Frogman Comics #3 Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree (Hillman Publications, 1952) Condition: FN/VF....

Auction amount: $57.36

Sold: Jan 14, 2007

Frogman Comics #3 Values

Publisher: Hillman, 1952

About Frogman Comics #3

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Daring Exploits With Today's Fish-Men...

Pencils: Mike Suchorsky

Inks: Mike Suchorsky

Letters: typeset

Notes: Suchorsky is credited to Frogman in Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the inking and faces are his work. Also credited by JVJ.

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: A Medal for Mickey

Characters: Mickey Cutler (frogman); Pete Gunnerson (frogman); Ted Crawford (frogman)

Synopsis: Frogmen are to clear underwater mines and barriers before an army landing.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Kim Aamodt ?

Pencils: Mort Lawrence

Inks: Mort Lawrence

Notes: Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr Collection. Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

Title: The Underwater Stoppers

Characters: Lt. Grant; Ensign Rogers

Synopsis: P.T. boats and frogmen on a mission to stop Japanese transports in the Slot near Guadalcanal.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Kim Aamodt ?

Pencils: Gerald McCann

Inks: Gerald McCann

Notes: McCann is credited to war stories at Hillman 1952-53, and this is him with a lot of black inking, old faces with long noses, no chin and pointed ears. Also the caps are pointed in front and there is very little movement.

Title: The Mounted Frogmen

Synopsis: About the Enlish "Mounted Frogmen# during WW 2.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Kim Aamodt ?

Pencils: Lorence Bjorklund

Inks: Lorence Bjorklund

Notes: Inking of the propeller may point to Bjorklund, and he is credited to war at Hillman. Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr has this credit too.

Title: Forty Feet of Water

Characters: Joe Dawson (machine shop owner); Clyde Dawson

Synopsis: Clyde discovers that the oxygen tanks his father is making don't stand up to pressure tests, but his father refuses to stop the shipment to the navy

Pages: 6.000

Script: Kim Aamodt ?

Pencils: Mike Suchorsky

Inks: Mike Suchorsky

Notes: Suchorsky is credited to Frogman in Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and this work is identical to his "Sea Witch" stories in "Pirate Comics", also credited by Bails. He can be noticed by his rounded ears and lips, and detailed inking. Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr has him credited too. Aamodt is the only writer credited to Frogman 1952-53, but there may have been others.

Title: The New Jersey Clinker

Characters: Cliff O'Neil (ex-frogman); Bill Daggert (ex-frogman); Hessner (foreman); Lt. Mackin

Synopsis: A foreign submarine is tapping oil from an American pipeline.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Kim Aamodt ?

Pencils: Al Eadeh ?

Inks: Dan Zolnerowich

Notes: Best guess at art credits by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.

Title: The Riders of the Warheads

Characters: Cmd. Johnny Parsons; Jason (frogman)

Synopsis: Enemy frogmen have planted mines on the hull of the U.S.S. Dakota.

Pages: 4.000

Script: Kim Aamodt ?

Pencils: Ross Andru

Inks: Ross Andru

Notes: Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. Ross Andru is credited to war stories at Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

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