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Issue: Miracle Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #4 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/20/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sky Wizard
Character(s): Sky Wizard
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits of Ed Kressy (pencils) and Norman Fallon (inks), who were the only artists on the Sky Wizard strip, according to the character's writer, Emile C. Schurmacher from an article in Alter-Ego #2 (Autumn, 1999).
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The Robot Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Emile C. Schurmacher
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sky Wizard
Character(s): Sky Wizard (last appearance); Howland (villain, introduction, death); the Robot Terrors (villains, introduction for all, most die)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Writer credit of Emile C. Schurmacher and artist credits per article in Alter-Ego #2, specifically about the character of Sky Wizard and WRITER (not artist) Emile C. Schurmacher (also spelled Schnurmacher) from Schurmacher's article in the February, 1940 issue of "Writer's Digest". In article, Ed Kressy is stated to be the penciler and Norm Fallon the inker of the Sky Wizard strip.
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General Panzi, Traitor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Emile C. Schurmacher
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): K-7
Character(s): K-7 (last appearance); Gen. Panzi (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer credit of Emile C. Schurmacher per article in Alter-Ego #2, specifically about the characters appearing in Miracle Comics, many written by Emile C. Schurmacher (also spelled Schnurmacher), who was NOT an artist, all taken by Murray from Schurmacher's article in the February, 1940 issue of "Writer's Digest".
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The Mystery of Atlantis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bullet Bob
Character(s): Bullet Bob Dunn (introduction, only appearance); King Sarx (introduction); Princess Tellura (introduction); X-Atlantis (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Art and script credits from Burnley. According to Burnley, this was his first work for comic books but was not published for several years.
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The Treachery of Judar Ben Ali

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Veiled Prophet
Character(s): The Veiled Prophet (first appearance; only appearance); Shiek Judar Ben Ali (first appearance; villain; death)
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Pages: 5
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Death at Sunset

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John H. Compton
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Death Stalks a Rodeo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bill Colt, the Ghost Rider
Character(s): Ranger Bill Colt [the Ghost Rider] (last appearance); Bob Lowe (first appearance; death); Marie Lowe (first appearance); Garr Weddick (first appearance; villain); Weddick's partner (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The White Knights

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dash Dixon
Character(s): Dash Dixon (last appearance); The White Knights (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Revolution in Brazil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): One Minute To Live
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Hendricks the Business Saboteur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Emile C. Schurmacher
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Scorpion
Character(s): The Scorpion [Hal Ward] (last appearance); Hendricks (first appearance; villain); Dopey Dan (first appearance; villain); their gang (first appearance; villains); Mary Weld (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer credit of Emile C. Schurmacher per article in Alter-Ego #2, specifically about the characters appearing in Miracle Comics, many written by Emile C. Schurmacher (also spelled Schnurmacher), who was NOT an artist, all taken by Murray from Schurmacher's article in the February, 1940 issue of "Writer's Digest".

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