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Pages: 132
On-sale Date: 1944-11-15
Editing: Victor Fox (editor)
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30 Complete Picture Stories
(Table of Contents)

Bouncer; The O'Brine Twins / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:humor; superhero
Characters:
Bouncer; Adam Anteas Jr.; Waterman O'Brine; Wetmore O'Brine
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Art identification based on Stoner’s signed cover for The Funnies #56 (June, 1941), which includes similarities such as Stoner’s use of protagonists with curly hair, big dimples, and wide smiles showing teeth.

Issue Data

Series Data

  • Color: Color
  • Dimensions: 7 1/8" x 10 1/8"
  • Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
  • Binding: Squarebound
  • Publishing Format: one-shot
  • Publication Type: magazine

Indexer Notes

Infinity cover.
Indicia:
R. W. Voigt
Publisher
Chicago, Ill.
Entire contents copyrighted 1944, by R. W. Voigt.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1945 Pamphlets, page 282.

Contents
(Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page

Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

List of contents for the issue, plus copyright and publisher notices.

Inside front cover.

The Borrowed Eye
(Table of Contents: 2)

Bouncer / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Bouncer; Adam Anteas Jr.; Penny; Professor Mentor; The Lens; Mrs. Jones; Sneaky; Mr. Good
Synopsis:
Anteas and the Bouncer save Professor Mentor from a fire but his eye is hurt. The Lens decides to kidnap the volunteers that come forward to help save the professor's eye.

Indexer Notes

Title from contents page. Appearance between The Bouncer #13 and #14.

S.O.S. from Mars
(Table of Contents: 3)

Rick Evans / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Stan Ford]
Inks:
? [as Stan Ford]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Rick Evans; Stringbean; Lugo; Princess Mina; Astra
Synopsis:
Princess Mina uses telepathy to bring Rick Evans to Mars to fight a six-armed villain named Lugo.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance in All Top Comics #1 (one-shot).

The Prison in the Sky
(Table of Contents: 4)

Rick Evans / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Stan Ford]
Inks:
? [as Stan Ford]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Rick Evans; Stringbean; Astra; Prof. Dennis; Prof. Brown
Synopsis:
Rick and his friends go searching for missing scientists in space but find themselves enslaved by a giant cyclops and his wife.

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in All Your Comics #1 (first one-shot).

The Bleeding Statue
(Table of Contents: 5)

Puppeteer / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Puppeteer [Alan Dale]; Raven (bird friend of Puppeteer); Dr. Martin; Myra Martin; Helen Martin; a mad sculptor (villain, death); mad sculptor's apprentices (villains)
Synopsis:
The Puppeteer saves museum curator Dr. Martin's daughters when they are kidnapped by a mad sculptor.

Indexer Notes

Alan Dale transforms himself into the Puppeteer by playing the first notes of Beethoven's fifth on the giant organ.

Last appearance in All Top Comics #1 (one-shot) as Captain V.

Next appearance in All Your Comics #1 (first one-shot).

Alec Hope is a by-line that appeared on art by Hollingsworth.

Art credits courtesy of the Who's Who.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Imagine That! / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All circus elephants come from India...
Characters:
Julius Caesar

Indexer Notes

Filler with facts about elephants, Julius Caesar, burning books in England, snapping turtles and horseshoe crabs.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Imagine That! / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archery was first introduced to the Britons...

Indexer Notes

Unusual facts about archery, triceratops, water spiders, tuatara, and hermit crabs.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Red Robbins / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Ron Rogan]
Inks:
? [as Ron Rogan]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:During the war a boat in the convoy was sunk...
Characters:
"Speed" Karr (first appearance); Blackie (first appearance; villain); Red Robbins; Pugsie; Mugsie
Synopsis:
Speed Karr finds a secret message and gets kidnapped for having it. Red Robbins uncovers a plot to steal gold from a sunken ship.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance in All Top Comics #1 (one-shot).

The Medical Murderer
(Table of Contents: 9)

Red Robbins / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Ron Rogan]
Inks:
? [as Ron Rogan]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Dr. Howell (first appearance; villain); Trigger Burke (first appearance; villain); Red Robbins; Muggsy; Penny
Synopsis:
Red Robbins tracks down Trigger Burke after he's hurt in a car crash.

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in All Your Comics #1 (first one-shot).

The Case of the Vanishing Gems!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Dick Transom / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Hap Harris]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; detective-mystery
Characters:
Dick Transom; Mrs. Ascot
Synopsis:
Dick goes undercover as a waiter at a dinner party to catch a cross-dressing jewel thief.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

The O'Brine Twins / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Larry Page]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oops! It went into a hole!
Characters:
Waterman O'Brine; Wetmore O'Brine; Pluto (The Devil); Gabriel (angel); Luna Moon; Mr. Sun; Venus; Mr. Champ Golpher; Halput'ertherekid; Susie
Synopsis:
The O'Brine twins go golfing and end up imagining themselves golfing with the sun.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

The O'Brine Twins / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Larry Page]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I thought this was a strange lookin' horse!
Characters:
Wetmore O'Brine; Waterman O'Brine; Pappy O'Connor; Zeke O'Connor; Rufe O'Connor; Tim McLoy; Maw O'Connor; Jennie O'Connor
Synopsis:
The O'Brine twins get involved in a southern feud.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Imagine That! / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The attempt to train the golden eagle...

Indexer Notes

Facts about golden eagles, bagpipes, signing with an X, quartz spectacles, and torpedoes.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Imagine That! / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Bells were first invented about the year 400...
Characters:
Christopher Columbus

Indexer Notes

Facts about bells, Christopher Columbus, the water lily, diamonds, and the woodpecker.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Betty Boyd / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Al Jones]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All right, boys the game's up!!
Characters:
Betty Boyd (first appearance; only appearance?); Chuck Morgan (first appearance; villain; death); Harvey Thatcher (first appearance; villain); Bud
Synopsis:
Betty, a reporter, tries to find out who's behind the Stetson Silver Mine robberies.

Indexer Notes

Chuck Morgan is also spelled Chuck Morgon.

[Who Is the Purple Tigress?]
(Table of Contents: 16)

The Purple Tigress / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Betty Brown (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Purple Tigress [Ann Morgan] (introduction); Sally; Thorne (villain, introduction); Stella (villain, introduction); Thorne and Stella's gang (villains, introduction for all); Mrs. Alstyne
Synopsis:
Ann Morgan, the richest girl in town, changes into The Purple Tigress to stop jewel thieves at a party.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Purple Tigress appears next in Jo-Jo Comics #7[a] (Fox, 1946 Series)

Newspaper in story reports that the Tigress captured the Stultz Gang.

Betty Brown is a house name and not the name of a real person.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Connie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • Feature Logo:Adventures of Connie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Arriving in Bombay, Walker with Connie visited Kurt Schreiber...
Characters:
Connie; Kurt Schrieber; Walker; Abraham Lincoln; Amos Q. Billings; Mr. Sorty
Synopsis:
Connie and Walker travel 100 years back in time to track down Walker's sister who Kurt Schrieber has sent back in time.
Reprints (0)
  • from Connie (Newspaper strip) unknown dates [circa 1930's]

Wires Down
(Table of Contents: 18)

Titan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Ben Ellis]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Scar Plumm (first appearance; villain); Mr. Harte (first appearance; villain); Titan; Walter Crane; Bill; Frank; Fred
Synopsis:
Titan infiltrates a gang who is destroying telegraph lines.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance in All Top Comics #1 (one-shot); next appearance in All Your Comics #1 (first one-shot).

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 19)

Percy / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Pat Adams (credited)
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee what a dull day!
Characters:
Percy; Betty; Reggie
Synopsis:
Percy and Betty find a fake treasure map that leads them to a real treasure.

The Cat's Meow!
(Table of Contents: 20)

Pussy Katnip / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Len Short]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters:
Pussy Katnip; Bulldog; Setter; George; Pointer
Synopsis:
Pussy Katnip, nightclub owner, takes the Katnip Fizz to turn her into a crime-fighter when Bulldog and his gang tries to put her out of business.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 21)

Snooky / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Toby]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Starlight, starbright, first star I didn't see tonight.
Characters:
Snooky; Honey Bear; Man in the Moon; Tootsie
Synopsis:
Snooky and Honey Bear take their sky rocket to investigate where all the stars have gone.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 22)

Sis and Junior / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hurry up, Junior!
Characters:
Sis; Junior
Synopsis:
Sis and Junior sneak into a baseball game.

Indexer Notes

The logo for this story reads "Sis an' Jr."

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 23)

Prof. Nudnik / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why don't you leave me alone?
Characters:
Professor Nudnik; Professor Nudnik's assistant
Synopsis:
Professor Nudnik's assistant mishears the word "bum" for the word "bomb".

Indexer Notes

Not listed in table of contents inside front cover.

This is the only appearance of the "Prof. Nudnik" feature.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 24)

Karrots / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Little (credited as Cy King)
Inks:
Frank Little (credited as Cy King)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The lion grabs th' steak an' wham! he's trapped!
Characters:
Karrots; Goopy
Synopsis:
Karrots and Goopy make an invention to trap an animal.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 25)

Mike the M.P. / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Tod Kay]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You're off duty, Mike, and you have a camera...
Characters:
Mike the M.P.
Synopsis:
Mike's friend asks him to take pictures of him being extorted, but Mike can't focus the camera in time.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 26)

Gussie the Gob / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Ab Moore]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh boy--ten days' furlough, Paul.
Characters:
Gussie the Gob; Paul; Mimi; Frank
Synopsis:
Gussie goes home on leave but can't find a date.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 27)

Red Kamphor / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Little (credited as Barry)
Inks:
Frank Little (credited as Barry)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't worry, Inny!
Characters:
Inny; Inky; Red Kamphor
Synopsis:
Inky goes into a boxing match with Red Kamphor to get money to pay off the Bunny family's mortgage.

Crime in No. 9
(Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; crime
Characters:
Limey; Mr. Snard; Sparkins
Synopsis:
A funny animal gang uses a shrinking ray to infiltrate a jewelry store.

Indexer Notes

Contents page gives title as "Crime at No. 9".

The Landlady
(Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Synopsis:
A man who owes back-rent escapes his landlady by using his wits.

Harvest of Horror
(Table of Contents: 30)

The Green Mask / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Jack Fiske]
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Mask III [Johnny Green] (possibly first appearance); The Neck (first appearance; villain); Suzie; Bill; Beeswax; Lee Plough; Lug; Bozo
Synopsis:
The Neck escapes from jail and battles the Green Mask while Johnny Green and his friends are going to help a farmer.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance in Mystery Men #31; next appearance in All Great Comics #1 (second one-shot)

For Victory
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 31)

U.S. War Bonds and Stamps / United States War Bonds and Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

American Comics Library
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 32)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. 30 Complete Picture Stories
    Bouncer; The O'Brine Twins
  2. Contents
  3. The Borrowed Eye
    Bouncer
  4. S.O.S. from Mars
    Rick Evans
  5. The Prison in the Sky
    Rick Evans
  6. The Bleeding Statue
    Puppeteer
  7. ["All circus elephants come from India..."]
    Imagine That!
  8. ["Archery was first introduced to the Britons..."]
    Imagine That!
  9. ["During the war a boat in the convoy was sunk..."]
    Red Robbins
  10. The Medical Murderer
    Red Robbins
  11. The Case of the Vanishing Gems!
    Dick Transom
  12. ["Oops! It went into a hole!"]
    The O'Brine Twins
  13. ["I thought this was a strange lookin' horse!"]
    The O'Brine Twins
  14. ["The attempt to train the golden eagle..."]
    Imagine That!
  15. ["Bells were first invented about the year 400..."]
    Imagine That!
  16. ["All right, boys the game's up!!"]
    Betty Boyd
  17. [Who Is the Purple Tigress?]
    The Purple Tigress
  18. ["Arriving in Bombay, Walker with Connie visited Kurt Schreiber..."]
    Connie
  19. Wires Down
    Titan
  20. ["Gee what a dull day!"]
    Percy
  21. The Cat's Meow!
    Pussy Katnip
  22. ["Starlight, starbright, first star I didn't see tonight."]
    Snooky
  23. ["Hurry up, Junior!"]
    Sis and Junior
  24. ["Why don't you leave me alone?"]
    Prof. Nudnik
  25. ["The lion grabs th' steak an' wham! he's trapped!"]
    Karrots
  26. ["You're off duty, Mike, and you have a camera..."]
    Mike the M.P.
  27. ["Oh boy--ten days' furlough, Paul."]
    Gussie the Gob
  28. ["Don't worry, Inny!"]
    Red Kamphor
  29. Crime in No. 9
  30. The Landlady
  31. Harvest of Horror
    The Green Mask
  32. For Victory
    U.S. War Bonds and Stamps / United States War Bonds and Stamps
  33. American Comics Library
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