First appearance of the Falcon. Fiery Mask story. Little Hercules story by Bud Sagendorf, in the style of Elzie Segar. Bondage cover. Joe Simon, Harry Sahle, and Hank Fletcher art.
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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
The Falcon [Carl Burgess]
Pencils:
Alex Schomburg
Inks:
Alex Schomburg
STORY DETAILS
Title:
The Jelly of Doom
Characters:
The Fiery Mask [Jack Castle]; Dork (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
The Fiery Mask saves the world from a flesh-eating ooze unleashed by a mad scientist.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
George Kapitan (signed)
Pencils:
Harry Sahle (signed)
Inks:
Harry Sahle (signed)
Title:
The Devil-Flower
Characters:
Trojak; Balu (the tiger); Edith Alton; Jerry Alton; The Gembas (villains, introduction)
Synopsis:
Trojak, Edith and Balu seek out the life juice of the devil-flower to save Jerry's life.
Pages:
7.000
Pencils:
Arnold Hicks
Inks:
Arnold Hicks
Notes:
Last appearance, although a different character called "Tigerman" appears in the next issue. The splash panel blurb claims this new "Tigerman" also has a tiger called Balu, but no tiger appears in the story.
Synopsis:
When the Sky Devils get captured on a photographing mission, they soon escape and are rescued from their pursuers by K-4.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
Jack Binder ?
Inks:
? (see notes)
Notes:
Last appearance.
The GCD had Maurice Gutwirth (pencils) and Jack Alderman? (inks) for this. Dr. Michael Vassallo tentatively credits Jack Binder (pencils) speculated that E.C. Stoner might have contributed inks on account of having inked Binder elsewhere, but Ron Goulart says that he sees no E.C. Stoner in the art at all. He does agree that Binder was involved. All of this discussion is from the Timely-Atlas list.
Title:
The Origin of Monako
Characters:
Monako (origin in flashback); Monako's parents (flashback, introduction, death); an Indian magician (flashback, introduction, death); Lady Anne (introduction); Lady Olga (introduction); Mike (villain, introduction); Mike's partner (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Monako tells his origin to Ladies Anne and Olga and later rescues Lady Anne from some thieves who stole her jewelry and tried to kill her.
Pages:
8.000
Pencils:
Larry Antonette (signed)
Inks:
Larry Antonette ? [as Larry Antonette] (signed)
Notes:
Notes from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, Hames Ware and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. on the Timely-Atlas list indicate that an inker other than Antonette may have worked on this story.
Title:
Battle of the Robots
Characters:
Marvex; Clara Crandall; Dr. Narr (villain, introduction, death); Brad Lewis (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
Pages:
8.000
Pencils:
Hal Sharp
Inks:
Hal Sharp
Notes:
Last golden age appearance. There is a teaser panel for a Marvex story in the next issue but the story did not appear. Next appearance in All Select Comics 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.
Title:
Planet of Black-Light
Characters:
Whirlwind Carter; Brenda Hale; The Black-Light Men (villains, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Whirlwind Carter fights off an invasion from the planet of black light.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed)
Pencils:
Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed)
Inks:
Fletcher Hanks [as C. C. Starr] (signed)
Letters:
Fletcher Hanks
Notes:
Last appearance. A teaser at the bottom of the last panel promises another episode "next month" but it never appeared.
Title:
The Death Clutch
Characters:
Bob Johnson; Sergeant Elliot; Jack Mardel's uncle (death); Jack Mardel (villain)
Synopsis:
Jack Mardel has a large inheritance coming to him from his elderly uncle, but he decides not to let nature takes its natural course before he gets it!
Pages:
2.000
Script:
T. K. Hawley (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Rebuilding the World
Characters:
Breeze Barton; Ann Barclay; Frenchy; Sabarr (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Breeze and Ann start rebuilding civilization with Frenchy, but a savage tribe quickly attacks them.
Pages:
7.000
Pencils:
Jack Binder ?
Inks:
E. C. Stoner ?
Notes:
Last appearance. A teaser promises another installment in the next issue but there was no such story.
Title:
Introducing Little Hercules
Characters:
Little Hercules (introduction, origin); Two spies (villains, introduction)
Synopsis:
Hercules is made a doctor of all sciences at age 12 and decides to take his newly invented explosive to his government while evading two foreign agents who are trying to steal it from him.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Bud Sagendorf [as SAG] (signed)
Pencils:
Bud Sagendorf [as SAG] (signed)
Inks:
Bud Sagendorf [as SAG] (signed)
Title:
Meet the Falcon
Characters:
The Falcon [Carl Burgess] (introduction); Dr. Sunga (villain, introduction, death); Turvy (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Sunga's gang (villains, introduction)
Synopsis:
Dr. Sunga is killing people by sending them wands of death, but the Falcon must discover the true mechanism behind the murders so that charges will stand up in court.
Pages:
8.000
Pencils:
Maurice Gutwirth
Inks:
Maurice Gutwirth
Notes:
In his introduction to the Masterworks, Will Murray observes that close examination of the splash panel reveals that a different logo was originally in place, that used more letters. Murray goes on to assert that the Falcon is a reworked version of the Purple Mask. While he does not comment on the costuming, it is worth noting that the Falcon's outfit in this story is different than on the cover and in his other two appearances, and indeed appears to be a re-colored version of the Purple Mask's outfit, with a chest logo added along with wings over his ears. The Falcon's general setup and civilian employment are identical to that of the Purple Mask.
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
NG
PG
CVR
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
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
2
2
3
1
0
2
1
0
0
5
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
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
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
0
0
0
CGCxJSA
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
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
Total
0
0
0
3
1
2
0
0
3
2
4
2
0
2
2
1
0
5
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
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