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COVER DETAILS
Title:
Balloon Fight
Characters:
Amazing Man [John Aman] (also inset)
Pencils:
Sam Glanzman [as Glanz] (signed)
Inks:
Sam Glanzman [as Glanz] (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Art revision from Lew to Sam Glanzman by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, the Glanzman's were brothers that worked on Amazing Man (Lew in 1940 and Sam from 1940-42). Sam often signed his artwork "Glanz" (such as on this cover), but Lew did not, again indicated by the Who's Who. This issue was cover dated March, 1941, and, barring any evidence extant to the contrary, this cover had to have been done by Sam, not Lew.
STORY DETAILS
Characters:
Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Zona Henderson (Aman's assistant); The Great Question (villain); Question's followers (villains); giant mechanical man (villain)
Synopsis:
Aman and Zona head for the island of Martinez where an earthquake had occurred after strange ships were reported there. Unknown to them, the Great Question knows they are heading there and seeks to beat them to that location so that he can use a new type of weapon on Aman called the energy dome.
Pages:
12.000
Pencils:
Sam Glanzman [as Sam Decker] (signed)
Inks:
Sam Glanzman [as Sam Decker] (signed)
Notes:
Title and character information from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
Art revision from Lew to Sam Glanzman by Craig Delich. The Who's Who indicates that Sam Decker was a pen-name used separately or in tandem by brothers Lew and Sam Glanzman. Sam is believed to have done the cover to this issue, as it is signed "Glanz", which Sam often used when he drew art and apparently Lew did not. Also the issue was published in 1941 after Lew had left the feature. The art on Aman also appears to be the same as the cover art.
Characters:
Minimidget; Ritty; Kitty Waters; Tom O'Brien; Biff Conners (mention only, death); James Morgan (villain, Tom's boss); Morgan's assistant (reformed villain, death)
Synopsis:
Minimidget and Ritty agree to help Tom O'Brien, who has been charged with the murder of Biff Conners. Minimidget smells all the makings of a frame-up as it seems that Tom was given a package to deliver (which was empty) to the office, found Conners dead, and then was promptly arrested for murder.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
John F. Kolb (signed)
Pencils:
John F. Kolb (signed)
Inks:
John F. Kolb (signed)
Notes:
Title and art credit from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
The Who's Who does not indicate Kolb writing this feature, but Wikipedia indicates that he did.
Title:
The Case of Insane Mystic Knights of Bagdad
Characters:
Doctor Hypno; Gladys Glammer (actress); The Great Sultan (villain); Mystic Knights of Bagdad (villains)
Synopsis:
Dr. Hypno is kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to see the Great Sultan, who has sedated an actress whom he wishes to have for a wife: providing the good doctor will perform brain surgery on her to insure that she will marry the Sultan.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Frank Thomas [as F. Thomas] (signed)
Pencils:
Frank Thomas [as F. Thomas] (signed)
Inks:
Frank Thomas [as F. Thomas] (signed)
Characters:
Reef Kinkaid; Ahkmed (Reef's assistant); German Naval Commander (villain, death); German sailors (villains, all die)
Synopsis:
Reef and Ahkmed are out sailing when they are suddenly attacked by a submarine, all over sealed orders from a foreign government discovered by Reef and sent off to Washington D.C..
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Bob Lubbers ?; Charles Verral ?
Pencils:
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inks:
Bob Lubbers (signed)
Title:
Uncle Trouble
Characters:
Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Police Captain John Renken; Zona Henderson; Burke Korlan [also as Uncle Murtry Higgins] (villain); Korlan's mob (villains)
Synopsis:
Captain Renken informs Aman that the Chief has ordered Police to guard Miss Henderson, whom they suspect is to be kidnapped in order to hinder Aman's war on crime. The Police Captain further believes that this gang is controlled by the Great Question.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Duke Carey (credited)
Pencils:
Sam Glanzman [as Glanz] (signed) (spot illustrations)
Inks:
Sam Glanzman [as Glanz] (signed) (spot illustrations)
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Dash Dartwell (introduction, origin); Dr. Drew Moss (Professor of Bio-Chemistry, introduction); Lois Moss (daughter of Dr. Moss, introduction); Coach Stone (of Dravrah University, introduction); Butch (villain, introduction); five un-named gangsters (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Young Dash Dartwell, a scrub track athlete for Dravrah University, agrees to take Metalo-Tablets, invented by Professor Moss, a bio-chemistry teacher at the college, to see what effects it would have on the human body. When three of Dravrah's star track members are kidnapped by crooks, Dash is allowed to participate in the Elay Relays and sets three world records in three events, and culminates the day by capturing the six dangerous criminals responsible for the kidnappings.
Pages:
7.000
Pencils:
Henry Taylor [as Taylor] (signed)
Inks:
Henry Taylor [as Taylor] (signed)
Notes:
Interesting note: if one spells the names of the two colleges running in the relays backwards, you have: "Harvard" (Dravrah) and "Yale" (Elay).
The signature, Harry Francis Campbell, signed on the splash page, is a by-line only for this issue. Campbell DID illustrate this story, in different form, in The Arrow #3, which is not a true reprint, as Taylor's illustrations in this issue are totally different from Campbell's work in The Arrow version. The captions have also, in most instances, been re-worded in The Arrow version, although the plot is basically the same. (notes added by Craig Delich)
Characters:
The Mighty-Man [Scott Pearson]; The Chemist; The Witch (villain); Witch's henchmen [Buff; other un-named] (villains)
Synopsis:
Mighty-Man had been engaging a criminal for some time called the Witch, whom he always let go so that he could round up the minions who did her bidding. However he is puzzled when she suddenly drops out of sight, so he decides to investigate why she has apparently halted her criminal activities.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Martin Filchock
Pencils:
Martin Filchock
Inks:
Martin Filchock
Notes:
Title and character information from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
Title:
It's another? Ghost ship!
Characters:
Shark (son of Father Neptune); un-named Governor; Doctor Von Snipe (villain, death, cameo); masked man (villain); Toag (villain)
Synopsis:
The Shark looks into a strange situation: since the death of Dr. Snipe, there have been a number of ships and boats sailing into port without their men or cargos. He encounters a strange masked man whose weapon emits a gas that eats away the flesh of a person, but leaving the rest under contol of this master criminal.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)
Pencils:
Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)
Inks:
Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)
Notes:
Title from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
Characters:
Barney (an elephant); Prince (a lion); Clyde Beatty
Pages:
2.000
Pencils:
Roy Humphries (signed)
Inks:
Roy Humphries (signed)
Notes:
Script revision from Humphries to ? by Craig Delich.
Two illustrated featurettes on famed animals that did amazing things.
Title:
Origin of T.N.T.
Characters:
T.N.T. [Treve N. Thorndyke] (scientist, inventor, introduction, origin); Deame (young boy); Gimp Jackson (villain, underworld czar); Jackson's men [Sweatnose (death); Buggzy [aka Buggsy]; Marshy; rest un-named] (villains)
Synopsis:
Hearing that a boy has been kidnapped, T.N.T., armed with his Atom Gun, heads out to retrieve the boy and round up his kidnappers.
Pages:
7.000
Pencils:
Dan Gormley (signed)
Inks:
Dan Gormley (signed)
Notes:
Title and character info from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
Title:
An Amazing Man...Michel Nostradams
Characters:
Michel Nostradamus (French astrologer); Napoleon Bonaparte; Oliver Cromwell; General Charles DeGualle (sic DeGaulle)
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Joseph A. Kaliff (signed)
Pencils:
Joseph A. Kalliff (signed)
Inks:
Joseph A. Kalliff (signed)
Notes:
Data from Jerry Bails index cards and Howard Keltner's Golden Age index.
Script credit by Craig Delich.
Illustrated biography of Nostradamus and some of his predictions.
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
1
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
16
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
Total
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
4
0
1
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
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