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Issue: Super Spy #1

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Publication Date: October 1940

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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Centaur

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: 08/05/1940

Volume: none

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): ?

Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

Printed in U.S.A.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was on-going series

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2 Content Items
- Mystery of the Missing Mummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]1
- Vanishing Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Sam Gilman (signed)

Inker(s): Sam Gilman (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Super Spy 5Y-8R

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Case of the Phantom Fisherman and the Contrary Weathervane

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Albert W. Tyler [as Al-Bert]

Inker(s): Albert W. Tyler [as Al-Bert]

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Super Spy 5Y-8R

Character(s): Super Spy 5Y-8R (Intro)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Mystery of the Missing Mummy

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): E. F. Webster (credited)

Penciller(s): E. F. Webster (credited)

Inker(s): E. F. Webster (credited)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Operator #38 Chic Farrell

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From Content Item: Flag

Funny Picture Stories v3 #2 published March 1939
was Mystery of the Missing Mummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ray Houlihan

Inker(s): Ray Houlihan

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Scotty of the Skyways

Character(s): Scotty; Joan Marshal; Bernie; Peter Marshal

First Line: I'm so glad to see you again, Joan!

Synopsis: Joan asks Scotty to fly her and her brother, Peter, to their father's gold mine in lower Burma. Although they crash their plane, they manage to reach the mine and thwart the villain who has jumped their claim.

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Pages: 6

The Twin Terror Case

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Stan Drake [as Stanley Allen Drake]

Inker(s): Stan Drake [as Stanley Allen Drake]

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Feature(s): Gary Ross

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Pages: 7

Flight Three

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Max Dodge

Penciller(s): Max Neill (signed) (illustration)

Inker(s): Max Neill (signed) (illustration)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, aviation

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Pages: 2

Part II - Conclusion

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (credited)

Inker(s): Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (credited)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Lucifer the White Devil

Character(s): Dr. Nelson; Ted Nelson; Pat; Lucifer; Lahu; Sergeant Heath

First Line: The African Queen silently slips into the harbor of Zonga...

Synopsis: Setting out from Zango, Dr. Nelson, his son, and his son's fiancée travel to a lost city. When no word is heard from them, the police ask Lucifer to find them. He rescues them from natives and takes them to the city, where they find the treasure they sought.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Lahu was named Lah in previous stories.

He Saves the Panama Canal

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): R. C. Fuller

Inker(s): R. C. Fuller

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, military

Feature(s): Duke Collins the Fearless Marine

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Pages: 7

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John F. Kolb

Inker(s): John F. Kolb

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Sparkler

Character(s): The Sparkler [Red Morgan] (introduction, origin)

First Line: Red! Red, come here!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Next appearance in Wham Comics (Centaur, 1940 series) #1 (November 1940).

Vanishing Men

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Art Pinajian (signed)

Inker(s): Art Pinajian (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery, western

Feature(s): Phantom o' the Hills

Character(s): Phantom o' the Hills (introduction)

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From Content Item: Flag

Amazing Mystery Funnies v2 #3 published March 1939
was Vanishing Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 7

Edward Oscar Heinrich

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: biography, crime

Feature(s): Crime Crusher

Character(s): Edward Oscar Heinrich

Synopsis: A brief biography of University of California Professor of Chemistry Edward Oscar Heinrich, and his work as a leading criminologist in America.

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Pages: 1