Champ Comics
#24
(December 1942)
Harvey,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Family Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Alfred Harvey (credited) (president); Leon Harvey (editor)
Issue Notes
Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)
[no title indexed]
Liberty Lads / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey pals! Collect junk for victory!
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Liberty Lads; Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo
[no title indexed]
Human Meteor / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While cruising, Duke is hailed by a group of rich playboys.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Meteor [Duke O'Dowd]; Toby
- Synopsis
- Duke investigates when he witnesses an FBI agent being shot.
[no title indexed]
Liberty Lads / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One day the Liberty Lads are playing on the street, when...
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Liberty Lads [Skip; Chuck]; Major Bronson; Mr. Horst (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Lads attempt to return a wallet dropped by a patient while he is being placed into an ambulance.
[no title indexed]
The Champ / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A sleepy South American town.
- Genre
- adventure; sports
- Characters
- The Champ; Henry
- Synopsis
- While in South America, Champ and Henry are questioned by police as to why they are in town.
Indexer Notes
Final appearance of "The Champ [athlete]" feature. It didn't quite make it to the end of Champion/Champ Comics, the series it was created to match...
Calling All Cars
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Pat Powers; Sandy O'Shea
- Synopsis
- While patrolling, Pat, a policeman, and his partner spot a man threatening a women.
[no title indexed]
Devil-Dog Dolan / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The captain's son goes A.W.O.L.
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Devil-Dog Dolan (first appearance; only appearance)
- Synopsis
- After the captain's son goes A.W.O.L, Dolan heads out to bring him back.
Indexer Notes
Only appearance of the "Devil-Dog Dolan" feature.
[no title indexed]
Twinkle Twins / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You and I are the little people,...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Twinkle Twins [Dan Weston; Diane Weston]; Elijah Truth
- Synopsis
- The twins are sent out by their editor to do a story on the murder of a banker.
Getaway Grounded
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Harry Lark; Nails Saraga (villain)
- Synopsis
- Harry spots a plane landing near his farm.
[no title indexed]
Misleading Names / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A jack rabbit is a hare...
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
An article that explains that animal and plant names can be misleading. Includes 6 illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Padlock Homes / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)
- Pencils
- Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)
- Inks
- Ed Wheelan (signed as Ed Wheelan)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last month the Professor and his Fiendish Four got back to the old deserted lighthouse,...
- Feature Logo
- The Adventures of Padlock Homes
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Padlock Homes; Dr Watsis; Nick O'Tyme; Fish-Fry; The Professor (villain); Mr. Spitz (villain)
- Synopsis
- Padlock continues his chase of the Professor.
Indexer Notes
This is the final appearance of the "Padlock Homes" feature in Champ Comics. The feature will move to Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 Series) starting with #25 (February 1943).
[no title indexed]
Bimbo's Beanery / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Art Helfant (signed)
- Pencils
- Art Helfant (signed)
- Inks
- Art Helfant (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Art Helfant
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is my side of th' street!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Previous appearance Speed Comics #23 (October 1942).
[no title indexed]
Bimbo's Beanery / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Art Helfant (signed)
- Pencils
- Art Helfant (signed)
- Inks
- Art Helfant (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Art Helfant
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sh-h-h!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bimbo
- Synopsis
- Bimbo, in an eatery, asks the cook not to talk as he wants space and quiet.
Indexer Notes
Next appearance Speed Comics #40 (November 1945)
[no title indexed]
Jungle Drums / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At American Flying Headquarters in the far east...
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Harry; Tex
- Synopsis
- Harry and Tex are forced to land on a jungle island after a dog fight against some Japanese.
Indexer Notes
Only appearance of the "Jungle Drums" feature.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Miracle / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Again, the power of black magic rises...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Miracle; Adolf Hitler (villain); Set (first appearance; villain)
- Synopsis
- The Egyptian god Set makes a bargain with Hitler: his support in exchange for all the war dead as his slaves. When Dr. Miracle learns of this unholy alliance, he obtains the help of Ammon-Ra, the Egyptian sun god, to defeat Set.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Libya; Nazis; tigers; World War II
in Indexer Notes
Set is often referred to as the Egyptian Satan in this story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Hey pals! Collect junk for victory!"]
Liberty Lads -
1.
["While cruising, Duke is hailed by a group of rich playboys."]
Human Meteor -
2.
["One day the Liberty Lads are playing on the street, when..."]
Liberty Lads -
3.
["A sleepy South American town."]
The Champ -
4.
Calling All Cars
-
5.
["The captain's son goes A.W.O.L."]
Devil-Dog Dolan -
6.
["You and I are the little people,..."]
Twinkle Twins -
7.
Getaway Grounded
-
8.
["A jack rabbit is a hare..."]
Misleading Names -
9.
["Last month the Professor and his Fiendish Four got back to the old deserted lighthouse,..."]
Padlock Homes -
10.
["This is my side of th' street!"]
Bimbo's Beanery -
11.
["Sh-h-h!"]
Bimbo's Beanery -
12.
["At American Flying Headquarters in the far east..."]
Jungle Drums -
13.
["Again, the power of black magic rises..."]
Dr. Miracle
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- Tom Zsolt
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