Volume: 1
Price: 25.00 USD; 33.75 CAD
Pages: 186
On-sale Date: 1997-07-02
Editing: Greg Theakston (editor)

[no title indexed]

Red Raven / cover / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Red Raven
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from the ComicList Database as compiled by Charles LePage with information from Sun Coast Comics.

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages

Determination on Suffolk Street: 1917 to 1935

text article / 10 pages


  • Genre:non-fiction
Characters:
Jack Kirby

Indexer Notes

Contains childhood artwork by Jack Kirby and early unsold strip samples.

Max Fleisher Studios: Spring 1935 to Late 1935

text article / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction
Characters:
Popeye

Indexer Notes

Contains animation pencil test that was Jack's audition for Fleisher.

Lincoln Feature Syndicate January 1936 to late-1939

text article / 1.75 pages


  • Genre:non-fiction

Indexer Notes

contains examples of syndicated panels Jack did

[no title indexed]

Laughs from the Day's News / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (credited as Lawrence)
Inks:
Letters:
?

  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yawning exercises the facial muscles...
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

2 panels.

[no title indexed]

Our Puzzle Corner / activity / 0.5 page


Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

2 panels.

[no title indexed]

Your Health Comes First! / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sleeping in poorly ventilated rooms...
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

2 panels.

[Five Editorial Cartoons]

cartoon / 1 page


  • Genre:humor
Reprints (0)

Indexer Notes

5 panels.

[no title indexed]

The Romance of Money / comic story / 1.75 pages


  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That famous coin George Washington threw...
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

7 page story printed on two pages, savings bank premium

[no title indexed]

Facts You Never Knew / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The ancient Egyptians tied up the bride's hair...

Indexer Notes

4 strips (no #,82,221,253) from 1936-39

[no title indexed]

Socko the Seadog / comic story / 2.25 pages


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I now go into ze trance, monsieur Socko.
Characters:
Socko the Seadog

Indexer Notes

4 strips; (218,220,232,236) 1937

[no title indexed]

Black Buccaneer / comic story / 1.75 pages


  • Genre:adventure; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Davy Robbins, a serving boy, in an old English inn...
  • Keywords:pirate
Characters:
Black Buccaneer

Indexer Notes

7 strips interspersed with Socko and Cyclone (4/8-5/20/37)

[no title indexed]

Cyclone Burke / comic story / 1.5 pages


Indexer Notes

6 strips interspersed with the above 2 features (4/8-5/20/37)

[no title indexed]

Abdul Jones / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Friends of Radioland -er...
Characters:
Abdul Jones

Indexer Notes

7 strips (1/3-1/8/39)

Universal Phoenix Features May-June 38

text article / 6 pages


  • Genre:non-fiction

Kirby, or not Kirby? That Is the Question

text article / 0.5 page


  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
Discussion of other Lincoln Feature strips which are not believed to be Kirby's work.

[no title indexed]

Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Jack Kirby (credited as Ted Grey)
Pencils:
Will Eisner (layouts - 1,5,7,8)
Jack Kirby (credited as Jack Curtiss)
Inks:
Will Eisner (1-3,5,8)
Letters:

  • Genre:adventure; historical
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:On February 24, 1815, the stout ship 'Pharoah' entered...
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Based on the story by Alexandre Dumas.

Pages 1-4 are from Jumbo Comics, pages 5-8 from Wags.

[no title indexed]

Stuart Taylor / comic story / 12 pages


  • Genre:horror-suspense; science fiction
Characters:
Kromo; Stuart Taylor; Lora Lake; Doctor Hayward; Mister Eternity
Synopsis:
The mad scientist Kromo places his mind in Stuart Taylor's body, then kidnaps Stuart's lover Lora for his experiments. Hayward pursues Kromo and receives aid from a cosmic being called Mister Eternity.
Reprints (3)

[no title indexed]

Wilton of West Point / comic story / 12 pages


  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The sheriff and his men are trapped in the hills...
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Feature is sometimes titled Wilton of the West.

Associated Features Syndicate: May to July 1938

text article / 3 pages


  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Coming - in Next Month's Famous Funnies

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / illustration / 1 page


  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Lone Rider; Lightnin'
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

promo piece for new series beginning the next issue

[no title indexed]

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Whoopee, the Round-Up Is On!
Characters:
The Lone Rider; Sheriff Hank Fletcher; Kit Fletcher; Diego; Pepito; Texas; Hutch Kruger (villain)
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Lone Rider surveys Hutch Kruger's cabin
Characters:
Lone Rider
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:While the Lone Rider deals with Hutch Kruger
Characters:
Lone Rider
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm sorry about my gun sheriff
Characters:
Lone Rider
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And now Senor Sheriff I must go
Characters:
Lone Rider

Indexer Notes

proof prints for unpublished(?) strips intended for 2/14-2/18/39

[Drawings of Knights]

illustration / 2 pages

Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Jack Kirby (signed)

  • Genre:historical

TEM Publishing: Early 1940

text article / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction

[Black Michael]

Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Introduction-Adam Starr; introduction-Black Michael
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Jack's first story intended for a color comic book

Fox Feature Syndicate: Late 1939 to Early 1940

text article / 6.25 pages


  • Genre:non-fiction

The Rooftop Shadow

Blue Beetle / comic story / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Blue Beetle
Reprints (0)

Killer in the Corner

Blue Beetle / comic story / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Blue Beetle
Reprints (0)

Wonderworld Comics #8

The Flame / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


Mystery Men #8

Blue Beetle / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Reprints (1)

Marvel Comics #1

Human Torch / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


Science Comics #1

Cosmic Carson / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:science fiction
Reprints (1)

Mystery Men Comics #10

Blue Beetle / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:superhero
Reprints (1)

The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses

Fiery Mask / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Introduction-Fiery Mask
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Wing Turner / comic story / 3 pages


  • Genre:adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wing is testing a new Hanson-38
  • Keywords:airplanes
Reprints (1)

[Death Strikes in the Martian Night]

Cosmic Carson / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Introduction-Cosmic Carson; Introduction-Iako; Introduction-Elramis
Synopsis:
Death stalks the Martian Night!
Reprints (1)

Champion Comics #8

Duke O'Dowd / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Duke O'Dowd [the Human Meteor]
Reprints (1)

[Adam Organizes a Space Police System]

Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Adam Starr; Introduction-Solar Legion; Introduction-Arthak
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

chopped up from a proposed newspaper strip

Novelty Press: Early to Late 1940

text article / 3 pages

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

  • Genre:non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes an excerpt from first Blue Bolt story from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty, 1940 series) #v1#1 [1] (June 1940).

[no title indexed]

Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:science fiction; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Cylclotron is My Greatest Achievement
Characters:
Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff; Green Sorceress
Reprints (1)

Champion Comics #9

Human Meteor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Duke O'Dowd [the Human Meteor]
Reprints (1)

[Search for Julie Wade]

Solar Legion / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Adam Starr; Black Michael
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

chopped up version of story originally prepared for comic strip

[no title indexed]

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That looks like fire
Characters:
Lone Rider; John Prescott
Synopsis:
John Prescott if ambushed by Caleb Stone's men
Reprints (1)

Blue Bolt / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:science fiction; superhero
Characters:
Blue Bolt
Reprints (1)

[The Green Sorceress Reforms]

Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:science fiction; superhero
Characters:
Green Sorceress; Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff; Count Gorth
Synopsis:
Dr Bertoff cures the Green Sorceress of her evil nature
Reprints (1)

Duke O'Dowd / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Duke O'Dowd [the Human Meteor]
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Old John Prescott finally succumbs to his wounds as he curses Caleb Stone with his last breath!
Characters:
The Lone Rider; John Prescott; Miss Prescott
Synopsis:
Lone Rider vows to avenge the murder of John Prescott
Reprints (1)

Timely Publications April 1940 to January 1941

text article / 1.75 pages


  • Genre:non-fiction

Rawhide Kid #38

Rawhide Kid / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page


  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Rawhide Kid; Red Raven
Reprints (1)

Red Raven / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Red Raven
Reprints (1)

[Mercury Comes to Earth]

Mercury In the 20th Century / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Jupiter; Mercury; Pluto; Minerva
Synopsis:
Mercury descends from Olympus to stop Pluto's dream from conquering the world as Adolph Hitler
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Harry Mendryk disputes Theakston's Kirby inking credit at http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/621

[The Solar Engine]

Comet Pierce / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Comet Pierce (introduction); Avis Jort (introduction); Queen Laraina (introduction)
Reprints (1)

About the Author

text article / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction; biography

text article / 0.5 page

text article / 0.5 page

text article / 1 page


  • Genre:non-fiction

text article / 1 page

Letters:
typeset

Coming - in Next Month's Famous Funnies

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / illustration / 1 page


  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Lone Rider; Lightnin'
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Red Raven
  2. Foreword
  3. Determination on Suffolk Street: 1917 to 1935
  4. Max Fleisher Studios: Spring 1935 to Late 1935
  5. Lincoln Feature Syndicate January 1936 to late-1939
  6. ["Yawning exercises the facial muscles..."]
    Laughs from the Day's News
  7. [no title indexed]
    Our Puzzle Corner
  8. ["Sleeping in poorly ventilated rooms..."]
    Your Health Comes First!
  9. [Five Editorial Cartoons]
  10. ["That famous coin George Washington threw..."]
    The Romance of Money
  11. ["The ancient Egyptians tied up the bride's hair..."]
    Facts You Never Knew
  12. ["I now go into ze trance, monsieur Socko."]
    Socko the Seadog
  13. ["Davy Robbins, a serving boy, in an old English inn..."]
    Black Buccaneer
  14. [no title indexed]
    Cyclone Burke
  15. ["Friends of Radioland -er..."]
    Abdul Jones
  16. Universal Phoenix Features May-June 38
  17. Kirby, or not Kirby? That Is the Question
  18. ["On February 24, 1815, the stout ship 'Pharoah' entered..."]
    Count of Monte Cristo
  19. ["In the world of science a long forgotten name..."]
    Stuart Taylor
  20. ["The sheriff and his men are trapped in the hills..."]
    Wilton of West Point
  21. Associated Features Syndicate: May to July 1938
  22. [no title indexed]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  23. Coming - in Next Month's Famous Funnies
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  24. ["Whoopee, the Round-Up Is On!"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  25. ["The Lone Rider surveys Hutch Kruger's cabin"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  26. ["While the Lone Rider deals with Hutch Kruger"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  27. ["I'm sorry about my gun sheriff"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  28. ["And now Senor Sheriff I must go"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  29. [Drawings of Knights]
  30. TEM Publishing: Early 1940
  31. [Black Michael]
    Solar Legion
  32. Fox Feature Syndicate: Late 1939 to Early 1940
  33. The Rooftop Shadow
    Blue Beetle
  34. Killer in the Corner
    Blue Beetle
  35. Wonderworld Comics #8
    The Flame
  36. Mystery Men #8
    Blue Beetle
  37. Marvel Comics #1
    Human Torch
  38. Science Comics #1
    Cosmic Carson
  39. Mystery Men Comics #10
    Blue Beetle
  40. The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses
    Fiery Mask
  41. ["Wing is testing a new Hanson-38"]
    Wing Turner
  42. [Death Strikes in the Martian Night]
    Cosmic Carson
  43. Champion Comics #8
    Duke O'Dowd
  44. [Adam Organizes a Space Police System]
    Solar Legion
  45. Novelty Press: Early to Late 1940
  46. ["The Cylclotron is My Greatest Achievement"]
    Blue Bolt
  47. Champion Comics #9
    Human Meteor
  48. [Search for Julie Wade]
    Solar Legion
  49. ["That looks like fire"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  50. Blue Bolt #3
    Blue Bolt
  51. [The Green Sorceress Reforms]
    Blue Bolt
  52. Champion #10
    Duke O'Dowd
  53. ["Old John Prescott finally succumbs to his wounds as he curses Caleb Stone with his last breath!"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  54. Timely Publications April 1940 to January 1941
  55. Rawhide Kid #38
    Rawhide Kid
  56. Red Raven #1
    Red Raven
  57. [Mercury Comes to Earth]
    Mercury In the 20th Century
  58. [The Solar Engine]
    Comet Pierce
  59. About the Author
  60. Summation
  61. Footnotes
  62. Bibliography
  63. Index
  64. Coming - in Next Month's Famous Funnies
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
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