XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Man of War Comics #1
Publication Date: November 1941
Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #1 of 2 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Corporation of America
On Sale Date: 09/04/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Hardie
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. 4.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In2
reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (10 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Man of War
Character(s): Man of War [Clay Carter]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Verral
Penciller(s): Nils Gustavson
Inker(s): Nils Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Man of War
Character(s): Man of War [Clay Carter] (introduction); Mars (a god, in spirit form); Wanda Hall (FBI agent, introduction); General Luko (villain, introduction, death); General Gurk (villain, death); Luko's Army (villains, introduction for all, all die)
First Line: You must invade...now!
Synopsis: Man of War must tackle the armed forces from an underground Army base in Mexico, whose intent is to attack the city of Los Angeles by land.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #112 (2019) in black and white
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Last appearance in Liberty Scouts Comics #3.

Script credit revised from Paul Gustavson, art credits revised from Paul to brother Nils, and lettering credit to ? by Craig Delich, per the Who's Who. The art is clearly not by Paul.

Man of War was created by the god, Mars, and appears and disappears on Earth in explosions. His powers can be taken away in the presence of lead.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Varrel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vapo-Man
Character(s): Vapo-Man [Bradford Cole]; Secretary Musser
First Line: Secretary Musser on Mystery Flight!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Last appearance in Liberty Scouts Comics #3.

Script and art credit revision (from Steve Gilman) by Craig Delich.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)
Penciller(s): Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)
Inker(s): Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dopey Danny Day
First Line: Dopey learns how to use his head!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: last app. in LIBERTY SCOUTS COMICS #3
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Turner (credited)
Penciller(s): Bob Lubbers (credited)
Inker(s): Bob Lubbers (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Red Riley
Character(s): Red Riley; Marcia Mason; Hal Mason
First Line: Here is a brand-new adventure of that hard-boiled...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: last app. in LIBERTY SCOUTS COMICS #3
Lubbers also signs - as "B L" - on the final page.
Disclose
Wild Ride

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sam Garland (cabbie)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Verral
Penciller(s): George Wilson
Inker(s): George Wilson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sentinel
Character(s): The Sentinel
First Line: Created by the spirit of America...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Last appearance in Liberty Scouts Comics #3.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Filchock (credited)
Penciller(s): Martin Filchock (credited)
Inker(s): Martin Filchock (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Martin Filchock
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fire-Man
Character(s): The Fire-Man [Jim]
First Line: A passenger plane skims over the tree-tops...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #23 published January 2000
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #13 published August 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Last appearance in Liberty Scouts Comics #3.

Script and lettering credits, plus revised art credits (from Maurice Filchock) by Craig Delich.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Helfant (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Helfant (signed)
Inker(s): Art Helfant (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Art Helfant
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Dave Doolittle, The Dizzy Detective
Character(s): Dave Doolittle; Mister Walrusspuss
First Line: What happened to me shouldn't happen to a dog!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Liberty Guards
Character(s): The Liberty Guards [Smokey; Skipper; Strut]
First Line: Sons of a wealthy patriot...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Last appearance in Liberty Scouts Comics #3.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.