  8. Contents
  9. [no title indexed]
  10. Atlas
  11. [no title indexed]
    Atlas
  12. [no title indexed]
    Atlas
  13. ["There are stranger things in life than fiction ever dreamed of --"]
    Atlas
  14. Secrets of Super-Strength
  15. Black Cobra
  16. The Big Blast!
    The Black Cobra
  17. America's Champion of Justice
    The Black Cobra
  18. Mummy's Mummy
    Black Cobra and Cobra Kid
  19. Bronze Man
  20. Statue of Doom!
    Bronze Man
  21. Bulletman
  22. [no title indexed]
    Bulletman
  23. "G -- goodbye, Bulletman!"
    Bulletman
  24. Captain Fearless
  25. [no title indexed]
    Captain Fearless
  26. ["The maneuvers at Camp Valant are vitally important to our defense program"]
    Captain Fearless
  27. Captain Hadacol
  28. [no title indexed]
    Captain Hadacol
  29. Vitamins and Minerals
    Hadacol
  30. ["Danger at the Dam"]
    Captain Hadacol
  31. [no title indexed]
    Hadacol
  32. Captain Truth
  33. [no title indexed]
    Captain Truth
  34. The Vanishing Boy!
    Captain Truth
  35. [no title indexed]
    Cat-Man
  36. Cat-Man & Kitten
  37. ["What queer quirk of fate makes criminals of law abiding people?"]
    The Catman and the Kitten
  38. The Dart and Ace
  39. [no title indexed]
    The Dart and Ace
  40. [Origin of the Dart]
    The Dart Featuring Ace Barlow the Amazing Boy!
  41. The Deacon
  42. [no title indexed]
    Cat-Man
  43. The Demons of Death
    The Deacon and Mickey
  44. Fantomah
  45. ["She sees, in a far-off laboratory, a famous scientist..."]
    Fantomah
  46. Fire-Man
  47. ["Pretty smart of the boss to ship his dough this way!"]
    Fire-Man
  48. [no title indexed]
    Funnyman
  49. ["The creators of Superman present their new hero:"]
    Funnyman
  50. ["As he tumbles toward destruction, Funnyman again shouts and order to his mechanical creation."]
    Funnyman
  51. ["A stupendous, devastating roar! The crashing of masonry! Screams! Shrieks! Howls!... The Crime-Car has struck again!!"]
    Funnyman
  52. The Kute Knockout!
    Funnyman
  53. The Green Turtle
    Green Turtle
  54. [no title indexed]
    Green Turtle
  55. ["The cymbals of intrigue crash..."]
    Green Turtle
  56. The Hand
  57. [no title indexed]
    The Hand
  58. Hydroman
  59. [no title indexed]
    Hydroman
  60. ["Hydroman's new friend, Rainbow Boy..."]
    Hydroman
  61. Jeep and Peep
  62. [no title indexed]
    Jeep and Peep
  63. [no title indexed]
    Jeep and Peep
  64. [no title indexed]
    Jeep and Peep
  65. [no title indexed]
    Jeep and Peep
  66. Case of the Rioting Trees!
    Jeep and Peep
  67. Kangaroo Man
  68. [no title indexed]
    Kangaroo Man
  69. [The Origin of Kangaroo Man]
    Kangaroo Man with Bingo the Amazing Kangaroo
  70. [no title indexed]
  71. Kismet Man of Fate
  72. ["Somewhere in the dense forests of Southern France..."]
    Kismet, Man of Fate
  73. Madam Fatal
  74. [The Gypsy Murder]
    Madam Fatal
  75. Miss Liberty
  76. [no title indexed]
  77. [no title indexed]
  78. The Moth
  79. [The Weather Kings]
    The Moth
  80. Mr. E
  81. ["Dorrence Hangs Tonight For Double Murder"]
    Mr. "E"
  82. Nature Boy
  83. [no title indexed]
    Nature Boy
  84. Nature Boy vs. the Jiver from Jupiter
    Nature Boy
  85. Nightshade
  86. Nightshade -- Nemisis of Gangdom
    Nightshade
  87. Phantasmo
  88. [no title indexed]
    Phantasmo The Master of the World
  89. ["High on top of the world's highest mountain stands Phantasmo..."]
    Phantasmo, Master of the World
  90. Rainbow Boy
  91. [no title indexed]
    Hydroman; Rainbow Boy
  92. ["Nick Gilioni gambler and racketeer"]
    Rainbow Boy
  93. Sergeant Spook
  94. [no title indexed]
    Sergeant Spook
  95. ["They called the mayor 'His Honor'..."]
    Sergeant Spook
  96. Spider Widow
  97. The Spider Widow Meets the Spider Man!
    Spider Widow and the Raven
  98. The Voice
  99. Introducing... The Voice the Invisible Detective
    The Voice the Invisible Detective
  100. ["That looks like the Herr Kommandant's headquarters!"]
    The Voice, The Invisible Detective
  101. Yellowjacket
  102. [no title indexed]
    Yellowjacket
  103. [Adventure of the Crime School]
    Yellowjacket
  104. Zippo
  105. [no title indexed]
    Zippo
  106. [A Racket in Dolls]
    Zippo
  107. [no title indexed]
    Impossible Man
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