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Issue: Shadow Comics #2 [38]
Publication Date: May 1944
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Issues: #2 [38] of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagStreet and Smith
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Street & Smith Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 4
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): William DeGrouchy
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Brain of Nippon

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Charles Coll
Inker(s): Charles Coll
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shadow
Character(s): The Shadow; The Brain of Nippon
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Pages: 1
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The Shadow Meets the Brain of Nippon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson (Maxwell Grant)
Penciller(s): Charles Coll (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Coll
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shadow
Character(s): The Brain of Nippon [Moronaro] (villain, introduction, death); The White Lama (Shadow's mentor, introduction); Margo Lane (guest-star)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Museum Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): Al Bare
Inker(s): Al Bare
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shadow
Character(s): Commissioner Weston (guest-star); Margo Lane (guest-star)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: THE SHADOW "The Museum Mystery" was adapted by Walter Gibson from his own 08/02/43 NICK CARTER radioplay "Murder in the Crypt" or "Nick Carter and the Jackal God." (Yes, Walter rewrote Nick Carter and Patsy as Lamont Cranston and Margo.)
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40 Cents a Hundred

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Meditz
Inker(s): John Meditz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chick Carter
Character(s): The Rattler (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Fingerprints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Chick Carter's Inner Circle
Character(s): Chick Carter
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The "Egg"centric Mr. Dumtee

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Bare (signed)
Inker(s): Al Bare
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Doc Savage
Character(s): Monk (guest-star); Ham (guest-star); Mr. Dumptee (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The title is as it appears in the comic, but the character's name is Mr. Dumptee in the story
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The Comic of the Future!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: House ad for Air Ace Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Presenting Frank Morgan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Shadow Again Meets The Terrible Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Gibson
Penciller(s): Charles Coll?
Inker(s): Charles Coll?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shadow
Character(s): Thade (villain); Durrem (villain); Adrem (villain); Margo Lane (guest-star); Commissioner Weston (guest-star)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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