Lightning Comics #5 Values

Publisher: Ace Magazines, 1942

About Lightning Comics #5

Bondage cover by Jim Mooney, featuring Lash Lightning.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Lash Lightning [Robert Morgan]

Pencils: Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks: Jim Mooney (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Characters: Lash Lightning [Robert Morgan]; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (cameo); Linda Larkin (the Vulture's niece); the Vulture [Larkin] (villain, a deranged scientist, introduction)

Synopsis: A deranged scientist steals from his half-brother the blueprints for a flame gun and a formula that could create an impenetrable purple fog that be solidified into a wall. As the Vulture, he operates out of "The Black City in the Sky" to create a difficult time for the United States until he comes face to face with Lash Lightning.

Pages: 13.000

Pencils: Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks: Jim Mooney (signed)

Notes: Corrected story title by Craig Delich. Mooney signs his artwork twice. As Jim Mooney on the first page, and J. Mooney on the last.

Characters: Congo Jack; Matu; Dan Wilde; Mary Wilde

Synopsis: Jack rescues his old college classmate Dan and wife Mary from the Sudanese for trying to capture a white rhinoceros.

Pages: 6.780

Pencils: Mark Schneider [as M. Scheider] (signed)

Inks: Mark Schneider (signed)

Notes: Schneider's signature is on the fifth page of the story

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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
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