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Issue: Sure-Fire Comics #2

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Publication Date: August 1940

Issue v1 #2

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Issues: #2 of 4 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Ace Magazines

Brand: Ace

Indicia Publisher:

On Sale Date: 06/05/1940

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): ?

Notes: Per information from a December 1941 NY Superior Court hearing, Ace art director, Fred Gardener, stated that Pat Lamar's studio provided all of the artwork for this issue, as well as script, lettering, and coloring.
Lamar was paid on May 2, 1940. Lamar admitted that the only art work he did was corrections.

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. 3.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: full color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.

Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Content Items (10 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Flash Lightning

Character(s): Flash Lightning

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Harry Lucey (signed)

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Flash Lightning

Character(s): Flash Lightning; Rita Van Dyke; Sabbat (villain); Tiger Man (also referred to as Tiger Mask; villain; Rita's uncle)

First Line: From an ancient temple in Egypt, Flash Lightning's teacher, the Old Man of the Pyramids comes...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Raven

Character(s): The Raven [detective-sergeant Danny Dartin]; Lola (his fiancee)

First Line: The Raven visits the office of a crooked politician where he knows...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Al Fagaly?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Ace McCoy

Character(s): Ace McCoy (pilot; federal special agent); Bill Regan (his aide and mechanic)

First Line: In South America, strange things are happening: rebel outbreaks...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Notes: Pencils suggested by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.

The Terror Trust

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jim Mooney ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): X, the Phantom Fed

Character(s): X; Betty Dale (reporter)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Notes: Pencils suggested by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Whiz Wilson and his Futuroscope

Character(s): Whiz Wilson (youthful genius of science)

First Line: Well, here goes a hundred years -- I'm off to Switzerland in 2040.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Al Fagaly ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Marvo the Magician and Tito

Character(s): Marvo; Tito (his trained monkey); June Evans (damsel in distress)

First Line: Always in quest of adventure is that master of magic, Marvo the magician, and his highly-trained monkey...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Pencils suggested by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.

Clues that Caught Criminals

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: A True Detective Case

[untitled]

Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Fred Schwab

Penciller(s): Fred Schwab

Inker(s): Fred Schwab

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Billy the Kid

First Line: There!! That finishes him!!

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Pages: 2

Notes: Schwab identified for script, pencils and inks by Jerry Bails.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Al Fagaly ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Buck Steele

Character(s): Buck Steele (Robin Hood of the Range); Blackie (his horse); Rusty (his dog); Joan Martin (daughter of murdered sherrif)

First Line: Hmm... she's too nice a girl to be going into a tough saloon.

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Pages: 7

Notes: last appearance
Pencils suggested by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.