Issue: #5
Published: September 1939, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Cover; Color Interior Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series
Notes: September 1939--Volume 1, Number 5--AMAZING MAN COMICS is published monthly by Comic Corporation of America, 29 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass. Editorial and Executive Offices: 220 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second class matter at Springfield, Mass. pending. Single copies 10c--annual subscription $1.00 in U. S. A.: other countries $1.50. Copyright 1939 by Comic Corporation of America. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Contents must not be reproduced without permission.
Printed in U. S.A. [sic- inconsistent spacing]
This is the first comic published by Comic Corporation of America, and remained the only such series until the collapse of the Centaur Publications, Inc. line at the end of 1940.
Original index from Jerry Bails' index cards & Howard Keltner's Golden Age index. Updated from scan from http://www.goldenagecomics.co.uk/
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 427245.
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| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
It's Hard to Beat |
| Featuring: |
Amazing Mystery Funnies |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Paul Gustavson (Fantom of the Fair, signed); Malcolm Kildale (Speed Centaur, signed) | Inks: Paul Gustavson (Fantom of the Fair, signed); Malcolm Kildale (Speed Centaur, signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Fantom Of The Fair Speed Centaur |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
River Subs |
| Featuring: |
Jack Rhodes |
| Synopsis: |
Rhodes is sent to investigate suspicious submarine sightings. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Larry Riley [as Riley] (signed) | Inks: Larry Riley [as Riley] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Jack Rhodes (introduction, Only Appearance?) |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Stranger Than Fiction |
| Credits: |
Script: Walter Galli (signed) | Pencils: Walter Galli (signed) | Inks: Walter Galli (signed) | Letters: Walter Galli ? | Editing: ? (syndicated) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Tragic Note |
| Featuring: |
Aman the Amazing-Man |
| Synopsis: |
In order to explain why he refuses to perform a certain piece of music, Aman tells of his musical testing during his time in Tibet. |
| Credits: |
Script: Matty Point | Pencils: Frank Thomas | Inks: Frank Thomas | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Amazing-Man [John Aman] |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Congo War Drum (Part 1) |
| Synopsis: |
"Sandy" Thorne of the Congo patrol and his servant Labu go in search of the source of the Congo war drums, knowing they mean trouble. |
| Credits: |
Script: Paul Gustavson (credited) | Pencils: Paul Gustavson (credited) | Inks: Paul Gustavson (credited) | Letters: Paul Gustavson |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
"Sandy" Thorne Labu (Thorne's Servant) The Kilanga |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Origin of Mighty Man |
| Featuring: |
Mighty Man |
| Synopsis: |
Sunny brings the Professor to the giant valley he found with the Professor's map. They're pursued by bandits, but the giant man they find in the valley rescues them and agrees to come with them into the outside world. |
| Credits: |
Script: Martin Filchock (signed) | Pencils: Martin Filchock (signed) | Inks: Martin Filchock (signed) | Letters: Martin Filchock ? |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Mighty Man (introduction, Origin) Sunny (introduction) The Professor (introduction) Buck Long Tex Dash |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Johnson Smith & Co. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Flash! |
| Featuring: |
Keen Detective Funnies #v2#9 |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ben Thompson (signed on original cover) | Inks: Ben Thompson (signed on original cover) |
| Characters: |
Masked Marvel |
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