Digital Comic Museum - Science Comics 01 (inc)(-ifc,ibc,cf)


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Science Comics 001 (inc)(-ifc,ibc,cf)

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7-July-2014 10:13 pm	\|
Username:	doccomix
Comment:	Terrific! I've been waiting for this one to show up. Kudos to all!
8-July-2014 1:45 am	\|
Username:	heaven4
Comment:	Great! I've been hoping this would be added!
8-July-2014 8:17 am	\|
Username:	attictoys
Comment:	A HUGE THANK YOU for this one! It was a Loooonggg... wait but, worth it. Much appreciated!
11-September-2019 8:51 am	\|
Username:	moonled
Comment:	Does anyone have pages 31-34?

Issue: #1
Published: February 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 444546. The Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4 lists another issue #1 sent to the copyright office with the publication date of November 25, 1939, copyright number 435618, with a cover date of January 1940. This could have been for an ashcan edition of the title.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Electro
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Fine \| Inks: Lou Fine
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Electro [Jim Andrews]

Comic Story (8 pages)	Origin of the Eagle
Featuring:	Eagle
Synopsis:	Bill Powers returns home from vacation and, as the Eagle, captures the Purple Gang.
Credits:	Pencils: Emil Gershwin ? \| Inks: Emil Gershwin ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Eagle [Bill Powers] (first Appearance, Origin) Jason (first Appearance) The Purple Gang (first Appearance, Villains)

Comic Story (12 pages)	The Origin of Electro
Featuring:	Electro
Credits:	Pencils: Robert Webb ? \| Inks: Robert Webb ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Electro [Jim Andrews] (first Appearance, Origin, Becomes Dynamo In Next Issue) Saunders (first Appearance) The President's Daughter (first Appearance) The Gerlandians (first Appearance, Villains)

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Fang Men of Jupiter
Featuring:	Cosmic Carson
Synopsis:	Cosmic Carson fights against a band of pirates - the Fang Men of Jupiter.
Credits:	Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Cosmic Carson (first Appearance) Roland (first Appearance) Fang Men Of Jupiter (first Appearance, Villains, One Dies) Okal

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Space Slavers
Featuring:	Perisphere Payne
Credits:	Pencils: ? (Arnold Haney)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Perisphere Payne (first Appearance) Villon (first Appearance, Villain, Death)

Activity (1 page)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Origin of Marga, the Panther Woman
Featuring:	Marga
Credits:	Pencils: Emil Gershwin ? \| Inks: Emil Gershwin ?
Genre:	Jungle Science Fiction
Characters:	Marga [the Panther Woman] (first Appearance, Origin) Von Dorf (first Appearance, Villain, Death) Ted Grant (first Appearance, Not DC's Wildcat!)

Text Story (2 pages)	Death on the Air Waves
Synopsis:	Dick Gordon investigates the death of Jeff Stone and discovers a race of beings that live within radio waves.
Credits:	Script: Rodney Weems \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Jeff Stone Dick Gordon Maxwell

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Shrinking Serum
Featuring:	Dr. Doom
Synopsis:	While exploring a strange land, Jan and Wanda are captured, and experimented on, by Dr. Doom.
Credits:	Pencils: ? (Richard Crater)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Dr. Doom (first Appearance, Villain) Jan Swift (first Appearance) Wanda (first Appearance)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Origin of Navy Jones
Featuring:	Navy Jones
Credits:	Script: Bert Whitman \| Pencils: Bert Whitman \| Inks: Bert Whitman
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Navy Jones (first Appearance, Origin) King Of A Sub-sea People (first Appearance) Princess Coral (first Appearance) The Prime Minister (first Appearance, Villain)

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