Shadow Comics
#v1#2 [2]
([February 21] 1940)
Street and Smith,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-02-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Street & Smith Publications Inc.
- Editing
- William De Grouchy (credited as William DeGrouchy) (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 445637.
[no title indexed]
The Shadow / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jerome Rozen (painting)
- Inks
- Jerome Rozen (painting)
- Colors
- Jerome Rozen (painting)
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Shadow; Iron Munro (inset); Doc Savage (inset); Bill Barnes (inset); Frank Merriwell (inset); Nick Carter (inset)
- Reprints
- from The Shadow Magazine (Street & Smith, 1931 series) v5#6 (May 15, 1933)
- Keywords
- snake
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[Robberies Baffle Police]
The Shadow / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; crime; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Shadow; Commissioner Weston; Inspector Cardona; Shrevvy; James Wendrew (villain, introduction, death)
- Reprints
- from The Shadow daily (Ledger Syndicate) 194X-XX-XX - 194X-XX-XX ?
[The Yellow Hoard]
The Avenger / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Paul Ernst (under house name Kenneth Robeson) (original author); ? (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Ray Harford ?
- Inks
- Ray Harford ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dad! At it again?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Avenger [Richard Benson] (introduction, origin in recap); Fergus MacMurdie (introduction); Smitty (introduction); Nellie Grey (introduction); Professor Grey (Nellie's father; introduction; death); Borg (villain, introduction, death); Olin Chandler (villain, introduction, death)
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the Avenger story "The Yellow Hoard" from The Avenger (Street and Smith, 1939 series) #2 (October 1, 1939) pulp magazine written by Paul Ernst [as Kenneth Robeson].
[no title indexed]
Iron Munro [Street and Smith] / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Iron! Can't we send a beam to that sun for power?
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; superhero
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Anthony Tollin, who discovered Otto Binder wrote the first two Iron Munro stories and Theodore Sturgeon wrote them the rest thereafter. Originally credited to Theodore Sturgeon by Anthony Tollin.
The Iron Munro comic stories were inspired/based on editor John W. Campbell's Arn Munro short stories in the Astounding Science-Fiction (Street and Smith, 1938 series) pulp.
Continued in next issue.
Written in Blood
Nick Carter / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure; crime
- Characters
- Nick Carter
Frank Merriwell at College
Frank Merriwell / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Frank Merriwell
[no title indexed]
Cap Fury [Street and Smith] / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While Captain Fury is at Kane's home...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Cap Fury [John Fury] (introduction, next appearance in Army and Navy Comics (Street and Smith, 1941 series) #1 (May 1941))
[no title indexed]
Bill Barnes / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bill Barnes invoked the animosity of the Yellow-Jackets...
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Bill Barnes; Yellow-Jackets (villains)
[The Crimson Serpent]
Doc Savage / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Lester Dent (original story); Harold A. Davis (original story); ? (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer ?
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Death stalks the Arkansas swamp...
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Doc Savage; Monk; Ham [Theodore Marley Brooks] (first appearance)
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the Doc Savage story "The Crimson Serpent" from Doc Savage (Street and Smith, series) v13#6, (August 1939) by Kenneth Robeson [Harold A. Davis and Lester Dent].
[no title indexed]
Betty Co-Ed / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vernon Greene (signed as V V G)
- Inks
- Vernon Greene (signed as V V G)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, Ronny, it's a leap-year party...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Greene's full name Vernon Van Atta Greene, and he is known to have worked for Street and Smith during this period.
Mark the Match Boy
Stories by Horatio Alger, Jr. / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- drama
Indexer Notes
Adapted from a story by Horatio Alger, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Shadow -
1.
[Robberies Baffle Police]
The Shadow -
2.
[The Yellow Hoard]
The Avenger -
3.
["Iron! Can't we send a beam to that sun for power?"]
Iron Munro [Street and Smith] -
4.
Written in Blood
Nick Carter -
5.
Frank Merriwell at College
Frank Merriwell -
6.
["While Captain Fury is at Kane's home..."]
Cap Fury [Street and Smith] -
7.
["Bill Barnes invoked the animosity of the Yellow-Jackets..."]
Bill Barnes -
8.
The Sheriff's Stolen Boots
Circle J -
9.
[The Crimson Serpent]
Doc Savage -
10.
["Yes, Ronny, it's a leap-year party..."]
Betty Co-Ed -
11.
Mark the Match Boy
Stories by Horatio Alger, Jr.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Edgar Loftin
- Nuno Miranda
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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