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Simon and Kirby

Stuntman

2006-05-10T21:29:00.001-04:00

After Joe Simon returned from war service, the S&K team made a deal with Harvey Comics to produce "Stuntman" and "Boy Explorers" comics. I previously discussed the part played in these comics by Bill Draut and Ken Riley who worked on backup stories. Now I would like to go into the work done on these comics by our intrepid artist, Jack Kirby. Not surprisingly, Jack's efforts was the core of these comics as he the penciler for Stuntman and Boy Explorers stories and covers.

Stuntman #1, April 1946

Stuntman was published first on April 1946. It has three Stuntman stories with a total of 35 pages. The first story ("Killer In The Big Top") introduces the characters. The hero is Fred Drake, who is both a movie stuntman and the crime fighting Stuntman. Like many S&K heroes, he really isn't a super-hero since he has no special powers. But he does wear a costume and maintain a secret identity. As so common in comics, nobody seems able to make the obvious connection between the hero Stuntman and Drake the stuntman. Drake doubles for the famous movie star Don Daring. The two are spitting images of one another, except Don wears a moustache. Don takes on the comic relief roll. Besides being a vain actor, he periodically puts on a Sherlock Holmes outfit and tries to be the detective and solve the crimes. But his detective attempts come off as the acts of a buffoon, while it is the Stuntman the real man of physical action who saves the day. The love interest is the actress Sandra Sylvan. But calling her the love interest is a little misleading. There certainly is an interest by Sandra in the hero Stuntman, but he in turn always manages to escape her advances.

Stuntman #2, June 1946, "Curtain Call For Death"

These stuntman stories seem pure Kirby, with the sort of quick action that Jack seems to excel at. Story lengths of 10 to 13 pages also seem the perfect length for this type of plot. Was it the fact that S&K were no longer limited by publishers like DC, or maybe they had matured as comic artists during the time they spent in wartime service. Whatever the reason Simon and Kirby were now at their peak. This peak would last for about ten years and would produce work unmatched by anyone else. It would take a collaboration between Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to match it.

Stuntman #2, June 1946, "The Rescue of Robin Hood"

One sign that Kirby wasn't "pulling any punches" on Stuntman was the return of the double page splash. This layout device was once an important part of S&K work on Captain America, but it was infrequently used during S&K years at DC. But the double spread would return for each Stuntman issue. But only too complete Stuntman comics would be published. A completed double page splash meant for Stuntman #3 would not see print. There was a fourth double spread apparently just in the middle of being ink when work was abruptly terminated. Stuntman is completely inked, other figures partially done and another still in the outline form.

As previously mentioned, Stuntman and Boy Explorers were caught in a post-war comic book glut. With the end of paper rationing, publishers and printers went wild and an over abundance of comic books hit the newstands. It was just too much, many comics would be returned without ever having been put on the racks. New comics like Stuntman didn't get much of a chance. Only two issues of Stuntman were distributed. A third issue was sent to subscribers but it was one fourth the size of a normal comic, printed without colors, and was short in page count. Completed but as yet used work would eventually be put in Green Hornet Comics about a year later. Even so there maybe two Stuntman stories that have never been published. Unfortunately it appears that the art work for these stories is no longer together.

Unpublished Stuntman

All the Stuntman stories that had been made all seem a pretty coherent group. However an ad in Stuntman #2 announced the coming of Stuntgirl and Stuntboy. I suspect that Sandra Sylvan would become Stuntgirl, but I have no idea where the boy would come from. Frankly it is hard to imagine how stories with this threesome would be like. Unfortunately we will never know.

Stuntman #2, June 1946

John Prentice, usual suspect #3

2006-05-07T14:32:00.001-04:00

John Prentice was the last of the usual suspects (artists that worked frequently for the S&K studio for an extended period of time). John served in the Navy during the war, in fact he was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attached. Afterwards he went to the Art Institute of Pittsburgh for a short time. John arrived in New York in 1947 and the GCD shows him doing work for in Airboy Comics and Gang Buster. The first work he did for the Simon & Kirby studio was Young Love #4 (August 1949). Once John started with S&K he was a frequent artist for their productions. The work he initially did for S&K was pretty good, but John progressed fairly rapidly while until he achieved his mature style which really was exceptional.

Young Love #4 (August 1949).

Joe and Jack must have thought highly of John's work because he was an important contributor to Bullseye #1. The Bullseye origin story was divided into three chapters ("The Boy", "The Youth" and "The Man"). Jack did all of the first chapter and the splash pages for both of the other chapters, but Prentice penciled all the rest of the story for the last two chapters. Bullseye was part of the Mainline comics, Simon and Kirby's attempt at self publishing. But while doing Mainline S&K continued producing comics for Prize (Black Magic and the romance titles) during that time. Presumably because of his work load, Jack stopped penciling for these Prize productions. Prentice seems to have taken up some of the work for the absent Kirby because his page output jumps from an average of about 12 pages a month to about 26 during the period from March to October, the last month for Mainline comics.

Bullseye #1, "Bullseye, The Youth" (August 1954).

Like Bill Draut and Mort Meskin, John seemed to worked in all of the genre from the S&K shop. Romance genre were the most frequent stories produced by the studio and Prentice's style was well suited for them. John was probably the most realistic artist to work for S&K. His men tend to have small eyes and long faces. John's women are attractive, but are not what I would call glamorous, perhaps sophisticated would be a better description. For some reason Prentice never signed any of his work for Simon and Kirby. Attribution of this work to John is based on work done for the Rip Kirby strip (see below).

Young Love #45, "I Like It Here" (May 1953).

Simon and Kirby's timing in starting their own comic publishing company, Mainline, was unfortunate because that was the period when anti-comic sediment swept the country fueled by Dr. Wertham and a Senate Investigation Committee. Many publishers felt the effects, but it was probably worst for new companies like Mainline. Mainline's last comics were dated April 1955. John Prentice's last work for S&K's Prize publications was Young Love #69 February 1956. However Joe Simon did some editorial work for Harvey during this difficult period, and Prentice work there on romances until February 1957 (Hi-School Romance #60). If the GCD can be trusted, John returned to work for DC, mostly on their version of the horror genre.

Young Love #58 (June 1954).

I would like to repeat a cover that I posted earlier, In Love #1. This is one of the few covers that Kirby shared pencil duties with an artist other then Simon. The foreground couple are clearly Jack's, but the background men were done by John Prentice. Ignoring covers with unrelated inserts, there was only one other cover that Jack shared with another penciler other then Joe during the S&K years. If you don't know which cover I am talking about, don't worry I'll post it shortly.

In Love #1 (September 1954)

On September 6, 1956 Alex Raymond, the artist for the syndication strip Rip Kirby, died. Two months later Prentice took over this popular newspaper comic strip. John would do Rip Kirby until he in turned passed away in 1985. I've always heard how much work was involved in producing a comic strip for syndication. But the GCD continues to list comic book work by Prentice from 1957 on into the early 70's.

Rip Kirby (5/6/58).

Well now I've managed to give a brief review on each of the usual suspects. But work by Draut, Meskin and Prentice is so common in S&K productions I am sure to be blogging on them from time to time. Although the usual suspects did a lot of work for the studio, there were other artists who would work for Joe and Jack for shorter periods of time. Many of these artists were quite talented, some later on would achieve fame. I'll post on some of the other artists some other time.

Green Hornet #7 (June 1942)

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I love the way Simon and Kirby make a cover tell a story. The Green Hornet is rushing to attach a killer clown. If the clown carrying a wicked knife wasn't enough, the lady on the lower level carries a newspaper with headlines that are hard to make out completely but clearly includes "CLOWN ... CRIMINAL ...". Behind her is a fallen policeman, his gun laying at his side, clearly the Green Hornet will be taking on one tough clown. The press above is printing the front page for the latest edition declaring "DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR" with a picture of the clown, obviously printed ahead of time because the clown escaped before facing his execution. The Green Hornet had better be careful because this clown has nothing to loose.

The Green Hornet cover for June is a bit of a puzzle. The floating head looks like it was done by Joe Simon, The killer clown and the running Green Hornet seem to be Jack Kirby's hand. The rest of the figures have bits of both. My take on this is that it was original penciled by Jack without the floating head. Joe added the large head and maybe touched up some other parts. Truly a joint effort. Once again signed as Jon Henri.

The inking on this cover includes irregularly patterned "hay" that we have seen before on the cover to Speed #17. When discussing that cover I noted that the same pattern appears in some of Al Avison's work, including the splash from Pocket #1. Both Speed #17 and GH #7 covers also share some inking styles and lack the S&K shop style that appears on other Harvey covers. I now suspect that both covers were inked by the same artist and that artist may have been Al Avison.

Crime Does Pay

2006-05-03T21:55:00.002-04:00

After returning from war service, Simon and Kirby made a deal with Al Harvey to produce Stuntman and Boy Explorers comics. Because of the post-war glut of comics, this venture was short lived. Both comics were cancelled but Harvey would eventually use work that was already produced in both Green Hornet and Black Cat Comics. Joe and Jack then did a variety of work for publisher Hillman, funny animals ("Earl the Rich Rabbit" and "Lockjaw the Alligator"), adventure ("The Flying Fool"), teenage humor ("My Date Comics") and crime (for "Real Clue Crime Stories"). They did a surprisingly good job on the funny animal stories. But their efforts were probably lost on the younger audience for that type of comics and they must have realized that it was not their forte. The adventure and teen humor were more suited to their style but other publishers already dominated those areas. However the crime stories were even a better match for them and at that time it was a popular genre. The only problem was that their work for Hillman appears to have been work for hire, and they wanted something more.

So S&K made a deal with Prize Publications to produce a crime comic for a share of the profits. This would be the first of a number of deals where Joe and Jack would do produce the artwork for the entire comic with Prize handling the printing and distribution ends. Prize already had a bi-monthly hero anthology called "Headline Comics". Headline was a pretty good title for a crime comic and perhaps it was not doing all that well, so it was converted to crime. The expected cover date for issue #23 was delayed two months for a March 1947 crime issue. Unlike their previous deal with Harvey, initial work was pretty much a solo Simon & Kirby effort with Jack doing all the pencils. With both work for Hillman and Prize going on at the same time, this resulted in a incredible page count, over 60 pages a month (in September alone it was 139). In fact this rate is so high, and the preceding months so low, that I suspect that much of it was done well before actual publication. If that is true then Joe and Jack probably already had decided to pitch a crime comic package before working for Hillman. Joe says when they wanted to make a proposal to a publisher they would do the entire comic first. That way if a publisher liked the idea but did not want to hire them to do it they could still get it out before him by finding another publisher.

There are two signs that a comic was a success. One is that goes monthly and the other is that a spin-off is made. S&K's Young Romance must have been very popular because it did both. Black Magic went monthly but never did a spin-off, unless you consider the short lived Strange World of Your Dreams as such. Headline did not go monthly, but S&K and Prize did launch Justice Traps The Guilty (October 1947). Guilty was also a bi-monthly and alternated in the schedule with Headline. If this was not enough work for Simon and Kirby, after Headline they had also been pitching the first romance comic which came out in September. This was an awful lot of work, even for Jack. But it was never the intention of S&K to do all the art themselves, so they began to field out work to other artists. For instance Bill Draut (usual suspect #1) returns with "G-Man Trap" in the first Justice Traps The Guilty. Joe and Jack had finally succeeded in going from comic book artists to comic book producers.

Now that the Simon and Kirby studio was up and running, Jack's penciling efforts were generally directed to the latest launched product. At this time Kirby continued to provide the pencils for all the covers. There were some good artists working for them, but Jack was still the star. But Young Love #2 (April 1949) had the first non-Kirby cover, a photograph. Soon the other comics followed; Headline #36 (July), Young Romance #13 (September) and Justice Traps the Guilty #12 (October). The romance photographs seemed to be supplied by various agencies, but S&K had a hand in at least some of the enactments of the crime photo covers since Jack appears on Headline #37 September 1949). But photograph covers did not last long for the Prize crime comics, the last one for Guilty #17 (August 1950) and for Headline was #43 (September 1950). With the end of photo covers we have the return of Kirby covers, but not for long. Headline #45 January 1951) was the last one Jack did for that crime title. As for Justice Traps the Guilty Jack's last cover appears on #23 (February 1951). However Guilty #20 has a cover by some other artist (probably Marvin Stein). Headline #46 has postal statement listing Nevin Fiddler as the magazine's editor. The contents changed also since the artists normally supplying art to S&K productions started to disappear from these crime comics. It would appear that Simon and Kirby were no longer producing Headline and Justice Traps the Guilty. Both comics would have a long history after S&K, with Marvin Stein frequently doing the covers. But it just wasn't the same.

Champ #20 (July 1942)

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The hits keep coming. So many of the covers that S&K did for Harvey are just amazing. But this one is another of my favorites. The exaggerated perspective in the Liberty Lads are a signature style for Jack Kirby, so he is the primary penciler. S&K literally demonize the Japanese foe. This sort of thing would not be considered politically correct today, but during that war artists worked under a different standard.

I have seen penciled on the margins of the original art that this was inked by Al Avison. But that sort of notation is suspicious. I have seen an awful lot of S&K art and only on one other page have I seen a similar annotation as to the inker of the work. I strongly suspect that these notes were made by subsequent owners or art dealers. In any case at this time Avison was at Timely working as their primary artist for Captain America. As such he was very busy and it is unlikely he would have time to do this inking.

The First Romance Comic

2006-04-27T20:59:00.001-04:00

I have seen some different proposals as to what was the first romance comic. It seems to me that these proposals were based on a superficial basis. If the comic title sounds good or the cover art look romantic, then it was a romance. A sort of judging the book by its cover. But a cover or title might make a teenage girl comic reader look at the issue, but it was the content that would determine if the sale would be made. To be called a romance comic, the contents must be romance. The romance genre is very recognizable, but it is the story that determines if a comic belongs to that genre not the title or cover.

Young Romance Comics

One of the contenders for the first comic romance is Simon & Kirby's Young Romance. The first issue is dated September 1947. The stories in it are from the start typical for romance comics. I could describe any story from the first issue and it would easily be recognized as a romance story. But because one of the other contenders is a long story, I wanted to select a longer story to provide a better comparison. I have chosen "Bride Of The Star" from In Love #1 published by Mainline Simon & Kirby's company (September 1954). Every so often Simon and Kirby seemed to have an interest in working in a longer comic format. This story is 20 pages long and was penciled by Jack Kirby.

A young lady nearly gets beaned with a baseball. This becomes the first meeting between the new rookie Warren and Patty, who just happens to be the daughter of the teams owner. Romance and then marriage follows. But having the father-in-law as the teams owner brings in difficulty. Warren insists in not getting special treatment. Betty stays home as the team travels and follows her husband's progress, or lack thereof using newspapers. Warren is not doing well as a pitcher, wants to be sent back to the minors and resents that his special relationship with the owner is the only reason he hasn't been. Eventually Warren leaves both baseball and Patty. Sometime latter Warren returns to pick up his things. During a discussion with Patty, Warren wants to know if she still loves him. Patty says she wants to love him and it is not important that he is not a big star. But Warren has changed, before he wouldn't accept defeat, now he was a quitter. Warren stays, the owner/father has a medical breakdown, and Warren helps Patty run the team. The team's pitching staff all have injuries so Warren decides to step in and pitch. He declares he has kept himself in training. His pitching wins the game. Warren tells Patty that winning the game was not that important, it was winning her respect that mattered. Obviously their love has returned as the story ends with a kiss.

Kirby always seemed to have to add action to his love stories and this one is not an exception. Even so this story is a true romance. The whole story is told from Patty's viewpoint. When Warren is on the road, we stay home with Patty. The only scenes of playing baseball are when Patty is there to cheer Warren on. In fact that cheering is every as bit important to the story as Warren's pitching. The theme throughout the story is the ups and downs of the romance, everything else take supporting roles. There can be no doubt that this belongs in the romance genre.

My Date

A number of people have proposed that My Date Comics was the first romance comic. The cover date for the first issue is July 1947, two months before Young Romance #1. But let us take a look at one of the stories from My Date #1, "My Date With Swifty Chase" by our intrepid artists Simon and Kirby.

It starts with Swifty pining over Sunny Daye, while Sunny is swooning over a photo of Humphrey Hogart, while Hollywood mogul B. O. confronts Humphrey insisting that he cannot marry the actress Chandra. We next find Swifty trying out his new jet propelled car, which ends in crash. Swifty is all right, but with his vehicle is in shambles and he has lost a means to impress Sunny. Later at the garage that he works, he is told to deliver a car to Sunny's father. But instead of great opportunity he finds Sunny is only interested in the actor Humphrey. Back at the garage, a customer shows Swifty his disabled car, only Swifty realizes that the customer is Humphrey who turns out is on his way to marry Chandra. Humphrey needs a couple of witnesses, so Swifty goes to get Sunny. Sunny's father overhears talk of elopement and calls the police. After the wedding Swifty then decides to take Humphrey and his new bride back to talk to Hollywood Mogul B. O. A rival for the affections of Sunny chases after them but in the end Swifty seems at last to have won over Sunny.

There can be little doubt that this is not a romance story, but instead is S&K's take on Archie. That is it is essentially a teen humor comic. Some of the supporters of My Date as the first romance accept this, but point to one feature, "My Date", that is an illustrated story about an unusual date that someone supposedly sent in. So let us take a look at the "My Date" feature from My Date #4. I don't know who the artist is, but he did a great job.

It opens in a soda shop where charismatic Harry and fumbling Bill have taken notice of the beautiful Mary. Harry gets Bill to introduce him to Mary. While Bill goes to order some sodas, Harry asks Mary to the dance. Mary says she was hoping Bill would ask her. Harry tells Mary she doesn't have to decide now and then rushes off with her on a bus, leaving Bill behind. Bill catches up, and is about to ask Mary to go to the dance, when Harry pulls him aside and tells him that Mary has agreed to go to the dance with him (Harry). Harry suggests that Bill buy a corsage for Mary to take to the dance. Bill agrees and returns to Mary's house with the corsage. Mary interprets the gesture as an indication that Bill wants to take Mary. Bill says he would not want to get between her and Harry. Mary gets upset with Harry's tactics and cancels the date with him. We end with Harry finding Bill and Mary at the dance together.

Once again this is more like teen humor then a romance story. The My Date feature in the other issues are similar. My Date Comics may have a title that suggests to some that it is a romance comic, but the contents show that this series is not part of the romance genre.

Romantic Picture Novelettes

What is put forward as an even earlier contender for the first romance comic is Romantic Picture Novelettes. The title sounds like a romance and the cover art looks like a romance. The inside front cover has a photo of the "Romantic John Hodiak" and the inside back cover one of the "Romantic Alan Ladd". The comic itself packages a story from the syndication strip called Mary Worth. Mary Worth started in 1938 and is still published today, making it the longest running continuity strip. The best description for what this strip is about it that it is a comic page soap opera. Mary Worth is an elderly, rather dowdy, lady. Although the strip carries her name, it is really about the lives of people who Mary knows. What this syndicate feature is not, however, is a romance. But with the range of story subjects in the newspaper Mary Worth strips, could Romantic Picture Novelettes be a selection of a romance story? Well the contents can be described as a picture novelette since it is 46 pages long. But is it a romance?

The veiled Senora Lisa De Leon arrives at the office of the talented Dr. Karen Ward. Lisa wants Dr. Ward to perform some mysterious treatment. Dr. Ward is reluctant but agrees when Lisa proposes to endow a charity hospital. Dr. Ward gets Mary Worth to give Lisa a room during the treatment. But Lisa makes Mary promise to reveal to no one anything about herself or her treatment. When Lisa arrives at Mary Worth's place, others try to pry into Lisa's affairs, but to no avail. We readers however finally get a chance to see Lisa's face. But there is nothing noticeably remarkable about it so we are still left to wonder why she hides it under a veil all the time. Dr. Worth begins the treatment at Lisa's room. Lisa's face becomes bandaged, but we still are not told about the true nature of the treatment. Meanwhile a Micheal Jonesy has returned from the war with a leg injury. There is a chance meeting between Michael and the veiled Lisa in the park. Friendship follows, which blossoms into something more. Michael asks Lisa to lift her veil, but Lisa is uncertain and tells Michael to return the next day for her answer. Dr. Ward visits Lisa and the bandages finally come off. When we finally get to see her face, it turns out that she now appears much younger. The treatment was some sort of plastic surgery! Lisa meets Michael in the park, now unveiled, a romance develops, sealed so to speak, with a kiss. But Michael becomes concerned that because of his injured leg, what Lisa feels is actually pity. He agrees to go to Dr. Ward for treatment and if that is successful he will then marry Lisa. Dr. Ward and Mary Worth become concern about the age difference between Michael and Lisa. Apparently the treatment will only last about 5 years, then Lisa will appear even older. Lisa insists that both Mary and the Dr. keep her secret. Michael's treatment is successful and they set the date to be married. Now enters a new person, an elderly gentlemen named Sabin whose marriage to Lisa was stopped many years ago by her father, but who still loves her. Business takes him to the same town as the rest of the cast. He accidentally sees Lisa, recognizes her but becomes upset because it obviously can't be her since she is too young. During a meeting between Lisa and Sabin her secret is now revealed. Michael has overheard it all, but still wants to marry Lisa. Lisa now realizes her mistake, declines and goes off with Sabin.

So is this romance? There is a kiss in the middle of the book and the romance between Michael and Lisa is an important part of the story. But that is just it, the romance is part of, but not the central theme of the story. A lot of pages are spent in the mysterious treatment, which is only revealed half way through. More pages are spent on Mary Worth and Dr. Ward's concerns about the age difference and their promise to keep Lisa secret. Part of the story is about the attempt of noisy neighbors to intrude on the secret. And although Lisa goes off with Sabin, there is no declaration of love from her for Sabin, nor a kiss between the two. In short, this is a soap opera no different from typical story lines from the Mary Worth newspaper syndication. It is not part of the romance genre.

There are two requirements for a comic to be considered the earliest romance. Above I dealt with one of the requirements, that the contents of the comic be stories of the romance genre. But I would also like to add a comment on the second criteria, that the comic have an early date of publication. A close examination of Romantic Picture Novelettes has failed to reveal any publication or copyright dates, in fact I could not find a copyright at all. The indice only lists the publisher, Magazine Enterprises and an address. ME was created by Vincent Sullivan and was in business from 1943 to 1958. I am sure that the dates for when the story first appeared in the newspaper syndication could be determine. But that would only provide a minimal date, there is no reason to believe that the comic was published at the same time as the newspaper story finished. Frankly I find it rather surprising that so many have sited the 1946 date for this comic without explaining where it came from. But let me make it clear, that the date of Romantic Picture Novelettes is of secondary importance. It is not the earliest romance comic because it is not a romance comic at all.

I hope the conclusion I draw is very clear. The romance comic is a very distinct genre. This was true over the many years that this particular comic form survived. When I look at My Date Comics or Romantic Picture Novelettes what I find does not match the romance genre. One is teen humor the other a pictorial soap opera. When I look at stories in Young Romance #1 I find a perfect match. A romance comic reader from the final days of romance comics, would find Young Romance #1 a bit old fashion. But they would have no trouble recognizing it for what it was, that is the first romance comic. Could My Date or Romantic Picture Novelettes be considered prototypes? Even here I have to say no, not really. The best prototype for Young Romance #1 is just what Joe Simon said they got their inspiration, romance pulp magazines. Romance pulps were very popular at that time and provided just the proper guidance for what romance readers would want.

When I googled on Mary Worth I found the results rather interesting. It is not surprising that there are a number of pages on Mary Worth. But it is a bit surprising that all these references to Mary Worth describe it as a graphic soap opera, none describe it as a romance. As for Romantic Picture Novelette I found a couple of significant references. Dan Stevenson has a list of "All the Romance Comics Ever Published (?)". At the bottom is a special category for comics excluded because "they are not felt to be true Romance Comics". In that list are both My Date and Romantic Picture Novelettes. There is also a blog by Raphe Cheli dedicated solely to romance comics. On September 4, 2005 he has a posting called Revisionist History. In it he discusses both My Date and Romantic Picture Novelettes and comes to the conclusion that they aren't romance comics. (Update: For some reason the Revisionist History entry has become unstable, if you follow the link you may not get the entire post)

Why the continuing insistence that Young Romance is not the first comic? I have no good explanation. It doesn't seem based on the opinions of scholars of romance comics. Nor is it based on an examination of the contents of the comics in question. Even the publication date for Romantic Picture Novelettes of 1946 is used without explanation.

Joe Simon comments on the Harvey Covers

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On I couple of visits to Joe's place, I brought him printed copies of the pocket size Harvey covers (Pocket #1-4, Speed #14-16) as well as the regular size Speed #17.

Initially Joe commented that he only did a couple of pocket sized covers. But when he looked at the cover he said that Pocket #1, #2 and #4 were his. The only question was about Speed #16. Initially he said that he thought he did it, then latter he said he may not have done it. Joe commented that the feathering on the legs of Captain Freedom was not like he would do it. He also felt the drawing was rather poor. Joe also said he did Speed #17.

Joe also spotted the Jon Henri signature on Speed #17 and commented that his middle name was Henry. He also said that John Henry (I am assuming this spelling since this was an oral conversation) was a writer that he meet while serving in the Coast Guard. John Henry did some writing for the S&K after the war. But off course Joe was in the Coast Guard after the Jon Henri covers so that was just a coincidence.

Speed #19 (June 1942)

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June is Joe Simon's months since he did both Champ #19 and Speed #19. Both signed as Jon Henri. To me the give-a-way that this is Joe's penciling is the depiction of the Japanese impersonator. The whole idea of the Japanese setting up to disguise himself as Captain Freedom only to be interrupted by the real thing that seem to me to be something Simon would come up with. Captain Freedom's fist is square like Jack Kirby would do it. But Joe had inked Jack's work and was familiar with these sort of traits.

This Speed cover depicts a horde of Japanese soldiers coming down a flight of stairs and entering the room. Actually this is not too unusual at the time. Compare it to the cover for Speed #17 penciled by Jack Kirby where it is Captain Freedom who enters from a stairway. Some covers by Al Avison ( Speed #16 and Pocket #3 have the horde of advancing enemies, but lack the stairs. But in Speed #14 Avison had the stairs, but fewer enemies. But after this period where this motif seemed somewhat popular, I don't remember S&K ever returning to the enemies entering from stairway motif. But surprisingly it shows up much later in art Joe Simon did which I believe was meant to be the cover for Fighting American #2 by Harvey meant for 1966. The art has a smaller number of enemies but it does show the stairs.

Harvey's FA #2 was never published and the art I mentioned above has no indications for what it was intended. But Joe still has original art for two Fighting American stories that are marked as Fighting American #2. They are done on Bristol board, not the thick illustration board used for the Prize Fighting American art (1954/55). One of the stories ("The Beef Box") got published in the Fighting American reprint volume published by Marvel in 1989. All the art intended for FA #2, including the cover, was done by Joe Simon.

Mort Meskin, the usual suspect #2

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I gather that Mort Meskin is most famous for the work he did during the war. I've seen some of his Golden Lad covers and they are quite good. Because my main interest is in Simon and Kirby, I don't have access to very much of the early Meskin material. However Mort worked at National Comics at the same time as Simon & Kirby, and fortunately some of the Adventure Comics have stories by Meskin. So I have some examples, including the splash page below ("Hitch A Wagon To The Stars") from Adventure #82 with inking by George Roussos. Even at this time Mort had developed a reputation for being a rapid and prolific comic book artist. There is a story about Jack Kirby and Mort Meskin working side by side at DC each working on a rush job. And how their efforts resulting in a crowd gathering to watch both of them. By that time Jack was already well known, but many now began to take note of Mort's talent.

Mort Meskin's first contributions for a S&K production were some stories done with Jerry Robinson in Young Romance #6 (see below) and Justice Traps The Guilty #5 both July 1948. It appears to me that most of the penciling was done by Jerry while Mort's contribution was largely inking.

Over a year later Meskin appears without Robinson as the penciler in Young Romance #16 and Real West Romances #5 both from December 1949. Once started Meskin would be frequently used not only for romance (Young Romance, Young Love, Young Brides and In Love), but also in crime (Headline, Justice Traps the Guilty and Police Trap) and horror (Black Magic).

As Joe Simon tells the story in "The Comic Book Makers" initially when Mort was supplied with scripts he was unable to do the work. Joe then suggested that Mort should work in the S&K studio. Even in this environment Mort seemed to suffer from "artist's block". Then Joe hit on the idea of penciling some random marks on Mort's page. No longer faced with a blank page, Mort was back to being a rapid penciler. As Joe tells the story, from then on every mourning it was someone's responsibility to add those first random markings to Mort's blank art boards. Mort was very prolific and did not seem to work exclusively for the S&K studio. During the period from January 1951 to January 1953 (cover dates) Mort actually produced more pages of art for the S&K studio then Jack Kirby did. Now this is not a completely fair comparison since Jack had more responsibility in the studio then just penciling. On the other hand the inking of Kirby pencils seemed to have been done by more then one hand, while as far as I can tell Meskin did all the inking for his own art at this time. Joe Simon once said about Mort's work at the Simon & Kirby studio "He was probably the fastest, most inspired artist in the room, and certainly one of the most dependable." Remember Jack was in that studio also, so this is no small praise.

That's Mort "passing gas" in the center, along with Jack looking like he is about to hurl himself at the photographer. Joe looks amused by it all in the front. Jim Infantino and Ben Oda (letterer extraordinaire) are on the right but I have forgotten who that is on the left. I am not sure of the exact date for this photo, but Jim Infantino has a signed piece of work ("Let's Talk Fashion") in Young Romance #39 (cover date November 1951). Jim only worked for S&K for a relatively short time, so 1951 or 1952 is a good guess for the date of the photograph.

Mort Meskin does not seem to get much attention nowadays. Even among the S&K artists he can easily be overlooked. He doesn't have Kirby's expressive and powerful drawing. Nor are his women as beautiful as those done by Bill Draut. Finally his comic art is not as realistic as John Prentice's (usual suspect #3 who I will post on later). I admit when I first encountered Mort Meskin's work I was not particularly impressed. But over time I began to realize that his strength was in his story telling. Often it is very unobtrusive. As you read Meskin's work you may not even realize how he is manipulating what he is presenting. But if you have any doubts about how effectively he does it, take a look at the at the above page from "The Dreaming Tower" in Strange World of Your Dreams #1. The scenes he presents are rather ordinary. But the way he depicts them and his use of black gives the page an eerie effect that is just what the story needs. Kirby is one of the best story tellers, but he has never done anything like this. I am not saying that Mort was a better story teller then Jack. Just that each had their own unique approach.

By the way according to Joe, Strange World of Your Dreams owed its creation to Mort Meskin. In fact Mort is listed as an Associate Editor for the series. No other comic produced by Simon and Kirby have anyone other then Joe and Jack listed as an editor.

Sometime after the failure of S&K's Mainline (about January 1955), the S&K studio disbanded. But I am still not sure if that happened at the same time as Mainline's failure or if the studio lasted longer. Certainly by 1957 there was no studio since in that year Jack was doing work for DC without Joe. The last work Mort did for S&K was in Young Love #68 (cover date December 1955). Since Mort had been working in the S&K bullpen, perhaps about September 1955 marks the end of the studio also.

Mort Meskin has been nominated for the Eisner Hall of Fame this year. Although four artist will win that honor, there are some other impressive artists that were nominated (such as Jim Steranko). Fans don't seem to talk about Meskin very much, so I despair that Mort will not receive enough votes. But if anyone deserves to belong in any comic Hall of Fame it sure would be Mort Meskin. There is an wonderful web site on him by his sons with an excellent biography. I really advise a careful visit. In particular be sure to read "The Second Comic Career of Mort Meskin" by Dylan Williams which is in the Comics section.

Champ #19 (June 1942)

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This is one my favorites of the Harvey covers. Once again there is a Jon Henri signature, but this time it was Joe Simon doing the pencils. The visual humor found in the primary crook, will reappear later in the Duke of Broadway. Even the bullet's near miss of the policeman is more humorous then it is suspenseful. Joe portrays the Liberty Lads younger then Jack did. If they look familiar that is because they actually are Gabby and Scrapper from the Newsboy Legion.

It is amazing to see how well all the pieces of the story are present. The robbed bank, most of the policemen ineffectively on the other roof, the single policeman in the correct location is about to taken care of by the crooks before they make their get-away. That is except for the Liberty Lads approaching unseen from the back, about to save the day. What a masterpiece.

Joe could work in a style close enough to Kirby's that to this day many are fooled. But he had his own vision too and I am a bit surprised that so many experts still attribute this cover to Kirby. I suspect many use aesthetics to distinguish the two; for them if it is one of the better covers Jack must have done it. Jack did most of the penciling and Joe acknowledges that Kirby was an incredible artist. But I am here to tell you that Joe Simon is a lot better artist then many give him credit for.

Again this cover was published in 1942, not 1941 as listed in the Checklist.

Speed #18 (May 1942)

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A damsel in distress. A fiend finishing off a gravestone just before performing the final act. But have no fear, it's Captain America to the rescue. But wait, where's Bucky? But wait again, that's not Captain America! Captain Freedom was Speed Comics' patriotic hero. In the hands of Jack Kirby, Captain Freedom would look even more like Captain America then he already had. It must have brought some satisfaction to Simon and Kirby that they could still show how Cap should be done.

Captain Freedom first appeared in Speed #13 with a cover date of May 1941. This was before Al Harvey was publisher for Speed. According to Joe Simon, Irving Manheimer (president of Publisher Distributing) did the publishing of Speed Comics then. The distributors loved comics at that time. Captain Freedom was created by Franklin Flagg, do you think that could be a pseudonym? Once Captain America become a big seller, copy-cat patriotic heroes became abundant. But even so, Captain Freedom seems particularly close in design to Captain America. Similar placement of red and white stripes, a circle of stars replaces a single star on the chest, and shoulder pads replace mail armor. The "skull cap" is similar particularly to the Cap in Captain America #1. And of course the rank of Captain is shared by both.

What makes the similarity surprising is the Captain America #1 was cover dated March while Speed #13 is dated May. According to Joe Simon, comics typically took about a month to create, a month to print, and another month to distribute. But that would put the creation of Speed #13 to at best a month before Captain America #1 was first sold. So we seem to have a case of an obvious copy-cat patriotic hero created before the original hit the new stands. How was that possible? I think part of the answer lies in a adverisement on the back cover of Speed #13.

If you missed it, below is a close up of the comicscope. On the sides is a clear depiction of Captain America and Bucky. If maybe a little hard to notice because it is behind a star, but Cap carries his triangular shield. Further Cap is wearing his original "skull cap", with his neck bare. Interestingly, Cap and Bucky are mistakenly depicted as wearing shorts, just like Captain Freedom. A similar ad, without Cap, was on the back of Speed #12. Cap and Bucky were crudely pasted over the original ad's art, parts of which are still visible around the edges. With the placement of this ad in the same issue, and presumably with an explanation of who the hero was, Manheimer had advance notice of Captain America. He therefore could respond with the creation of their own patriotic hero.

But having answered what source Manheimer used to launch Captain Freedom, we now have to wonder how the comicscope ad could have known about Simon & Kirby's creation? Comicsope was the invention of Bob Farrell, who was Victor Fox's right hand man. According to Joe, Farrell got free advertisement for comicscope in Fox comics. That is Fox's Samson that is being projected on the wall in the ad from the Speed #13. But according to Joe, he never saw Bob Farrell for a number of years once he (Joe) left Fox Publications. So how Bob Farrell got to see Simon & Kirby's new creation before it was published remains a mystery.

This Speed #18 cover was primarily penciled by Jack Kirby.

Ken Riley, The Forgotten Comic Book Artist

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After returning from military service, Simon and Kirby made a deal with Al Harvey to produce some comics. Jack would draw Stuntman and the Boy Explorers. Joe worked on the Duke of Broadway, Vagabond Prince and Kid Adonis. As I mentioned in a previous post, S&K created some series for Bill Draut (The Furnished Room, Calamity Jane and the Demon). They also created a series "Danny Dixon, Navy Cadet" for Boy Explorers to be done by an artist by the name of Ken Riley. Even hard core S&K scholars would probably respond with: who? Ken Riley was a Coast Guard combat artist for the war who Joe met during their joint service in Washington. But perhaps it would more accurate to call Danny Dixon an intended series as Boy Explores was one of the victims of a comic glut at that time. Only one issue was distributed to news stands. The second issue, sent to subscribers only, was very reduced in size and printed in black and white.

Boy Explorers #1 (May 1946) "The Lesson In Room 303"
Boy Explorers #2 (September 1946) "The Loaded Oyster Bed"
Black Cat #4 (February 1947) "The Imitation Atlas"
Black Cat #5 (April 1947) "Adventure, South American Style"
Black Cat #6 (July 1947) "The Loaded Oyster Bed" (reprint)

But Ken returned to do at least one story for Young Love #3 (June 1949) "Match Makers". Here his work is more polished then in Danny Dixon. Since he already was a accomplished artist, this was probably because the romance format allowed him to use a more realistic approach. I think he did a real nice job of that story. Joe still has the original art for the splash page. Much of the fine inking quality was lost in the printing of the comic.

Apparently Riley did not stay in comics for long. Later he did some illustration work for Saturday Evening Posts, Life and National Geographic. I've also seen cover art for the book "The African Queen" that was said to have been done by a Ken Riley in 1949. Ken turned to fine arts and moved out west. The paintings I have seen by him are all of Native Americans.

Ken Riley did not sign his comic work. There may be more of it remaining to be identified. The only reason for attributing the above works to Ken are margin notes on some original art and discussions with Joe Simon. Ken Riley did not have much of a comic career, but it did come at a pivotal time at the start of the Simon and Kirby studio after the war. However the real reason I posted this is that his comic work has all but been forgotten. Comics find no place in the biographies of Riley that I have read. In comics histories, the only mention of Ken that I have found was in "The Mainline Comics Story: An Initial Examination" in The Jack Kirby Collector #25 written by Robert Beerbohm (unfortunately misspelling Ken's name as Reilly). Ken truly was a forgotten comic artist, it just seems a shame for that to remain the case.

Champ #18 (May 1942)

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Joe and Jack had done three covers for this series when it was published by Worth under the title Champions. Now the line was being done by Harvey after his unsuccessful pocket comics. Here and in the comics published at the same by National, we find the start of the real Simon & Kirby style. I believe the reason this happened now is that before at Timely there was a large crew working on Captain America. But initially there was probably only Joe and Jack at National. This really forged their collaboration. The Captain America covers were exiting but now Joe and Jack have taken it to a new level. Forget about how the Liberty Lads managed to get into this aerial fight. Who cares how one of them is able to slug a Jap off the plane with the propeller in between them? What matters is the story of the daring rescue of our capitol from the Japanese menace. How could a kid possibly pass this cover up without at least stopping to see what was inside. Unfortunately the contents did not, could not, live up to the cover. For that the comic reader would have to buy National's Adventure or Star Spangled comics.

Another Harvey cover signed as Jon Henri. But does anyone have a doubt, that Kirby penciled this cover?

By the way, the Checklist uses an incorrect date for this cover as well as for #19, #20 and #21. They were all done in 1942, not 1941.

Speed #17 (April 1942)

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Al Harvey must have been a great salesman. As Joe Simon tells it, Al's great idea of pocket size comics (Pocket, Speed and Spitfire) were very popular. Unfortunately one of the reasons for their popularity was the ease that kids could steal them. That fact did not make them popular with the newsstand owners. You would have thought that when the last of these small comics were published in January 1941, that would have been the end of Harvey's publishing career. Instead not only did Speed Comics return in April as a regular size comic, Harvey took over publishing Champ Comics in May, and then even more surprising Green Hornet in June. Al would turn again to Joe Simon, and now Jack Kirby also, to help with the covers.

When Harvey resumed publishing, S&K were working for National. Joe and Jack's version of Sandman was out in March (see image below), their version of Manhunter and their own creation the Newsboy Legion came out at the same time as Speed #17, and their creation Boy Commandos would come out in October. National was even using the Simon and Kirby name on their covers. It was pretty unusual at that time to use the creator names to promote the comic. Even so Joe and Jack would do covers art for Harvey. But they would not sign these with their own names. Instead some of the work is signed Jon Henri. I don't believe that anybody in the industry or at National was fooled by this. I think the real reason that they did not use their own names is that Simon and Kirby had now become a brand name. It is one thing to give Al Harvey a helping hand, it is another to compete against yourself.

This cover has the Jon Henri signature. In later posts I shall show that other Henri covers would be penciled by either Jack or Joe. The overall composition is not unlike a classic Al Schromberg. Despite all that is going on, S&K seem to handle it well and present a clear story. But it is a layout style that was pretty unusual for them. Even though published by Harvey, this is very much a Captain America cover. Compare it to Captain America #10 which even has similar hooded figures. The art style is closest to what had been done at Timely. But the typical Simon and Kirby art had already appeared and National and would also show up on all the later Henri covers. I suspect that this cover was actually done just after leaving Timely and before their work at National gave birth to a true S&K style. Penciling was primarily done by Jack Kirby.

I admit that I am not comfortable with golden age ink attributions. But on this cover there is a peculiar inking pattern in the chute and the ceiling of the room above it. A similar inking style appears on the splash page that Al Avison did for Pocket #1. I have also seen it in "Red Skull's Deadly Revenge" from Captain America #16, again by Al Avison. However I have also seen something similar on the covers for Champion #8 (Joe Simon) and #9 (Jack Kirby).

Bill Draut (usual suspect #1)

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In previous posts I mention three artists that did a lot of work for the S&K studio over a long period of time. Because of the frequent appearance in S&K productions, I often refer to them as the usual suspects. In this post I would like to write about Bill Draut, the first of the usual suspects to work for the studio. During the war Joe Simon served in the Coast Guard. Joe spent a good part of this service in Washington working as a Coast Guard artist. One of the other artist who worked with Simon was friends with Bill Draut, then in the marines. When Joe got to know Draut he told him that after the war Bill should look him up in New York. When Joe rejoined Jack Kirby after the war, they made a deal with Harvey to produce Stuntman and Boy Explorers. Bill Draut joined in this effort and his first comic book work appeared in Stuntman #1. As part of their work with Harvey, Simon and Kirby would create comic series to be done by other artists. For Bill they developed The Furnished Room, Calamity Jane, and The Demon. Unfortunately Stuntman and Boy Explorers got caught in a comic glut, and were discontinued after a very few issues. But Draut's contribution, the Furnished Room and Calamity Jane, would reappear in other Harvey comics about a year later. They probably represent unused material from the cancelled comics.

The Furnished Room was the first to be published appearing in Stuntman #1 in April 1946 (all dates for comics are cover dates). A larger image of the above page can be found here. As was pointed out by Stan Taylor, this series was a S&K's take on the popular syndication strip Mary Worth. The Furnished Room was essentially a soap opera with an elderly dowdy lady (this series version of Mary Worth). This dowdy lady would generally play a more peripheral part in the stories. The real stories were about the people who rented rooms from her. Because of the lack of superheroes, the Furnished Room may have been a little out of place in Stuntman but the series was really well done. The Furnished Room had a short run, all done by Bill Draut:

Stuntman #1 (April 1946) "The Furnished Room"
Stundman #2 (June 1946) "Triangular Troubles"
Green Hornet #37 |(January 1948) "The Smiling Salesman"
Green Hornet #38 (March 1948) "The Furnished Room" (reprint)

For Boys Explorer S&K created Calamity Jane which Draut would draw. This series were about a hardboiled detective who happened to be a female. The source for this idea seems to have been what is now called film noire. But in those movies the detective was a man, and women just played supporting rolls. The stories are presented as told by Calamity to the artist Draut. This was another good series which unfortunately did not last long, only three stories. But there is a story by Draut in Justice Traps the Guilty #3 that appears to be a reworked Calamity Jane. The detective was now named Ruth Lang, but a supporting character (the cabbie called Hack) remained unchanged. I previously posted on editorial changes Joe Simon did on one of the Calamity Jane stories.

Boy Explorers #1 (May 1946) "The Case Of The Hapless Hackie"
Green Hornet #35 (August 1947) "The Fat Tuesday"
Green Hornet #36 (November 1947) "The Man Who Met Himself"
Justice Traps The Guilty #3 (March 1948) "My Strangest Crime Case"

The Demon was first published in Black Cat #4 (February 1947). The full title of the series is "His Honor the Demon". The Demon has a rather unusual origin in that the hero is a judge frustrated because the law sometimes is helpless in finding and punishing the guilty. After one such case of a murdered man, he decides to investigate on his own. At one point he wears the same costume that the murdered victim was wearing at a party when he got killed. The judge did this in an attempt flush out the murderer. After a successful conclusion to this case, the judge decides to continue his extra-legal efforts using the same costume of a red demon. Again Bill was the only artist to work on this short run series.

Black Cat #4 (February 1947) "Double Trouble"
Black Cat #5 (April 1947) "The Man Who Didn't Know His Own Strength"
Black Cat #6 (July 1947) "The Midnight Killer" (origin story)
Black Cat #7 (August 1947) "Too Cold For Crime"

After those failed series, Bill Draut continued to work for the Simon & Kirby studio. Although he did provide some crime (Headline and Justice Traps The Guilty) and horror (Black Magic) work, most of the stories he did was for romance comics (Young Romance, Young Love, Young Brides and In Love). I previously posted on an unpublished Artist and Model cover that he did. His style seems very conducive to romance work. His women have beautiful eyes with simple but effective eyebrows. But Bill's simple eyebrows seem more awkward on his men. Strong action did not seem to be Draut's forte, but that was not an issue for the love stories. He was gifted enough of an artist and observant enough of the S&K style, that one of the covers he did (Young Brides #21) has been attributed to Jack by the Kirby Checklist.

Joe Simon has always maintained that he and Jack encouraged their artists to sign their work. Bill Draut does seem to have taken advantage of that and often added his signature to his earlier work. Later his stopped signing his material but his style is still easily recognizable. Draut does not seem as productive as the other usual suspects (Mort Meskin and John Prentice). As far as I know during his association with the S&K studio, he worked for them exclusively. When the studio disbanded in the mid 50's Jack and Joe continued as editors for Young Romance with Kirby penciling a story in most issues. But for whatever reason, Bill Draut did not do any work for those Young Romance comics. I am not sure what Bill did in the late 50's but he seems to have stayed in comics. When Joe Simon produced some hero comics for Harvey in the mid 60's, Bill Draut would pencil some stories. I also know he did some work for DC at that time. His work seemed delegated to lesser profile series and I don't think his style was very popular in the 60's.

Pocket Comic #3 (November 1941)

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I have saved Pocket Comics #3 as the last small sized cover that I would post on. If Speed #14 to #16 were done by Al Avison and if Pocket #1, #2 and #4 covers were done by Joe Simon, it would seem natural to say Joe also did Pocket #3. In fact the depiction of the Black Cat matches the one Joe does for Pocket #2 and #4. On none of the Speed covers is there any indication that Avison could execute such a convincing pose for the Black Cat. But as soon as we turn to the rest of the cover, problems set in. The soldier being prepared for shipping (via C.O.D.) just does not seem to lay down in the box. The Nazis are white skeletal figures in red hooded clocks. I would describe the robbed figures with the same term I used for Speed #15 and #16, goofy. The track record so far for the pocket comics is that Joe did well executed covers, Al rather crude ones, Joe presents intimidating villains, Al goofy Nazis.

The action takes place in a long corridor done in forced perspective. There are more red clocked Nazis advancing from the end of the hallway. This is all similar to the tunnel in Speed #16 but not seen elsewhere. This suggests that both covers were done by the same artist.

My conclusion is that the cover for Pocket #3 was done by Al Avison, perhaps with an assist by Joe Simon on the Black Cat figure. After S&K left Timely, Al would not work for them again. But their paths would cross at Harvey comics after the war. I am sure I will post on that sometime but until then, and in deference to Nick (who wanted to see more Avison) here is a splash page from Pocket Comics #1.

At this point we have examined all the Harvey pocket comics. The best is yet to come, however they will be different not only in size but also in style. So let's recap the attributions so far.

Pocket 1 (August 1941) Joe Simon
Pocket 2 (September 1941) Joe Simon
Pocket 3 (November 1941) Al Avison
Pocket 4 (January 1942) Joe Simon

Speed 14 (September 1941) Al Avison (signed)
Speed 15 (November 1941) Al Avison
Speed 16 (January 1942) Al Avison

Speed Comics #16 (January 1942)

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Everybody makes mistakes, even experts. So when I say that when the Jack Kirby Checklist included Speed #16 it made a whooper, that does not diminish the value of that list. But all that needs to be done to dispel that misattribution is to compare the cover to one by Jack that came out in the same month (January 1942). There can be no question, Speed #16 was not done by Kirby.

But I have a confession to make. I included Speed #16 in the books I once made of the complete Simon and Kirby covers. I did so because I thought it was possible that Joe Simon might have been the artist. Now I am not so sure. Comparing it with the covers for Speed #14 and Speed #15, I wonder if perhaps like them it was done by Al Avison. Particularly the goofy Speed #15 with its little red Nazis. Speed #16 has little green froglike Nazis and is also goofy, but in a different way. I do not believe that the humorous quality to Speed #15 was intentional. But in Speed #16 is clearly was. It is hard to believe that anyone would take seriously an attach by Hitler on the White House. But even if they did, it wouldn't be this ridiculous Adolf carrying four rifles and three swords. This sort of visual humor would later be a Simon trademark in his comic magazine Sick. But if Avison was the artist, as far as I know he would never return to this particular type of humor.

One feature of this cover that should be noted is the long corridor in forced perspective. It is from the end of that tunnel that Hitler and his green army have come. We have not yet seen such a long hallway, but we will when I next get to Pocket Comics #3. And there are a variations of this theme in a later Harvey publications (Champ #19). But we have seen an alternative version, and perhaps source, on Speed #14. On that cover beyond an entranceway we see another room and a staircase. In the room a uniformed figure, presumably defeated by Shock Gibson, is rising from the ground. More similarly clothed figures are coming down the stairs. Not quite the same thing as here on Speed #16, but it might have been the jumping point.

Assuming that my attribution is right, Speed #16 would be the last cover by Al Avison for Harvey's wartime comics. Frankly I find Al's efforts on Speed #14 to #16 on the crude side. Their interest lies mainly as early examples of Avison's work. These covers really do not stand out from what a host of other artists were doing at the time. Al's first cover for Captain America would come out in the next month. What a difference! It is hard to believe how great the improvement was. In fact if Speed #14 had not been signed I doubt I would have believed it. I can only surmised that it was only after S&K were out of the picture, that Al felt comfortable enough to push himself. It is small wonder that Avison became the primary artist for Captain America until he went into the service.

Pocket Comics #4 (January 1942)

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I want to skip for now Pocket Comics #3, and proceed to #4. This is my favorite of the Pocket Comic covers. It is a great design, particularly since the text has been relegated to smaller areas as compared to the other issues. The Spirit of '76 is a good match for that on Pocket #1 or Pocket #2. I am sure this cover was also done by Joe Simon. A new feature is the Nazi falling after being hit. It is not the way Jack Kirby would have done it, but you can tell that was the source for Joe's inspiration. No longer do we find oversized figures. But although the design still works, it really doesn't make logical sense. How could the Spirit of '76 have delivered his blow if the Nazi had been standing behind him? Or how could the Black Cat jump through the window in the middle of the room and still manage to grab the arm of the Nazi in the back of the room? But as far as I am concern comics art is not meant to try to capture an instance in time. It is meant to tell a story. Without a single line of text, this cover is complete comprehensible. All the distortions of time and space were all done to advance that aim. The logical flaws are in fact its strengths.

The original art for this cover still exists. The inking was just marvelous, but unfortunately much of its quality was lost when printing the small sized cover. So here is a scan from the art.

Pocket Comics #4 has a cover date of January 1942. This is the same month that the last Simon and Kirby Captain America came out. Coincidentally this was the last month that Harvey would publish pocket size comics. The next time Simon and Kirby work would reach the racks it would be dated April.

Artist and Model

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The Jack Kirby Comics Weblog has posted a real nice My Own Romance and made the comment

I think there was some rule that said Kirby had to do at least one artist/model themed romance cover for every publisher he did romance comics for

So I checked and I am sad to say Jack did no artist/model theme cover for Harvey. I have already posted the first issue of Young Romance for Prize which does have that theme. Simon and Kirby used the theme again for Young Love #72 also published by Prize

But for a short time Joe and Jack had their own publishing company Mainline with a romance title In Love. The third issue of In Love had, surprise, surprise, an artist/model theme cover. In fact the contents was a story about a comic book artist and model. I ask Joe about it once and he commented that they always like that theme. Apparently they liked the idea so much that made a proposal for a comic book or oneshot called "Artist and Model". Two covers were made for that proposal, one by Kirby and the other by Bill Draut. Jack's cover was used for the In Love #3 but Draut's was never published.

Kirby erasers at Marvel

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I previously posted about margin notes and my use of Photoshop manipulations to reveal erased text. But these image adjustments also showed a number of erasures of penciled art. I am not talking about inked lines that did not precisely follow the pencils. That sort of thing is common in Silver Age inking. These were more serious changes to positions of feet, arms, legs or even the whole figure. It is well known that Stan would asked for changes, often by whoever was available at the office. But my impression is that these changes were done by Kirby himself. I also believe that Jack did these changes before Stan got to see the art. I say this because some of the erased pencils are errors that are so bad that I don't believe Jack would have left them like that. This will be more obvious with the Avengers #6 page, but check the Cap in panel 5 of page 5 and panel 2 of page 21 of Strange Tales #114.

As I mentioned these erasures of penciled art are also present in Avengers #6 page 20. For this page I feel even more strongly that the erasures was done by Jack before the art was presented to Stan. I just can't believe that Kirby would have let the art go with Cap's left arm where it originally was in panel 3. It just seems too large an error.

Similarly Cap's original head in panel 6 is much too seriously wrong. These are not the sort of mistakes that you ever see Kirby make.

I also subjected the art for Tales of Suspense #92 page 9 to Photoshop adjustments for high contrast. One other thing is interesting about this page and that is what is not there. What we no longer find are erasures of the corrected art. It is possible that Kirby did a better job of removing them. But I don't think so. Why would he put the extra effort, after all he had no reason to hide it from someone someday using Photoshop on it. It is very difficult to make out the erased pencils on ST #114 and Av #6 without the aid of Photoshop.

Kirby was said to have created his composition in his head before he committed it to paper. By doing that he did not have to erase anything. Then why do we see more erasures on ST #114 and Avergers #6 then on TOS #92. Was Jack's ability to mentally compose his page a skill he got better at over the years? I don't think so, Kirby seem to have the same talent while working on the Simon & Kirby comics. In fact it may have been a remark by Joe that got Jack working in this manner. I've heard that Joe once complained about Jack erasing saying that he was erasing away money. However I have not (yet) subjected S&K art to the same Photoshop enhancement that I did with these Cap pages, so I could be wrong about not seeing erased pencils in S&K pages.

But there could be another explanation for all the corrections in ST #114 and Av #6. Perhaps these were rush jobs, either because of schedule difficulties or the amount of work Jack was doing at the time. Perhaps because he was trying to work faster, he was making more mistakes.

Pocket Comics #2

2006-03-23T21:29:00.001-05:00

In Pocket Comics #2 the title has been reduced compared to #1 so there is more room for the art. The main scene once again depicts an oversized attaching Satan, being ineffectively fought by a miniature military (in this case some of battleships) with an giant Spirit of '76 coming to the rescue. On the left side of the cover is the Black Cat, seemingly not part of the scene with Satan, but oversized nonetheless. The Black Cat started in Pocket #1 just a month before, so her presence on the cover is too soon to be due to an unexpected popularity. Rather having depicted Satan and the Spirit of '76, the Black Cat seemed more unique since the other features were the standard male heroes.

The similarity of design and execution of the Satan and Spirit of '76 scene with that depicted on Pocket #1 leaves little doubt that this was also done by Joe Simon. Further the execution of the Black Cat matches the rest, so Joe did all of the cover.

Comic Book Experts

2006-03-21T18:56:00.001-05:00

What is an expert? Well my Webster's dictionary defines an expert as:

A person who is very skillful or highly trained and informed in some special field.

Who am I to argue with Webster? But in the field of fine arts an expert generally means something more. While reading about a debate concerning a particular Chinese painting I came across two statements about what an expert should be. Here is one quote, although I am ashamed to admit I failed to record who said it:

An "expert" should be able to convince a reasonably intelligent person of his opinion with specific references to other works as well as indisputable evidence, if any, such as photographs and provenance.

Embedded in this meaning is the idea that experts should be able to explain their ideas. Unfortunately comic book experts seem to have little interest in convincing others. Comic experts seem only concerned about making their proclamations. Ask them to defend some attribution and all you are likely to get is reply about how many comic books they have studied. But by Webster's definition that would in fact make them experts. And as I said, who am I to argue with Webster.

But I still want a word that describes the type of person in comics that is the same sort of expert as I've seen in the fine arts. So I have chosen to use the word scholar. Webster's definition for scholar may not be any closer to what I want then expert was but at least is it not as commonly used (or misused). Although the word scholar may not be used often in the comic world, that does not mean there aren't any. Boy am I grateful that there are such scholars. It is possible to learn from a scholar even when you disagree with them. I don't see how someone learns from a comic book expert.

Does that mean comic experts serve no purpose in this world? Well actually sometimes they do, when they compile lists. I don't know who the experts were that helped to create the Jack Kirby Checklist, but they sure did me a favor. It is not that the JK Checklist is 100% accurate. Yeah there was a few times that when I tracked something from the Checklist I found Mort Meskin's signature on it. Sure sometimes I think work in the JK Checklist was actually done by Joe Simon. What matters is that the Jack Kirby Checklist points the way as to what to search for in order to see Jack's work. So what about experts who don't make lists? Well I am sure they serve some purpose, I just haven't figured out yet what that is.

By now I am sure you have figured out what I want to be when I grow up. I want to be a Simon and Kirby scholar. But don't call me an expert, thems fighting words where I come from.

That Old Black Magic

2006-03-21T18:45:00.001-05:00

As I mentioned previously Simon & Kirby's longest running comics were their anthologies. Although the Prize romances were clearly their greatest success, they also appeared to do pretty well with their take on the horror genre, Black Magic. This series was also published by Prize, but at least initially was a Simon and Kirby production. Black Magic #1 came out with a cover date of October 1950.

Like most S&K comics, Black Magic was originally a bimonthly It went monthly with issue #10 (March 1952). But it is not safe to consider the delay before going monthly as a sign that it was not that popular. Young Romance and Young Love were by all accounts immense successes right from the start and both of them took over a year before going monthly. This delay was more likely due to the publishers concern that even a popular title might turn out to be just a fad. One indication of how important Black Magic was to S&K is that Jack penciled every cover up to #33. But Black Magic was nowhere nearly as popular as the Young Romance since there never was any spin-offs like Young Love was for the romances. Further Black Magic went back to bimonthly with issue #26 (September 1953).

Like the Prize romances, Black Magic was a Simon and Kirby production and labeled as such. That is until after #32 when the S&K label disappears. This was September 1954, about the same time the label disappears from the Prize romance comics. But unlike the romance comics, Black Magic would have only one issue without the S&K label and then it would be cancelled. Could this be retribution by Prize for S&K's Mainline comics that came out at this time? If that was the case why didn't they just hand the title to another editor? An alternative explanation was that it just was not selling that well. After all it had gone back to a bimonthly schedule a year before. Whatever the reason, Black Magic would end a year before Young Love.

It seems that until it was cancelled, Black Magic was produced by Simon and Kirby. They were listed as editors in the postal statement from March 1952 to March 1954. Further the usual suspects (Bill Draut, Mort Meskin and John Prentice) show up frequently.

Prize would relaunch Black Magic almost three years later (September 1957). Although Jack Kirby was still doing work for Young Romance at this time, he would never pencil anything for the resurrected Black Magic.

Enter Joe Simon, Pocket Comics #1

2006-03-20T18:48:00.001-05:00

In his book "The Comic Book Makers" Joe Simon describes how his friend Al Harvey approached him to do a cover for Al's new concept, a small sized comic book. Joe also tells how Harvey offered to make Joe a partner for $250. But Joe was then working on Captain America. At Timely he and Jack Kirby were supposed to get a share of the profits for this very popular comic. So Joe felt the safe thing decision was to stay at Timely and so turned Al down. It probably seemed at the time like a no brainer, but Simon would never saw much royalty money from Timely and would leave before the year was out. As for Harvey his new comic book concept would not last long but he still managed to build up a very successful comic publishing business.

Joe's first effort for Harvey appeared on Pocket Comics #1 with cover date August 1941. This comic came out in the same month as Captain America #5. Jack Kirby was doing some great stuff at that time, but the true Simon & Kirby style had not yet emerged. The Pocket #1 cover was not in the Simon & Kirby style either, and in fact it does not show much in the way of influence from what Jack was doing. Here we get Joe doing Joe.

There are things about this cover which I find unfortunate. The field of stars gives me a claustrophobic feeling. But the biggest problem may not have been Joe's fault as he said he was working from a mock-up. Nearly half the top is occuppied by the comic's title. If that was not enough the left side has a list of the comic's contents. This left little room for Joe to work, but he uses it well. Joe came up with a terrific design and he executed it well. The scene portrayed actually is not logical, but it works.

On the cover Simon provides a Satan that is a bit differant then that in the comic itself. This is not just due to the colorist's use of yellow instead of the classic red. Instead Joe has turned to a cover he did for Fox, Wonderworld #13 (May 1940). For the Fox cover, Joe was trying to work in the style of Lou Fine. His success is shown by the fact that that cover was often attributed to Lou despite the presence of a Joe Simon signature.

But there is also an even earlier version of Satan. That was the Claw as portrayed on Silver Streak #2 (January 1940). That, along with Keen Detective Funnies #14, were Joe's first cover work. Simon gave the Claw more of a Frankenstein look in the face, but the hands are similar to both Wonderworld #13 and Pocket #1.

Tales Suspense #92, more on margin notes

2006-03-19T14:11:00.001-05:00

I have another silver age Kirby Cap page that gives some insight into the use of margin notes. This one is page 9 from Tales of Suspense #92, cover dated August 1967. Joe Sinnott inks. Here is a scan that once again has been processed in Photoshop to increase the contrast.

All margins have been trimmed for production. But in this case enough remains help identify the handwriting. Some of the margin notes to the right of panel 3 were done in blue pencil but have been scribbled over with standard pencil. But through the magic of Photoshop I provide another high contrast scan that brings out the blue.

Notice that blue pencils (now erased) were used to rough out the position for the balloons. Each balloon was also numbered. Close examination of the black plate shows that there was no penciled text in the balloons. I believe that originally there were sheets made to provide the letterer with the text and it used the balloon numbers to indicate exactly what balloons the text should go.

Nick commented:

I'm sure the numbering system was Stan's, something I've also seen in this period on FF, and your theory sounds correct. At this point he may have had someone typing up his notes for the letterer.

As for the previously hidden margin notes to the right of panel 3 Nick wrote:

Yes, that's Stan's handwriting to Sol. I think it reads: "Sol, more black in the explosion lines"

Note that Lee's margin notes are directions for corrective actions, they no longer are roughing out script. But there are other margin notes done in standard pencil. About the notes to the left of panel 3 Nick said:

Something to the effect of "Cap takes the hardest hit yet" and those are Kirby's margin notes.

Also about the notes below panel 4 Nick wrote:

More margin notes by Jack. I think it says "Cap has never known..." such force?

I wish the page was not trimmed so we could make out exactly what Jack comments were. But it seems that by this time we no longer had Stan using margin notes to rough out his scripts, but we now have Jack providing his own rough scripts. This page has a marvelous build up to Caps final line "Only one of us is going to walk out of here-- under his own steam--". It is Lee/Kirby at their best. But who do we blame for the finishing of Cap's speech on the first panel of the next page as "and it won't be me"? What a great snafu.

I have one more blog concerning these pages but that is on another subject. As for the margin notes I want to leave off with a comment that Nick Caputo left to one of these blogs.

As I may have mentioned elsewhere, I believe Lee's work method evolved with time. He stopped writing directly on the pages when he became involved in writing most of the titles and initiaiting Heck and Ayers into working from a short synopsis (either written or verbal). He then left it up to the artists to make notes in the margins to remind him of what was going on, and the artists would add other bits of business that were probably not in the synopsis. Later on, just about all the artists (Romita, Colan, Buscema, Roth, Everett) would work in this manner.

Now For A Not So Little Romance

2006-03-19T10:36:00.002-05:00

I blogged about Simon & Kirby acting as editors, but now I want to discuss what comics they actually produced. But I will be leaving aside the hero theme comics for which S&K are famous. Comics like Fighting American, Boys' Ranch, and Bullseye. These were classics but their short runs show that they were commercial failures. Simon and Kirby had their greatest success in comic anthologies. Comics like the long running Young Romance Comics.

I once asked Joe about what sort of deal he had with Young Romance, the comic that started a whole new, and very profitable genre. He said that S&K paid all the costs of producing and packaging the art. They received nothing in advance from the publisher. The money would only start coming in when 40% of the printed comic was shipped to the distributor. After the shipping advance they would start sharing the profits. Joe remarked that contrary to his reputation as a savvy business man, it really wasn't that a great deal. Most of the financial risk was on S&K, and if Young Romance wasn't as widely successful as it was, they would have lost a bundle.

Young Romance #1 has a cover date of September 1947 and it had a very long run published first by Prize (124 issues) then by National. Like many others, S&K copied their own success and produced Young Love also published by Prize (94 issues) and National. But the romance genre continued to be profitable so S&K later produced Young Brides, that title was not so long running (30 issues) and was only published by Prize. But since YR and YL were so long running, clearly S&K did not produce them all. So which ones did they do? Well they pretty much told us about some of them. Starting with YR #13 (September 1949) the lead story of the comic would be labeled as a "Simon and Kirby Production". It didn't matter who the artist was and the label would only show up on the lead story. Once started, the S&K label would appear on pretty much every YR, YL and YB they produced. With only a few exceptions until about around August 1954 (YR #73, YL #61 and YB #16). The S&K label did not reappear until May of 1955. Even then it was used sporadically (YR #78, #80, YL #64 and YB #22, #24 and #25). The last appearance of the label was in December 1955 (YR #80).

So why the gap in use of the S&K label? Well one thing that happened at the beginning of the gap is that S&K started Mainline and became publishers of their own comics. Bullseye #1 first appeared with a cover date of August 1954, the same date the S&K last appears. Mainline was a commercial failure and its last comics was cover dated April 1955. The S&K label reappears in the romance comics in May 1955. One reasonable explanation would be that while Mainline was in operation S&K were not producing the Prize romances. Perhaps there was friction because Prize now viewed S&K as competition, particularly since Mainline had there own romance line, In Love.

As I said it is reasonable to say that between August 1954 and May 1955 (cover dates) that S&K were not producing Prize's romance comics. It may be reasonable, but I don't believe it is true. The first reasons is what I refer to as the usual suspects. S&K studio employed a number of artists on a freelance basis. But Bill Draut, Mort Meskin and John Prentice were regulars both in the length of time and amount of art. We may not be able to follow the money, but we can follow the artists. We have to be a little cautious since they did not work exclusively for S&K. But any comic where the usual suspects are prominent was likely to have been produced by Simon & Kirby. And the usual suspects were prominent during the gap. In fact they did most of the covers.

Another reason to believe S&K continued producing the Prize romances is a story Martin Thall tells. The comic company of Mike Esposito and Ross Andru also met their demise during the comic crisis of this period. According to Thall, they sold unused romance artwork to S&K (at a bargain price) and delivering it to Jack Kirby's house. Three stories penciled by Andru appear in the Prize romances of November and December 1954 (YB #19, YL #63 and YR #75). Andru also did some work for S&K in 1952 but that was too early to be what Martin is talking about. But the 1954 stories fit the timeline perfectly. And this is right in the middle of the S&K label gap.

But if S&K produced these romance comics through the 1954 and 1955, when did they stop? Well if we follow the usual suspects we find them prominent until December 1955. Then something surprising happens, Kirby is all over the place. From YR #80 until YR #86 (December 1956) Jack did pretty much the entire issues for all the Prize romances. This includes YL #69 to #73 as well as YB #26 to #30. Jack did 74 stories and covers over this period. Joe seemed to have been part of this because the cover to YR #83 appears to have both their hands involved. Further the cover to YB #30 depicts a couple with twin babies, Joe had twin girls. Finally Joe still has the original art to YL #71. In these issues John Prentice has only one story (YL #69), Bill Draut 3 (#71 and two in #73) and other artists provided only three more stories (Ann Brewster and Ted Galindo both in YL #70 and an unidentified artist in YR #81).

Why was Kirby so prominent in these particular romance comics? Well perhaps one reason is after the failure of Mainline, S&K had financial problems and perhaps could not afford to continue to pay their freelancers. In fact they may have had trouble finding work for themselves. YR and YL were monthly titles. But after the December 1954 issues the next YR would have a cover date of April 1955 and become a bimonthly. YL would not be published again until 1960. Although this is all after the Kirby romance run, it may reflect that the Prize romance comics had become less profitable. Remember Joe and Jack shared in the profits but had to pay the expenses to produce the art.

Starting in 1957, Jack's pencils would appear in most issues of YR until #103 (December 1959). But the usual suspects would not. There is one other piece of evidence that can help. At one point comics started to include a yearly statement. The statement included the name of the editors. I've heard that this statement was not always reliable. But that was for editors that worked directly for the publisher. I think that in the cases of S&K this statement may be more trustworthy. The earliest statement is the February 1950 issue of YL where Joe and Jack are listed as editors. The last time they are so listed is the April 1959 issue of YR. Starting with the June 1960 issue of YR only Joe Simon is listed as editor. The August issue of the resumed YL also list only Joe as editor. My information may be incomplete, but the last time I have a listing for editor as Joe is the April 1963 YL. But in a few months National would take over publication of YR and YL and I suspect they would use their own editors.

So it would appear that Jack's involvement in the Prize romances ended in early in 1959. Even that is surprising since in 1957 he started to work for other publishers like National and Atlas. Although Jack may have taken S&K ideas to these publishers (such as Challengers of the Unknown), nothing indicates that Joe did any work for them. To me this means that by 1957 there was no Simon & Kirby studio. Whatever working relationship Jack and Joe had, it was a very different one then they had during most of their partership.

Avison Takes On More Speed

2006-03-19T04:54:00.002-05:00

I fear this might be a little like a movie with a long introduction before the plot actually begins. But before I get to blogging about some of my favorite series of covers I want to show one more by Al Avison. This time it is Speed #15 cover date November 1941. This one is unsigned, but the similarity between the hero in it and Speed #14 leaves little doubt that they were done by the same artist. For some reason Shock Gibson has gotten younger and the whole cover somewhat goofier. The Nazi seem more menacing on Speed #14 then these little red men.

Avengers #6, less about margins

2006-03-18T15:44:00.001-05:00

Now a short discussion about Avengers #6 page 20 with cover date July 1964 (inked by Chic Stone). Once again the image I provide has been adjusted for high contrast in Photoshop. This post will be short because unfortunately the page has been trimmed on the sides and the bottom. What little margin notes survived were covered with scribbled pencils. I don't think it is possible to say who wrote the margins notes.

The most important thing that can be said about this page is what is not seen. There are no erased pencils of text in the balloons. So it appears that Stan Lee has abandoned that working method, perhaps because of the trouble it gave the letterer.

Al Avison on Speed

2006-03-18T14:01:00.001-05:00

Some of my favorite covers were done for a not yet popular line of comics; Speed, Pocket, Champ and a few Green Hornet comics. These covers were dated from August 1941 to October 1942. Considering the name of this blog, it should not come as a surprise that they were done by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Some were signed, but they were signed as Jon Henri, a pseudonym. But which artist did what? I've heard a number of different takes on the answer to that question, and I have my own opinions.

But before I get into that I want to write about a third artist that did some covers for these comics as well. Al Avison was part of the team at Timely producing comics like Captain America. There he work with both Joe and Jack and was obviously very influenced by them. Joe was a friend of Al Harvey who published these comics. Perhaps Joe introduced Avison to Harvey. However they met, there started a long working relationship.

The first cover Avison did for Harvey seems to have been Speed #14 dated September 1941. Fortunately Al signed this cover so it serves as a good reference when trying to sort out the attributions. This was early in his career, so although he tried to use what he learned from working with Simon and Kirby he could not yet pull it off. But he matured quickly so that when Joe and Jack left Timely in a few months, Al became the head artist for Captain America for a while.

Strange Tales indeed, margin notes

2006-03-17T22:01:00.002-05:00

I warned you that I would be posting on subjects outside of the Simon & Kirby time period. In this post I want to discuss another great collaboration, that of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

While examining some original Kirby art from my collection, Nick Caputo once commented that some of the margin notes were not done by Jack as I had assumed. Some were in Stan Lee's handwriting. Only after the visit did I realize that I had not taken any notes and was no longer sure exactly which margin notes Nick was referring to. By email Nick kindly agreed to examine scans to help sort it all out. He has also given me permission to quote some of his correspondence here.

When I prepared the scans I decided to make some adjustments in Photoshop to bring out the pencils. I noticed that if I adjusted the contrast really high not only did the margin notes become stronger, but I could also more easily see pencils that had been erased.

Here I will discuss pages 5 and 21 from Strange Tales #114 which had a cover date of November 1963. Inking was by Dick Ayers and what a great job he did. His brush work is powerful and confident. I don't think there is any use of white-out to correct any of his inking. These pages are very special to me as I remember how excited I was when the comic came. I was too young to know anything about Cap's previous appearances, but something about him made me an immediate fan. This despite the fact that in this story he turns out to actually be the Acrobat. For me this, not Avengers #4, has always been the first Silver Age appearance of Cap.

Besides the margin notes, there are erased notes inside the balloons. The balloon notes seem to match the inked version of the text. For example from page 5 panel 1:

Nick commented to me:

A close look at the lettering tells me that its Stan's writing in the balloons. My guess is Stan put those words in after Kirby penciled the pages but before they were inked. This may have been how Stan worked, perhaps doing away with a script and writing the copy directly on the pages for the letterer to copy...

Unfortunately most of the margin notes on the sides have been trimmed during production. But those on the bottom happily remain. Such as below panel 5 on page 21.

Nick remarked

Yep, that's Stan's sloppy handwriting. I can read some of it "In an enclosed space..." changed a bit from the copy, but close enough, making me believe more and more that this was Stan's shorthand, giving him a rough idea of what he would later dialogue in the word balloons.

In case you have trouble reading the Stan's sloppy handwriting, I believe the margin notes reads:

In an enclosed space, flame energy must give off gas and gas, compressed in an enclosed space, must expand

Under panel 6 (see above) on the same page is a note that reads "mild explosion". I admit I was a bit puzzled by this note now that Nick identified it as from Lee. Why would he have to write that if Kirby had already penciled the panel? I think the answer is that if you imagine what it looked like without the balloon text and the "BAROOM" it probably was not very clear what was going on.

On page 5 panel 4 Stan writes just below the upper balloon. Although I could make the first line of it out, the second line escaped me. But Nick suggested it reads "Have a few low int(ensity)" referring to the fireballs. Probably having written that much, Stan realized that he did not have enough room in the upper balloon. When he added the lower balloon he had already decided to change the text a bit.

I think Nick is correct that for these pages Stan used the margins to rough out his ideas and then use the balloons to write the finalized version. But if this is true, then the Marvel Method was in effect at this time. Why would Stan have to rough out his ideas if Kirby was working from a script? But although the Marvel Method was being used, Jack had not yet developed his habit of writing his own notes in the margins. I can see that the technique Lee used on these pages worked well for him. But I suspect it made life a bit more difficult for the letterer. Although Lee wrote the balloon text in a much more legible manner then the margin notes, it still was only a rough placement. Someone would either have to recopy the text, or the letterer would be faced with problem of inking over the very text he was working from.

Simon & Kirby as editors

2006-03-17T20:55:00.002-05:00

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby not only created great art, they produced great comics. They would hire writers to make scripts and artists to illustrate them. Joe and Jack would deliver to a publisher a complete comic ready for the printing. During the process of working on these comics they would improved both the scripts and the art. In the end they were Simon and Kirby comics even when other artist did most of the art for the stories. I thought I would share some examples of Joe and Jack as editors of other artists. The first is from a "The Case of the Hapless Hackie" a Calamity Jane story by Bill Draut from Boy Explorers #1. Bill was a regular of the S&K studio and I am sure I will talk about him often. The original art, still in Joe Simon's collection, was done on illustration board. These boards are thick (about 1/8 inch) and were the staple of work done for S&K productions. But the art on the bottom of the splash page of this story was done on bristol that was taped to the illustration board. With the bristol removed you can see the art as it was done by Draut. As you can see Bill did a good job and the notes by the editor and the artists was a clever idea. However the notes and the title clutter up the page and leave only a thin strip for the art. I believe for this reason and to modernize the effect, Joe did the overlay showing the editor and artist talking by phone. This is the version that was actually printed. I say Joe did the editing in this case because the art was done in his style. Bill did a good job, but Joe made it much better. That was not the only change done on this page. The story title was done on paper pasted over the illustration board. The paste still holds the paper down tight so I have no idea what change was made. A similar paste job was done on the third panel on page three, but this time the glue has failed and the scan below shows Draut's (left) and the final (right) version. Frankly this time I do not see the final version as that much of an improvement on Bill's take. The Boy Explorers and Stuntman comics did not last long as they were victims of the comic glut and resulting crash at that time. Boy Explorers #2 and Stuntman #3 never reached the news stands. But small (1/4 sized), reduced length, black and white versions were mailed to subscribers. I borrowed Joe's personal copies for scanning and found this on the top of page 18, the third page of "In This Corner Kid Adonis" by Joe Simon. I think that is Simon's handwriting, so it seems he was not satisfied with the face on the person on the right in the first panel. This particular story was reprinted in Green Hornet #37. This time the person has a very different nose. It seems Joe was not above editing himself. One casualty of the comic crash was a Vagabond Prince story "Trapped In Wax" by Joe Simon that had been scheduled for the Boy Explorers #2. This particular story did not make it into the small comic sent to subscribers. Perhaps because there were still a few places where the inking had not been completed. In fact this story was never printed until Greg Theakson included it in Stuntman reprint. Below I include a close up of the first panel of page 7 of the story from a xerox in the Joe Simon collection. Notice there still remains a ghost of the pointing hand. The final hand was redone in a style that is unmistakenly that of Jack Kirby. The man's right shoulder has also been adjusted. So here we have Jack stepping in as art editor. Careful examination of Simon & Kirby productions show that it was not unusual for Jack to make this sort of corrections.

Welcome

2006-03-17T05:20:00.000-05:00

I've decide to jump into the world of blogging. I just couldn't resist the temptation to muse on my favorate comic artist team, Joe Simon & Jack Kirby. But posting will not be limited to just those two , but also to the S&K studio and the artists that worked for it. Artists like Bill Draut, Mort Meskin, John Prentice, and more. Although focusing on the time of the S&K collaboration, I will also branch out to other time periods.

Inking Glossary

2006-02-04T11:19:00.011-05:00

Abstract Arch
A dark area in the shape of a curving band. Generally there seems no good explanation for why such a shadow should occur. Crosshatching
Two or more sets of parallel lines that intersect one another at an angle that are used to suggest grays. Drop String
A row of dashes often, but not always, connected by a line. Another variation is to place the dashes so close together that they overlap. Form Lines
Sets of lines, generally bowed, that provide a sense of volume to the art. Picket Fence
Two rails roughly following the same path intersected by a number of pickets. A lot of variation can be found perhaps the most common is the replacement of one of the rails with either a drop string or a thicker spotting line. Shingles
Straight parallel lines that are progressively shifted. Shoulder Blot
Dark areas present in the shoulder regions. Simple Hatching
One set of parallel lines used to suggest gray. Most do not make a distinction between simple and crosshatching as both are often present to suggest various shades of gray. I like to use this term because Kirby often uses simple hatching for large areas.

Young Romance Checklist

2006-02-03T10:23:00.000-05:00

Young Love Checklist

2006-02-03T10:22:00.000-05:00


Last update: 6/26/2009

Codes:
    r:  = reprint
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Young Love (Prize)
  1 (v.1, n.1) February 1949
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Man I Loved Was A Woman-Hater" 10pg - p:{Kirby} 
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Plumber And Me" 12pg - p:Draut 
    "Fickle" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Proper Thing to Do" 2pg - p:[Kirby] - (illustrated text)
    "Two Loves" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Lady Luck" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
  2 (v.1, n.2) April 1949
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Too Wise For Romance" 12pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "A Very Young Bride" 9pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Girl Or Goddess" 8pg - p:Eadeh i:Belfi
    "Love Finds a Way" 2pg - (text)
    "Problem Clinic" 3pg - p:Donahue 
    "Old Maid" 8pg - p:[Eadeh] i:[Belfi]
  3 (v.1, n.3) June 1949
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Wallflower" 9pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Look Before You Love" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Headstrong" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Donahue] 
    "I Didn't Want Love" 2pg - (text)
    "Match Makers" 8pg - p:[Riley] 
    "Clinging Vine" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
  4 (v.1, n.4) August 1949
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "In Love With A Memory" 8pg - p:[Kirby] & Donahue] 
    "Best Friend's Sweetheart" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "My Strange Fear" 8pg - p:Gregg 
    "Show Off" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "This Time for Keeps" 2pg - p:[Kirby] - (illustrated text)
    "Problem Clinic" 3pg - p:Donahue 
    "Two-Timer" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
  5 (v.1, n.5) October 1949
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Too Many Boy Friends" 8pg - p:Brewster 
    "Long Engagement" 9pg 
    "The Love I Didn't Want" 6pg - p:[Gregg] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Draut] 
    "For Sale: One Dream" 9pg - p:[Eadeh?] i:[Belfi?]
    "Made for Each Other" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Discovered" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
  6 (v.1, n.6) December 1949
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "For Handsome Men Only" 7pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "Taken For A Ride" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "The Life Of The Party" 10pg - p:Guinta i:Stallman
    "The Beauty Salon" 1pg 
    "My Promise" 8pg - p:[Gregg] - (Kirby did the man in the splash)
    "The Trouble with Julie" 2pg - p:[Kirby] - (illustrated text)
    "The Boarder And Baby Sitter" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
  7 (v.2, n.1) February 1950
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "The Carnival Girl" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Give Me Your Kisses" 9pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "A Secret Affair" 8pg - p:Donahue 
    "Pride and Passion" 2pg - p:[Kirby] - (illustrated text)
    "Love Him Or Leave Him" 6pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[? & Donahue] - (Donahue parts are recycled art)
    "Let's Change Partners" 7pg - p:[Premiani?] 
  8 (v.2, n.2) April 1950
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Every Man I Meet" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Danger, Soft Shoulder" 8pg - p:Meskin 
    "Code For Women" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "Happy Though Single" 1pg - p:[Donahue] - (illustrated text)
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Draut] 
    "There's Romance In The Stars" 1pg - p:[Severin] 
    "How To Increase Your Dateability" 1pg - p:[Severin] 
    "The Man In My Dreams" 5pg - p:Severin & [Kirby] i:Elder- (Kirby does man in splash)
    "Which Is Your Dream Man?" 1pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Marriage Of Convenience" 8pg - p:[Starr] 
  9 (v.2, n.3) May 1950
    (cover) 
    "A Man In Her Room" 8pg - p:Meskin 
    "Carbon Copy" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "You Can't Be Perfect" 1pg - (text)
    "The Romance Peddlers" 8pg 
    "There's Romance In The Stars" 1pg - p:[Severin] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Second-Hand Sweetheart" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "How To Stay Young" 1pg - (text)
    "Anybody's Girl" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
  10 (v.2, n.4) June 1950
    (cover) 
    "Untouched" 10pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "At Your Own Risk" 8pg - p:[Starr] 
    "The Girl I Picked From The Phone Directory" 4pg - p:[Kirby?] i:[Meskin]
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Donahue?] 
    "My Backwoods Love" 8pg - p:Meskin 
    "Forget That Grudge" 1pg - (text)
    "Femininity Pays Dividends" 1pg - (text)
    "There's Romance In The Stars" 1pg 
    "Common" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
  11 (v.2, n.5) July 1950
    (cover) 
    "Let's Try Again" 7pg - p:Meskin 
    "A Match For Any Man" 7pg - p:Meskin 
    "Little White Lies" 7pg - p:Donahue 
    "I'll Never Get Married" 8pg - p:[Severin?] 
    "First-Date Tactics" 1pg - (text)
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Dress Right For Spring" 1pg - p:[Severin?] 
    "The Eyes Have It" 1pg - (text)
    "The Girl I'm Looking For" 8pg - p:[Donahue] 
  12 (v.2, n.6) August 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Smooth Operator" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "The Love Fakers" 8pg - p:Starr 
    "Are You Welcome?" 1pg - (text)
    "One Mad Moment" 8pg - p:[Starr] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Her Kind Of A Man" 7pg - p:Donahue 
    "Because You Look Like Him" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Summer Beauty Tricks" 1pg - (text)
  13 (v.2, n.7) September 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Everybody Wants My Girl" 9pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Problem Man" 1pg - (text)
    "In Trouble" 8pg - p:Meskin 
    "The Woman Across The Hall" 8pg - p:[Donahue] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Hair Do's and Don't" 1pg - (text)
    "Two Can Play The Game" 6pg - p:Starr 
    "Recipe For Love" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
  14 (v.2, n.8) October 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "I'll Tell You No Lies" 9pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Going Steady" 1pg - (text)
    "A Family Affair" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "You'll Never Replace Helen" 8pg - p:[Starr] 
    "Problem Clinic" 1pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Stay Out Of My Life" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Watching Your P.Q." 1pg - (text)
    "Girls Like Her" 8pg - p:Meskin 
  15 (v.2, n.9) November 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Love Isn't  Enough" 9pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Problem Clinic" 3pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Man Wanted" 9pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Will You Help Me?" 2pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "When Should an Engagement be Broken" 1pg - (text)
    "Lover Boy" 9pg - p:Severin i:Elder
    "Be Kind to Your Feet" 1pg - (text)
    "Beauty And The Benefactor" 9pg - p:[Starr] 
  16 (v.2, n.10) December 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Reformer" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Will You Help Me" 5pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Bring A Friend" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "It's the Little Things" 1pg - (text)
    "The Upstairs Maid" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "When He Begins to Tire" 1pg - p:[Meskin] - (text)
    "Huntress" 9pg 
  17 (v.2, n.11) January 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Quiet One" 5pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Will You Help Me?" 3pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "I Saw Him First" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "The Blind Date" 1pg - (text)
    "Go Home And Grow Up" 8pg 
    "Personality Plus" 1pg - (text)
    "I Promised Never To Marry" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "She Loves Too Wisely" 6pg - l:[Kirby?] 
  18 (v.2, n.12) February 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Unwilling Bride" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Cave Man Type" 8pg 
    "Let's Talk Clothes" 1pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "He's So Refined" 8pg - p:[Starr] 
    "My Old Flame" 1pg - (text)
    "Will You Help Me?" 3pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "More About Beauty" 1pg - (text)
    "I Won't Leave Mother" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
  19 (v.3, n.1) March 1951
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "High School Honeymoon" 9pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Later Then You Think" 6pg - l:[Kirby] 
    "Will You Help Me?" 3pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Girl Who Loves Him" 8pg - p:Stein 
    "Girls Who Wear Glasses" 1pg - (text)
    "Only Human" 3pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "The Price of Popularity" 1pg - (text)
    "Love Song In Blue" 9pg - p:[Meskin] 
  20 (v.3, n.2) April 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Cinderella Girl" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Problem Clinic" 3pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "More About Grooming" 1pg - (text)
    "Love Parasite" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Will You Help Me" 3pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Why be a Wallflower?" 1pg - (text)
    "Big Bertha" 8pg - p:[Prentice] 
    "Yours For The Asking" 9pg - p:Stein 
  21 (v.3, n.3) May 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "All Work And No Love" 11pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Stein]
    "Afraid of Being Burned Again" 1pg - (text)
    "Get Rid Of That Woman" 9pg - p:Meskin 
    "Will You Help Me" 3pg - p:[Prentice?] 
    "Those Irritating Habits" 1pg - (text)
    "Marry Me Mister" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Second Try" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
  22 (v.3, n.4) June 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Meet The Folks" 10pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "There's Romance In The Stars" 1pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Like All The Rest" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Ready for Marriage" 1pg - (text)
    "Will You Help Me?" 3pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Cry Baby" 8pg - p:[Prentice] 
    "In Place of Beauty" 1pg - (text)
    "The Breakup" 9pg - p:[Meskin] 
  23 (v.3, n.5) July 1951
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Maid To Order" 9pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Does He Treat You Right" 1pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Will You Help Me" 3pg 
    "Cradle Robber" 8pg - p:[Prentice] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "In Love with Two" 1pg - (text)
    "Wrong Number" 8pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Half an Hour to Beauty" 1pg - (text)
    "Nag, Nag, Nag" 8pg - p:[Stein] 
  24 (v.3, n.6) August 1951
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "I'll Bet My Love" 10pg - p:[Draut] 
    "If Your Thinking Of Eloping" 3pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Glorify Your Hair" 1pg - (text)
    "Left At The Alter" 8pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Don't Tell On Me" 8pg - p:[Prentice] 
    "Don't Get Serious" 1pg - (text)
    "Native Wedding" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
  25 (v.3, n.7) September 1951
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Off Limits To Love" 10pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Alice Finds Her Wonderland" 8pg - p:[Stein] 
    "How To Meet Men" 1pg - (text)
    "Problem Clinic" 3pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "How Can You Tell It's Love" 1pg - p:[J. Infantino] 
    "My Old Flame" 6pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Beautify Your Skin" 1pg - (text)
    "Marriage Bargain" 9pg - p:[Meskin] 
  26 (v.3, n.8) October 1951
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Let's Keep It Gay" 8pg - p:Meskin 
    "Bad Penny" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Not The Type" 6pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Banish Blemish Blues" 1pg - (text)
    "Polly Wants A Boy Friend" 6pg - p:[Andru] 
    "No Man Around" 1pg - (text)
    "I Was A Fugitive's Sweetheart" 8pg - p:[Stein] 
  27 (v.3, n.9) November 1951
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "The Brush Off" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Save Me, Lose Me" 7pg - p:[Prentice] 
    "You Can Look Like A Glamour Girl" 1pg - p:[J. Infantino] 
    "Love Proof" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Are You Good Marriage Material" 1pg - (text)
    "The Way They Met" 1pg - p:[Roussos] 
    "Problem Clinic" 3pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "More About Beauty" 1pg - (text)
    "Fresh As Daisy" 9pg - p:Meskin 
  28 (v.3, n.10) December 1951
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Never Been Kissed" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "How He Proposed" 1pg - p:[Roussos] 
    "Love Without Logic" 7pg - p:[Roussos] - (panel 1 page 2 by Kirby)
    "Out of the Mailbox" 1pg - (text)
    "The Pest" 8pg - p:Meskin 
    "Questions and Answers" 1pg - (text)
    "Problem Clinic" 3pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "The Way They Met" 2pg - p:[Draut] 
    "The Other Woman" 8pg - p:Meskin 
  29 (v.3, n.11) January 1952
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Love 'Em And Leave 'Em Guy" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Heavy Date" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "What Did I Do Wrong?" 1pg - (text)
    "My Conscience" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "The Over-All Picture" 1pg - (text)
    "The Sensible Thing To Do" 5pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Problem Clinic" 2pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Dumb Blonde" 8pg - p:[Prentice] i:[Prentice & Kirby]

Western Love

2006-02-03T10:21:00.000-05:00


Last update: 6/20/2008

Codes:
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Western Love (Prize)
  1 July 1949
    (cover) 
    "Equal Of Any Man" 7pg - p:[Starr] 
    "Gambler's Girl" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Kate And The Coyote" 8pg 
    "Weddin' At Red Rock" 3pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Tonto Express" 7pg - p:[Gregg?] 
    "Love Songs of the Prairie" 1pg - (illustrated text)
    "Cowgirl Sweetheart" 2pg - (text)
    "A Gal, A Guy And A Gelding" 9pg - p:[Stallman?] 
  2 September 1949
    (cover) 
    "Sworn Enemies In Love" 9pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Kissless Cowboy" 8pg - p:[Severin] 
    "Love-Sick Weakling" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "Always Yours, Ma'am" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Troublemaker" 8pg 
    "Kathy And The Merchant" 9pg - l:[Kirby] p:[Kirby & ?] 
  3 November 1949
    (cover) 
    "Wife Wanted" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "Romance In Robber's Roost" 9pg - p:Donahue 
    "A Man To Handle Belle" 8pg - p:[Severin] 
    "The Blue Blood And The Bum" 9pg 
    "Romance and the Postmistress" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Dude Ranch Diplomancy" 1pg - p:[Donahue?] 
    "Gunman's Shadow" 8pg - p:[Starr] 
  4 January 1950
    (cover) 
    "The Girl from Ghost Town" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "Cowtown Casanova" 8pg - p:Donahue 
    "Bodyguard for Betsy" 8pg - p:[Starr] 
    "How to Corral Your Man" 1pg - p:[Severin] 
    "Heartbreaker" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "The Rancher's Daughter" 8pg - p:Meskin 
    "Six-Gun Serenade" 8pg - p:Severin & [Kirby] i:Elder- (Splash part Kirby)
  5 March 1950
    (cover) 
    "Dead Ringer" 9pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Survival" 8pg - p:[Severin] 
    "Let's Give A Barn Dance" 1pg - p:[Severin] 
    "The Rangers And The Fire-Maiden" 8pg 
    "Love on the Range" 8pg - (illustrated text)
    "Cowboy Romeo Or City Slicker" 1pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Two Can Play The Game" 5pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Lilly's Last Stand" 9pg - p:Meskin

Real West Romance Checklist

2006-02-03T10:20:00.001-05:00


Last update: 6/20/2008

Codes:
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Real West Romances (Prize)
  1 April 1949
    (cover) 
    "Wild Hoses and Ornery Gals" 8pg - p:Eadeh i:Belfi
    "Miss Nell Of The Medicine Show" 9pg 
    "Chuck Wagon Jane" 9pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Rawhide Cupid" 2pg - (text)
    "The Cowboy And The Debutante" 7pg - p:Starr 
    "Heart Rustler" 9pg - l:[Kirby] p:[Kirby & ?] 
  2 July 1949
    (cover) 
    "To Fight for Her Man" 8pg - p:Starr 
    "Heart Broken Bronco Buster" 8pg 
    "Dead-Game Dude" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Cupid's Round-Up" 8pg - (text)
    "Rough-House Annie" 8pg - p:Donahue 
    "Family Feud" 9pg 
  3 August 1949
    (cover) 
    "In Love With His Ranch Boss" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Desperado's Lady" 8pg - p:Starr 
    "Love At The County Fair" 8pg - p:Donahue 
    "Partner Or Sweetheart?" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "The Cowgirl And The Sheepherder" 8pg - p:Severin i:Belfi
    "Our Love Wore Six-Guns" 9pg - l:[Kirby] p:[Kirby & ?] 
  4 October 1949
    (cover) 
    "The Perfect Cowboy" 8pg - l:[Kirby] p:[Kirby & ?] 
    "Lovin' Or Feudin'" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Cupid's Corral" 8pg - p:[Severin] 
    "Top Hand In My Heart" 2pg - (text)
    "Bartered" 8pg - p:Donahue 
    "The Yearling Years" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
  5 December 1949
    (cover) 
    "Mail-Order Romance" 9pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Tenderfoot In Love" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Bordertown Lover" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Glamour In The Great Outdoors" 1pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Warden of the Heart" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Gun-Totin' Bride" 7pg - p:Severin i:Elder
    "Yellow" 9pg - p:[Starr] 
  6 February 1950
    (cover) 
    "I'm Goin' a' Cortin' Ella Mae" 8pg - p:[Starr] 
    "A' Killin', a' Curin', or a Lovin'" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "Six-Gun Serenade" 7pg - p:Severin i:Elder
    "Lies, Love and Hoss Liniment" 9pg - p:Meskin 
    "Kiss In The Moonlight" 2pg - p:[Meskin] - (illustrated text)
    "The Broadway Buckaroo" 9pg - p:[Starr] 
  7 April 1950
    (cover) 
    "The Girl From No Man's Land" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "The Widder" 8pg - p:Severin i:Elder
    "A Gal For Goliath" 8pg - p:[Starr] 
    "Tumbleweed Tim" 2pg - p:[Kirby] - (illustrated text)
    "Love Of A Navojo Princess" 8pg - l:[Kirby?] p:[Kirby & ?] 
    "Cowboy With A Complex" 9pg

Real Clue Checklist

2006-02-03T10:16:00.000-05:00


Last update: 7/27/2008

Codes:
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Real Clue Crime Stories (Hillman)
  (v.2, n.4) June 1947
    (cover) - p:Kirby 
    "Mother Of Crime" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Dandy John Dolan" 7pg 
    "The Trail Of The Gun-Loving Killer" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Come With Me And Die" 4pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Backfire" 2pg - p:[Kirby] - (text)
    "Whistle-Stop Murder" 15pg - p:Barry 
    "Fetlock Groans" 1pg - p:Helfant 
  (v.2, n.5) July 1947
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Gang Doctor" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Car Barn Gang" 8pg 
    "Terrible Whyos" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Goldie" 1pg - p:Hall 
    "Wyatt Earp's Bluff" 4pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Foolish Bullets" 2pg - (text)
    "The Dummies Died Screaming" 15pg - p:[Kirby] 
  (v.2, n.6) August 1947
    (cover) - p:Kirby 
    "Brain-Man Of Crime" 8pg - p:Fujitani 
    "Let Me Plan Your Murder" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Gallus Mag" 8pg 
    "Jailbreak" 4pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Hick Town" 2pg - (text)
    "Windy" 1pg - p:Berg - (text)
    "Get Me The Golden Gun" 15pg - p:[Kirby] 
  (v.2, n.7) September 1947
    (cover) - p:Kirby 
    "Mr. Reed Waddell" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Brooklyn Jackpot" 8pg - p:Fujitani 
    "Gang War" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Human Hyena" 7pg 
    "The Mad White God Of Palm Island" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "New York Finish" 2pg - (text)
    "The Boy Who Would Be King" 8pg - p:Sachs 
  (v.4, n.4) June 1949
    (cover) 
    "Don't Call Me Gertie" 8pg 
    "English Jack" 7pg - p:Reinman 
    "Captain Thayer's War" 8pg 
    "Hand Painted-Cabbage" 4pg 
    "Finger Nails" 2pg - (text)
    "The Body at Hackney Station" 8pg 
    "The Kaleva Story" 9pg

Prize Comics Western Checklist

2006-02-03T10:15:00.000-05:00

My Date Checklist

2006-02-03T10:13:00.000-05:00


Last update: 7/11/2008

Codes:
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



My Date (Hillman)
  1 July 1947
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "My Date With Swifty Chase" 14pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Ginny" 1pg 
    "Your Down-Payment on Dates" 1pg - (text)
    "Ultra Violet" 10pg - p:[Robinson?] i:[Roussos?]
    "Cleopatra and the Convertible" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "My Date" 6pg - p:Barry 
    "Fellas 'n' Gals" 1pg - (editor request for letter column)
    "Kitty Hawk" 3pg 
  2 September 1947
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "My Problem Date" 14pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Ultra Violet" 8pg - p:Barry 
    "My Date" 6pg - p:Barry 
    (letters) 
    "Ginny" 8pg 
    "Lindy Hopp Dancing Lessons" 1pg 
    "The Square Fairy Godmother" 2pg - (text)
    "The Rosebud Sisters" 7pg - p:Keeler 
    "Dippy" 1pg 
  3 November 1947
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "My Date With Swifty Chase" 13pg - p:[Kirby] 
    (pin-up) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Ginny" 8pg 
    "Second Best Girl" 2pg - (text)
    "My Date" 6pg 
    (letter page) 
    "Date Snatcher" 5pg 
    "Ultra Violet" 10pg - p:Barry 
  4 January 1948
    (cover) - p:[Robinson?] i:[Meskin?]
    "The Lonesome Wolf" 12pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "My Date" 5pg 
    (letters) 
    "Ginny" 6pg 
    "Genius, That's What" 6pg 
    "Somebody New" 2pg - (text)
    "A Rainy Day With Housedate Harry" 3pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Ultra Violet" 8pg

Headline Checklist

2006-02-03T10:12:00.003-05:00


Last update: 2/14/2009

Codes:
    r:  = reprint
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Headline (Prize)
  23 (v.2, n.11) March 1947
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Last Bloody Days Of Babyface Nelson" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Design for Death" 2pg - (text)
    "The Doctor Is Missing" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Bear Skull Trail To Death" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Burned At The Stake" 10pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "To My Valentine" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Killer In The Kitchen" 5pg - p:[Kirby] 
  24 (v.2, n.12) May 1947
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Trapping New England's Chain Murderer" 9pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Murder On A Wave Length" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Grim Pay-Off For The Pinball Mob" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "A Phantom Pulls The Trigger" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Thing Inside Bob Tate" 2pg - (text)
    "You Can't Forget A Killer" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Case Of The Floating Corpse" 4pg - p:[Kirby] 
  25 (v.3, n.1) July 1947
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Masquerade Of Eddie The Doll" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Murder's Reward" 7pg 
    "Prophet of Death" 4pg - p:Powell 
    "Blind Man's Death" 7pg 
    "Justice?" 2pg - (text)
    "Death Takes A Honeymoon" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Pay Up Or Die" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Case Of The Forgetful Killer" 4pg - p:[Kirby] 
  26 (v.3, n.2) September 1947
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Life And Death Of Public Enemy Number One" 10pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "You Can't Fool A G-Man Twice" 6pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Test Of Death" 4pg 
    "The Strange Aftermath Of The Kansas City Massacre" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "On The Spot" 2pg - (text)
    "Beyond The Law" 7pg 
    "Bullets For The Bogus G-Man" 8pg - p:{Kirby} 
  27 (v.3, n.3) November 1947
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Stella Mae Dickson, The Bobby Sox Bandit Queen" 13pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Guns Of Jesse James" 8pg - l:[Kirby] p:[Kirby & ?] 
    "The Death Of The Gambler King" 7pg - p:Draut 
    "The Spark of Murder" 2pg - (text)
    "Bring Me His Corpse" 4pg - p:Draut 
    "Spirit Swindlers" 11pg - p:[Kirby] 
  28 (v.3, n.4) February 1948
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "I Worked For The Fence" 13pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Trapping Chicago's Speed-Demon Mob" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Postage Stamp Swindle" 7pg - p:[Robinson] i:[Meskin]
    "The Lone Wolf" 2pg - (text)
    "Machine-Gun Kelly, Kidnapper" 7pg - p:Draut 
    "Murder Makes Bad Medicine" 8pg - p:{Kirby} 
  29 (v.3, n.5) April 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Insurance Reward Racket" 14pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Don't Let Wilber Squeal" 8pg - p:Draut 
    "The Night Of The Freak Murder" 8pg - p:[Robinson] i:[Meskin]
    "An Expensive Auto Ride" 2pg - (text)
    "Hide-Away Town" 5pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Sisters Of Satan" 8pg - p:Draut 
  30 (v.3, n.6) June 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Numbers Racket" 15pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Witch Murders" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Pistol-Packin' Playgirl" 5pg - p:Hollingsworth 
    "The Roasted Mail-Robber Ghost" 2pg - (text)
    "Menace In The Making" 7pg - p:Draut 
    "Bullet-Proof Bad Man" 9pg - p:[Kirby] 
  31 (v.4, n.1) August 1948
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Pickpocket Gang" 14pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Perfect For Murder" 8pg - p:Nicholas - (signed C. N.)
    "A Gangster Dies" 6pg - p:Broderick 
    "The Trap" 2pg - (text)
    "The Female Furies Of The Old West" 7pg - p:Hollingsworth 
    "The Kidnapped The Parole Board" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
  32 (v.4, n.2) October 1948
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Counterfeit Team" 12pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Mystery Of Room 712" 8pg - p:Donahue 
    "The Clue Of The Horoscope" 8pg 
    "A Grave Crime" 2pg - (text)
    "G Man Blitz" 7pg - p:[Broderick] 
    "Terror Of The Everglades" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
  33 (v.4, n.3) December 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Premeditated Homicide" 15pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Man Who Stole An Ocean Liner" 6pg - p:Donahue 
    "The FBI And The Gun-Happy Robber" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (illustrated text)
    "How The FBI Trapped The Booby Trap Slayer" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (villustrated text)
    "A Mother's Ominous Dream" 6pg - p:[Broderick] 
    "What Price Faith" 2pg - (text)
    "The Shattered Alibi" 7pg 
    "Underworld Parasite" 7pg - p:Stallman 
  34 (v.4, n.4) February 1949
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Blackhearted Tony" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Outlaw Down-Under" 8pg - p:Stallman 
    "Twenty Second Story Man" 9pg - p:Guinta i:Stallman
    "The Frozen Fingerprints" 2pg - (text)
    "Double-Cross" 9pg - p:[Broderick] 
    "The Medium Done Murder Case" 8pg - p:[Starr] 
  35 (v.4, n.5) May 1949
    (cover) - p:Kirby 
    "Dead Or Alive" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Deadly Gilas" 7pg - p:[Severin] 
    "The Great Mouthpiece" 7pg - p:Stallman 
    "Georgie's Last Ride" 7pg 
    "Independence Day" 2pg - (text)
    "The Golf Links Murder" 5pg - p:Stallman 
    "The Fabulous Baldwins" 7pg - p:Donahue 
  36 (v.4, n.6) July 1949
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Odds Against Murder" 9pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Masquerading Bandits" 7pg - p:Rockwell 
    "Shoe-Box Annie" 8pg - p:[Broderick] 
    "The Tell-Tale Letter" 2pg - (text)
    "Dutch Joe Cretzer's Other Business" 8pg - p:[Briefer] 
    "Hip Sing Tong" 8pg - p:[Severin?] 
  37 (v.5, n.1) September 1949
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Death Of A Menace" 8pg - p:Donahue 
    "Unlucky In Crime" 7pg 
    "The Threat Of The Clan" 8pg 
    "The Accusing Match" 1pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Revenge" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "One-Man Posse" 8pg - p:Severin i:Belfi
    "The Artistic Swindler" 8pg - p:[Premiani?] 
  38 (v.5, n.2) November 1949
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Train Robbery Of 1949" 10pg 
    "The Clue That Stuck" 8pg 
    "No Escape" 5pg - p:[Severin] 
    "Rat Trap" 10pg 
    "Double Revenge" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "The Dog-Nappers" 7pg 
  39 (v.5, n.3) January 1950
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "The Boiler Room Racket" 10pg 
    "The Cheapest Thief in the World" 8pg 
    "The Fingerman" 8pg 
    "New Year Murder" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Author of Violence" 8pg 
    "Arctic Ambush" 7pg 
  40 (v.5, n.4) March 1950
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "The Case Of Joe Andrews" 10pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Counterfeit Winners" 7pg 
    "Justice Has Icy Fingers" 7pg - p:[M. Bailey] 
    "The Human Bloodhound" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Inside Information" 8pg 
    "The Man Of Many Faces" 8pg - p:Meskin 
  41 (v.5, n.5) May 1950
    (cover) 
  42 (v.5, n.6) July 1950
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Ghost Racket" 10pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Jewels of Death" 7pg - p:[Gregg] 
    "Boomerang" 7pg 
    "Black Magic ad" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (house ad for Black Magic)
    "Closeups" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Diary of a Lawbreaker" 8pg 
    "Gang War" 8pg - p:[M. Bailey] 
  43 (v.6, n.1) September 1950
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Shakedown" 10pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Dig Your Own Grave" 8pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Scales Of Justice" 1pg 
    "Hit Of The Show" 7pg - p:[Gregg] 
    "Closeups" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Ticket To Alcatraz" 7pg 
    "Our Swords Will Find You" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
  44 (v.6, n.2) November 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Racket Empire" 10pg 
    "Feathered Serpent" 8pg - p:Severin i:Elder
    "Too Many Corpses" 7pg - p:[Gregg] 
    "The Chapped Hands" 1pg - (text)
    "Demon Ship" 7pg 
    "Dynamite" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
  45 (v.6, n.3) January 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Penny Shakedown" 10pg 
    "City In Terror" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Eddie Was No Gent" 6pg 
    "Closeups" 1pg - (illustrated text)
    "Homocide- C.O.D." 7pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Dual Personality" 1pg - (text)
    "Name Your Assassin" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
  46 (v.6, n.4) March 1951
    (cover) 
    "Enemy Of Reform" 10pg 
    "Beyond The Grave" 7pg 
    "Buried Alive" 7pg 
    "Death Flight" 7pg 
    "Jungle Sleuth" 7pg

Justice Traps the Guilty Checklist

2006-02-03T10:12:00.002-05:00


Last update: 2/6/2009

Codes:
    r:  = reprint
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
  1 (v.1, n.1) October 1947
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "I Was A Come-On Girl For Broken Bones, Inc." 8pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "G-Man Trap" 6pg - p:Draut 
    "The Trial Of San Francisco's Strangest Killer" 6pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Firebug" 4pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Death Takes a 'Hitch'" 2pg - (text)
    "The Head In The Window" 7pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Try An FBI Test" 4pg - p:Draut 
    "The Case Against Scarface" 8pg - p:{Kirby} 
  2 (v.1, n.2) December 1947
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Gun Moll" 11pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Killer Thought He Was Satan" 7pg - p:[Broderick] 
    "Sudden Switch for Murder" 2pg - (text)
    "You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Trap A Criminal" 6pg - p:Draut 
    "The Murdering Bender Family" 7pg 
    "The True Life Story Of Alvin Karpis" 12pg - p:{Kirby} 
  3 (v.1, n.3) March 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Buried Treasure Fraud" 12pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "So Many Ways To Die" 8pg - p:Draut 
    "The Capture Of Night-Club-Nick" 8pg - p:[Broderick] 
    "Suicide or Murder" 2pg - (text)
    "My Strangest Crime Case" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Ask Eddie Green, Consultant to Crime" 8pg - p:{Kirby} 
  4 (v.1, n.4) May 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Queen Of The Speed-Ball Mob" 13pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Lincoln Tomb Thieves" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Guilty Boys" 9pg - p:[Robinson] i:[Meskin]
    "A Strange Jury Room" 2pg - (text)
    "The Half-Pint Killer" 6pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Counterfeit Cash" 8pg - p:{Kirby} 
  5 (v.1, n.5) July 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Fight Fix" 13pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Murder Special Delivery" 8pg - p:Robinson i:Meskin
    "Al Spencer, Last Of The Old West Bandits" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Hand and Foot" 2pg - (text)
    "Held For Ransom" 7pg - p:Hollingsworth 
    "A Fortune In Slugs" 8pg - p:Draut 
  6 (v.1, n.6) September 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Money-Making Machine Swindlers" 14pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Mind Over Murder" 8pg 
    "The Amazing 3 Sinister Salesmen" 7pg - p:Hollingsworth 
    "The Unwilling Suicide" 2pg - (text)
    "The Capture Of One-Eye" 6pg - p:[Kirby & ?] - (Kirby did splash panel)
    "Gerald Woodworth, The Vanishing Bandit" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
  7 (v.2, n.1) November 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Phony Check Racketeers" 15pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Burke And Hare" 7pg - p:Colben? 
    "Desperate Bad Man" 7pg 
    "Deaf But Not Dumb" 2pg - (text)
    "Paris Manhunt" 6pg - p:[Draut] 
    "The Man Who Died Twice" 8pg - p:Broderick 
  8 (v.2, n.2) January 1949
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Underworld Snob" 7pg - p:[Kirby] &  i:[Broderick?]
    "The Violent Mr. Peace" 10pg 
    "First Great Detective" 8pg - p:[Krigstein] 
    "The First Hundred Are the Hardest" 2pg - (text)
    "End Of A Blackmailer" 7pg - p:Stallman 
    "Joe Slade, Wild West Jekyll And Hyde Desperado" 9pg 
    "The Masked Killer" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (illustrated text)
  9 (v.2, n.3) April 1949
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "This Way To The Gallows" 10pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Hot Car Thugs" 8pg - p:[Broderick] 
    "The Plot Against Old Moneybags" 7pg - p:Donahue 
    "No Bodies Murder Case" 2pg - (text)
    "The Last Mistake Of Fatal Louise" 7pg - p:Nicholson i:Belfp
    "Willie The Actor" 10pg - p:[Draut] 
  10 (v.2, n.4) June 1949
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Man Who Stole A Train" 10pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Hot Ice" 8pg - p:[Broderick] 
    "Counterfeit" 7pg - p:Belfi 
    "Clue of the Slingshot" 2pg - (text)
    "Death Played Second Fiddle" 10pg - p:Stallman 
    "Confidence Man" 9pg - p:Krigstein 
  11 (v.2, n.5) August 1949
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Small-Time Crooks" 8pg 
    "Shoulders' Malone, The Chopper" 8pg 
    "Amateur Hypnotist" 6pg - p:[Briefer] 
    "Insurance Sleuth" 5pg 
    "Counterfeit" 2pg - (text)
    "Hijackers" 7pg - p:[Broderick] 
    "The Tragedy Of Tom Horn" 9pg - p:Severin i:Belfi
  12 (v.2, n.6) October 1949
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Air Cop" 8pg 
    "The Keeper Of The Blood-Hound" 8pg - p:Donahue 
    "A Stooge In Satan's School" 9pg 
    "Madam Monster" 8pg 
    "The Hidden Gun" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "The Nightmare Murder Mystery" 7pg - p:[Briefer] 
  13 (v.3, n.1) December 1949
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Slot Machine Payoff" 10pg - p:[Gregg] 
    "Two-Bit Touch Off" 8pg 
    "How the G-Men Got Their Name" 1pg 
    "Bite of Death" 7pg 
    "The Almost Perfect Crime" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "The Last Ride" 7pg 
    "One Way Willie" 9pg - p:[Gregg] 
  14 (v.3, n.2) February 1950
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Knockout Racket" 10pg 
    "Seven Keys To Sing Sing" 8pg - p:Severin i:Elder
    "The Masquerader" 7pg 
    "The Fake Lynch Mob" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Sawney - King Of The Villains" 8pg 
    "The Man Who Talked Himself To Death" 8pg - p:[Gregg] 
  15 (v.3, n.3) April 1950
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Basketball Bribe" 10pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Trial By Fire" 7pg - p:[M. Bailey] 
    "The Sheriff''s Vow" 7pg - p:[M. Bailey] 
    "Death of a Gentleman" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Death On The Assembly Line" 8pg - p:[Gregg?] 
    "Master Of Flim-Flam" 8pg 
  16 (v.3, n.4) June 1950
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Carnival Of Crime" 10pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Death Knows No Depth" 7pg - p:[M. Bailey] 
    "Petty Case" 7pg 
    "The Foxy Crook" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Smart Guy" 8pg - p:[M. Bailey] 
    "One-Man Mob" 8pg 
  17 (v.3, n.5) August 1950
    (cover) - p:Photo 
    "Loan Shark" 10pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Best Seller" 7pg - p:Gregg 
    "The Mystery of the Accusing Stains" 1pg 
    "No Place To Hide" 7pg 
    "Closeups" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "It's Against The Law" 1pg 
    "Too Perfect" 7pg 
    "The Statue Screams" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
  18 (v.3, n.6) September 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Pirates Of The Poor" 10pg - l:[Kirby] p:[Kirby & Stein] 
    "Optical Illusion" 7pg 
    "The Way To Prison" 7pg - p:[Severin] 
    "Closeups" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Silent Witness" 6pg - p:[M. Bailey] 
    "Fall Guy" 9pg - p:[Severin] 
  19 (v.4, n.1) October 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Alibi Guy" 10pg - p:[Stein] 
    "Closeups" 1pg - (illustrated text)
    "The 7th Day" 7pg 
    "The Self-Made Mouthpiece" 1pg 
    "Fortune In Furs" 8pg - p:Gregg 
    "Elusive Braggart" 1pg - (text)
    "The Big Idea Man" 7pg 
    "Deadlier Than The Male" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
  20 (v.4, n.2) November 1950
    (cover) - p:[Stein] 
    "Payoff In Pain" 10pg 
    "Closeups" 1pg - (illustrated text)
    "Curse Of Me-Meb" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Two Dollars Too Much" 8pg 
    "The Weakest Link" 1pg - (text)
    "Cops Don't Cry" 8pg 
    "Human Cargo" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
  21 (v.4, n.3) December 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Counterfeit" 10pg 
    "You Can't Kill Me" 7pg 
    "O'Hara Had A Heart" 7pg - p:Meskin 
    "Closeups" 1pg - (illustrated text)
    "G.I. Housing Swindle" 8pg - p:[Stein] 
    "The Black Handbag" 1pg - (text)
    "The Dead Can't Sleep" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
  22 (v.4, n.4) January 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Talent Fakers" 10pg 
    "Dead Proof" 7pg 
    "Brute Force" 7pg - p:Stein 
    "Closeups" 1pg - (illustrated text)
    "Bad Medicine" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "The Suspicious Son" 1pg - (text)
    "Hideout" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
  23 (v.4, n.5) February 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Terror Mob" 10pg - p:Stein 
    "Prevue Of Death" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Deaf, Dumb & Doomed" 6pg 
    "Closeups" 1pg - (illustrated text)
    "The Death Stone" 6pg 
    "Not Quite Perfect" 1pg - (text)
    "Bullets For Christmas" 7pg - p:[Meskin]

Foxhole Checklist

2006-02-03T10:11:00.001-05:00


Last update: 7/10/2009

Codes:
    r:  = reprint
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Foxhole (Mainline)
  1 October 1954
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Brain Wash" 6pg - p:[Albistur] 
    "Causality" 4pg - p:Walton 
    "A Day At The Beach" 4pg 
    "Fox-Hole Joe" 1pg - (text)
    "Operation Foul-Up" 1pg - (text)
    "Eight Ball Hero" 5pg - p:[Prentice] 
    "Fruit Salad" 6pg - p:[Draut] 
  2 December 1954
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Booby Trap" 6pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Action" 1pg - (text)
    "Walkie-Talkie" 3pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Hot Box" 2pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Dishonorable Discharge" 10pg 
    "Yellow" 1pg - (text)
    "Replacement" 4pg - p:[Draut] 
  3 February 1955
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Chicken" 5pg - p:McCarty 
    "Listen To Me, Sam" 6pg - p:Gates 
    "Joyride" 1pg - (text)
    "Snow" 1pg - (text)
    "The Face" 6pg - p:[Albistur] 
    "G. I. Yaks" 1pg - p:Gates 
    "Office Upstairs" 6pg - p:McCarty 
  4 April 1955
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "30 Year Man" 6pg - p:Albistur 
    "Suicide Run" 3pg - p:McCarty 
    "Mayhem In The Sky" 5pg - p:Gates 
    "Coward" 1pg - (text)
    "Find And Fire" 4pg - p:Draut 
    "Mess Sarge" 1pg - (text)
    "It's Mutual" 5pg - p:Galindo 
    "G.I. Yaks" 1pg - p:Gates 

Foxhole (Charlton)
  5 July 1955
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Glide To Glory" 6pg - p:McCarty 
    "Three Bagger" 1pg - (text)
    "Groundin Off" 1pg - p:Gates 
    "Lucky Stiff" 6pg - p:[Albistur] 
    "Kamakaze Joe" 6pg - p:Gates 
    "Masquerade" 1pg - (text)
    "Fun In A Foxhole" 1pg - p:Gates 
    "Hip Pockets And The Paper Bullets" 3pg - p:Draut 
    "Morale" 1pg - p:Gates 
    "Bell Bottom Bill" 1pg - p:Gates 
  6 September 1955
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Decision At Dieppe" 6pg - p:[Albistur] 
    "Hazard" 1pg - (text)
    "Even Steven" 4pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "G.I. Laughs" 1pg - p:Gates 
    "Secret" 1pg - (text)
    "Listen To The Boidie" 4pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "G.I. Laughs" 1pg - p:Gates 
    "The 50th Man" 3pg - p:[Draut] 
    "Dear Joan" 6pg - p:Mastroserio 
  7 March 1956
    (cover) 
    "Express to Extinction" 6pg 
    "Han River Trap" 9pg 
    "Challenge Under Fire" 2pg - (text)
    "Armored Doom" 5pg 
    "Major Error" 5pg

Clue Checklist

2006-02-03T10:10:00.001-05:00


Last update: 8/1/2008

Codes:
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Clue (Hillman)
  (v.2, n.1) March 1947
    (cover) 
    "Gun Master" 10pg 
    "King Of The Bank Robbers" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Nightmare" 8pg 
    "Iron Lady" 8pg 
    "Getaway" 2pg - (text)
    "Gun Master" 10pg 
    "Cornie Corner" 1pg - p:Hall 
  (v.2, n.2) April 1947
    (cover) - p:Barry 
    "The Short, Dangerous Life Of Packy Smith" 13pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Finger Man" 8pg - p:C. Infantino i:Sachs
    "On Stage For Murder" 4pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Nightmare" 9pg 
    "Cornie Corner" 1pg - p:Hall 
    "The Royal Hoist" 2pg - p:Hall - (text)
    "Gun Master" 10pg 
    "Clubby" 1pg 
  (v.2, n.3) May 1947
    (cover) 
    "The Battle For Packy Smith" 15pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Flowers For Roma" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Iron Lady" 8pg 
    "Map To Freedom" 2pg - (text)
    "The Case Of The Superstitious Slayers" 6pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Micro Face" 6pg

Charlie Chan Checklist

2006-02-03T10:06:00.001-05:00


Last update: 9/19/2008

Codes:
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Charlie Chan (Prize)
  1 June 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Hit And Run Murder Case" 10pg - p:C. Infantino - (Charlie Chan)
    "Charlie Chan" 10pg - p:C. Infantino - (Charlie Chan)
    "Land Of The Leopard Men" 10pg - p:C. Infantino - (Charlie Chan)
    "The Weasel Of Wall Street" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
    "He Talked Too Much" 2pg - (text)
    "The Train Robber's Last Trip" 5pg - p:[C. Infantino] 
  2 August 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Number One Trouble" 13pg - p:[C. Infantino] - (Charlie Chan)
    "The Vanishing Jewel Salesman" 9pg - p:[C. Infantino & Kirby] - (Charlie Chan, Kirby splash)
    "Murder On The Midway" 8pg - p:[C. Infantino] - (Charlie Chan)
    "The Powder Puff Cop" 2pg - (text)
    "The Toledo Terror" 7pg - p:[C. Infantino] 
    "Hocus-Pocus Hearse" 6pg - p:Colben 
  3 October 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Secret Of The Smuggled Silk" 10pg - p:[C. Infantino] - (Charlie Chan)
    "The Mystery Of The Phantom Killer" 11pg - p:[C. Infantino] - (Charlie Chan)
    "Charlie Chan" 10pg - (Charlie Chan)
    "Anchors Aweigh" 2pg - (text)
    "Hilly Billy" 4pg - (humor)
    "Keri Krane" 8pg - p:[Briefer] - (Keri Drane)
  4 December 1948
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Burial-At-Sea Murder Mystery" 10pg - p:[C. Infantino] - (Charlie Chan)
    "The Model Murder Case" 10pg - p:[C. Infantino] - (Charlie Chan)
    "The Case Of The Missing Planet" 9pg - p:[C. Infantino] - (Charlie Chan)
    "Take It Easy" 2pg - (text)
    "Cassidy The Movie Cop" 5pg - (humor)
    "Keri Krane" 8pg - p:[Briefer] - (Keri Krane)
  5 February 1949
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Antique Burglar" 11pg - p:[Briefer] - (Charlie Chan)
    "Murder On Ice" 10pg - p:[Briefer] - (Charlie Chan)
    "The Dude Ranch Hold-Up" 11pg - p:[Briefer] - (Charlie Chan)
    "The Promotion" 2pg - (text)
    "The Fox Of Paris" 5pg - p:[C. Infantino] - (Charlie Chan)
    "Floating Mine Racket" 6pg - p:Stallman - (ghost artist for Stallman)

Charlie Chan (Charlton)
  6 June 1955
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "See No Evil" 6pg 
    "Pawns Of Peril" 7pg 
    "Pitfall" 7pg 
    "Tracer Of Missing People" 2pg 
    "Conscience Killed Him" 2pg 
  7 August 1955
    (cover) 
    "Silent Witness" 6pg 
    "The Talking Stone Face" 6pg 
    "Trick Ending" 7pg 
    "Lion Tamer" 6pg 
  8 October 1955
    (cover) 
    "Clever Victim" 6pg 
    "The Emerald Turtle" 6pg 
    "The Lock Without a Key" 7pg 
    "Beat in the Bushes" 6pg 
  9 December 1955
    (cover) 
    "Troublesome Time" 6pg 
    "Fool's Gold" 6pg 
    "Flanagan's Bank" 6pg 
    "The Penalty" 6pg

Boys' Ranch Checklist

2006-02-03T10:05:00.001-05:00


Last update: 5/30/2008

Codes:
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Boys' Ranch (Harvey)
  1 October 1950
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    (introduction) - p:[Kirby] - (pinup)
    "The Man Who Hated Boys" 17pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "How To Ride a Horse, Lesson 1" 1pg 
    "The Chisholm Trail" 1pg - (text with reused illustration)
    "Apache Agent" 1pg - (text)
    "Now You Can Make Your Pair of Western Moccasins" 1pg 
    "Boys' Ranch" 2pg - p:[Kirby] - (centerfold pinup)
    "Meet Wee Willie Weehawken" 5pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Indian Death Trap" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (text with reused illustration)
    "A Very Dangerous Dude" 9pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Introducing the Kid Cowboys" 2pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Western Lore" 1pg - p:[Meskin?] 
  2 December 1950
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Boys' Ranch Club News" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (illustrated club page)
    (introduction) - p:{Kirby} - (pinup)
    "Lead Will Fly At Sunset" 15pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Guns on the Chisholm Trail" 15pg - (illustrated text)
    "How To Make Your Spinning Rope" 1pg 
    "How Cowboys Say It" 1pg 
    "How To Ride a Horse, Lesson 2" 1pg 
    "The Original Cowboys" 1pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Four Massacres" 2pg - p:{Kirby} - (centerfold pinup)
    "Apache Justice" 7pg - p:{Kirby} 
    "Jack McGregor's Bluff" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (illustrated text)
    "The Clay Duncan Story" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Living In The Desert" 1pg - p:[Kirby & ?] 
  3 February 1951
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Boys' Ranch Club News" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (illustrated club page)
    (introduction) - p:[Kirby] - (pinup)
    "Mother Delilah" 20pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Social Night In Town" 2pg - p:Kirby - (centerfold pinup)
    "The Legend Of Alby Fleezer" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Revenge" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (text with reused illustration)
    "How To Ride A Horse, Lesson 3" 1pg 
    "How Cowboys Say It" 1pg 
    "The Texas Rangers" 1pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Indian War Rattle" 1pg 
    "I'll Fight You For Lucy" 6pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Peace In Death" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (text with reused illustration)
    "How To Spin A Rope, Lesson 3, The Wedding Ring" 1pg 
  4 April 1951
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Boys' Ranch Club News" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (Illustrated club page)
    (introduction) - p:[Kirby] - (pinup)
    "The Bugle Blows At Bloody Knife" 12pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Meskin] & [Kirby?]- (Kirby splash)
    "King Red Eye's Last Raid" 2pg - p:{Kirby} - (centerfold pinup)
    "Fight To The Finish" 6pg - p:[Kirby] & [Meskin? & ?] - (Kirby splash)
    "The People Who Murdered Themselves" 1pg - i:[Kirby]- (text with reused illustration)
    "How Cowboys Say It" 1pg - p:[Stein] 
    "How To Spin A Rope, Lesson 4, Handshaking" 1pg 
    "How To Make Your Own Tom-Tom" 1pg 
    "Killer Stallion" 1pg - p:[Kirby?] - (illustrated text)
    "How To Ride A Horse, Lesson 4, Behavior of Horses" 1pg 
  5 June 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    (introduction) - p:{Kirby} - (pinup)
    "Last Mail To Red Fork" 12pg - p:[Kirby] & [Meskin? & ?] - (Kirby splash)
    "The Riders Of The Pony Express" 2pg - p:[Kirby] - (centerfold pinup)
    "Bandits, Bullets And Wild Wild Women" 8pg - p:[Kirby] & [Meskin? & ?] - (Kirby splash)
    "How To Make Your Own Headress" 1pg 
    "Ambush At Cherokee Pass" 1pg - (illustrated text)
    "How To Spin A Rope, Lesson 5, Lying Down" 1pg 
    "The Man of Iron" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (text with reused illustration)
    "How To Ride A Horse, Lesson 5, Using the Aids" 1pg - p:[Meskin?] 
  6 August 1951
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    (introduction) - p:Kirby - (pinup)
    "Teeth For The Iron Horse" 13pg - p:[Kirby & ?] - (Kirby pages 1-3)
    "Remember The Alamo" 2pg - p:[Kirby] - (centerfold pinup)
    "Happy Boy Carries The Ball" 6pg - p:[Kirby & ?] - (Kirby splash)
    "Fun at the Zoo" 1pg - p:McCarthy 
    "Fun at the Zoo" 1pg - p:McCarthy 
    "Indian Attack" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (text with reused illustrations)
    "How To Ride A Horse, Lesson 6, The Gaits of a Horse" 1pg 
    "Six-Gun Justice" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (text with reused illustration)
    "How Cowboys Say It" 1pg 
    "Now You Can Make Your Pair of Western Moccasins" 1pg

Black Magic DC Checklist

2006-02-03T10:04:00.001-05:00


Last update: 1/17/2009

Codes:
    r:  = reprint
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Black Magic (National/DC)
  1 (v.1, n.1) November 1973
    (cover) - p:[Grandenetti] 
    "Maniac" 7pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #32 Sep 1954)
    "The Head of the Family" 8pg - (r BM #30 May 1954)
    "The Greatest Horror Of Them All" 5pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #29 Mar 1954)
    "The Vigil" 1pg - (text)
  2 (v.1, n.2) January 1974
    (cover) - p:[Grandenetti] 
    "Fool's Paradise" 6pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #26 Sep 1953)
    "The Cat People" 6pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #27 Nov 1953)
    "Birth After Death" 3pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #20 Jan 1953)
    "Those Who Are About To Die" 5pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #23 Apr 1953)
    "The Red Bird" 1pg - (text)
  3 (v.1, n.3) May 1974
    (cover) - p:[Grandenetti] 
    "Nasty Little Man" 8pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #18 Nov 1952)
    "The Angel Of Death" 7pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #15 Aug 1952)
    "The Courts Of Sleep" 5pg - (r BM #14 Jul 1952)
    "Minuet by Moonlight" 1pg - (illustrated text)
  4 (v.1, n.4) July 1974
    (cover) - p:[Kirby & Grandenetti?] 
    "The Girl The Earth Ate Up" 5pg - (r BM #6 Aug 1951)
    "His Father's Footsteps" 5pg - p:[Meskin] - (r BM #1 Oct 1950)
    "The Man with a Vision" 1pg - (text)
    "Last Second Of Life" 10pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #1 Oct 1950)
  5 (v.1, n.5) September 1974
    (cover) - p:[Grandenetti] 
    "Strange Old Bird" 6pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #25 Jun 1953)
    "It's Your Funeral" 8pg - p:[Meskin] - (r BM #12 May 1952)
    "Up There" 6pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #13 Jun 1952)
    "Warning" 1pg - (text)
  6 (v.1, n.6) November 1974
    (cover) - p:[Grandenetti] 
    "The Thirteenth Floor" 7pg - p:[Prentice] - (r BM #11 Apr 1952)
    "Satan's Sister" 7pg - p:[Draut] - (r B|M #3 Feb 1951)
    "The Girl Who Walked On Water" 6pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #11 Apr 1952)
    "I Wouldn't Let Him Die" 1pg - (text)
  7 (v.1, n.7) January 1975
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #17 Oct 1952)
    "The Cloak" 7pg - p:[Kirby] - (r BM #2 Dec 1950)
    "The Mary Celeste: Ship Of Evil" 1pg - (r BM #17 Oct 1952)
    "Freak" 8pg - p:[Meskin] - (r BM #17 Oct 1952)
    "The Boy Who Was 2000 Years Old" 4pg - (r BM #17 Oct 1952)
    "Murder?" 1pg - (text)
  8 (v.1, n.8) March 1975
    (cover) - p:[Grandenetti] 
    "When You Were Alive" 6pg - p:[Premiani?] - (r BM #1 Oct 1950)
    "The Girl In The Grave" 5pg - p:[Kirby] - (r SWYD #2 Sep 1952)
    "My  Dolly Is The Devil" 7pg - (r BM #1 Oct 1950)
    "Send Us Your Dreams" 2pg - p:[Kirby] - (r SWYD #3 Nov 1952)
    ""It"" 1pg - (text)
  9 (v.1, n.9) May 1975
    (cover) - p:[Grandenetti] - (r BM #2 Dec 1950)
    "Yesterday You Died" 8pg - p:[Draut] - (r BM #2 Dec 1950)
    "Who Walks In My Dreams" 8pg - p:[Meskin] - (r BM #5 Jun 1951)
    "The Woman In The Tower" 4pg - p:[Kirby] - (r SWYD #3 Nov 1952)
    "Double Destiny" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (text)

Black Magic Checklist

2006-02-03T10:03:00.001-05:00


Last update: 5/23/2009

Codes:
    r:  = reprint
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Black Magic (Prize)
  1 (v.1, n.1) October 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Last Second Of Life" 10pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Woman In The Mirror" 6pg - p:Meskin 
    "His Father's Footsteps" 5pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Don't Look Now" 6pg - p:[Draut] 
    "The Idol" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "When You  Were Alive" 6pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "My Dolly Is The Devil" 7pg - p:[Starr] 
  2 (v.1, n.2) December 1950
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Scorn Of The Faceless People" 10pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Cheerful Old Lady In Black" 7pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "The Cloak" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Out of Your Mind" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "I've Seen You Before" 6pg - p:[Premiani?] 
    "Yesterday You Died" 8pg - p:[Draut] 
  3 (v.1, n.3) February 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "A Silver Bullet For Your Heart" 11pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "A Curse On You" 8pg - p:Meskin 
    "Satan's Sister" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
    "The Signal" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "The World Of Shadows" 6pg - p:[Roussos] 
    "The Voices In The Night" 6pg - p:Stein 
  4 (v.1, n.4) April 1951
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Voodoo On Tenth Avenue" 9pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Hideout" 8pg - p:[Roussos] 
    "A Man's Last Dream" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "The Strangest Facts" 1pg 
    "Up to the Jury" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "The Dead Don't Really Die" 6pg - p:Meskin 
    "The Jonah" 7pg - p:[Draut] 
  5 (v.1, n.5) June 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Who Walks In My Dream" 8pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "Justice For The Dead" 7pg - p:[Prentice] 
    "Sleep, Perchance To Die" 9pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "The World Of Spirits" 2pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Death of a Sleepwalker" 2pg - s:Alexander - (illustrated text)
    "Follow Me" 6pg 
    "The Face From The Future" 7pg - p:[Roussos] 
  6 (v.1, n.6) August 1951
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Masterpiece" 6pg - p:[Meskin] 
    "The Moment Of Shadow" 5pg - p:[Draut] 
    "A Wolf That Hummed A Nursery Rhyme" 5pg - p:Donahue 
    "Union With The Dead" 3pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Vacation in the Mountains" 2pg - (illustrated text)
    "Skull's Eyes Never Sleep" 6pg - p:[Draut] 
    "The Girl The Earth Ate Up" 5pg - p:[Roussos]

Fighting American Checklist

2006-02-03T09:53:00.001-05:00


Last update: 7/10/2009

Codes:
    r:  = reprint
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Fighting American (Prize)
  1 April 1954
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] i:[Kirby]
    "Break The Spy-Ring" 10pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Kirby]
    "Reuel Gridley" 1pg - (text)
    "Baby Buzz Bombs" 6pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Kirby]
    "Abracadabra" 1pg 
    "Eagle Trap" 1pg - (text)
    "Homer" 1pg 
    "Duel To The Finish Line" 7pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Kirby]
  2 June 1954
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} i:[Kirby]
    "The League Of The Handsome Devils" 9pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Kirby]
    "Gerard" 1pg 
    "The Champion" 1pg - (text)
    "Meet Doubleheader" 7pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Kirby]
    "A Blue Note" 1pg - (text)
    "Gerard" 1pg 
    "City of Ghouls" 7pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Kirby & Meskin]- (Kirby inks 1, 2, & 5, Meskin does rest)
  3 August 1954
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "The Man Who Sold Out Liberty" 6pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Gerard" 1pg 
    "Stranger From Paradise" 2pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Hunted" 1pg - (text)
    "Poison Ivan" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Fast Buck" 1pg - (text)
    "Gerard" 1pg 
    "Z-Food" 7pg - p:[Kirby] 
  4 October 1954
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    (unpublished cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Tokyo Runaround" 8pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Kirby & Meskin?]- (Kirby inking pages 1, 2, 5, 6, 8)
    "I Am Ignorov" 1pg - p:Tomey 
    "Poor Richard" 1pg - p:Malm 
    "Homecoming: Year 3000" 9pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Kirby]
    "Poor Richard" 1pg - p:Malm 
    "Mission Accomplished" 2pg - (text, based on "The Man Who Sold Out Liberty")
    "Operation Wolf" 5pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Kirby]
  5 December 1954
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Jiseppi, The Jungle Boy" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "The Year Bender" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Invisible Irving" 6pg - p:[Kirby] 
  6 February 1955
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Deadly Doolittle" 8pg - p:[Simon] 
    "The Making Of Fighting American" 3pg - p:[Kirby] - (reprint from FA #1)
    "Speedboy" 1pg - p:[Kirby] - (reprint from FA #1)
    "Super Khakalovitch" 10pg - p:[Kirby & Prentice] - (pg 1, 2, 4 - 7 by Kirby, 3, 8 - 10 by Prentice)
  7 April 1955
    (cover) - p:[Kirby] 
    "Sneak Of Araby" 8pg - p:[Kirby & ?] - (pg 1 by Kirby)
    "Three Coins In The Pushcart" 7pg - p:[Prentice] 
    "Space-Face" 5pg - p:[Kirby] i:[Meskin]

Fighting American (Harvey)
  1 October 1966
    (cover) - p:{Kirby} 
    "Round Robin" 5pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Roman Scoundrels" 8pg - p:[Kirby] 
    "Yafata's Moustache" 7pg - p:[Kirby]

Mort Meskin Checklist

2006-02-02T13:02:00.002-05:00


Last update: 3/1/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Action (National/DC)
     42   Nov  1941    8p "The Vigilante"
   s 43   Dec  1941   13p "The Vigilante"
     44   Jan  1942   13p "Galloping Gold"
     45   Feb  1942   13p "The Head"
   s 46   Mar  1942   12p "Crimes in Color"
     47   Apr  1942   12p "The Green Cowled Menace"
     48   May  1942   12p "Crime's Caravan "
     49   June 1942   12p "The Rainbow Man"
   s 50   July 1942   12p "The Man Who Came Back"
     51   Aug  1942   12p "Guns, Gold, and Glory"
     52   Sept 1942   12p "Sing a Song of Six Guns"
     53   Oct  1942   12p "The Blackout Blues"
     54   Nov  1942   12p "The Rookie who Fought a Ghost"
     55   Dec  1942   12p "Bullets for Breakfast"
   s 56   Jan  1943   12p "The Man Who Came Back"
     57   Feb  1943   12p "The Feud of the Rimfire Ridge"
   s 58   Mar  1943   12p "The Dummy and the Dumbbell"
     59   Apr  1943   12p "Fiddler's Fee"
     60   May  1943   12p "Rainbow over Crimeville"
     61   June 1943   12p "The Cat and the Fiddler"
     62   July 1943   12p "The Crime Carnival"
     63   Aug  1943   12p "Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc."
     64   Sept 1943   12p "The Treasure of Dead Man's Key"
     65   Oct  1943   12p "The Bard of Banditry"
     66   Nov  1943   10p "The Sword of Destiny"
     67   Dec  1943   10p "The Academy of Musical Crime"
     68   Jan  1944   10p "The Duke Goes to the Dogs"
     69   Feb  1944   10p "The Little Men Who Were There"
   a 70   Mar  1944   10p "A Challenge from the Pyramids"
     71   Apr  1944   10p "Alias Mr. Sunshine"
     72   May  1944   10p "The Guns of Killer Haines"
     73   June 1944   10p "Dirge on a Bull Fiddle"
     74   July 1944   10p "Wheels of Jeopardy"
     75   Aug  1944   10p "Blunderbuss Booty"
     76   Sept 1944   10p "The Mountain Without a Top"
     77   Oct  1944   10p "The Rainbow Man sees Red"
     78   Nov  1944   10p "Portraits for Plunder"
     79   Dec  1944   10p "Birds of Ill Omen"
     80   Jan  1945   10p "The Pillage of the Parthenon"
     81   Feb  1945   10p "The Chinatown Kid, Magician"
     82   Mar  1945   10p "Magnet for Mobsters"
     83   Apr  1945   10p "A Fortune for a Fossil"
     84   May  1945   10p "Three's a Crowd"
     85   June 1945    5p "Old Wyoming"
   a 86   July 1945   10p "Orient of the Occident"
     87   Aug  1945   10p "The Dummy Art Expert"
     88   Sept 1945   10p "Of Cops and Robbers"
     89   Oct  1945   10p "The Curse of the Khabod Q"
   a 90   Nov  1945   10p "Picayune Pilferers"
     91   Dec  1945   10p "The Fiddler's Jam Session"
   s 92   Jan  1946   10p "The Amazing Mr. Minute"
     93   Feb  1946   10p "Way Down East"
     94   Mar  1946   10p "The Escape of Elephant Al"
     95   Apr  1946   10p "The Burgling Bookman"
     96   May  1946   10p "Danger's Midgets"
     97   June 1946   10p "Animal Master"
     98   July 1946   10p "Treasure of the Ancients"
   ? 99   Aug  1946   10p "The Book That Was Too Real"
     100  Sept 1946   10p ""
   ? 101  Oct  1946   10p "When East Goes West"

Adventure (National/DC)
   s 81   Dec  1942   10p "Starman's Lucky Star"
   s 82   Jan  1943   10p "Hitch A Wagon To The Stars"

All American Men of War (National/DC)
     13   Sept 1954    7p "The Three Tanks"

All For Love (Prize)
     2    (v.1, n2)  June 1957    6p "Leading Man"
     2    (v.1, n2)  June 1957    6p "My Destiny"

Battle Action (Timely/Atlas/Marvel)
     24   Aug  1956    5p "No Surrender"

Black Cat Mystery (Harvey)
     57   Jan  1956    5p "The World Of Mr. Chatt"

Black Magic (Prize)
   s 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1950    6p "The Woman In The Mirror"
     1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1950    5p "His Father's Footsteps"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Dec  1950    7p "The Cheerful Old Lady In Black"
   s 3    (v.1, n3)  Feb  1951    8p "A Curse On You"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Apr  1951    8p "A Man's Last Dream"
   s 4    (v.1, n4)  Apr  1951    6p "The Dead Don't Really Die"
     5    (v.1, n5)  June 1951    8p "Who Walks In My Dream"
     5    (v.1, n5)  June 1951    9p "Sleep, Perchance To Die"
     6    (v.1, n6)  Aug  1951    6p "The Masterpiece"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Oct  1951    8p "The Man Who Captured A Ghost"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Dec  1951    9p "Invisible Link"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Dec  1951    6p "The House That Tried To Kill Me"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Feb  1952    4p "Faith Healer"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Feb  1952    5p "The Ghost Of Chateau Bois"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1952    3p "Memory House"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1952    4p "The World Beyond Reality"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1952    7p "The Assassin"
     11   (v.2, n5)  Apr  1952    5p "Drop Me Of At The Cemetery"
     12   (v.2, n6)  May  1952    8p "It's Your Funeral"
     12   (v.2, n6)  May  1952    7p "A Giant Walks The Earth"
     13   (v.2, n7)  June 1952    7p "A Rag, A Bone And A Hank Of Hair"
     14   (v.2, n8)  July 1952    8p "Choose A Face"
     15   (v.2, n9)  Aug  1952    7p "The Promised Land"
     17   (v.2, n11) Oct  1952    6p "Guardian Angel"
     19   (v.3, n1)  Dec  1952    4p "Return From The Grave"
     23   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1953    6p "Land Of The Dead"
     31   (v.5, n1)  July 1954    6p "Gargoyle"
     31   (v.5, n1)  July 1954    6p "The Half-Men"
     32   (v.5, n2)  Sept 1954    5p "The Devil Doll"

Black Magic (National/DC)
   r 4    (v.1, n4)  July 1974    5p "His Father's Footsteps"- (r BM #1 Oct 1950)
   r 5    (v.1, n5)  Sept 1974    8p "It's Your Funeral"- (r BM #12 May 1952)
   r 7    (v.1, n7)  Jan  1975    8p "Freak"- (r BM #17 Oct 1952)
   r 9    (v.1, n9)  May  1975    8p "Who Walks In My Dreams"- (r BM #5 Jun 1951)

Black Terror (Standard)
   s 27   Oct  1948   10p "The Haunt of Kowanchoo"

Boys' Ranch (Harvey)
     1    Oct  1950    2p "Introducing the Kid Cowboys"
   ? 1    Oct  1950    1p "Western Lore"
     2    Dec  1950    1p "The Original Cowboys"
     3    Feb  1951    1p "The Texas Rangers"
     3    Feb  1951    6p "I'll Fight You For Lucy"
   ? 5    June 1951    1p "How To Ride A Horse, Lesson 5, Using the Aids"

Chamber of Chills (Harvey)
     24   July 1954    5p "Credit and Loss"

Fighting Yank (Standard)
   s 28   July 1949   10p "The Crucible of Crime"
   s 28   July 1949    8p "Ho, For the Artist's Life"
   s 29   Aug  1949   10p "Fireworks on the Fourth"
   s 29   Aug  1949    4p "The Half-Horsepower Judge"
   s 29   Aug  1949    2p "The Fighting Yank's Submarine Patrol"- (illustrated text)
   s 29   Aug  1949    8p "Accidents for Sale"

Frankenstein (Prize)
     27   Oct  1953    6p "So Red My Roses"

Golden Lad (Spark)
     1    July 1945       [cover]
   s 1    July 1945    9p "The Heart of Gold"
   s 2    Nov  1945       [cover]
   s 2    Nov  1945    9p "The Haven for All"
   s 3    Feb  1946       [cover]
     4    Apr  1946       [cover]
     4    Apr  1946       [contents]
   s 4    Apr  1946   11p "The Menace of the Minstrel"
   s 5    June 1946       [cover]

Headline (Prize)
   s 40   (v.5, n4)  Mar  1950    8p "The Man Of Many Faces"
     43   (v.6, n1)  Sept 1950    7p "Our Swords Will Find You"
     44   (v.6, n2)  Nov  1950    7p "Dynamite"
     45   (v.6, n3)  Jan  1951    8p "City In Terror"
     45   (v.6, n3)  Jan  1951    7p "Name Your Assassin"
     48   (v.6, n6)  July 1951    7p "Leech Of The Underworld"
     48   (v.6, n6)  July 1951    7p "Loophole"
     49   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1951    8p "Come Share My Tomb"
     49   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1951    7p "Female Of The Species"
     50   (v.7, n2)  Nov  1951    7p "Cross and Double Cross"
     52   (v.7, n4)  Mar  1952    7p "Coffin for a Killer"
     53   (v.7, n5)  May  1952    7p "The Accusing Corpse"
     54   (v.7, n6)  July 1952    7p "Shadow of the Gallows"
     55   (v.8, n1)  Sept 1952    7p "Mr. Underground"
     58   (v.8, n4)  Mar  1953    1p "Crime Oddities"
     61   (v.9, n1)  Sept 1953    6p "Brain of the Underworld"
     62   (v.9, n2)  Nov  1953    6p "Efficiency System"
     63   (v.9, n3)  Jan  1954    4p "Time To Kill"
     63   (v.9, n3)  Jan  1954    6p "Counterfeit G-Man"
     64   (v.9, n4)  Mar  1954    6p "Savage Circle"
     65   (v.9, n5)  May  1954    6p "Appointment with Death"
     66   (v.9, n6)  July 1954    3p "Murder Will Out"
     66   (v.9, n6)  July 1954    2p "Soft Touch"
     66   (v.9, n6)  July 1954    6p "G-Men Are Poison"
     67   (v.10, n1) Sept 1954    6p "Chain Reaction"
   ? 68   (v.10, n2) Nov  1954    6p "Road To Alcatraz"
     69   (v.10, n3) Jan  1955    3p "Freezeout"
     70   (v.10, n4) Mar  1955    6p "Face of Death"
     70   (v.10, n4) Mar  1955    6p "Flames of Destruction"
   ? 71   (v.10, n5) May  1955    6p "The Crusader"
     72   (v.10, n6) July 1955    6p "Ordeal By Fire"
     72   (v.10, n6) July 1955    6p "My Beat"
   s 73   (v.11, n1) Sept 1955    6p "Big Man"
     74   (v.11, n2) Jan  1956    7p "Money From Nowhere"
     75   (v.11, n3) Mar  1956    6p "Duke Kennedy"
     75   (v.11, n3) Mar  1956    6p "The Fight Fan"

House of Mystery (National/DC)
     60   Mar  1957    6p "The Thing in the Telescope"
     64   July 1957    6p "The Human Time Capsule"
     66   Sept 1957       [cover]
     66   Sept 1957    6p "The Girl in the Iron Mask"
     70   Jan  1958    6p "The Menace of the Maze"
     78   Sept 1958    6p "The 100 Lives of Napoleon Burke"

House of Secrets (National/DC)
     3    Mar  1957    6p "The Mystery of the Martian Menu"
     4    May  1957    6p "The Amazing Visions of Abel Innes"
     6    June 1957    6p "The Bewitched Costumes"
     19   Apr  1959    8p "The Man Who Turned to Gold"
     42   Mar  1961    8p "The Thief of Time"

In Love (Mainline)
     1    Sept 1954    2p "After The Honey-Moon"

Jumbo (Fiction House Magazines)
   s 1    Sept 1938    5p "Sheena"
   s 2    Oct  1938    4p "The Diary of Dr. Hayward"

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
     17   (v.3, n5)  Aug  1950    7p "The Statue Screams"
     19   (v.4, n1)  Oct  1950    7p "Deadlier Than The Male"
     20   (v.4, n2)  Nov  1950    8p "Curse Of Me-Meb"
     20   (v.4, n2)  Nov  1950    7p "Human Cargo"
   s 21   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1950    7p "O'Hara Had A Heart"
     21   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1950    7p "The Dead Can't Sleep"
     22   (v.4, n4)  Jan  1951    8p "Bad Medicine"
     22   (v.4, n4)  Jan  1951    7p "Hideout"
     23   (v.4, n5)  Feb  1951    8p "Prevue Of Death"
     23   (v.4, n5)  Feb  1951    7p "Bullets For Christmas"
     24   (v.4, n6)  Mar  1951    7p "A Handful of Death"
     27   (v.4, n9)  June 1951    7p "Houdini of the Underworld"
     28   (v.4, n10) July 1951    7p "Foto Frame-Up"
     29   (v.4, n11) Aug  1951    7p "Rat Hole"
     30   (v.4, n12) Sept 1951    7p "Trail Of Doom"
     30   (v.4, n12) Sept 1951    7p "Dead Man's Debt"
     31   (v.5, n1)  Oct  1951    7p "Angel Of Death"
     32   (v.5, n2)  Nov  1951    7p "A Very Careful Guy"
     33   (v.5, n3)  Dec  1951    7p "Monster On The Midway"
     34   (v.5, n4)  Jan  1952    7p "Dead Man's Double"
     35   (v.5, n5)  Feb  1952    6p "Fall Guy"
     36   (v.5, n6)  Mar  1952    7p "Find the Woman"
     37   (v.5, n7)  Apr  1952    6p "Breakout"
     38   (v.5, n8)  May  1952    5p "14 Carat Payoff"
     39   (v.5, n9)  June 1952    7p "Terror"
     40   (v.5, n10) July 1952    7p "One Way to the Chair"
     41   (v.5, n11) Aug  1952    8p "No Place To Hide"
   s 43   (v.6, n1)  Oct  1952    6p "Restless Dead"
     45   (v.6, n3)  Dec  1952    6p "Embezzlement"
     45   (v.6, n3)  Dec  1952    5p "Easy Money"
   ? 47   (v.6, n5)  Feb  1953    5p "Payoff"
     48   (v.6, n6)  Mar  1953    6p "Web of Pain"- (text)
     49   (v.6, n7)  Apr  1953    5p ".38 Caliber Casanova"
     53   (v.6, n11) Aug  1953    6p "Boomerang"
     54   (v.6, n12) Sept 1953    5p "Fatal Mistake"
     55   (v.7, n1)  Oct  1953    4p "Rebound"
     56   (v.7, n2)  Nov  1953    5p "G-Man Payoff"
     56   (v.7, n2)  Nov  1953    6p "Side-Liner"
     57   (v.7, n3)  Dec  1953    6p "The Tri-State Terror"
     58   (v.7, n4)  Jan  1954    7p "Desert Justice"
     61   (v.7, n7)  Apr  1954    6p "Pretty Boy Floyd"
     63   (v.7, n9)  June 1954    6p "Deadly Detour"
     63   (v.7, n9)  June 1954    5p "Big Wheel"
     64   (v.7, n10) July 1954    6p "The Gentleman Farmer"
     65   (v.7, n11) Aug  1954    6p "One Slug Short"
     65   (v.7, n11) Aug  1954    6p "Deadly Reunion"
     66   (v.7, n12) Sept 1954    6p "V.I.P."
     69   (v.8, n3)  Dec  1954    5p "Flames Of Sabotage"
     69   (v.8, n3)  Dec  1954    5p "Find The Corpse"
     70   (v.8, n4)  Mar  1955    6p "The Fix"
     72   (v.8, n6)  Mar  1955    6p "The Saucer Man"
     75   (v.8, n9)  June 1955    2p "Jackpot"
     76   (v.8, n10) July 1955    6p "Tour of Duty"
   s 78   (v.8, n12) Sept 1955    6p "The Motorcycle"
   ? 79   (v.9, n1)  Dec  1955    6p "Blackmailers"

More Fun (National/DC)
   s 85   Nov  1942    8p "The Magic Formula"
   s 107  Jan  1946   10p "Vacation with Double Pay"

Out of the Shadows (Standard)
   s 14   Aug  1954    7p "Werewolf"

Pep (Archie)
   s 3    Apr  1940    6p "The Press Guardian"
   s 7    Aug  1940    6p "Perry Case the Press Guardian"
   s 11   Jan  1941    6p "Press Guardian"
   s 11   Jan  1941    6p "Midshipman"
   s 13   Mar  1941    6p "Midshipman"

Police Trap (Mainline)
     1    Sept 1954    4p "The Capture"

Prize Comics Western (Prize)
     114  Nov  1955    6p "The Drifter"
   s 115  Jan  1956    6p "Bad Medicine"
     116  Mar  1956    6p "Lighting Draw"
     118  July 1956    7p "Mystery of the Calico Pony"
   s 118  July 1956    6p "Thirsty Mule"

Real Fact (National/DC)
     10   Sept 1947       [cover]
     10   Sept 1947    6p "How a Movie Serial is Made"

Real West Romances (Prize)
   s 5    Dec  1949    8p "Tenderfoot In Love"
   s 6    Feb  1950    9p "Lies, Love and Hoss Liniment"
     6    Feb  1950    2p "Kiss In The Moonlight"- (illustrated text)

Strange Adventures (National/DC)
     168  Sept 1964    9p "I Hunted Toki the Terrible"

Strange World of Your Dreams (Prize)
     1    Aug  1952    2p "You Sent Us This Dream"
     1    Aug  1952    7p "The Dreaming Tower"
     2    Sept 1952    7p "I Lived 200 Years Ago"
     3    Nov  1952    8p "Edge Of Madness"
     4    Jan  1953    7p "Show Your Face"

Tales Of The Unexpected (National/DC)
     12   Apr  1957    6p "The Witch's Statues"
     13   May  1957    6p "The Thing from the Skies"
     13   May  1957    6p "The Thing from the Skies"
     15   July 1957    6p "The City of Three Dooms"
     15   July 1957    6p "The City of Three Dooms"
     16   Aug  1957    6p "I Was a Spy for Them"
     18   Oct  1957    6p "The Riddle of the Glass Bubble"
     18   Oct  1957    6p "The Riddle of the Glass Bubble"

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (Prize)
     1    May  1955    7p "The Spaceship of Doom"
     1    May  1955    8p "Octopus Tree"
     1    May  1955    7p "The Spaceways of Peril"
   s 2    July 1955       [cover]
     2    July 1955    9p "The Outlaws of Uranus"
     2    July 1955    7p "The Invaders"
     2    July 1955    6p "Wolf Planet"
   s 3    Sept 1955       [cover]
   s 3    Sept 1955    8p "Dangerous Cargo"
   s 3    Sept 1955    7p "The Drifter"
     3    Sept 1955    7p "The Craters of Mercury"

Treasure (Prize)
   s 10   Dec  1946    6p "Know Your America"
     12   Fall 1947    6p "Know Your America"

Western Comics (National/DC)
     3    May  1948   10p "Vigilante"
     4    July 1948   10p "The Four Notches of Hate"

Western Love (Prize)
   s 4    Jan  1950    8p "The Rancher's Daughter"
     5    Mar  1950    1p "Cowboy Romeo Or City Slicker"
   s 5    Mar  1950    9p "Lilly's Last Stand"

Western Tales (Harvey)
   r 32   Mar  1956    6p "I'll Fight You For Lucy"

Young Brides (Prize)
   s 1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1952    8p "My Hero"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Nov  1952    7p "Wait For The Doctor"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1953    3p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1953    8p "Bride And Broom"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1953    7p "Strange Honeymoon"
   s 4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1953    8p "Under 21"
     5    (v.1, n5)  May  1953    7p "Don't Cry On My Shoulder"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Dec  1953    1p "How He Proposed"
     11   (v.2, n5)  Jan  1954    6p "Too Beautiful To Be True"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Feb  1954    6p "Don't Take My Child From Me"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Apr  1954    6p "Faithless"
     15   (v.2, n9)  May  1954    7p "Husband At Large"
     16   (v.2, n10) June 1954       [cover]
     17   (v.2, n11) July 1954    7p "Act Of Faith"
     17   (v.2, n11) July 1954    6p "Mother To All"
     18   (v.2, n12) Sept 1954    6p "My Cheating Heart"
   s 22   (v.3, n4)  May  1955       [cover]
   s 23   (v.3, n5)  July 1955       [cover]

Young Love (Prize)
   s 8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    8p "Danger, Soft Shoulder"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    1p "Which Is Your Dream Man?"
   s 9    (v.2, n3)  May  1950    8p "A Man In Her Room"
     9    (v.2, n3)  May  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
   s 10   (v.2, n4)  June 1950    8p "My Backwoods Love"
   s 11   (v.2, n5)  July 1950    7p "Let's Try Again"
   s 11   (v.2, n5)  July 1950    7p "A Match For Any Man"
     11   (v.2, n5)  July 1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Aug  1950    8p "Smooth Operator"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Aug  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
   s 13   (v.2, n7)  Sept 1950    8p "In Trouble"
     13   (v.2, n7)  Sept 1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Oct  1950    8p "Stay Out Of My Life"
   s 14   (v.2, n8)  Oct  1950    8p "Girls Like Her"
     16   (v.2, n10) Dec  1950    7p "The Upstairs Maid"
     17   (v.2, n11) Jan  1951    8p "I Saw Him First"
     17   (v.2, n11) Jan  1951    7p "I Promised Never To Marry"
     18   (v.2, n12) Feb  1951    8p "Unwilling Bride"
     18   (v.2, n12) Feb  1951    1p "Let's Talk Clothes"
     19   (v.3, n1)  Mar  1951    3p "Only Human"
     19   (v.3, n1)  Mar  1951    9p "Love Song In Blue"
     20   (v.3, n2)  Apr  1951    8p "The Cinderella Girl"
     20   (v.3, n2)  Apr  1951    8p "Love Parasite"
     20   (v.3, n2)  Apr  1951    3p "Will You Help Me"
   s 21   (v.3, n3)  May  1951    9p "Get Rid Of That Woman"
     21   (v.3, n3)  May  1951    8p "Second Try"
     22   (v.3, n4)  June 1951   10p "Meet The Folks"
     22   (v.3, n4)  June 1951    1p "There's Romance In The Stars"
     22   (v.3, n4)  June 1951    9p "The Breakup"
     23   (v.3, n5)  July 1951    9p "Maid To Order"
     24   (v.3, n6)  Aug  1951    3p "If Your Thinking Of Eloping"
     24   (v.3, n6)  Aug  1951    8p "Native Wedding"
     25   (v.3, n7)  Sept 1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
     25   (v.3, n7)  Sept 1951    9p "Marriage Bargain"
   s 26   (v.3, n8)  Oct  1951    8p "Let's Keep It Gay"
     26   (v.3, n8)  Oct  1951    2p "Problem Clinic"
     27   (v.3, n9)  Nov  1951    8p "The Brush Off"
     27   (v.3, n9)  Nov  1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
   s 27   (v.3, n9)  Nov  1951    9p "Fresh As Daisy"
   s 28   (v.3, n10) Dec  1951    8p "The Pest"
     28   (v.3, n10) Dec  1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
   s 28   (v.3, n10) Dec  1951    8p "The Other Woman"
     29   (v.3, n11) Jan  1952    8p "Love 'Em And Leave 'Em Guy"
     29   (v.3, n11) Jan  1952    5p "The Sensible Thing To Do"
     29   (v.3, n11) Jan  1952    2p "Problem Clinic"
     30   (v.3, n12) Feb  1952    1p "The Way They Met"
     30   (v.3, n12) Feb  1952    6p "Mel-Vin"
     30   (v.3, n12) Feb  1952    8p "Tired Of Her"
     31   (v.4, n1)  Mar  1952    6p "Razzle Dazzle Romance"
     32   (v.4, n2)  Apr  1952    9p "Love Or Goulash"
     32   (v.4, n2)  Apr  1952    2p "Problem Clinic"
     32   (v.4, n2)  Apr  1952    9p "His Lucky Number"
     33   (v.4, n3)  May  1952    7p "Under My Skin"
     34   (v.4, n4)  June 1952    6p "Live It Up"
   s 35   (v.4, n5)  July 1952    5p "Mind Your Manners"
     35   (v.4, n5)  July 1952    3p "Problem Clinic"
     36   (v.4, n6)  Aug  1952    8p "Mister Fix-It"
     36   (v.4, n6)  Aug  1952    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     36   (v.4, n6)  Aug  1952    7p "Man Of Mystery"
   s 38   (v.4, n8)  Oct  1952    8p "Take Care Of My Sweetheart"
     38   (v.4, n8)  Oct  1952    2p "Problem Clinic"
     39   (v.4, n9)  Nov  1952    7p "Marriage On The Rocks"
     39   (v.4, n9)  Nov  1952    6p "Lovers Quarrel"
     40   (v.4, n10) Dec  1952    2p "Problem Clinic"
   s 41   (v.4, n11) Jan  1953    8p "Forget Me, Fraulein"
   s 42   (v.4, n12) Feb  1953    8p "Scarlet Sister"
     51   (v.5, n9)  Nov  1953    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     52   (v.5, n10) Dec  1953    6p "Loving Sister"
     56   (v.6, n2)  Apr  1954       [cover]
     56   (v.6, n2)  Apr  1954    6p "I'll Buy Your Love"
   s 56   (v.6, n2)  Apr  1954    6p "Lola's Other Life"
     57   (v.6, n3)  May  1954    7p "Another Woman's Baby"
     57   (v.6, n3)  May  1954    8p "Beaten Woman"
     58   (v.6, n4)  June 1954    6p "Live, Love And Be Married"
     59   (v.6, n5)  July 1954    6p "Little Miss Know-It-All"
     60   (v.6, n6)  Aug  1954    6p "Outcast"
     61   (v.6, n7)  Sept 1954    6p "Tragedy For Three"
   s 65   (v.6, n11) June 1955       [cover]
   s 66   (v.6, n12) Aug  1955       [cover]
   s 67   (v.7, n1)  Oct  1955       [cover]
   s 67   (v.7, n1)  Oct  1955    6p "Change Of Heart"
   s 68   (v.7, n2)  Dec  1955       [cover]
   s 68   (v.7, n2)  Dec  1955    6p "No One To Marry"

Young Romance (Prize)
   s 16   (v.3, n4)  Dec  1949    7p "His Engagement Ring"
   s 18   (v.3, n6)  Feb  1950    8p "I Own This Man"
     19   (v.3, n7)  Mar  1950    1p "The Beauty Clinic"- (illustrated text)
   s 19   (v.3, n7)  Mar  1950    8p "The Fisherman's Daughter"
     20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950    1p "Do You Know Your Wolves"
     20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950    1p "That Well-Dressed Look"- (illustrated text)
   s 20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950    6p "The Prophecy"
   s 21   (v.3, n9)  May  1950    8p "The Woman Who Lost Him"
   s 22   (v.3, n10) June 1950    8p "Child Bride"
     24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950    1p "The Little Things Remind Him Of You"
     24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950    1p "Danger, Man Trap"
   s 24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950    8p "Take A Chance"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Sept 1950    1p "Are You A Gold Digger"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Sept 1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1950    1p "Do Something Nice For Your Sweetheart"
     27   (v.4, n3)  Nov  1950    8p "Chase Me Till I Catch You"
   s 28   (v.4, n4)  Dec  1950    7p "His Father's Son"
     29   (v.4, n5)  Jan  1951    7p "Diagnosis: Love"
   s 29   (v.4, n5)  Jan  1951    8p "Three's A Crowd"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Feb  1951    9p "My Lord And Master"
     31   (v.4, n7)  Mar  1951    3p "Will You Help Me"
     31   (v.4, n7)  Mar  1951    6p "My Last Blind Date"
     32   (v.4, n8)  Apr  1951    8p "Painted Woman"
   s 33   (v.4, n9)  May  1951    8p "Take A Letter, Darling"
     34   (v.4, n10) June 1951    3p "Will You Help Me"
     34   (v.4, n10) June 1951    7p "Girl Friday"
     35   (v.4, n11) July 1951    7p "The Man Who Loves Shabby Sally"
     35   (v.4, n11) July 1951    9p "The Catskill Man-Chasers"
     36   (v.4, n12) Aug  1951    2p "Problem Clinic"
     36   (v.4, n12) Aug  1951    7p "Big Brother Blues"
     37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1951    9p "Just To Be Near Him"
     37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
     38   (v.5, n2)  Oct  1951    7p "His Dancing Teacher"
     38   (v.5, n2)  Oct  1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
     39   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
     39   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1951    5p "Marvin's Pearl"
     39   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1951    1p "The Way They Met"
   s 40   (v.5, n4)  Dec  1951    7p "The Red Dress"
     41   (v.5, n5)  Jan  1952    3p "Problem Clinic"
     41   (v.5, n5)  Jan  1952    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     41   (v.5, n5)  Jan  1952    7p "Kill Her With Kindness"
     42   (v.5, n6)  Feb  1952    1p "The Way They Met"
     42   (v.5, n6)  Feb  1952    7p "The Green-Eyed Monster"
     42   (v.5, n6)  Feb  1952    8p "Marion's Husband"
     42   (v.5, n6)  Feb  1952    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     43   (v.5, n7)  Mar  1952    3p "Problem Clinic"
     43   (v.5, n7)  Mar  1952    7p "Say It With Kisses"
     43   (v.5, n7)  Mar  1952    9p "Gentlemen Prefer Ladies"
     44   (v.5, n8)  Apr  1952   10p "A Bride For Father"
     44   (v.5, n8)  Apr  1952    9p "The Lady Says She's Innocent"
     45   (v.5, n9)  May  1952    8p "By Appointment Only"
   s 45   (v.5, n9)  May  1952    8p "Treat 'Em Rough"
     46   (v.5, n10) June 1952    6p "The Gal On The Flying Trapeze"
     46   (v.5, n10) June 1952    7p "Little Busybody"
   s 47   (v.5, n11) July 1952    7p "Love Me, Love My Dog"
     47   (v.5, n11) July 1952    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     48   (v.5, n12) Aug  1952    7p "No Greater Love"
     49   (v.6, n1)  Sept 1952    1p "The Way They Met"
   s 50   (v.6, n2)  Oct  1952    8p "A Way With The Ladies"
     51   (v.6, n3)  Nov  1952    6p "Good Girl, Bad Girl"
     51   (v.6, n3)  Nov  1952    6p "Partners"
     52   (v.6, n4)  Dec  1952    8p "Ne'er Do Well"
     52   (v.6, n4)  Dec  1952    8p "Give Up Your Baby"
     53   (v.6, n5)  Jan  1953    1p "Problem Clinic"
   s 54   (v.6, n6)  Feb  1953    7p "Poison Pen"
     55   (v.6, n7)  Mar  1953    8p "Afraid To Go Home"
     58   (v.6, n10) June 1953    6p "Too Good For Me"
     59   (v.6, n11) July 1953    5p "You Stole My Girl"
     60   (v.6, n12) Aug  1953    2p "How Did You Meet Him"
     62   (v.7, n2)  Oct  1953    6p "Teen-Age Wildcat"
     63   (v.7, n3)  Nov  1953    1p "How He Proposed"
     63   (v.7, n3)  Nov  1953    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     68   (v.7, n8)  Apr  1954    6p "Brotherly Love"
     68   (v.7, n8)  Apr  1954    6p "The Man I Couldn't Have"
     71   (v.7, n11) July 1954    6p "Only Love Endures"
     71   (v.7, n11) July 1954    6p "Forsaking All Others"

Ken Riley Checklist

2006-02-02T13:01:00.002-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Black Cat (Harvey)
   ? 4    Feb  1947    7p "The Imitation Atlas"
   ? 5    Apr  1947    7p "Adventure, South American Style"
   r 6    July 1947    6p "The Loaded Oyster Bed"

Boy Explorers (Harvey)
     1    May  1946    7p "The Lesson In Room 303"
   ? 2    Sept 1946    6p "The Loaded Oyster Bed"

Young Love (Prize)
     3    (v.1, n3)  June 1949    8p "Match Makers"

Marvin Stein Checklist

2006-02-02T11:03:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Alarming Adventures (Harvey)
   s 1    Oct  1962    5p "The Aliens"

All For Love (Prize)
     2    (v.1, n2)  June 1957    7p "Loving Is Believing"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Oct  1957    6p "To Win My Love"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Oct  1957    6p "Ingenue at Romance"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Apr  1958    5p "Love For Granted"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Apr  1958    7p "The Man I Married"

Black Magic (Prize)
     35   (v.6, n2)  Nov  1957    6p "The Immortal"
     35   (v.6, n2)  Nov  1957    6p "The Old Man"
     37   (v.6, n4)  Mar  1958    6p "Stranger in 313"
     38   (v.6, n5)  May  1958    7p "The Impossible"
     39   (v.6, n6)  July 1958    7p "Double Trouble"
     40   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1958    6p "The Valley Of Forever"

Boys' Ranch (Harvey)
     4    Apr  1951    1p "How Cowboys Say It"

Headline (Prize)
   ? 40   (v.5, n4)  Mar  1950   10p "The Case Of Joe Andrews"
   s 47   (v.6, n5)  May  1951       [cover]
     48   (v.6, n6)  July 1951       [cover]
   s 49   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1951       [cover]
     49   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1951   10p "Speedway Racketeers"
   s 50   (v.7, n2)  Nov  1951       [cover]
     50   (v.7, n2)  Nov  1951   10p "Muscle Man"
     51   (v.7, n3)  Jan  1952       [cover]
   s 52   (v.7, n4)  Mar  1952       [cover]
   s 52   (v.7, n4)  Mar  1952   10p "The Hideout Racket"
   s 53   (v.7, n5)  May  1952       [cover]
     53   (v.7, n5)  May  1952   10p "The Business Buccaneers"
     53   (v.7, n5)  May  1952    6p "Getaway"
   s 54   (v.7, n6)  July 1952       [cover]
     54   (v.7, n6)  July 1952   10p "Homicide Peddlers"
   s 55   (v.8, n1)  Sept 1952       [cover]
     55   (v.8, n1)  Sept 1952   10p "The Grab-Bag King"
   s 56   (v.8, n2)  Nov  1952       [cover]
   s 56   (v.8, n2)  Nov  1952    7p "The Has-Been"
   s 57   (v.8, n3)  Jan  1953       [cover]
     57   (v.8, n3)  Jan  1953   10p "Counterfeit"
   s 58   (v.8, n4)  Mar  1953       [cover]
     58   (v.8, n4)  Mar  1953   10p "Merchant of Death"
   s 59   (v.8, n5)  May  1953       [cover]
     59   (v.8, n5)  May  1953    8p "Getaway Mob"
   s 59   (v.8, n5)  May  1953    5p "Find the Corpse"
   s 60   (v.8, n6)  July 1953       [cover]
     60   (v.8, n6)  July 1953    8p "Finger Man"
   s 61   (v.9, n1)  Sept 1953       [cover]
     61   (v.9, n1)  Sept 1953    8p "Moonshine"
   s 62   (v.9, n2)  Nov  1953       [cover]
     62   (v.9, n2)  Nov  1953    8p "Espionage"
     63   (v.9, n3)  Jan  1954       [cover]
   s 64   (v.9, n4)  Mar  1954       [cover]
     64   (v.9, n4)  Mar  1954    8p "The Black Hand"
   s 65   (v.9, n5)  May  1954       [cover]
     65   (v.9, n5)  May  1954    8p "Syndicate Boss"
     65   (v.9, n5)  May  1954    5p "Home to Homicide"
     66   (v.9, n6)  July 1954       [cover]
     66   (v.9, n6)  July 1954    8p "Ransom"
     66   (v.9, n6)  July 1954    6p "Manhunt"
   s 67   (v.10, n1) Sept 1954       [cover]
     67   (v.10, n1) Sept 1954    8p "The River Pirates"
     67   (v.10, n1) Sept 1954    6p "The Witness"
   s 68   (v.10, n2) Nov  1954       [cover]
   ? 68   (v.10, n2) Nov  1954    8p "The Charity Racketeers"
   s 68   (v.10, n2) Nov  1954    6p "Speed Merchant"
     69   (v.10, n3) Jan  1955       [cover]
     69   (v.10, n3) Jan  1955    8p "Homicide In The Headlines"
     69   (v.10, n3) Jan  1955    6p "The Honorable Way"
     70   (v.10, n4) Mar  1955       [cover]
     70   (v.10, n4) Mar  1955    8p "The Roller Derby Racketeers"
   s 71   (v.10, n5) May  1955       [cover]
     71   (v.10, n5) May  1955    8p "The Hot Ice Heisters"
     71   (v.10, n5) May  1955    6p "Double Play"
   s 72   (v.10, n6) July 1955       [cover]
     72   (v.10, n6) July 1955    8p "Jig-Saw"
     72   (v.10, n6) July 1955    4p "Puzzle"
   s 73   (v.11, n1) Sept 1955       [cover]
     73   (v.11, n1) Sept 1955    8p "Prison Riot"
   s 74   (v.11, n2) Jan  1956       [cover]
     74   (v.11, n2) Jan  1956    6p "Brainwash at Hong Kong"
   s 75   (v.11, n3) Mar  1956       [cover]
     75   (v.11, n3) Mar  1956    6p "Curse of the River Diamonds"
   s 77   (v.11, n5) Sept 1956       [cover]
     77   (v.11, n5) Sept 1956    6p "Flying Saucers"

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
     20   (v.4, n2)  Nov  1950       [cover]
   s 22   (v.4, n4)  Jan  1951    7p "Brute Force"
   s 23   (v.4, n5)  Feb  1951   10p "Terror Mob"
   s 24   (v.4, n6)  Mar  1951       [cover]
     24   (v.4, n6)  Mar  1951    6p "A Very Unusual Gent"
   s 26   (v.4, n8)  May  1951       [cover]
     27   (v.4, n9)  June 1951    7p "T-Man Blitz"
     28   (v.4, n10) July 1951       [cover]
   s 28   (v.4, n10) July 1951   10p "I Was a Counterfeiter"
   s 29   (v.4, n11) Aug  1951       [cover]
     30   (v.4, n12) Sept 1951       [cover]
   s 31   (v.5, n1)  Oct  1951       [cover]
   ? 31   (v.5, n1)  Oct  1951   10p "Big Time Mobster"
     32   (v.5, n2)  Nov  1951       [cover]
     32   (v.5, n2)  Nov  1951   10p "Shoplifting Syndicate"
   s 33   (v.5, n3)  Dec  1951       [cover]
     33   (v.5, n3)  Dec  1951   10p "The Fake Heir Swindle"
     34   (v.5, n4)  Jan  1952       [cover]
     34   (v.5, n4)  Jan  1952   10p "Million Dollar Medicine Racket"
     35   (v.5, n5)  Feb  1952       [cover]
   s 35   (v.5, n5)  Feb  1952   10p "Alien Blackmail Ring"
     37   (v.5, n7)  Apr  1952       [cover]
     37   (v.5, n7)  Apr  1952   10p "The Head-Hunters"
   s 38   (v.5, n8)  May  1952       [cover]
     38   (v.5, n8)  May  1952   10p "One Way Payoff"
   s 39   (v.5, n9)  June 1952       [cover]
     39   (v.5, n9)  June 1952   10p "The Food Profiteers"
   s 40   (v.5, n10) July 1952       [cover]
     40   (v.5, n10) July 1952   10p "King of the Dock Rackets"
   s 41   (v.5, n11) Aug  1952       [cover]
     41   (v.5, n11) Aug  1952    8p "The Protection Racket"
     42   (v.5, n12) Sept 1952       [cover]
     42   (v.5, n12) Sept 1952   10p "Scandal Sheet Shakedown"
     42   (v.5, n12) Sept 1952    8p "The Arbiter"
   s 43   (v.6, n1)  Oct  1952       [cover]
     43   (v.6, n1)  Oct  1952   10p "The Twentieth Century Pirates"
     43   (v.6, n1)  Oct  1952    7p "Too Smart to Burn"
   s 45   (v.6, n3)  Dec  1952       [cover]
     45   (v.6, n3)  Dec  1952   10p "The Framer"
     45   (v.6, n3)  Dec  1952    5p "Hoodlums Must Die"
   s 46   (v.6, n4)  Jan  1953       [cover]
     46   (v.6, n4)  Jan  1953   10p "KO Syndicate"
   s 47   (v.6, n5)  Feb  1953       [cover]
     47   (v.6, n5)  Feb  1953   10p "The Taxi Tricksters"
   s 48   (v.6, n6)  Mar  1953       [cover]
     48   (v.6, n6)  Mar  1953   10p "The Hockey Fixers"
   s 49   (v.6, n7)  Apr  1953       [cover]
     49   (v.6, n7)  Apr  1953    8p "Duel Passports"
   s 50   (v.6, n8)  May  1953       [cover]
     50   (v.6, n8)  May  1953    8p "Ex-Con Shakedown"
   s 51   (v.6, n9)  June 1953       [cover]
     51   (v.6, n9)  June 1953    8p "Mob Rule"
   s 52   (v.6, n10) July 1953       [cover]
     52   (v.6, n10) July 1953    8p "The Vandals"
   s 53   (v.6, n11) Aug  1953       [cover]
     53   (v.6, n11) Aug  1953    8p "The Wreckers"
   s 54   (v.6, n12) Sept 1953       [cover]
     54   (v.6, n12) Sept 1953    8p "Racket Guy"
     54   (v.6, n12) Sept 1953    6p "Hoods Die Young"
   s 55   (v.7, n1)  Oct  1953       [cover]
     55   (v.7, n1)  Oct  1953    8p "Inheritance Payoff"
     55   (v.7, n1)  Oct  1953    6p "The Ape Man Crimes"
   s 56   (v.7, n2)  Nov  1953       [cover]
     56   (v.7, n2)  Nov  1953    8p "The Hitch Heisters"
   s 57   (v.7, n3)  Dec  1953       [cover]
     57   (v.7, n3)  Dec  1953    8p "Salvage Sharks"
     57   (v.7, n3)  Dec  1953    4p "Dead Wrong"
   s 58   (v.7, n4)  Jan  1954       [cover]
     58   (v.7, n4)  Jan  1954    8p "The Swindler"
   s 60A  (v.7, n6)  Mar  1954       [cover]
     60A  (v.7, n6)  Mar  1954    8p "Body Snatchers"
     60A  (v.7, n6)  Mar  1954    7p "Benny Goes Straight"
     61   (v.7, n7)  Apr  1954       [cover]
     61   (v.7, n7)  Apr  1954    8p "The Safecrackers"
     61   (v.7, n7)  Apr  1954    5p "Legacy of Doom"
     63   (v.7, n9)  June 1954       [cover]
     63   (v.7, n9)  June 1954    8p "Highway Pirates"
   s 64   (v.7, n10) July 1954       [cover]
     64   (v.7, n10) July 1954    8p "Gangland Regime"
     65   (v.7, n11) Aug  1954       [cover]
     65   (v.7, n11) Aug  1954    8p "Blind Man's Bluff"
   s 66   (v.7, n12) Sept 1954       [cover]
     66   (v.7, n12) Sept 1954    8p "Always A Cop"
     66   (v.7, n12) Sept 1954    4p "The Green-Eyed Monster"
   s 67   (v.8, n1)  Oct  1954       [cover]
     67   (v.8, n1)  Oct  1954    8p "Tough Cop"
     67   (v.8, n1)  Oct  1954    6p "Feud"
   s 68   (v.8, n2)  Nov  1954       [cover]
     68   (v.8, n2)  Nov  1954    8p "T-Man Trap"
     68   (v.8, n2)  Nov  1954    6p "Not Fit for Duty"
   s 69   (v.8, n3)  Dec  1954       [cover]
     69   (v.8, n3)  Dec  1954    8p "The Pawn"
     70   (v.8, n4)  Mar  1955       [cover]
     70   (v.8, n4)  Mar  1955    8p "Feud"
     70   (v.8, n4)  Mar  1955    1p "There's Always a Clue"
     71   (v.8, n5)  Feb  1955       [cover]
     71   (v.8, n5)  Feb  1955    8p "Federal Manhunt"
   s 72   (v.8, n6)  Mar  1955       [cover]
     72   (v.8, n6)  Mar  1955    8p "The Spirit Swindlers"
     72   (v.8, n6)  Mar  1955    5p "Bluff"
     73   (v.8, n7)  Mar  1955       [cover]
     73   (v.8, n7)  Mar  1955    8p "The Traitors"
     73   (v.8, n7)  Mar  1955    6p "The Post of Honor"
   s 75   (v.8, n9)  May  1955       [cover]
     75   (v.8, n9)  May  1955    8p "Tragic Circle"
     75   (v.8, n9)  May  1955    2p "Jackpot"
   s 75   (v.8, n10) June 1955       [cover]
     75   (v.8, n10) June 1955    8p "Tragic Circle"
   s 76   (v.8, n11) July 1955       [cover]
     76   (v.8, n11) July 1955    8p "River Rats"
   s 77   (v.8, n12) Aug  1955       [cover]
     77   (v.8, n12) Aug  1955    8p "The Counterfeit Pushers"
     77   (v.8, n12) Aug  1955    5p "Harbor Patrol"
   s 78   (v.8, n12) Sept 1955       [cover]
     78   (v.8, n12) Sept 1955    8p "Undercover Man"
   a 79   (v.9, n2)  Nov  1955       [cover]
     79   (v.9, n2)  Nov  1955    8p "Skin Game"
     79   (v.9, n2)  Nov  1955    6p "Ace in the Hole"
     79   (v.9, n2)  Nov  1955    5p "Firebug"
     81   (v.9, n3)  Apr  1956       [cover]
     81   (v.9, n3)  Apr  1956    8p "Secret Agent"
     81   (v.9, n3)  Apr  1956    5p "Debt Of Honor"
     81   (v.9, n3)  Apr  1956    1p "The Hit-And-Run Driver"
   s 82   (v.9, n4)  May  1956       [cover]
     82   (v.9, n4)  May  1956    7p "The Payroll Pirates"
   s 83   (v.9, n5)  Oct  1956       [cover]
     83   (v.9, n5)  Oct  1956    6p "Big Failure"
   s 84   (v.9, n6)  Dec  1956       [cover]
     84   (v.9, n6)  Dec  1956    6p "Stakeout"
   s 85   (v.10, n1) Feb  1957       [cover]
     85   (v.10, n1) Feb  1957    7p "The Head Man"
     85   (v.10, n1) Feb  1957    6p "Eight Hours To Alcatraz"
     86   (v.10, n2) Apr  1957       [cover]
     86   (v.10, n2) Apr  1957    7p "The Traitors"
     86   (v.10, n2) Apr  1957    6p "Paid in Full"
   s 87   (v.10, n3) June 1957       [cover]
     87   (v.10, n3) June 1957    7p "The Payroll Bandits"
     87   (v.10, n3) June 1957    6p "Skin Game"
   s 88   (v.10, n4) Aug  1957       [cover]
     88   (v.10, n4) Aug  1957    7p "The Spoilers"
     89   (v.10, n5) Oct  1957    7p "The Counterfeit Combine"
     90   (v.10, n6) Dec  1957       [cover]
     90   (v.10, n6) Dec  1957    7p "Fire Crazy"
     90   (v.10, n6) Dec  1957    6p "Personal Favor"
     91   (v.11, n1) Feb  1958    6p "Power Failure"
     92   (v.11, n2) Apr  1958    5p "On Ice"

Personal Love (Prize)
     1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1957    6p "Old Faithful"

Prize Comics Western (Prize)
     85   Jan  1951    7p "The Prairie Badman"
     89   Sept 1951    7p "Doom for the Wagon Trains"
     90   Nov  1951    7p "Oil Crazy"
     93   May  1952    7p "Hootowls of Cactus Gap"
     95   Sept 1952    7p "Body in the Desert"
     96   Nov  1952    7p "Rustlers' Trap"
     97   Jan  1953    7p "Grand Canyon"
     98   Mar  1953    7p "Army Beef"
     100  July 1953    7p "Rocking Chair Rustlers"- (text)
     101  Sept 1953    7p "Loot At Dead Man's Gap"
   s 102  Nov  1953    7p "Plunder of the Rio Puerco"
     103  Jan  1954    7p "Pony Express Robber"
     104  Mar  1954    7p "Mal Hombres of Loma Escondida"
     105  May  1954    7p "Deadline at Bountiful Basin"
     107  Sept 1954    5p "Desert Duel"
     108  Nov  1954    7p "Stampede at Snake River"
     109  Jan  1955    6p "Trouble for Bard Grady"
     110  Mar  1955    7p "The Barbwire War"
     111  May  1955    7p "Outlaw Trail"
     112  July 1955    7p "The Remuda Rustlers"
     112  July 1955    6p "The Weakling"
     113  Sept 1955    7p "Claim Jumpers"
   s 115  Jan  1956       [cover]
     115  Jan  1956    6p "Bad Medicine"
     115  Jan  1956    6p "Arranges a Duel"
     115  Jan  1956    7p "Crisis at the Crossroads"
   s 116  Mar  1956       [cover]
     116  Mar  1956    6p "Outsmarts the Cheyennes"
     116  Mar  1956    6p "Bad Men on the Border"
   s 118  July 1956       [cover]
     118  July 1956    6p "American Eagle and the Sioux"

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (Prize)
     1    May  1955       [cover]
     1    May  1955    1p "Time Scope"
     1    May  1955    2p "The Mystery On The Moons Of Mars"
     2    July 1955    1p "Space Academy Test"
     2    July 1955    2p "Captain Quick and the Space Scouts"
     3    Sept 1955    2p "The Hermits of Callisto"
     3    Sept 1955    1p "Time Scope"

Young Love (Prize)
   s 19   (v.3, n1)  Mar  1951    8p "The Girl Who Loves Him"
   s 20   (v.3, n2)  Apr  1951    9p "Yours For The Asking"
     23   (v.3, n5)  July 1951    8p "Nag, Nag, Nag"
     24   (v.3, n6)  Aug  1951    8p "Left At The Alter"
     25   (v.3, n7)  Sept 1951    8p "Alice Finds Her Wonderland"
     26   (v.3, n8)  Oct  1951    8p "I Was A Fugitive's Sweetheart"
   ? 61   (v.6, n7)  Sept 1954    6p "Mother Never Told Me"
     68   (v.7, n2)  Dec  1955    6p "Mad About The Girl"

Young Romance (Prize)
     31   (v.4, n7)  Mar  1951    8p "The Things You're Missing"
   s 32   (v.4, n8)  Apr  1951    7p "The Riddle That Was Gloria"
   ? 33   (v.4, n9)  May  1951    3p "Will You Help Me"
   ? 34   (v.4, n10) June 1951    7p "Whistle Bait"
     95   (v.11, n5) Aug  1958    5p "Hold Back The Tears"

Leonard Starr Checklist

2006-02-02T11:02:00.000-05:00


Last update: 3/1/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Headline (Prize)
     34   (v.4, n4)  Feb  1949    8p "The Medium Done Murder Case"

Real West Romances (Prize)
   s 1    Apr  1949    7p "The Cowboy And The Debutante"
   s 2    July 1949    8p "To Fight for Her Man"
   s 3    Aug  1949    8p "Desperado's Lady"
     5    Dec  1949    9p "Yellow"
     6    Feb  1950    8p "I'm Goin' a' Cortin' Ella Mae"
     6    Feb  1950    9p "The Broadway Buckaroo"
     7    Apr  1950    8p "A Gal For Goliath"

Red Circle (Royal Home )
   s 3    Mar  1945       [cover]
   s 3    Mar  1945    9p "Secret Assignment"
   s 4    Apr  1945       [cover]

Western Love (Prize)
     1    July 1949    7p "Equal Of Any Man"
     3    Nov  1949    8p "Gunman's Shadow"
     4    Jan  1950    8p "Bodyguard for Betsy"

Young Love (Prize)
     8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    8p "Marriage Of Convenience"
     10   (v.2, n4)  June 1950    8p "At Your Own Risk"
   s 12   (v.2, n6)  Aug  1950    8p "The Love Fakers"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Aug  1950    8p "One Mad Moment"
   s 13   (v.2, n7)  Sept 1950    6p "Two Can Play The Game"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Oct  1950    8p "You'll Never Replace Helen"
   ? 61   (v.6, n7)  Sept 1954    6p "Miss Moneybags"
     62   (v.6, n8)  Oct  1954    6p "Cinderella's Sisters"

Young Romance (Prize)
   s 11   (v.2, n5)  May  1949    8p "Big City Girl"
     17   (v.3, n5)  Jan  1950    8p "I Want Him Back"
     18   (v.3, n6)  Feb  1950    9p "Mother Tags Along"
     19   (v.3, n7)  Mar  1950    8p "The Misfit"
     21   (v.3, n9)  May  1950    8p "With All My Love"
     22   (v.3, n10) June 1950    7p "Sister Was A Stinker"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Sept 1950    7p "Out Of The Running"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1950    8p "Hired Wife"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Feb  1951    6p "Weekend For 3"

Manny Stallman Checklist

2006-02-02T11:01:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Charlie Chan (Prize)
   s 5    Feb  1949    6p "Floating Mine Racket"

Headline (Prize)
   s 33   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1948    7p "Underworld Parasite"
   s 34   (v.4, n4)  Feb  1949    8p "Outlaw Down-Under"
   s 35   (v.4, n5)  May  1949    7p "The Great Mouthpiece"
   s 35   (v.4, n5)  May  1949    5p "The Golf Links Murder"

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
   s 8    (v.2, n2)  Jan  1949    7p "End Of A Blackmailer"
   s 10   (v.2, n4)  June 1949   10p "Death Played Second Fiddle"

Treasure (Prize)
   s 3    Oct  1945    3p "Know Your America"

Western Love (Prize)
   ? 1    July 1949    9p "A Gal, A Guy And A Gelding"

Joe Simon Checklist

2006-02-02T11:00:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

48 Famous Americans (J.C. Penny)
          **** 1947       [cover]
          **** 1947   48p "individual biographies"

Adventure Is My Career ()
          **** 1945       [cover]
          **** 1945   32p ""

Adventures of the Fly (Archie)
     2    Sept 1959       [cover]
     3    Nov  1959       [cover]
     4    Jan  1960       [cover]

Alarming Tales (Harvey)
     1    Sept 1957       [cover]
     2    Nov  1957       [cover]
     2    Nov  1957       [contents]
     3    Jan  1958       [cover]
     4    Mar  1958       [cover]
     4    Mar  1958       [contents]
     4    Mar  1958    1p "The Feast Of The Rag Dolls"
   ? 5    Sept 1958       [contents]

Amazing Man ()
   s 10   Mar  1940    6p "Ranch Dude"

Black Cat (Harvey)
   s 5    Apr  1947   10p "My City Is No More"
     6    July 1947    9p "Fear The Story Of A Guilty Conscience!"
     7    Sept 1947   10p "Death-Trap De Luxe"
     8    Nov  1947   12p "The Madness Of Doctor Altu"

Black Cat Mystic (Harvey)
     60   Nov  1957       [cover]

Blue Beetle (Fox)
     2    May  1940       [cover]
     3    July 1940       [cover]

Blue Bolt (Funnies)
   s 1    June 1940    8p "The Human Lighting Streak"
   s 2    July 1940    7p "Blue Bolt"
     3    Aug  1940       [cover]
   s 3    Aug  1940    6p "Blue Bolt"
     7    Dec  1940       [cover]

Boy Commandos (National/DC)
   & 12   Sept 1945       [cover]
   & 12   Sept 1945    3p "Coast Guard Reconnaissance"

Boy Explorers (Harvey)
     1    May  1946   12p "Let's Meet His Highness The Duke Of Broadway"

Champ (Harvey)
   a 19   June 1942       [cover]
     22   Sept 1942       [cover]

Champion (Harvey)
     8    June 1940       [cover]

Cockeyed (Hillman)
   & 4    Apr  1956    2p "Guys And Dolls"

Daring Adventures (Super Comics)
     12   **** 1963       [cover]
     15   **** 1964       [cover]
     16   **** 1964       [cover]

Daring Mystery (Timely (Marvel))
     1    Jan  1940   10p "The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses "
   s 2    Feb  1940   10p "The Phantom Bullet"
   a 2    Feb  1940   10p "Trojak the Tiger Man"
   s 3    Apr  1940   13p ""
   ? 5    June 1940    7p "The Devil-Flower"
     6    Sept 1940   10p "The Fiery Mask"

Detective Short Stories (Timely)
   s      (v.2, n5)  Aug  1940    2p "Murder Is My Middle Name"

Dick Tracy (Harvey)
     129  Nov  129        [cover]

Double-Dare Adventures (Harvey)
     1    Dec  1966       [cover]
     2    Mar  1967       [cover]

Fantastic (Fox)
   s 6    May  1940       [cover]
   s 7    June 1940       [cover]
     8    July 1940       [cover]

Fighting American (Prize)
     6    Feb  1955    8p "Deadly Doolittle"

First Love Illustrated (Harvey)
   ? 74   Mar  1957       [contents]

Going Steady (Prize)
   s 1    (v.3, n3)  Jan  1960       [cover]
   s 3    (v.3, n5)  May  1960       [cover]
     5    (v.3, n6)  July 1960       [cover]
   s 6    (v.4, n1)  Sept 1960       [cover]
   s 6    (v.4, n1)  Sept 1960    2p "Tips for the Teenage Decorator"

Green Hornet (Harvey)
     8    Aug  1942       [cover]
   r 37   Jan  1948   12p "In This Corner, Kid Adonis"
     38   Mar  1948    8p "Affairs Of The Man From Out Of This World"

Harvey Hits (Harvey)
     1    Sept 1957       [cover]
     1    Sept 1957    1p "The Magic Of The Little White Goddess"
     6    Feb  1958       [cover]
     6    Feb  1958       [cover]
     12   Aug  1958       [cover]
     26   Nov  1959       [cover]
   ? 36   Sept 1960       [cover]
   ? 48   Sept 1960       [cover]

Hi-School Romance (Harvey)
     56   Oct  1956       [contents]
     57   Nov  1956       [contents]
     58   Dec  1956       [contents]
     59   Jan  1957       [contents]
     60   Feb  1957       [contents]
     61   Mar  1957       [contents]
     62   Apr  1957       [contents]
     63   May  1957       [contents]
     64   June 1957       [contents]

Human Torch, The (Timely / Marvel)
   s 2    Fall 1940   10p "The Strange Case of the Bloodless Corpses"

Intimate Confessions (Super Comics)
   ? 10   **** 1963       [cover]
     12   **** 1964       [cover]
     18   **** 1964       [cover]

Jigsaw (Harvey)
     2    Dec  1966       [cover]

Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur)
   s 17   Jan  1940       [cover]

Love and Marriage (Super Comics)
     12   ****            [cover]
   ? 12   **** 1964       [cover]
     15   **** 1964       [cover]
   ? 15   **** 1964       [cover]
   ? 17   **** 1964       [cover]

Mystery Men (Fox)
   s 10   May  1940       [cover]
   s 11   June 1940       [cover]
     12   July 1940       [cover]

Our Friend Ken (Country Art Studio)
          ****         8p "Our Friend Ken"- (Political comic)

Pocket (Harvey)
     1    Aug  1941       [cover]
     2    Sept 1941       [cover]
     4    Jan  1942       [cover]

Real Fact (National/DC)
     2    May  1946    4p "Combat Photographer"

Romantic Love (Super Comics)
   ? 10   **** 1963       [cover]

Science (Fox)
   s 4    May  1940       [cover]
     5    June 1940       [cover]
   s 6    July 1940       [cover]

Sick (Prize)
   s 1    (v.1, n1)  Aug  1960       [cover]
   s 38   (v.5, n6)  Aug  1965       [cover]
   s 41   (v.6, n1)  Nov  1965       [cover]
     42   (v.6, n2)  Feb  1966       [cover]
     42   (v.6, n2)  Feb  1966    7p "Superfan"
   s 44   (v.6, n5)  June 1966       [cover]
   s 47   (v.6, n7)  Sept 1966       [cover]
   s 52   (v.7, n4)  May  1967       [cover]
   s 56   (v.7, n8)  Nov  1967       [cover]
   s 57   (v.8, n1)  Dec  1967       [cover]
   s 59   (v.8, n3)  Mar  1968       [cover]
   s 66   (v.9, n2)  Mar  1969       [cover]
   s 69   (v.9, n5)  Aug  1969       [cover]
   s 75   (v.10, n3) Apr  1970       [cover]
   s 90   (v.12, n3) June 1972       [cover]
   s 92   (v.12, n5) Dec  1972       [cover]
   s 93   (v.13, n1) Mar  1973       [cover]
   s 94   (v.13, n2) June 1973       [cover]
   s 96   (v.13, n4) Dec  1973       [cover]
   s 95   (v.13, n3) Sept 1973       [cover]
   s 97   (v.14, n1) Mar  1974       [cover]
   s 98   (v.14, n2) June 1974       [cover]
   s 99   (v.14, n3) Aug  1974       [cover]
   s 100  (v.14, n4) Oct  1974       [cover]
   s 101  (v.14, n5) Dec  1974       [cover]
   s 102  (v.15, n1) Feb  1975       [cover]
   s 103  (v.15, n2) Apr  1975       [cover]
   s 104  (v.15, n3) June 1975       [cover]
   s 105  (v.15, n14)Aug  1975       [cover]
   s 106  (v.15, n5) Oct  1975       [cover]
   s 107  (v.15, n6) Dec  1975       [cover]
   s 108  (v.15, n7) Feb  1976       [cover]

Sick Annual (Prize)
   s 1    **** 1967       [cover]
   s 13   **** 1973       [cover]
   s 14   **** 1974       [cover]
   s 15   **** 1975       [cover]

Sick Special (Prize)
   s 44   (v.6, n4)  May  1966       [cover]

Sick Yearbook (Prize)
   s      **** 1975       [cover]

Silver Streak (Newsbrook)
   s      (v.1, n2)  Jan  1940       [cover]
   s      (v.1, n2)  Jan  1940    5p "Solar Patrol"

Sole en America (Amigos de Lefkowitz para Alcalde)
          ****         8p "Sole en America"- (Political comic)

Speed (Harvey)
   a 19   June 1942       [cover]
     21   Aug  1942       [cover]
   a 22   Sept 1942       [cover]
     23   Oct  1942       [cover]

Spirit, The (Super Comics)
          **** 1964       [cover]

Spyman (Harvey)
     2    Dec  1966       [cover]
     3    Feb  1967       [cover]

Star Spangled (National/DC)
   & 44   May  1945       [cover]

Strange Planets (Super Comics)
     12   **** 1964       [cover]

Stuntman (Harvey)
     2    June 1946   12p "The Angel Wore Spurs"

Target (Funnies)
   s      (v.1, n1)  Feb  1940    7p "The Case Of The Black Widow Spider"
   s      (v.1, n2)  Mar  1940    6p "Sabotage"
   ?      (v.1, n4)  May  1940    6p "The Counterfeit Lottery Ring"
          (v.1, n10) Nov  1940       [cover]

Teen Romances (Super Comics)
   ? 15   **** 1964       [cover]
   ? 16   **** 1964       [cover]
   ? 17   **** 1964       [cover]

The Rockefeller Team (Country Art Studio)
          ****         8p "The Rockefeller Team"- (Political comic )

Thrill-O-Rama (Harvey)
     1    Oct  1965       [cover]

True 3D (Harvey)
     1    Dec  1953       [cover]
     1    Dec  1953    1p "splash"

True Bride-To-Be Romances (Harvey)
     23   Apr  1957       [contents]

Uncanny Stories (Timely)
          (v.1, n1)  Apr  1941    1p "The Earth-Stealers"

Unearthly Spectaculars (Harvey)
     1    Oct  1965       [cover]

Warfront (Harvey)
     29   July 1956       [cover]
   ? 30   Sept 1957       [cover]
   ? 34   Sept 1958       [cover]

Weird (Fox)
   s 3    June 1940       [cover]
     4    July 1940       [cover]

Wonderworld (Fox)
   s 13   May  1940       [cover]
   s 14   June 1940       [cover]
     15   July 1940       [cover]

Young Brides (Prize)
   ? 19   (v.3, n1)  Nov  1954       [cover]
     25   (v.4, n1)  Nov  1955       [cover]

Young Hearts In Love (Super Comics)
     18   ****            [cover]
     17   Apr  1962       [cover]

Young Love (Prize)
     77   (v.4, n2)  Aug  1960       [cover]
   ? 82   (v.5, n1)  June 1961    7p "BMOC"
   ? 82   (v.5, n1)  June 1961    6p "Queen Bess"
   s 83   (v.5, n2)  Aug  1961       [cover]
   ? 83   (v.5, n2)  Aug  1961    6p "The Loneliness"

Young Romance (Prize)
     83   (v.9, n5)  June 1956       [cover]
   s 113  (v.14, n5) Aug  1961       [cover]

John Severin Checklist

2006-02-02T10:59:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Alarming Adventures (Harvey)
     1    Oct  1962       [cover]
     3    Feb  1963       [cover]

Alarming Tales (Harvey)
   ? 5    Sept 1958       [cover]
   ? 6    Nov  1958       [cover]

Headline (Prize)
     35   (v.4, n5)  May  1949    7p "The Deadly Gilas"
     36   (v.4, n6)  July 1949    8p "Hip Sing Tong"
   s 37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1949    8p "One-Man Posse"
     38   (v.5, n2)  Nov  1949    5p "No Escape"
   s 44   (v.6, n2)  Nov  1950    8p "Feathered Serpent"

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
   s 11   (v.2, n5)  Aug  1949    9p "The Tragedy Of Tom Horn"
   s 14   (v.3, n2)  Feb  1950    8p "Seven Keys To Sing Sing"

Prize Comics Western (Prize)
     73   Jan  1949    8p "The Black Bull Saves the Ranch"
     74   Mar  1949    8p "Prairie Schooner Ahoy"
     75   Apr  1949    7p "The Six-Gun Showdown at Rattlesnake Gulch"
     75   Apr  1949    8p "Black Bull Clears a Ranch Woman's Name"
     77   Sept 1949    7p "Wild Hogs on the Border"
     78   Nov  1949    7p "The Ghost of Marales"
   s 79   Jan  1950    7p "The Lost Trail"
     79   Jan  1950    4p "The Stranger in Benton Bowl"
   s 80   Mar  1950    7p "Gunsmoke Justice"
   s 80   Mar  1950    8p "Brand of Death"
   s 80   Mar  1950    7p "Border Menace"
   s 81   May  1950    7p "Border Badmen"
   s 81   May  1950    8p "The Justice Trail"
     82   July 1950    7p "Lucky Lodestone"
   s 82   July 1950    8p "Buzzards' Roost"
     83   Aug  1950    8p "War on the Range"
   s 83   Aug  1950    7p "Younger Brothers"
     85   Jan  1951    8p "American Eagle"
   s 85   Jan  1951    8p "One-Man Posse"
   s 85   Jan  1951    7p "The Trail North"
     89   Sept 1951       [cover]
   s 89   Sept 1951    9p "The Last of the Crazy Dogs"
   ? 89   Sept 1951    7p "Ghost Town Gold"
   ? 89   Sept 1951    1p "The North Plains Indiangs"
     90   Nov  1951       [cover]
   s 90   Nov  1951    7p "Threat of the Iron Horse"
   s 90   Nov  1951    7p "Danger in Mexico"
   s 90   Nov  1951    1p "The Roundup"- (text)
     92   Mar  1952       [cover]
   s 92   Mar  1952    9p "Renegades on the Yellowstone"
   s 92   Mar  1952    7p "The Flight of the Eagle"
   s 92   Mar  1952    6p "Flames of Treachery"
   s 93   May  1952       [cover]
   s 93   May  1952    9p "Sioux War Party"
   s 93   May  1952    7p "Wolf Pack"
   s 93   May  1952    6p "Smoke Signals"
   s 95   Sept 1952       [cover]
   s 95   Sept 1952    9p "Follow the Eagle"
   s 96   Nov  1952       [cover]
   s 96   Nov  1952    9p "Cheyenne on the Warpath"
   s 96   Nov  1952    6p "Rescue of the Eagle"- (text)
   s 97   Jan  1953       [cover]
   s 97   Jan  1953    8p "The Maverick"
     97   Jan  1953    1p "Companions of American Eagle"
   s 97   Jan  1953    7p "Stampede at Dawn"
   s 98   Mar  1953       [cover]
   s 98   Mar  1953    8p "Half-Breed Rebellion"
   s 98   Mar  1953    7p "Deserter"
   s 100  July 1953       [cover]
     100  July 1953    6p "Six Gun Showdown"
   s 101  Sept 1953    6p "Puk Wudgies"
     101  Sept 1953    3p "Double Barrelled Peace Treaty"
     101  Sept 1953    8p "The Invaders"
     102  Nov  1953       [cover]
   s 102  Nov  1953    9p "The Losts Ones"
   s 103  Jan  1954       [cover]
     103  Jan  1954    7p "Avenger"
     103  Jan  1954    3p "The Texas Border and the Six Shooter"
   s 104  Mar  1954       [cover]
   s 104  Mar  1954    8p "Surprise Attack"
   s 104  Mar  1954    2p "Wild Bill"
   s 105  May  1954       [cover]
     105  May  1954    8p "American Eagle"
     105  May  1954    2p "Cochise"
     105  May  1954    1p "Chief Gall"
     105  May  1954    5p "Massacre at Blue Creek"
   s 107  Sept 1954       [cover]
     107  Sept 1954   10p "The Wagon Trail"
     107  Sept 1954    1p "Roundup"- (text)
   s 107  Sept 1954    3p "Clay Allison"
     107  Sept 1954    6p "Spirit on Vengeance"- (text)
   s 108  Nov  1954       [cover]
     108  Nov  1954    8p "The Medicine Stick"
   s 108  Nov  1954    5p "Stampede at Snake River"
   s 108  Nov  1954    4p "Miracombo's Magic"
   s 109  Jan  1955       [cover]
     109  Jan  1955    6p "An Indian Hunch"
   s 109  Jan  1955    5p "Outrageous Redskins"- (text)
     110  Mar  1955       [cover]
   s 110  Mar  1955    8p "Silent Murder"
   s 110  Mar  1955    5p "Red Slayers"
   s 110  Mar  1955    4p "Danger Stretch"
   s 111  May  1955       [cover]
   s 111  May  1955    7p "A Life for a Life"
   s 111  May  1955    6p "The Invisible Weapon"
   s 111  May  1955    4p "The Hostage"
     112  July 1955       [cover]
     112  July 1955    6p "The Renegades"
   s 113  Sept 1955       [cover]
   s 113  Sept 1955    6p "Laughing Dog's Revenge"
   s 113  Sept 1955    1p "Colt's That Won the West"
     113  Sept 1955    6p "The Iron Shirt"

Real West Romances (Prize)
   s 3    Aug  1949    8p "The Cowgirl And The Sheepherder"
     4    Oct  1949    8p "Cupid's Corral"
   s 5    Dec  1949    7p "Gun-Totin' Bride"
   s 6    Feb  1950    7p "Six-Gun Serenade"
   s 7    Apr  1950    8p "The Widder"

Western Love (Prize)
     2    Sept 1949    8p "Kissless Cowboy"
     3    Nov  1949    8p "A Man To Handle Belle"
     4    Jan  1950    1p "How to Corral Your Man"
   s 4    Jan  1950    8p "Six-Gun Serenade"- (Splash part Kirby)
     5    Mar  1950    8p "Survival"
     5    Mar  1950    1p "Let's Give A Barn Dance"

Young Love (Prize)
     8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    1p "There's Romance In The Stars"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    1p "How To Increase Your Dateability"
   s 8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    5p "The Man In My Dreams"- (Kirby does man in splash)
     9    (v.2, n3)  May  1950    1p "There's Romance In The Stars"
   ? 11   (v.2, n5)  July 1950    8p "I'll Never Get Married"
   ? 11   (v.2, n5)  July 1950    1p "Dress Right For Spring"
   s 15   (v.2, n9)  Nov  1950    9p "Lover Boy"

Young Romance (Prize)
     20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950    1p "There's Romance In The Stars"
     21   (v.3, n9)  May  1950    1p "There's Romance In The Stars"
   ? 23   (v.3, n11) July 1950    1p "Dress Right For Spring"
     23   (v.3, n11) July 1950    7p "Love On A Budget"
   ? 27   (v.4, n3)  Nov  1950    1p "Stay As Sweet As You Are"

Jerry Robinson & Mort Meskin Checklist

2006-02-02T10:58:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Black Terror (Standard)
   s 23   June 1948   10p "The Eye of the Lady Serpent"
   s 23   June 1948   10p "Danger In The Air"
   s 24   July 1948    8p "The Revenge of Red Ann"
   s 24   July 1948    8p "The Lady Serpent Returns"
   s 25   Aug  1948    8p "The Girl Who Cleared Her Name"

Exciting (Standard)
   s 66   Mar  1949    9p "Grandpa Shows His Medals"

Fighting Yank (Standard)
     24   Mar  1949   10p "Larceny in the Lighthouse"
     25   Apr  1949   10p "The Crossroads of Crime"
     27   June 1949   10p "The Return of Fingers"
   s 27   June 1949    6p "Patriots on Parade"
   s 27   June 1949   10p "Taxi Terror"
   s 28   July 1949    7p "Swing Your Partner"
   s 29   Aug  1949   10p "Fight for Freedom"

Headline (Prize)
     28   (v.3, n4)  Feb  1948    7p "Postage Stamp Swindle"
     29   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1948    8p "The Night Of The Freak Murder"

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
     4    (v.1, n4)  May  1948    9p "Guilty Boys"
   s 5    (v.1, n5)  July 1948    8p "Murder Special Delivery"

My Date (Hillman)
     4    Jan  1948       [cover]

Young Romance (Prize)
     3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1948    8p "Love Or A Career"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1948    8p "I Love You Frank Gerard"
     5    (v.1, n5)  May  1948    7p "Jealousy"
     6    (v.1, n6)  July 1948    7p "The Love That Might Have Been"
   s 6    (v.1, n6)  July 1948    8p "The Inferior Male"

Bruno Premiani Checklist

2006-02-02T10:56:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Black Magic (Prize)
   ? 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1950    6p "When You  Were Alive"
   ? 2    (v.1, n2)  Dec  1950    6p "I've Seen You Before"

Black Magic (National/DC)
   r 8    (v.1, n8)  Mar  1975    6p "When You Were Alive"- (r BM #1 Oct 1950)

Headline (Prize)
   ? 37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1949    8p "The Artistic Swindler"

Real West Romances (Prize)
   ? 4    Oct  1949    8p "The Yearling Years"
   ? 6    Feb  1950    8p "A' Killin', a' Curin', or a Lovin'"
   ? 7    Apr  1950    8p "The Girl From No Man's Land"

Western Love (Prize)
   ? 2    Sept 1949    8p "Love-Sick Weakling"
   ? 3    Nov  1949    8p "Wife Wanted"
   ? 4    Jan  1950    8p "The Girl from Ghost Town"

Young Love (Prize)
   ? 4    (v.1, n4)  Aug  1949    8p "Two-Timer"
   ? 5    (v.1, n5)  Oct  1949    8p "Discovered"
   ? 6    (v.1, n6)  Dec  1949    7p "For Handsome Men Only"
   ? 6    (v.1, n6)  Dec  1949    8p "The Boarder And Baby Sitter"
   ? 7    (v.2, n1)  Feb  1950    7p "Let's Change Partners"
   ? 8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    8p "Code For Women"
   ? 9    (v.2, n3)  May  1950    8p "Carbon Copy"
   ? 10   (v.2, n4)  June 1950   10p "Untouched"

Young Romance (Prize)
   ? 14   (v.3, n2)  Oct  1949    8p "'The Man For Us"
   ? 15   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1949    7p "Lady, I'll Break You"
   ? 15   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1949   10p "Merciless"
   ? 17   (v.3, n5)  Jan  1950    8p "Love's Little Teacher"
   ? 20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950   10p "No Girl Loves A Phony"
   ? 22   (v.3, n10) June 1950    7p "I Never See Helen Alone"
   ? 23   (v.3, n11) July 1950    7p "One Last Fling"
   ? 24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950    8p "Portrait Of A Lady"
   ? 25   (v.4, n1)  Sept 1950    8p "The Doctor's Love"
   ? 26   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1950   10p "Simpson And Delilah"

Jack Kirby Checklist

2006-02-02T10:55:00.000-05:00


Last update: 3/6/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Adventure (National/DC)
     72   Mar  1942   10p "Riddle Of The Slave Market"
   & 73   Apr  1942       [cover]
   & 73   Apr  1942   10p "The Buzzard's Revenge"
   & 73   Apr  1942   10p "Bells Of Madness"
     74   May  1942       [cover]
   & 74   May  1942   10p "The Man Who Knew All The Answers"
   & 74   May  1942    9p "Scavenger Hunt"
   & 75   June 1942       [cover]
   & 75   June 1942    9p "Beware Of Mr. Meek"
   & 75   June 1942   10p "The Villain From Valhalla"
   & 76   July 1942       [cover]
   & 76   July 1942   10p "Mr. Noah Raids The Town"
   & 76   July 1942    9p "The Legend Of The Silent Bear"
   & 77   Aug  1942       [cover]
   & 77   Aug  1942    9p "The Stone Of Vengeance"
   & 77   Aug  1942   10p "Dreams Of Doom"
   & 78   Sept 1942       [cover]
   & 78   Sept 1942    9p "The Lady And The Tiger"
   & 78   Sept 1942   10p "The Miracle Maker"
   & 79   Oct  1942       [cover]
   & 79   Oct  1942   10p "Footprints In The Sands Of Time"
   & 79   Oct  1942    9p "Cobras Of The Deep"
   & 80   Nov  1942       [cover]
   & 80   Nov  1942   10p "The Man Who Couldn't Sleep"
   & 80   Nov  1942    9p "Man Trap Island"
   & 81   Dec  1942       [cover]
   & 81   Dec  1942   10p "A Drama In Dreams"
     82   Jan  1943       [cover]
     82   Jan  1943   10p "Santa Fronts For The Mob"
   & 83   Feb  1943       [cover]
   & 83   Feb  1943    9p "The Lady And The Champ"
   & 84   Mar  1943       [cover]
   & 84   Mar  1943   10p "Crime Carnival"
     85   Apr  1943       [cover]
   & 85   Apr  1943   10p "The Unholy Dreams Of Gentleman Jack"
     86   May  1943       [cover]
     86   May  1943   10p "The Boy Who Was Too Big For His Breeches"
   & 87   Aug  1943       [cover]
     87   Aug  1943   10p "I Hated The Sandman"
     88   Oct  1943       [cover]
     88   Oct  1943   10p "The Cruise Of The Crescent"
     89   Dec  1943       [cover]
     89   Dec  1943   10p "Prisoner Of His Dreams"
     90   Feb  1944       [cover]
     90   Feb  1944   10p "Sleepy Time Crimes"
   & 91   Apr  1944       [cover]
     91   Apr  1944   10p "Courage a la Carte"
   & 92   June 1944       [cover]
   & 93   Aug  1944       [cover]
     94   Oct  1944       [cover]
   & 95   Dec  1944       [cover]
   & 96   Feb  1945       [cover]
   & 97   Apr  1945       [cover]
   & 100  Oct  1945       [cover]
   & 101  Dec  1945       [cover]
   & 102  Feb  1946       [cover]
     102  Feb  1946   10p "Dream Of Peter Green"
     250  July 1958    6p "Green Arrows Of The World"
     251  Aug  1958    6p "Case Of The Super-Arrows"
     252  Sept 1958    6p "Mystery Of The Giant Arrows"
     253  Oct  1958    6p "Prisoners Of Dimension 0"
     254  Nov  1958    6p "Green Arrows's Last Stand"
     255  Dec  1958    6p "The War That Never Ended"
     256  Jan  1959    7p "The Green Arrow's First Case"

Adventures of the Fly (Archie)
     1    Aug  1959       [cover]
     1    Aug  1959    6p "The Strange New World Of The Fly"
     1    Aug  1959    2p "The Fly Strikes"
     1    Aug  1959    5p "The Fly Discovers His Buzz Gun"
     1    Aug  1959    7p "Come Into My Parlor"
     1    Aug  1959    1p "Sign Of The Triangle"
     2    Sept 1959    1p "Tim O'Casey's Wrecking Crew"
     2    Sept 1959    2p "Sneak Attack"
     2    Sept 1959    8p "Marco's Eyes"
     2    Sept 1959    1p "The Master Of Junk-ri-la"
     4    Jan  1960    7p "Muggy's Masterpiece"

Airboy (Hillman)
          (v.4, n4)  May  1947       [cover]
          (v.4, n5)  June 1947    8p "The Flying Fool"
          (v.4, n6)  July 1947    8p "Dynamite"
          (v.4, n7)  Aug  1947    8p "You Can't Beat Cupid"
          (v.4, n8)  Sept 1947    8p "His Brother's Keeper"
          (v.4, n9)  Oct  1947    8p "Larceny Is Old Lace"
          (v.4, n10) Nov  1947    8p "Face In The Storm"
          (v.4, n11) Dec  1947    8p "Peril Paradise"

Alarming Tales (Harvey)
     1    Sept 1957    1p "Contents"
     1    Sept 1957    5p "The Cadmus Seed"
     1    Sept 1957    2p "Logan's Next Life"
     1    Sept 1957    5p "The Fourth Dimension Is A Many Splattered Thing"
     1    Sept 1957    6p "The Last Enemy"
     1    Sept 1957    4p "Donnegan's Daffy Chair"
     2    Nov  1957    6p "Hole In The Wall"
     2    Nov  1957    4p "The Big Hunt"
     2    Nov  1957    5p "The Fireballs"
     2    Nov  1957    5p "I Want To Be a Man"
     3    Jan  1958    5p "This World Is Ours"
     4    Mar  1958    5p "Forbidden Journey"

All For Love (Prize)
     13   (v.3, n2)  Aug  1959    5p "Love For A Lifetime"

All Winners (Timely (Marvel))
     1    Sum  1941   13p "Case Of The Hallow Men"
     2    Fall 1942   12p "The Strange Case Of The Malay Men"

All-New (Harvey)
     13   July 1946   13p "Stuntman Battles The Diamond Curse"

All-Star (National/DC)
     14   Dec  1942    6p "untitled"
     15   Feb  1943    6p "untitled"
     16   Apr  1943    6p "untitled"
     17   June 1943    6p "The Tree That Grew Money"
     19   Win  1943    5p "Jaws Of The Underworld"

All-Star Western (National/DC)
     99   Feb  1958    6p "Ambush At Smoke Canyon"

Astonishing (Atlas (Marvel))
     56   Dec  1956    4p "Afraid To Dream"

Battleground (Atlas (Marvel))
     14   Nov  1956    5p "Mine Field"

Black Cat Mystery (Harvey)
     57   Jan  1956       [cover]
     57   Jan  1956       [cover]

Black Cat Mystic (Harvey)
     58   Sept 1956       [cover]
     58   Sept 1956       [contents]
     58   Sept 1956    5p "Read To Us, Mr. Zimmer"
     58   Sept 1956    5p "Mystery Vision"
     58   Sept 1956    5p "Gizmo"
     58   Sept 1956    5p "Help"
     59   Sept 1957       [cover]
     59   Sept 1957       [contents]
     59   Sept 1957    5p "Today I Am A?"
     59   Sept 1957    6p "A Weemer Is The Best Of All"
     59   Sept 1957    5p "The Great Stone Face"
     59   Sept 1957    5p "Take Off, Mr. Zimmer"
     59   Sept 1957    1p "ad"
     60   Nov  1957    5p "A Snap Of The Fingers"
     60   Nov  1957    2p "The Woman Who Discovered America"
     60   Nov  1957    4p "A Town Full Of Babies"
     60   Nov  1957    1p "A Town Full Of Babies"
     60   Nov  1957    5p "The Ant Extract"
     60   Nov  1957    3p "Shadow Brother"

Black Magic (Prize)
     1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1950       [cover]
     1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1950   10p "Last Second Of Life"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Dec  1950       [cover]
     2    (v.1, n2)  Dec  1950   10p "The Scorn Of The Faceless People"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Dec  1950    7p "The Cloak"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Feb  1951       [cover]
     3    (v.1, n3)  Feb  1951   11p "A Silver Bullet For Your Heart"
   & 4    (v.1, n4)  Apr  1951       [cover]
     4    (v.1, n4)  Apr  1951    9p "Voodoo On Tenth Avenue"
     5    (v.1, n5)  June 1951       [cover]
     5    (v.1, n5)  June 1951    2p "The World Of Spirits"
     6    (v.1, n6)  Aug  1951       [cover]
     6    (v.1, n6)  Aug  1951    3p "Union With The Dead"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Oct  1951       [cover]
     7    (v.2, n1)  Oct  1951    8p "The Thing In The Fog"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Dec  1951       [cover]
     9    (v.2, n3)  Feb  1952       [cover]
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1952       [cover]
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1952    8p "Dead Man's Lode"
     11   (v.2, n5)  Apr  1952       [cover]
     11   (v.2, n5)  Apr  1952    7p "The Girl Who Walked On Water"
     12   (v.2, n6)  May  1952       [cover]
     13   (v.2, n7)  June 1952       [cover]
     13   (v.2, n7)  June 1952    1p "Visions Of Nostradamus"
     13   (v.2, n7)  June 1952    6p "Up There"
     14   (v.2, n8)  July 1952       [cover]
     15   (v.2, n9)  Aug  1952       [cover]
     15   (v.2, n9)  Aug  1952    7p "The Angel Of Death"
     16   (v.2, n10) Sept 1952       [cover]
     17   (v.2, n11) Oct  1952       [cover]
     18   (v.2, n12) Nov  1952       [cover]
     18   (v.2, n12) Nov  1952    8p "Nasty Little Man"
     18   (v.2, n12) Nov  1952    2p "Come Claim My Corpse"
     18   (v.2, n12) Nov  1952    1p "Detour, Lorelei On Highway 52"
     19   (v.3, n1)  Dec  1952       [cover]
     19   (v.3, n1)  Dec  1952    8p "Sammy's Wonderful Glass"
     20   (v.3, n2)  Jan  1953       [cover]
     20   (v.3, n2)  Jan  1953    3p "Birth After Death"
     21   (v.3, n3)  Feb  1953       [cover]
     21   (v.3, n3)  Feb  1953    7p "The Feathered Serpent"
     22   (v.3, n4)  Mar  1953    9p "The Monsters On The Lake"
     22   (v.3, n4)  Mar  1953       [cover]
     23   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1953       [cover]
     23   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1953    5p "Those Who Are About To Die"
     24   (v.3, n6)  May  1953       [cover]
     24   (v.3, n6)  May  1953    4p "After I'm Gone"
     25   (v.4, n1)  June 1953       [cover]
     25   (v.4, n1)  June 1953    6p "Strange old Bird"
     25   (v.4, n1)  June 1953    3p "The Human Cork"
     25   (v.4, n1)  June 1953    7p "A Beast Is In The Streets"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Sept 1953       [cover]
     26   (v.4, n2)  Sept 1953    6p "Fool's Paradise"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Sept 1953    4p "The Sting Of Scorpio"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Sept 1953    3p "The Strange Antics Of The Mystic Mirror"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Sept 1953    6p "Demon Wind"
     27   (v.4, n3)  Nov  1953       [cover]
     27   (v.4, n3)  Nov  1953    6p "The Cat People"
     27   (v.4, n3)  Nov  1953    5p "The Merry Ghosts Of Campbell Castle"
     28   (v.4, n4)  Jan  1954       [cover]
     28   (v.4, n4)  Jan  1954    5p "An Eye For An Eye"
     28   (v.4, n4)  Jan  1954    5p "Alive After 5000 Years"
     29   (v.4, n5)  Mar  1954       [cover]
     29   (v.4, n5)  Mar  1954    5p "The Greatest Horror Of Them All, The Amazing Story Of A Beautiful Freak"
     30   (v.4, n6)  May  1954       [cover]
     30   (v.4, n6)  May  1954    8p "The Head Of The Family"
     31   (v.5, n1)  July 1954       [cover]
     31   (v.5, n1)  July 1954    6p "Slaughter-House"
     31   (v.5, n1)  July 1954    1p "Hungry As A Wolf"
     32   (v.5, n2)  Sept 1954       [cover]
     32   (v.5, n2)  Sept 1954    8p "Maniac"
     33   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1954       [cover]
     33   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1954    7p "Lone Shark"

Black Magic (National/DC)
   r 1    (v.1, n1)  Nov  1973    7p "Maniac"- (r BM #32 Sep 1954)
   r 1    (v.1, n1)  Nov  1973    5p "The Greatest Horror Of Them All"- (r BM #29 Mar 1954)
   r 2    (v.1, n2)  Jan  1974    6p "Fool's Paradise"- (r BM #26 Sep 1953)
   r 2    (v.1, n2)  Jan  1974    6p "The Cat People"- (r BM #27 Nov 1953)
   r 2    (v.1, n2)  Jan  1974    3p "Birth After Death"- (r BM #20 Jan 1953)
   r 2    (v.1, n2)  Jan  1974    5p "Those Who Are About To Die"- (r BM #23 Apr 1953)
   r 3    (v.1, n3)  May  1974    8p "Nasty Little Man"- (r BM #18 Nov 1952)
   r 3    (v.1, n3)  May  1974    7p "The Angel Of Death"- (r BM #15 Aug 1952)
   r 4    (v.1, n4)  July 1974       [cover]
   r 4    (v.1, n4)  July 1974   10p "Last Second Of Life"- (r BM #1 Oct 1950)
   r 5    (v.1, n5)  Sept 1974    6p "Strange Old Bird"- (r BM #25 Jun 1953)
   r 5    (v.1, n5)  Sept 1974    6p "Up There"- (r BM #13 Jun 1952)
   r 6    (v.1, n6)  Nov  1974    6p "The Girl Who Walked On Water"- (r BM #11 Apr 1952)
   r 7    (v.1, n7)  Jan  1975       [cover]- (r BM #17 Oct 1952)
   r 7    (v.1, n7)  Jan  1975    7p "The Cloak"- (r BM #2 Dec 1950)
   r 8    (v.1, n8)  Mar  1975    5p "The Girl In The Grave"- (r SWYD #2 Sep 1952)
   r 8    (v.1, n8)  Mar  1975    2p "Send Us Your Dreams"- (r SWYD #3 Nov 1952)
   r 9    (v.1, n9)  May  1975    4p "The Woman In The Tower"- (r SWYD #3 Nov 1952)
   r 9    (v.1, n9)  May  1975    1p "Double Destiny"- (text)

Black Rider Rides Again!, The (Atlas (Marvel))
     1    Sept 1957    7p "Legend Of The Black Rider"
     1    Sept 1957    6p "Duel At Dawn"
     1    Sept 1957    6p "Treachery At Hangman's Bridge"

Blast-Off (Harvey)
     1    Oct  1965       [cover]
     1    Oct  1965    1p "introduction"
     1    Oct  1965    5p "Lunar Goliaths"
     1    Oct  1965    5p "The Great Moon Mystery"

Blue Bolt (Funnies)
     2    July 1940    4p "Blue Bolt"
     3    Aug  1940    4p "Blue Bolt"
   a 4    Sept 1940   10p "Blue Bolt"- (signed Joe Simon)
   & 5    Oct  1940   10p "Blue Bolt"
   & 5    Oct  1940    1p "Blue Bolt"
   & 6    Nov  1940   10p "Blue Bolt"
     7    Dec  1940       [cover]
   & 7    Dec  1940   10p "Blue Bolt"
   & 8    Jan  1941   10p "Blue Bolt"
   & 9    Feb  1941   10p "Blue Bolt"
   & 10   Mar  1941   10p "Blue Bolt"

Boy Commandos (National/DC)
   & 1    Win  1943       [cover]
     1    Win  1943   12p "The Town That Couldn't Be Conquered"
     1    Win  1943   12p "Heroes Never Die"
     1    Win  1943   12p "Satan Wears A Swastika"
     1    Win  1943   12p "Ghost Raiders"
     2    Spr  1943       [cover]
     2    Apr  1943   12p "The Silent People Speak"
     2    Apr  1943   12p "On The Double M' Lord"
     2    Apr  1943   13p "The Knights Wore Khaki"
     2    Apr  1943    9p "Nine Lives For Victory"
     3    June 1943       [cover]
     3    June 1943   12p "A Film From The Front, Uncensored"
     3    June 1943   10p "The Siege Of Troy"
     3    June 1943   12p "Cyril Thwaite Rides Again"
     3    June 1943   11p "The Return Of Agent Axis"
     4    Sept 1943       [cover]
     4    Sept 1943    6p "Flames At Dawn"
     4    Sept 1943    9p "Brooklyn Revere's Ride"
     4    Sept 1943    6p "Madman At Mr. Cloud"
     4    Sept 1943    8p "Toinette The Terrible"
     4    Sept 1943    9p "Bugle Of The Brave"
     4    Sept 1943    6p "Road To Berlin"
   & 5    Dec  1943       [cover]
     5    Dec  1943   13p "Reassignment In Norway"
     5    Dec  1943   11p "A Town To Remember"
     5    Dec  1943   10p "The Mysterious Mr. Mulani"
     5    Dec  1943   12p "Satan To See You"
   & 6    Feb  1944       [cover]
     6    Feb  1944   11p "News From Belgium"
     6    Feb  1944   10p "Jackals Of Jawnpore"
     6    Feb  1944   11p "Destiny Writes The Headlines"
   & 7    June 1944       [cover]
   & 8    Sept 1944       [cover]
   ? 9    Dec  1944       [cover]
   & 11   July 1945       [cover]
     13   Dec  1945       [cover]
   & 14   Mar  1946       [cover]
     15   May  1946       [cover]
     15   May  1946   12p "Crime In Technicolor"
     15   May  1946   12p "Trial Of Crimson Scorpion"
     15   May  1946   12p "Roman Holiday"
     17   Sept 1946       [cover]
     17   Sept 1946   14p "The Stolen Centuries"
     17   Sept 1946   12p "Terror On The Yangtze"
     17   Sept 1946   12p "Brooklyn Gets A Haircut"
     19   Jan  1947       [cover]
     19   Jan  1947   12p "Saga Of  Rip Van Carter"
     19   Jan  1947   12p "Torpedo Pirates"
     19   Jan  1947   11p "Tenderfoot From Brooklyn"
     21   May  1947       [cover]
     21   May  1947   12p "The Top Of The World"
     21   May  1947   12p "The Script That Was Never Written"
     21   May  1947   12p "The Lady Known As Velvet"
   & 23   Sept 1947       [cover]
     23   Sept 1947   12p "Unlucky Thirteen"
     23   Sept 1947   13p "The Legion Of Forgotten Men"
     23   Sept 1947   13p "The Sunken World"
     24   Nov  1947       [cover]
     24   Nov  1947   12p "Crazy Quilt And The Camouflage Crimes"
     24   Nov  1947   12p "Enemy With Six Legs"
     29   Sept 1948   12p "Case Of The Silent Commando"
     29   Sept 1948   14p "City At The Center Of The Earth"
   & 30   Nov  1948       [cover]
     30   Nov  1948   10p "Triumph Of William Tell"
     31   Jan  1949       [cover]
     31   Jan  1949    9p "Solitary Confinement"
     32   Mar  1949       [cover]
     32   Mar  1949   10p "Designer Of Doom"
     32   Mar  1949   12p "Dale Evans, Queen Of The Westerns"
     33   May  1949   12p "Houdini From Brooklyn"

Boy Explorers (Harvey)
   & 1    May  1946       [cover]
     1    May  1946   12p "Talent For Trouble"
     2    Sept 1946   12p "The Edge Of The World"

Boys' Ranch (Harvey)
   & 1    Oct  1950       [cover]
     1    Oct  1950    1p "introduction"- (pinup)
     1    Oct  1950   17p "The Man Who Hated Boys"
     1    Oct  1950    2p "Boys' Ranch"- (centerfold pinup)
     1    Oct  1950    5p "Meet Wee Willie Weehawken"
     1    Oct  1950    1p "Indian Death Trap"- (text with reused illustration)
     1    Oct  1950    9p "A Very Dangerous Dude"
   & 2    Dec  1950       [cover]
     2    Dec  1950    1p "Boys' Ranch Club News"- (illustrated club page)
   & 2    Dec  1950    1p "introduction"- (pinup)
   & 2    Dec  1950   15p "Lead Will Fly At Sunset"
   & 2    Dec  1950    2p "Four Massacres"- (centerfold pinup)
   & 2    Dec  1950    7p "Apache Justice"
     2    Dec  1950    1p "Jack McGregor's Bluff"- (illustrated text)
     2    Dec  1950    8p "The Clay Duncan Story"
     2    Dec  1950    1p "Living In The Desert"
   & 3    Feb  1951       [cover]
     3    Feb  1951    1p "Boys' Ranch Club News"- (illustrated club page)
     3    Feb  1951    1p "introduction"- (pinup)
     3    Feb  1951   20p "Mother Delilah"
     3    Feb  1951    2p "Social Night In Town"- (centerfold pinup)
     3    Feb  1951    7p "The Legend Of Alby Fleezer"
     3    Feb  1951    1p "Revenge"- (text with reused illustration)
     3    Feb  1951    1p "Peace In Death"- (text with reused illustration)
   & 4    Apr  1951       [cover]
     4    Apr  1951    1p "Boys' Ranch Club News"- (Illustrated club page)
     4    Apr  1951    1p "introduction"- (pinup)
     4    Apr  1951   12p "The Bugle Blows At Bloody Knife"- (Kirby splash)
   & 4    Apr  1951    2p "King Red Eye's Last Raid"- (centerfold pinup)
     4    Apr  1951    6p "Fight To The Finish"- (Kirby splash)
     4    Apr  1951    1p "The People Who Murdered Themselves"- (text with reused illustration)
   ? 4    Apr  1951    1p "Killer Stallion"- (illustrated text)
     5    June 1951       [cover]
   & 5    June 1951    1p "introduction"- (pinup)
     5    June 1951   12p "Last Mail To Red Fork"- (Kirby splash)
     5    June 1951    2p "The Riders Of The Pony Express"- (centerfold pinup)
     5    June 1951    8p "Bandits, Bullets And Wild Wild Women"- (Kirby splash)
     5    June 1951    1p "The Man of Iron"- (text with reused illustration)
   & 6    Aug  1951       [cover]
     6    Aug  1951    1p "introduction"- (pinup)
     6    Aug  1951   13p "Teeth For The Iron Horse"- (Kirby splash)
     6    Aug  1951    2p "Remember The Alamo"- (centerfold pinup)
     6    Aug  1951    6p "Happy Boy Carries The Ball"- (Kirby splash)
     6    Aug  1951    1p "Indian Attack"- (text with reused illustrations)
     6    Aug  1951    1p "Six-Gun Justice"- (text with reused illustration)

Bulls-Eye (Mainline)
     1    Aug  1954       [cover]
     1    Aug  1954    1p "Bulls-Eye, The Boy"
     1    Aug  1954    1p "Bulls-Eye, The Youth"
     1    Aug  1954    1p "Bulls-Eye, The Man"
     2    Oct  1954       [cover]
     2    Oct  1954    1p "Union Jack"
     2    Oct  1954    6p "Grand Prize"
     3    Dec  1954       [cover]
     3    Dec  1954    8p "Devil Bird"
   r 3    Dec  1954    2p "On Target"
     3    Dec  1954    7p "The Ghosts Of Dead Center"
     4    Feb  1955       [cover]
     4    Feb  1955    8p "The Pinto People"
     4    Feb  1955    8p "Doom Town"
     5    Apr  1955       [cover]
     5    Apr  1955    8p "Headhunter"
     5    Apr  1955    4p "Grandma Tomahawk"
     5    Apr  1955    4p "Grandma Tomahawk"

Bulls-Eye (Charlton)
   & 6    May  1955       [cover]
     6    May  1955    8p "Tomahawks For Two"
     6    May  1955    4p "Bulls-Eye And The Killer Horse"
     6    May  1955    6p "The Coming Of The Sioux"
     6    May  1955    2p "The Man Who Lived Twice"
     7    Aug  1955       [cover]
     7    Aug  1955    8p "Duel In The Sky"
     7    Aug  1955    4p "The Flaming Arrow"
     7    Aug  1955    8p "The Stolen Rain God"
     7    Aug  1955    4p "Fightin' Mad"

Captain 3-D ()
     1    Dec  1953       [cover]
     1    Dec  1953   11p "The Man From The World Of D"
     1    Dec  1953   10p "The Menace Of The Living Dolls"
     1    Dec  1953    9p "Iron Hat McGint And His Destruction Gang"

Captain America (Timely (Marvel))
     1    Mar  1941       [cover]
     1    Mar  1941    8p "Case #1: Meet Captain America"
     1    Mar  1941    1p "The Soldier's Soup"
     1    Mar  1941    7p "Case #2: Sando And Omar"
     1    Mar  1941   16p "Case #3: Chessboard"
     1    Mar  1941   14p "Captain America And The Riddle Of The Red Skull"
     1    Mar  1941   10p "Murder, Ltd."
     1    Mar  1941    6p "Stories From The Dark Ages"
     2    Apr  1941       [cover]
   & 2    Apr  1941   15p "Captain America And The Ageless Orientals Who Wouldn't Die"
   & 2    Apr  1941   15p "Trapped In The Nazi Stronghold"
   & 2    Apr  1941   15p "Captain America And The Wax Statue That Struck Death"
     2    Apr  1941    1p "The Valley Of The Mist"
     2    Apr  1941   10p "untitled"
     3    May  1941   17p "The Return Of The Red Skull"
     3    May  1941   17p "Hunchback Of Hollywood And The Movie Murder"
     3    May  1941   11p "The Queer Case Of The Murdering Butterfly And The Ancient Mummies"
     3    May  1941    2p "Amazing Spy Adventure"
     4    June 1941   15p "The Unholy Legion"
     4    June 1941    9p "Captain America And Ivan The Terrible"
     4    June 1941   10p "The Case Of The Fake Money Fiends"
     4    June 1941   13p "Captain America In Horror Hospital"
     4    June 1941    1p "Bomb Sight Thieves"
     5    Aug  1941       [cover]
     5    Aug  1941   12p "Captain America And The Ringmaster Of Death"
     5    Aug  1941   15p "The Gruesome Secret Of The Dragon Of Death"
     5    Aug  1941   10p "Killers Of The Bund"
     5    Aug  1941    6p "Captain America And The Terror That Was Devil's Island"
     6    Sept 1941       [cover]
     6    Sept 1941   16p "The Camera Fiend And His Darts Of Doom"
     6    Sept 1941    9p "Meet The Fang Arch Fiend Of The Orient"
     6    Sept 1941   16p "The Strange Case Of Captain America And The Hangman: Who Killed Dr. Vardoff"
     6    Sept 1941    1p "advertisement"
     7    Oct  1941       [cover]
     7    Oct  1941   13p "Captain America And The Red Skull"
     7    Oct  1941   15p "Death Loads The Bases"
     7    Oct  1941   13p "Horror Plays The Scales"
     8    Nov  1941       [cover]
     8    Nov  1941   13p "The Strange Mystery Of The Ruby Of The Nile...And It's Heritage Of Horror"
     8    Nov  1941   11p "Murder Stalks The Maneuvers"
     8    Nov  1941   17p "Case Of The Black Witch"
     9    Dec  1941       [cover]
     9    Dec  1941   11p "The White Death"
     9    Dec  1941   13p "The Man Who Could Not Die"
     9    Dec  1941   18p "The Case Of The Black Talon"
     9    Dec  1941    1p "advertisement"
     10   Jan  1942       [cover]
     10   Jan  1942   11p "Captain America: A Personal Account Of His Smashing A Spy Ambush"
     10   Jan  1942   13p "Hotel Of Horror"
     10   Jan  1942   16p "The Phantom Hound Of Cardiff Moor"

Captain Marvel, Special Edition (Fawcett)
     1    Mar  1941       [cover]
     1    Mar  1941   15p "Capt. Marvel"
     1    Mar  1941   16p "Capt. Marvel Out West"
     1    Mar  1941   15p "untitled"
     1    Mar  1941   16p "Capt. Marvel Battles The Vampire"

Challengers of the Unknown (National/DC)
     1    Apr  1958       [cover]
     1    Apr  1958    1p "intro"
     1    Apr  1958   14p "The Man Who Tampered With Infinity"
     1    Apr  1958   10p "The Human Pets"
     2    June 1958       [cover]
     2    June 1958   10p "The Traitorous Challenger"
     2    June 1958   14p "The Monster Maker"
     3    Aug  1958   12p "The Secret Of The Sorcerer's Mirror"
     3    Aug  1958   12p "Menace Of The Invincible Challenger"
     3    Sept 1958       [cover]
     4    Oct  1958       [cover]
     4    Oct  1958   25p "The Wizard Of Time"
     5    Dec  1958       [cover]
     5    Dec  1958   25p "The Riddle Of The Star-Stone"
     6    Feb  1959       [cover]
     6    Feb  1959   15p "Captives Of The Space Circus"
     6    Feb  1959   10p "The Sorceress Of Forbidden Valley"
     7    Apr  1959       [cover]
     7    Apr  1959   13p "The Beasts From Planet Nine"
     7    Apr  1959   12p "The Isle Of No Return"
     8    June 1959       [cover]
     8    June 1959   12p "The Man Who Stole The Future"
     8    June 1959   13p "The Prisoners Of Robot Planet"

Champ (Harvey)
   a 18   May  1942       [cover]- (signed Jon Henri)
     20   July 1942       [cover]
     21   Aug  1942       [cover]
     23   Oct  1942       [cover]

Champion (Harvey)
     9    July 1940       [cover]
     10   Aug  1940       [cover]

Charlie Chan (Prize)
   & 1    June 1948       [cover]
   & 2    Aug  1948       [cover]
   & 3    Oct  1948       [cover]
   & 4    Dec  1948       [cover]
   & 5    Feb  1949       [cover]

Charlie Chan (Charlton)
     6    June 1955       [cover]

Clue (Hillman)
          (v.2, n1)  Mar  1947    8p "King Of The Bank Robbers"
          (v.2, n2)  Apr  1947   13p "The Short, Dangerous Life Of Packy Smith"
          (v.2, n2)  Apr  1947    4p "On Stage For Murder"
          (v.2, n3)  May  1947   15p "The Battle For Packy Smith"
          (v.2, n3)  May  1947    8p "Flowers For Roma"
          (v.2, n3)  May  1947    6p "The Case Of The Superstitious Slayers"

Crash (Tem Publishing)
   a 1    May  1940    5p "The Solar Legion"- (signed Jack Curtiss)
   a 2    June 1940    5p "The Solar Legion"- (signed Jack Curtiss)
   a 3    July 1940    5p "The Solar Legion"- (signed Jack Curtiss)

Crazy, Man, Crazy (Charlton Comics)
          (v.2, n2)  June 1956    5p "Bloodshot Alley"

Daring Mystery (Timely (Marvel))
     6    Sept 1940       [cover]
     6    Sept 1940   10p "Introducing Marvel Boy"
     6    Sept 1940   10p "The Fiery Mask"
     7    Apr  1941    8p "The Underground Empire"
     8    Jan  1942       [cover]

Detective (National/DC)
     64   June 1942   12p "The Boy Commandos"
     65   July 1942       [cover]
     65   July 1942   12p "untitled"
     66   Aug  1942   12p "The Sphinx Speaks"
     67   Sept 1942   12p "Escape To Disaster"
     68   Oct  1942   12p "The Treachery Of Osuki"
     69   Nov  1942   12p "The Siege Of Krovka"
     70   Dec  1942   12p "Fury Rides A Taxicab"
     71   Jan  1943   12p "A Break For Santa"
     72   Feb  1943   12p "Petals Of Peril"
     73   Mar  1943   12p "Saga Of The Little Tin Box"
     74   Apr  1943   12p "The Trial Of Captain Carter"
     75   May  1943   12p "Double For Death"
     76   June 1943   12p "The Invasion Of America"
   & 77   July 1943   12p "Valley Of Destiny"
     78   Aug  1943   12p "Freedom Station"
   & 79   Sept 1943   12p "The Duce Gets A Hotfoot"
     80   Oct  1943   12p "Baronet Of Bodkin Borders"
     81   Nov  1943   12p "Yankee Doodle Dynamite"
     82   Dec  1943   11p "The Romance Of Rip Carter"
     83   Jan  1944   12p "Triumph Of Chocky The Chimp"
     85   Mar  1944   12p "Curtain Call For Action"
     95   Jan  1945   12p "The Ghost Of Kelvin's Keep"
     110  Apr  1946   12p "A Flatbush Frolic"
     128  Oct  1947   12p "Rip Carter, Killer"
     134  Apr  1948   12p "The Beast Of London"
     136  June 1948   12p "A Tale Of Two Brooklyns"
     137  July 1948   12p "The Rise And Fall Of A Gangster"
     140  Oct  1948   12p "Dictator Of Alcatraz"
     150  Aug  1949   12p "Around The World Or Bust"

Detective Short Stories (Timely)
          (v.2, n6)  Nov  1940    2p "Million Dollars Murder Inc."
          (v.2, n6)  Nov  1940    1p "Case of the Blushing Butcher"
          (v.2, n6)  Nov  1940    1p "A Mortgage on the Morgue"
          (v.2, n6)  Nov  1940    1p "A City-Dick Has to Use Science"
          (v.2, n6)  Nov  1940    1p "Death's Door"
          (v.2, n6)  Nov  1940    1p "The Blonde Will Die Daintily"
          (v.2, n6)  Nov  1940    1p "A Little Matter of Murder"
          (v.2, n6)  Nov  1940    1p "Hang Onto Your Gat"
          (v.2, n6)  Nov  1940    1p "Blood Is Where You Find It"
          (v.3, n2)  Apr  1941    2p "Most Dicks Go Out For Murder"
          (v.3, n2)  Apr  1941    1p "You Can't Get Married In The Morgue"
          (v.3, n2)  Apr  1941    1p "Death On Duty"
          (v.3, n2)  Apr  1941    1p "Four Killers and a Kid"
          (v.3, n2)  Apr  1941    1p "So You Got a Gat, So What"
          (v.3, n2)  Apr  1941    2p "The Fighting Cop"
   s      (v.3, n2)  Apr  1941    1p "No Corpses, No Cash"
   s      (v.3, n2)  Apr  1941    1p "Homicide Has Its Points"
   s      (v.3, n2)  Apr  1941    1p "Boy Meets Gun-Girl"
   s      (v.3, n2)  Apr  1941    1p "Murder For The Many"
          (v.3, n4)  Sept 1941    2p "And So To Death"

Double Life of Private Strong (Archie)
     1    June 1959       [cover]
     1    June 1959    1p "intro"
     1    June 1959    4p "The Double Life Of Private Strong"
     1    June 1959    6p "Spawn Of The X World"
     1    June 1959    2p "The Hide-Out"
     1    June 1959    6p "Mystery Of The Vanished Wreckage"
     1    June 1959    8p "The Menace Of The Micro-Men"
     2    Aug  1959       [cover]
     2    Aug  1959    6p "The Ultra-Sonic Spies"

Double-Dare Adventures (Harvey)
   r 1    Dec  1966    5p "The Ant Extract"

Famous Funnies (Eastern Color)
   a 61   Aug  1939    1p "ad"- (signed Lance Kirby)
   a 61   Aug  1939    2p "teaser ad"- (signed Lance Kirby)
   a 62   Sept 1939    2p "Lightnin' and The Lone Rider"- (signed Lance Kirby)
   a 63   Oct  1939    2p "Lightnin' and The Lone Rider"- (signed Lance Kirby)
   a 64   Nov  1939    2p "Lightnin' and The Lone Rider"- (signed Lance Kirby)
   a 65   Dec  1939    2p "Lightnin' and The Lone Rider"- (signed Lance Kirby)
     72   July 1940    2p "Lightnin' and The Lone Rider"
   a 73   Aug  1940    2p "Lightnin' and The Lone Rider"- (signed Lance Kirby)
   a 74   Sept 1940    2p "Lightnin' and The Lone Rider"- (signed Lance Kirby)
   a 75   Oct  1940    2p "Lightnin' and The Lone Rider"- (signed Lance Kirby)
   a 76   Nov  1940    2p "Lightnin' and The Lone Rider"- (signed Lance Kirby)

Fighting American (Prize)
     1    Apr  1954       [cover]
     1    Apr  1954   10p "Break The Spy-Ring"
     1    Apr  1954    6p "Baby Buzz Bombs"
     1    Apr  1954    7p "Duel To The Finish Line"
   & 2    June 1954       [cover]
     2    June 1954    9p "The League Of The Handsome Devils"
     2    June 1954    7p "Meet Doubleheader"
     2    June 1954    7p "City of Ghouls"- (Kirby inks 1, 2, & 5, Meskin does rest)
   & 3    Aug  1954       [cover]
     3    Aug  1954    6p "The Man Who Sold Out Liberty"
     3    Aug  1954    2p "Stranger From Paradise"
     3    Aug  1954    1p "Poison Ivan"
     3    Aug  1954    7p "Poison Ivan"
     3    Aug  1954    1p "Z-Food"
     3    Aug  1954    6p "Z-Food"
     4    Oct  1954       [cover]
     4    Oct  1954    5p "Tokyo Runaround"
     4    Oct  1954    3p "Tokyo Runaround"
     4    Oct  1954    9p "Homecoming: Year 3000"
     4    Oct  1954    5p "Operation Wolf"
     5    Dec  1954       [cover]
     5    Dec  1954    8p "Jiseppi, The Jungle Boy"
     5    Dec  1954    8p "The Year Bender"
     5    Dec  1954    6p "Invisible Irving"
     6    Feb  1955       [cover]
     6    Feb  1955    3p "The Making Of Fighting American"
     6    Feb  1955    1p "Speedboy"
     6    Feb  1955   10p "Super Khakalovitch"
     7    Apr  1955       [cover]
     7    Apr  1955    4p "Sneak Of Araby"
     7    Apr  1955    1p "Three Coins In The Pushcart"
     7    Apr  1955    5p "Space-Face"

Fighting American (Harvey)
   & 1    Oct  1966       [cover]
     1    Oct  1966    5p "Round Robin"
     1    Oct  1966    8p "Roman Scoundrels"
     1    Oct  1966    7p "Yafata's Moustache"

First Love Illustrated (Harvey)
     67   Aug  1956       [cover]
     68   Sept 1956       [cover]
   ? 68   Sept 1956       [contents]
     69   Oct  1956       [cover]
     69   Oct  1956       [contents]
     70   Nov  1956       [cover]
     72   Jan  1957       [contents]
     85   Feb  1958    1p "house ad for Race for the Moon"

First Romance Magazine (Harvey)
     41   Aug  1956       [cover]
     42   Oct  1956       [cover]
     42   Oct  1956       [contents]
     43   Dec  1956       [cover]
     43   Dec  1956       [contents]

Foxhole (Mainline)
     1    Oct  1954       [cover]
     2    Dec  1954       [cover]
     2    Dec  1954    6p "Booby Trap"
     2    Dec  1954    2p "Hot Box"
     3    Feb  1955       [cover]
     4    Apr  1955       [cover]

Foxhole (Charlton)
   & 5    July 1955       [cover]
     6    Sept 1955       [cover]
     6    Sept 1955    4p "Even Steven"
     6    Sept 1955    4p "Listen To The Boidie"

Frankenstein (Prize)
     7    May  1947    6p "Justice Finds A Cop Killer"

From Here to Insanity (Charlton)
     11   Aug  1955       [cover]
     11   Aug  1955    1p "Expressions"
     11   Aug  1955    2p "Line 'em Up"
     11   Aug  1955    2p "Psycho-News"
     11   Aug  1955    3p "Rex Mortgage, M.D."
     11   Aug  1955    6p "200,000 Lugs Under The Sea"
     11   Aug  1955    4p "Build It Yourself"
     11   Aug  1955    1p "Coming Attraction"
     11   Aug  1955    1p "Foreign Intrigues"
     11   Aug  1955    1p "ad"
     11   Aug  1955    1p "Be A Successful 90 Pound Weakling"

Green Hornet (Harvey)
   a 7    June 1942       [cover]- (signed Jon Henri)
   ? 10   Dec  1942       [cover]
     39   May  1948   12p "Rest Camp For Criminals"

Gunsmoke Western (Atlas (Marvel))
     47   July 1958    4p "Trouble In Leadville"
     51   Mar  1959    5p "The Raiders Strike"
     52   May  1959       [cover]
     53   July 1959       [cover]

Headline (Prize)
     23   (v.2, n11) Mar  1947       [cover]
     23   (v.2, n11) Mar  1947       [cover]
     23   (v.2, n11) Mar  1947    7p "The Last Bloody Days Of Babyface Nelson"
     23   (v.2, n11) Mar  1947    7p "The Doctor Is Missing"
     23   (v.2, n11) Mar  1947    7p "The Bear Skull Trail To Death"
     23   (v.2, n11) Mar  1947   10p "Burned At The Stake"
     23   (v.2, n11) Mar  1947    8p "To My Valentine"
     23   (v.2, n11) Mar  1947    5p "Killer In The Kitchen"
     24   (v.2, n12) May  1947       [cover]
     24   (v.2, n12) May  1947    9p "Trapping New England's Chain Murderer"
     24   (v.2, n12) May  1947    7p "Murder On A Wave Length"
     24   (v.2, n12) May  1947    7p "Grim Pay-Off For The Pinball Mob"
     24   (v.2, n12) May  1947    8p "A Phantom Pulls The Trigger"
     24   (v.2, n12) May  1947    2p "A Phantom Pulls The Trigger"
     24   (v.2, n12) May  1947    8p "You Can't Forget A Killer"
     24   (v.2, n12) May  1947    4p "The Case Of The Floating Corpse"
     25   (v.3, n1)  July 1947       [cover]
     25   (v.3, n1)  July 1947    7p "Masquerade Of Eddie The Doll"
     25   (v.3, n1)  July 1947    7p "Death Takes A Honeymoon"
     25   (v.3, n1)  July 1947    7p "Pay Up Or Die"
     25   (v.3, n1)  July 1947    4p "Case Of The Forgetful Killer"
     26   (v.3, n2)  Sept 1947       [cover]
   & 26   (v.3, n2)  Sept 1947   10p "The Life And Death Of Public Enemy Number One"
   & 26   (v.3, n2)  Sept 1947    6p "You Can't Fool A G-Man Twice"
     26   (v.3, n2)  Sept 1947    8p "The Strange Aftermath Of The Kansas City Massacre"
   & 26   (v.3, n2)  Sept 1947    8p "Bullets For The Bogus G-Man"
     27   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1947       [cover]
     27   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1947   13p "Stella Mae Dickson, The Bobby Sox Bandit Queen"
     27   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1947    8p "The Guns Of Jesse James"
     27   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1947   11p "Spirit Swindlers"
     28   (v.3, n4)  Feb  1948       [cover]
   & 28   (v.3, n4)  Feb  1948   13p "I Worked For The Fence"
   & 28   (v.3, n4)  Feb  1948    8p "Murder Makes Bad Medicine"
   & 29   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1948       [cover]
   & 29   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1948   14p "Insurance Reward Racket"
     29   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1948    5p "Hide-Away Town"
   & 30   (v.3, n6)  June 1948       [cover]
   & 30   (v.3, n6)  June 1948   15p "Numbers Racket"
     30   (v.3, n6)  June 1948    9p "Bullet-Proof Bad Man"
     31   (v.4, n1)  Aug  1948       [cover]
   & 31   (v.4, n1)  Aug  1948   14p "Pickpocket Gang"
     32   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1948       [cover]
   & 32   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1948   12p "Counterfeit Team"
   & 33   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1948       [cover]
     33   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1948   15p "Premeditated Homicide"
     33   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1948    1p "The FBI And The Gun-Happy Robber"- (illustrated text)
     33   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1948    1p "How The FBI Trapped The Booby Trap Slayer"- (villustrated text)
   & 34   (v.4, n4)  Feb  1949       [cover]
     34   (v.4, n4)  Feb  1949    8p "Blackhearted Tony"
     35   (v.4, n5)  May  1949       [cover]
     35   (v.4, n5)  May  1949    8p "Dead Or Alive"
     36   (v.4, n6)  July 1949    9p "Odds Against Murder"
     37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1949    1p "The Accusing Match"
     42   (v.5, n6)  July 1950    1p "Black Magic ad"- (house ad for Black Magic)
     44   (v.6, n2)  Nov  1950       [cover]
     45   (v.6, n3)  Jan  1951       [cover]

Hi-School Romance (Harvey)
     54   Aug  1956       [cover]
     55   Sept 1956       [cover]
     55   Sept 1956       [contents]
     56   Oct  1956       [cover]
     57   Nov  1956       [cover]
     58   Dec  1956       [cover]

House of Mystery (National/DC)
     61   Apr  1957    6p "The Thing In The Box"
     63   June 1957    6p "Riddle Of The Red Roc"
     65   Aug  1957       [cover]
     65   Aug  1957    6p "The Human Dragon"
     66   Sept 1957    6p "The Thief Of Thoughts"
     70   Jan  1958    6p "The Creatures From Nowhere"
     72   Mar  1958    6p "The Man Who Betrayed Earth"
     76   July 1958       [cover]
     76   July 1958    6p "The Artificial Twin"
     78   Sept 1958       [cover]
     79   Oct  1958       [cover]
     84   Mar  1959    8p "The Negative Man"
     85   Apr  1959       [cover]
     85   Apr  1959    8p "Stone Sentinels Of Giant Island"

House of Secrets (National/DC)
     3    Mar  1957       [cover]
     3    Mar  1957    6p "The Three Prophecies"
     4    May  1957    6p "Master Of The Unknown"
     8    Jan  1958    6p "The Cat Who Knew Too Much"
     8    Jan  1958    6p "The Cat Who Knew Too Much"
     11   Aug  1958       [cover]
     12   Sept 1958       [cover]
     12   Sept 1958    6p "The Hole In The Sky"

I Love You (Charlton)
     7    Sept 1955       [cover]

In Love (Mainline)
     1    Sept 1954       [cover]
     1    Sept 1954    6p "The First Pang Of Love"
     1    Sept 1954    7p "Falling Star"
     1    Sept 1954    7p "The Challenge"
     2    Oct  1954    1p "Secret Meeting"
     2    Oct  1954    2p "Secret Meeting"
     2    Oct  1954    1p "Secret Meeting"
     3    Jan  1955       [cover]
     3    Jan  1955    1p "Search For Inspiration"
     3    Jan  1955    8p "Search For Inspiration"
     3    Jan  1955    9p "Cute And Cunning"

In Love (Charlton)
     5    May  1955       [cover]

Joe Palooka (Harvey)
     5    July 1946    6p "A Trip To The Moon"

Journey Into Mystery (Atlas (Marvel))
     51   Mar  1959    5p "The Creatures In The Volcano"
     51   Mar  1959    4p "Alien On Earth"
     52   May  1959       [cover]
     52   May  1959    5p "Menace From Mars"
     53   July 1959       [cover]
     54   Sept 1959       [cover]
     54   Sept 1959    5p "Menace From The Purple Planet"
     55   Nov  1959       [cover]
     55   Nov  1959    5p "I Found The Giant In The Sky"
     55   Nov  1959    4p "My Neighbor's Secret"

Jumbo (Fiction House Magazines)
   a 1    Sept 1938    4p "The Count of Monte Cristo"- (signed: Jack Curtiss)
   a 1    Sept 1938    4p "The Diary of Dr. Hayward"- (signed: Curt Davis)
     1    Sept 1938    4p "Wilton of the West"
   a 2    Oct  1938    4p "The Count of Monte Cristo"- (signed Jack Curtiss)
   a 2    Oct  1938    4p "The Diary of Dr. Hayward"- (signed: Jack Curtiss)
   a 2    Oct  1938    4p "Wilton of the West"- (signed: Fred Sande)
   a 3    Nov  1938    4p "The Diary of Dr. Hayward"- (signed: Curt Davis)
   a 3    Nov  1938    4p "Wilton of the West"- (signed: Fred Sande)

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
   & 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1947       [cover]
   & 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1947    8p "I Was A Come-On Girl For Broken Bones, Inc."
   & 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1947    6p "The Trial Of San Francisco's Strangest Killer"
   & 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1947    4p "Firebug"
   & 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1947    7p "The Head In The Window"
   & 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1947    8p "The Case Against Scarface"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Dec  1947       [cover]
   & 2    (v.1, n2)  Jan  1948   11p "Gun Moll"
   & 2    (v.1, n2)  Jan  1948   12p "The True Life Story Of Alvin Karpis"
   & 3    (v.1, n3)  Mar  1948       [cover]
   & 3    (v.1, n3)  Mar  1948   12p "Buried Treasure Fraud"
   & 3    (v.1, n3)  Mar  1948    8p "Ask Eddie Green, Consultant to Crime"
   & 4    (v.1, n4)  May  1948       [cover]
   & 4    (v.1, n4)  May  1948   13p "Queen Of The Speed-Ball Mob"
   & 4    (v.1, n4)  May  1948    8p "Counterfeit Cash"
   & 5    (v.1, n5)  July 1948       [cover]
   & 5    (v.1, n5)  July 1948   13p "Fight Fix"
   & 6    (v.1, n6)  Sept 1948       [cover]
     6    (v.1, n6)  Sept 1948   14p "Money-Making Machine Swindlers"
     6    (v.1, n6)  Sept 1948    6p "The Capture Of One-Eye"- (Kirby did splash panel)
   & 7    (v.2, n1)  Nov  1948       [cover]
     7    (v.2, n1)  Nov  1948   15p "Phony Check Racketeers"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Jan  1949       [cover]
     8    (v.2, n2)  Jan  1949    7p "Underworld Snob"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Jan  1949    1p "The Masked Killer"- (illustrated text)
   & 9    (v.2, n3)  Apr  1949       [cover]
     9    (v.2, n3)  Apr  1949   10p "This Way To The Gallows"
     10   (v.2, n4)  June 1949       [cover]
     10   (v.2, n4)  June 1949   10p "The Man Who Stole A Train"
     11   (v.2, n5)  Aug  1949       [cover]
     18   (v.3, n6)  Sept 1950       [cover]
     18   (v.3, n6)  Sept 1950   10p "Pirates Of The Poor"
     19   (v.4, n1)  Oct  1950       [cover]
     21   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1950       [cover]
     22   (v.4, n4)  Jan  1951       [cover]
     23   (v.4, n5)  Feb  1951       [cover]

Kid Colt Outlaw (Atlas (Marvel))
     83   Mar  1959       [cover]
     85   July 1959       [cover]
     86   Sept 1959    1p "Meeting At Midnight"
     87   Nov  1959       [cover]

Laugh (Archie)
     24   Sept 1947    6p "Pipsy"

Love Problems and Advice (Harvey)
     38   Mar  1956       [cover]
     41   Sept 1956       [cover]
     41   Sept 1956       [contents]
     42   Nov  1956       [cover]

Love Romances (Atlas (Marvel))
     83   Sept 1959       [cover]
     84   Nov  1959       [cover]

Marvel Mystery (Timely)
     12   Oct  1940       [cover]
     13   Nov  1940    8p "The Vision"
     14   Dec  1940    7p "The Vision"
     15   Jan  1941    7p "The Vision"
     16   Feb  1941    7p "The Vision"
     17   Mar  1941    7p "The Vision"
     18   Apr  1941    6p "The Vision"
     19   May  1941    6p "The Vision"
     20   June 1941    6p "The Vision"
     21   July 1941    7p "The Vision"
     22   Aug  1941    6p "The Vision"
     23   Sept 1941    7p "The Vision"
     24   Oct  1941    7p "The Vision"
     25   Nov  1941    7p "The Vision"
     26   Dec  1941    7p "The Vision"
     27   Jan  1942    7p "The Vision"

Marvel Stories (Timely)
          (v.2, n2)  Nov  1940    2p "Queen of Venus"
          (v.2, n2)  Nov  1940    1p "A Dictator for All Time"
          (v.2, n2)  Nov  1940    1p "The Thought-World Monsters"
          (v.2, n2)  Nov  1940    2p "The Man Who"
          (v.2, n2)  Nov  1940    1p "Substitute For War"
   ?      (v.2, n2)  Nov  1940    1p "The World of Tomorrow"
          (v.2, n2)  Nov  1940    1p "Cycle"
          (v.2, n3)  Apr  1941    1p "Fiction That Thrills"
          (v.2, n3)  Apr  1941    1p "The Girl From Venus"
          (v.2, n3)  Apr  1941    2p "The Iron God"
          (v.2, n3)  Apr  1941    1p "The World of Tomorrow"

My Date (Hillman)
     1    July 1947       [cover]
   & 1    July 1947   14p "My Date With Swifty Chase"
   & 2    Sept 1947       [cover]
     2    Sept 1947   14p "My Problem Date"
   & 3    Nov  1947       [cover]
   & 3    Nov  1947   13p "My Date With Swifty Chase"
     3    Nov  1947    1p "pin-up"
     4    Jan  1948   12p "The Lonesome Wolf"
     4    Jan  1948    3p "A Rainy Day With Housedate Harry"

My Greatest Adventure (National/DC)
     15   May  1957    8p "I Found A City Under The Sea"
     16   July 1957    8p "I Died A Thousand Times"
     17   Sept 1957    8p "I Doomed The World"
     18   Dec  1957       [cover]
     18   Dec  1957    8p "I Tracked The Nuclear Creature"
     20   Apr  1958    8p "I Was Big Game On Neptune"
     21   May  1958    8p "We Were Doomed By The Metal-Eating Monster"
     28   Feb  1959    8p "We Battled the Microscopic Menace"

My Own Romance (Atlas (Marvel))
     71   Sept 1959       [cover]

Mystery Men (Fox)
   a 10   May  1940    3p "Wing Turner"- (signed: Floyd Kelly)

Mystic (Timely)
     7    Dec  1941       [cover]

Picture News (Lafayette Street Corp)
     1    Jan  1946    4p "You Can't Loose A Faithful Dog"

Police Trap (Mainline)
     1    Sept 1954       [cover]
     2    Nov  1954       [cover]
     2    Nov  1954    1p "The Alibi Twins"
     2    Nov  1954    1p "Desk Sergeant"
     3    Jan  1955       [cover]
     4    Mar  1955       [cover]

Police Trap (Charlton)
     5    July 1955       [cover]
     5    July 1955    5p "Alibi?"
     6    Sept 1955       [cover]
     6    Sept 1955    6p "The Amateur"
     6    Sept 1955    5p "The Debt"
     6    Sept 1955    3p "The $64 Question"
     6    Sept 1955    6p "Only The Guilty Run"
     6    Sept 1955    5p "Third Degree"

Prize (Prize)
     7    Dec  1940       [cover]
     7    Dec  1940    9p "The Black Owl"
     8    Jan  1941    9p "The Black Owl"
     8    Jan  1941    6p "Ted O'Neill"
     9    Feb  1941    9p "The Black Owl"
     9    Feb  1941    6p "Ted O'Neill"
     63   Mar  1947       [cover]
     63   Mar  1947    6p "Romania's Strangest Killer"

Prize Comics Western (Prize)
   & 75   Apr  1949       [cover]
     83   Aug  1950       [cover]

Punch & Judy (Hillman)
          (v.2, n9)  Apr  1947    1p "Rover The Rascal"
          (v.2, n10) May  1947    7p "Lockjaw The Alligator"
          (v.2, n11) June 1947    6p "Lockjaw The Alligator"
          (v.2, n11) June 1947    5p "Earl The Rich Rabbit"
          (v.2, n12) July 1947    7p "Lockjaw The Alligator"
          (v.2, n12) July 1947    6p "The Mystery Crooner"
          (v.3, n1)  Oct  1947    5p "Lockjaw Goes To College"
          (v.3, n1)  Oct  1947    6p "Earl the Rich Rabbit"
          (v.3, n2)  Dec  1947    6p "Earl the Rich Rabbit"

Quick Trigger Western (Atlas (Timely, Marvel))
     16   Feb  1957    5p "The Vengeance Of Growling Bear"

Race for the Moon (Harvey)
     1    Mar  1958       [cover]
     2    Sept 1958       [cover]
     2    Sept 1958    1p "introduction"
     2    Sept 1958    5p "The Thing On Sputnik 4"
     2    Sept 1958    5p "Lunar Trap"
     2    Sept 1958    5p "Island In The Sky"
     2    Sept 1958    5p "The Face On Mars"
     3    Nov  1958       [cover]
     3    Nov  1958    1p "introduction"
     3    Nov  1958    5p "The Long, Long Years"
     3    Nov  1958    5p "Saucer Men"
     3    Nov  1958    5p "Space Garbage"
     3    Nov  1958    5p "Garden Of Eden"

Real Clue Crime Stories (Hillman)
          (v.2, n4)  June 1947       [cover]
          (v.2, n4)  June 1947    8p "Mother Of Crime"
          (v.2, n4)  June 1947    8p "The Trail Of The Gun-Loving Killer"
          (v.2, n4)  June 1947    4p "Come With Me And Die"
          (v.2, n4)  June 1947    2p "Backfire"- (text)
          (v.2, n5)  July 1947       [cover]
          (v.2, n5)  July 1947    7p "Gang Doctor"
          (v.2, n5)  July 1947    8p "Terrible Whyos"
          (v.2, n5)  July 1947    4p "Wyatt Earp's Bluff"
          (v.2, n5)  July 1947   15p "The Dummies Died Screaming"
          (v.2, n6)  Aug  1947       [cover]
          (v.2, n6)  Aug  1947    7p "Let Me Plan Your Murder"
          (v.2, n6)  Aug  1947    4p "Jailbreak"
          (v.2, n6)  Aug  1947   15p "Get Me The Golden Gun"
          (v.2, n7)  Sept 1947       [cover]
          (v.2, n7)  Sept 1947    8p "Mr. Reed Waddell"
          (v.2, n7)  Sept 1947    8p "Gang War"
          (v.2, n7)  Sept 1947    7p "The Mad White God Of Palm Island"

Real Fact (National/DC)
     1    Mar  1946       [cover]
   & 1    Mar  1946    2p "The Rocket Lanes Of Tomorrow"
     1    Mar  1946    4p "Pirate Or Patriot?"
     2    May  1946    2p "A World Of Thinking Machines"
     9    July 1947    1p "Backseat Driver"
     9    July 1947    3p "Backseat Driver"

Real West Romances (Prize)
     1    Apr  1949    9p "Heart Rustler"
     3    Aug  1949    9p "Our Love Wore Six-Guns"
     4    Oct  1949    8p "The Perfect Cowboy"
     5    Dec  1949    9p "Mail-Order Romance"
     7    Apr  1950    2p "Tumbleweed Tim"- (illustrated text)
     7    Apr  1950    8p "Love Of A Navojo Princess"

Red Raven (Timely (Marvel))
     1    Aug  1940       [cover]
     1    Aug  1940    8p "Mercury In The 20th Century"
   s 1    Aug  1940    7p "Comet Pierce"

Romance of Money (Natamsha Publishing)
          **** 1937   24p ""- (bank give-away)

Sandman, The (National/DC)
     1    Win  1974       [cover]

Science (Fox)
   a 4    May  1940    8p "Cosmic Carson"- (signed: Michael Griffith)

Shield Wizard (Archie)
     7    Sum  1942       [cover]

Shocking Tales (Harvey)
   r      Oct  1981    2p "Logan's Next Life"
   r      Oct  1981    5p "The Cadmus Seed"
   r      Oct  1981    5p "The Fourth Dimension is a Many Splattered Thing"
   r      Oct  1981    6p "The Last Enemy"
   r      Oct  1981    4p "Donnegan's Daffy Chair"
   r      Oct  1981    6p "Hole In the Wall"
   r      Oct  1981    4p "The Big Hunt"
   r      Oct  1981    5p "Fireballs"

Showcase (National/DC)
     6    Feb  1957       [cover]
     6    Feb  1957   24p "The Secrets Of The Sorcerer's Box"
     7    Apr  1957       [cover]
     7    Apr  1957   24p "Ultivac Is Loose"
     11   Dec  1957       [cover]
     11   Dec  1957   24p "The Day The Earth Blew Up"
     12   Jan  1958       [cover]
     12   Jan  1958   24p "The Menace Of The Ancient Vials"

Sick (Prize)
     42   (v.6, n2)  Feb  1966       [cover]

Speed (Harvey)
   s 17   Apr  1942       [cover]
     18   May  1942       [cover]
     20   July 1942       [cover]

Star Spangled (National/DC)
     7    Apr  1942       [cover]
   & 7    Apr  1942   13p "Newsboy Legion"
     8    May  1942       [cover]
   & 8    May  1942   13p "Last Mile Alley"
   & 9    June 1942       [cover]
   & 9    June 1942   13p "The Rookie Takes The Rap"
   & 10   July 1942       [cover]
   & 10   July 1942   10p "Kings For A Day"
   & 11   Aug  1942       [cover]
   & 11   Aug  1942   13p "Paradise Prison"
   & 12   Sept 1942       [cover]
   & 12   Sept 1942   13p "Prevue Of Peril"
   & 13   Oct  1942       [cover]
   & 13   Oct  1942   13p "The Scoop Of Suicide Slum"
   & 14   Nov  1942       [cover]
   & 14   Nov  1942   13p "The Meanest Man On Earth"
   & 15   Dec  1942       [cover]
   & 15   Dec  1942   13p "Playmates Of Peril"
   & 16   Jan  1943       [cover]
   & 16   Jan  1943   13p "Playboy Of Suicide Slum"
   & 17   Feb  1943       [cover]
   & 17   Feb  1943   13p "The Rafferty Mob"
   & 18   Mar  1943       [cover]
     18   Mar  1943   13p "The Education Of Iron Man Gookin"
     19   Apr  1943       [cover]
     19   Apr  1943   13p "The Fuhrer Of Suicide Slum"
   & 20   May  1943       [cover]
     20   May  1943   13p "The Newsboys And The Champ"
   & 21   June 1943       [cover]
     21   June 1943   13p "The House Where Time Stood Still"
     22   July 1943       [cover]
     22   July 1943   13p "Brains For Sale"
     23   Aug  1943       [cover]
     23   Aug  1943   13p "Art For The Scrapper Sale"
     24   Sept 1943       [cover]
     24   Sept 1943    1p "Death Strikes A Bargain"
     25   Oct  1943       [cover]
     25   Oct  1943   11p "Victuals For Victory"
     26   Nov  1943       [cover]
     26   Nov  1943   13p "Louie The Lug Goes Literary"
   & 27   Dec  1943       [cover]
     27   Dec  1943   11p "Turn On The Heat"
   & 28   Jan  1944       [cover]
     28   Jan  1944   11p "Poor Man's Rich Man"
   ? 29   Feb  1944       [cover]
     29   Feb  1944   11p "Cabbages And Comics"
   & 30   Mar  1944       [cover]
     30   Mar  1944   11p "The Lady Of Linden Lane"
   & 31   Apr  1944       [cover]
   & 33   June 1944       [cover]
     34   July 1944       [cover]
   & 35   Aug  1944       [cover]
   & 36   Sept 1944       [cover]
   & 37   Oct  1944       [cover]
   ? 38   Nov  1944       [cover]
   & 39   Dec  1944       [cover]
   & 40   Jan  1945       [cover]
     41   Feb  1945       [cover]
     42   Mar  1945       [cover]
   ? 43   Apr  1945       [cover]
   & 48   Sept 1945       [cover]
     49   Oct  1945       [cover]
   & 50   Nov  1945       [cover]
   & 51   Dec  1945       [cover]
   & 52   Jan  1946       [cover]
   & 53   Feb  1946       [cover]
     53   Feb  1946   10p "The Poet Of Suicide Slum"
   & 54   Mar  1946       [cover]
     54   Mar  1946   10p "Dead-Shot Dade's Revenge"
   & 55   Apr  1946       [cover]
     55   Apr  1946   10p "Gabby Strikes A Gusher"
     56   May  1946       [cover]
     56   May  1946   10p "Treasure Of Araby"
     57   June 1946       [cover]
     57   June 1946   10p "Recruit For The Legion"
     58   July 1946       [cover]
     58   July 1946   10p "Matador Of Suicide Slum"
     59   Aug  1946       [cover]
     59   Aug  1946   10p "Answers, Inc."
     60   Sept 1946       [cover]
     61   Oct  1946       [cover]

Strange Tales (Atlas (Marvel))
     67   Feb  1959    7p "I Was The Invisible Man"
     68   Apr  1959       [cover]
     68   Apr  1959    4p "Test Pilot"
     69   June 1959       [cover]
     69   June 1959    4p "The World That Was Lost"
     70   Aug  1959       [cover]
     70   Aug  1959    5p "A Giant Walks The Earth"
     72   Dec  1959       [cover]
     72   Dec  1959    5p "I Fought The Colossus"

Strange Tales Of The Unusual (Atlas (Marvel))
     7    Dec  1956    4p "Pokerface"

Strange World of Your Dreams (Prize)
     1    Aug  1952       [cover]
     1    Aug  1952    7p "I Talked With My Dead Wife"
     1    Aug  1952    3p "Send Us Your Dreams"
     2    Sept 1952       [cover]
     2    Sept 1952    5p "The Girl In The Grave"
     2    Sept 1952    2p "You Sent Us This Dream (Miss Ellen K.)"
     2    Sept 1952    2p "Send Us Your Dreams"
     3    Nov  1952       [cover]
     3    Nov  1952    4p "The Woman In The Tower"
     3    Nov  1952    2p "You Sent Us This Dream (Thomas R.)"
     4    Jan  1953       [cover]
     5    Mar  1953       [cover]

Strange Worlds (Atlas (Marvel))
     1    Dec  1958       [cover]
     1    Dec  1958    7p "I Discovered The Secret Of The Flying Saucers"
     3    Apr  1959       [cover]
     3    Apr  1959    4p "I Was Face To Face With The Creature From Planet X"
     3    Apr  1959    4p "I Fly To The Stars"
     4    June 1959       [cover]
     5    July 1959       [cover]

Stuntman (Harvey)
     1    Apr  1946       [cover]
     1    Apr  1946   13p "Killer In The Bigtop"
     1    Apr  1946   10p "The Crime On Cauliflower Row"
     1    Apr  1946   12p "The House Of Madness"
   & 2    June 1946       [cover]
     2    June 1946   12p "Curtain Call For Death"
     2    June 1946    1p ""
     2    June 1946   11p "The Rescue Of Robin Hood"
     2    June 1946    2p "The Rescue Of Robin Hood"
     3    Oct  1946       [cover]
     3    Oct  1946   12p "Rest Camp For Criminals"
     3    Oct  1946   12p "In This Corner, Kid Adonis"

Tales Of Suspense (Atlas (Marvel))
     2    Mar  1959    5p "Invasion From Outer Space"
     3    May  1959    5p "The Terrible Time Machine"
     4    July 1959       [cover]
     4    July 1959    5p "One Of Our Space Men Is Missing"
     5    Sept 1959       [cover]
     6    Nov  1959       [cover]
     6    Nov  1959    5p "The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped"

Tales Of The Unexpected (National/DC)
     12   Apr  1957    6p "The All-Seeing Eye"
     13   May  1957       [cover]
     13   May  1957    6p "The Face Behind The Mask"
     15   July 1957    6p "Three Wishes To Doom"
     16   Aug  1957    6p "The Magic Hammer"
     17   Sept 1957    6p "Who Is Mr. Ashtar?"
     18   Oct  1957       [cover]
     18   Oct  1957    6p "The Man Who Collected Planets"
     21   Jan  1958    6p "Mysterious Mr. Vince"
     22   Feb  1958       [cover]
     22   Feb  1958    6p "Invasion Of The Volcano Men"
     23   Mar  1958    6p "Giants From Outer Space"
     24   Apr  1958    6p "The Two-Dimensional Man"

Tales To Astonish (Atlas (Marvel))
     1    Jan  1959       [cover]
     1    Jan  1959    7p "We Found The Ninth Wonder Of The World"
     3    May  1959       [cover]
     4    July 1959       [cover]
     5    Sept 1959       [cover]
     5    Sept 1959    5p "I Was Trapped By The Things On Easter Island"
     6    Nov  1959       [cover]
     6    Nov  1959    4p "I Laughed At The Great God, Pan"

Terry And The Pirates (Harvey)
     3    Apr  1947    8p "The Isle Where Women Rule"
     4    June 1947    6p "The Isle Where Women Rule"

Thrills Of Tomorrow (Harvey)
   r 19   Feb  1955     p "The Killer In The Big Top"
   r 19   Feb  1955     p "The House Of Madness"
   r 19   Feb  1955     p "The Boy Explorers Meet Commodore Sinbad"
   r 20   Apr  1955     p "Curtain Call For Fear"
   r 20   Apr  1955     p "The Rescue Of Robin Hood"
   r 20   Apr  1955     p "Triumph For The Boy  Explorers"

Treasure (Prize)
     10   Dec  1946       [cover]
     10   Dec  1946    6p "Tomorrow's Murder"

True 3D (Harvey)
     1    Dec  1953    1p "advertisement"

True Bride-To-Be Romances (Harvey)
     17   Apr  1956       [cover]
     19   Aug  1956       [cover]
     20   Oct  1956       [cover]
     20   Oct  1956       [contents]

Two-Gun Kid (Atlas (Marvel))
     48   June 1959       [cover]

Two-Gun Western (Atlas (Marvel))
     12   Sept 1957    5p "No Man Can Outdraw Him"

Uncanny Stories (Timely)
          (v.1, n1)  Apr  1941    1p "Unusual Gripping Stories"
          (v.1, n1)  Apr  1941    2p "Coming of the Giant Germs"
          (v.1, n1)  Apr  1941    1p "Coming of the Giant Germs"
   s      (v.1, n1)  Apr  1941    1p "Man from the Wrong Time"
          (v.1, n1)  Apr  1941    1p "Speed Will Be My Bride"
          (v.1, n1)  Apr  1941    1p "Meet My Brother, Mr. Ghost"

USA (Timely)
     1    Aug  1941       [cover]
     1    Aug  1941    1p "The Defender"
     1    Aug  1941    1p "Underground Secret Agent And The Tunnel That Led To Death"

Wags (Joshua B. Powers)
     64   Mar  1938    1p "The Count of Monte Cristo"
     65   Mar  1938    1p "The Count of Monte Cristo"
     66   Apr  1938    1p "The Count of Monte Cristo"
     67   Apr  1938    1p "The Count of Monte Cristo"
     68   Apr  1938    1p "The Count of Monte Cristo"
     69   Apr  1938    1p "The Count of Monte Cristo"
     70   May  1938    1p "The Count of Monte Cristo"
     71   May  1938    1p "The Count of Monte Cristo"

Warfront (Harvey)
     28   Jan  1956       [cover]
     29   July 1956       [cover]

Western Fighters (Hillman)
   & 1    Apr  1948       [cover]

Western Love (Prize)
     1    July 1949    3p "Weddin' At Red Rock"
     2    Sept 1949    9p "Kathy And The Merchant"
     5    Mar  1950    9p "Dead Ringer"
     5    Mar  1950    5p "Two Can Play The Game"

Western Short Stories (Timely)
          (v.3, n6)  Nov  1940    1p "El Tigre Cheewa"

Western Tales (Harvey)
     31   Oct  1955       [cover]
     31   Oct  1955    1p "introduction"
     31   Oct  1955    8p "Devil Rapids"
     31   Oct  1955    4p "The Missing Bullet Hole"
     31   Oct  1955    1p "Waitin' Duel"
   r 31   Oct  1955    7p "The Legend Of Alby Fleezer"
     32   Mar  1956       [cover]
     32   Mar  1956    1p "introduction"
     32   Mar  1956    9p "Running Fight"
     32   Mar  1956    4p "King Ram"
     32   Mar  1956    1p "ad"
     33   July 1956       [cover]
     33   July 1956    1p "introduction"
     33   July 1956    7p "Jim Bowie Makes A Magic Knife"
     33   July 1956    5p "Jim Bowie Loses A Fortune And Wins An Indian Fight"
   r 33   July 1956    9p "A Very Dangerous Dude"

Win A Prize (Charlton)
     1    Feb  1955       [cover]
     1    Feb  1955    1p "intro"
     1    Feb  1955    6p "The Emissary"
     1    Feb  1955    1p "pin-up"
     1    Feb  1955    3p "That Giveaway Guy"
     1    Feb  1955    1p "contest"
     2    Apr  1955       [cover]
     2    Apr  1955    1p "intro"
     2    Apr  1955    4p "Sir Cashby Of Moneyvault"
     2    Apr  1955    1p "Uncle Giveaway - The Rules"

World Of Fantasy (Atlas)
     15   Dec  1958       [cover]
     16   Feb  1959    5p "Prison 2000 AD"
     17   Apr  1959       [cover]
     18   June 1959       [cover]
     18   June 1959    4p "To Build A Robot"
     19   Aug  1959       [cover]

World's Finest (National/DC)
     6    Sum  1942   10p "The Adventure Of The Magic Forest"
     7    Fall 1942   10p "A Modern Arabian Night-Mare"
     8    Win  1942   13p "Lack Of The Lepparts"
     9    Spr  1943   13p "Battle Of The Big Top"
     10   Sum  1943   12p "Message To Murmansk"
     11   Fall 1943   12p "Sand Dunes Of Death"
     12   Win  1943   12p "Golden Victory"
     13   Spr  1944   11p "A Wreath For Sir Edgar Of Wimpledowne"
     15   Fall 1944   12p "Iss Ve Not Der Supermen?"
     21   Mar  1946   12p "Brooklyn And Columbus Discover America"
     22   May  1946   12p "Boy Commandos 5,000,000 B. C."
     32   Jan  1948   13p "Killer With The Golden Voice"
     38   Jan  1949   12p "Rip Carter, Fugitive From A Chain Gang"
     96   Sept 1958    6p "Fife Clues To Danger"

Wow (Fawcett)
     1    Spr  1941    7p "Mr. Scarlet"

Wyatt Earp (Atlas)
     22   Apr  1959       [cover]
     24   Aug  1959       [cover]
     25   Oct  1959       [cover]
     26   Dec  1959       [cover]

Yellow Claw (Atlas)
     2    Dec  1956    5p "Concentrate On Chaos"
     2    Dec  1956    5p "The Mystery Of Cabin 361"
     2    Dec  1956    4p "The Yellow Claw"
     2    Dec  1956    5p "Temu-jai, The Golden Goliath"
     3    Feb  1957    5p "The Microscopic Army"
     3    Feb  1957    5p "UFO, The Lighting Man"
     3    Feb  1957    4p "The Yellow Claw Captured"
     3    Feb  1957    5p "Sleeping City"
     4    Apr  1957    5p "The Living Shadows"
     4    Apr  1957    5p "The Screemies"
     4    Apr  1957    5p "Five Million Sleepwalkers"
     4    Apr  1957    5p "The Yellow Claw And The Thought Master"

Young Allies (Timely)
     1    Sum  1942       [cover]
   ? 2    Win  1942       [cover]

Young Brides (Prize)
     1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1952    7p "Surprise, Surprise"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Nov  1952    3p "Lights Out, Love's In"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1953    7p "Dear John, I Love Someone Else"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1953    2p "Man About Women"
     6    (v.1, n6)  July 1953    6p "My Secret, My Baby"
     6    (v.1, n6)  July 1953    5p "Bored With My Husband"
     6    (v.1, n6)  July 1953    7p "Imperfect Marriage"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Sept 1953    8p "A Husband For Tracy"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Sept 1953    2p "Man About Women"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Sept 1953    6p "The Man Who Shamed Me"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Oct  1953    6p "Once A Mother"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Nov  1953    6p "Home-Wrecker"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Nov  1953    6p "Find Me A Bride"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Nov  1953    6p "Share And Share Alike"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Dec  1953    6p "Working Wife"
     11   (v.2, n5)  Jan  1954    6p "Practically Married"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Feb  1954    6p "Big Baby"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Nov  1955    8p "Cafe Society Lover"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Nov  1955    6p "A Little Understanding"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Nov  1955    5p "Her Beautiful Visitor"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Jan  1956       [cover]
     26   (v.4, n2)  Jan  1956    7p "Lydia's Boy"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Jan  1956    6p "Since You Got Glamour"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Jan  1956    5p "Love And Lamb Chops"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Jan  1956    7p "Dream Man"
     27   (v.4, n3)  Mar  1956       [cover]
     27   (v.4, n3)  Mar  1956    7p "Good Marriage"
     27   (v.4, n3)  Mar  1956    6p "Second Choice"
     27   (v.4, n3)  Mar  1956    5p "Sad Wedding"
     27   (v.4, n3)  Mar  1956    7p "Unattached Male"
     28   (v.4, n4)  May  1956       [cover]
     28   (v.4, n4)  May  1956    5p "If You Could Only Cook"
     28   (v.4, n4)  May  1956    7p "Under New Management"
     28   (v.4, n4)  May  1956    6p "Aide To Marriage"
     28   (v.4, n4)  May  1956    7p "New Boy In Town"
     29   (v.4, n5)  July 1956       [cover]
     29   (v.4, n5)  July 1956    6p "The Sound Of Wedding Bells"
     29   (v.4, n5)  July 1956    6p "Shadow Wife"
     29   (v.4, n5)  July 1956    6p "Nancy's Sanctuary"
     29   (v.4, n5)  July 1956    7p "Romance On The Run"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Nov  1956       [cover]
     30   (v.4, n6)  Nov  1956    6p "In Love With A Tomboy"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Nov  1956    6p "Here Comes The Bride"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Nov  1956    6p "Family Jinx"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Nov  1956    1p "The Way They Met"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Nov  1956    6p "The Unhappy Housewife"

Young Love (Prize)
   & 1    (v.1, n1)  Feb  1949       [cover]
   & 1    (v.1, n1)  Feb  1949   10p "The Man I Loved Was A Woman-Hater"
   & 1    (v.1, n1)  Feb  1949       [cover]
     1    (v.1, n1)  Feb  1949    7p "Fickle"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Apr  1949   12p "Too Wise For Romance"
     3    (v.1, n3)  June 1949    7p "Look Before You Love"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Aug  1949    8p "In Love With A Memory"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Aug  1949    2p "This Time for Keeps"- (illustrated text)
     6    (v.1, n6)  Dec  1949    2p "The Trouble with Julie"- (illustrated text)
     7    (v.2, n1)  Feb  1950    9p "Give Me Your Kisses"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Feb  1950    2p "Pride and Passion"- (illustrated text)
     7    (v.2, n1)  Feb  1950    6p "Love Him Or Leave Him"
     9    (v.2, n3)  May  1950    7p "Second-Hand Sweetheart"
   ? 10   (v.2, n4)  June 1950    4p "The Girl I Picked From The Phone Directory"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Aug  1950       [cover]
     13   (v.2, n7)  Sept 1950       [cover]
     13   (v.2, n7)  Sept 1950    9p "Everybody Wants My Girl"
     13   (v.2, n7)  Sept 1950    7p "Recipe For Love"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Oct  1950       [cover]
     14   (v.2, n8)  Oct  1950    1p "Problem Clinic"
     15   (v.2, n9)  Nov  1950       [cover]
     15   (v.2, n9)  Nov  1950    3p "Problem Clinic"
     15   (v.2, n9)  Nov  1950    2p "Will You Help Me?"
     16   (v.2, n10) Dec  1950       [cover]
     16   (v.2, n10) Dec  1950    8p "The Reformer"
     16   (v.2, n10) Dec  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     17   (v.2, n11) Jan  1951       [cover]
     17   (v.2, n11) Jan  1951    5p "The Quiet One"
     17   (v.2, n11) Jan  1951    3p "Will You Help Me?"
     18   (v.2, n12) Feb  1951       [cover]
     18   (v.2, n12) Feb  1951    2p "Problem Clinic"
     18   (v.2, n12) Feb  1951    3p "Will You Help Me?"
   & 19   (v.3, n1)  Mar  1951       [cover]
     19   (v.3, n1)  Mar  1951    3p "Will You Help Me?"
     20   (v.3, n2)  Apr  1951       [cover]
     20   (v.3, n2)  Apr  1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
     21   (v.3, n3)  May  1951       [cover]
     21   (v.3, n3)  May  1951   11p "All Work And No Love"
     22   (v.3, n4)  June 1951       [cover]
     22   (v.3, n4)  June 1951    3p "Will You Help Me?"
     23   (v.3, n5)  July 1951    2p "Problem Clinic"
     25   (v.3, n7)  Sept 1951   10p "Off Limits To Love"
     25   (v.3, n7)  Sept 1951    6p "My Old Flame"
     30   (v.3, n12) Feb  1952    3p "Problem Clinic"
     31   (v.4, n1)  Mar  1952    6p "Be My Valentine"
     36   (v.4, n6)  Aug  1952    8p "Two-Faced Woman"
     37   (v.4, n7)  Sept 1952    8p "Mr. Know-It-All Falls In Love"
     39   (v.4, n9)  Nov  1952    3p "Will You Help Me?"
     39   (v.4, n9)  Nov  1952    7p "My Fear Of Men"
     40   (v.4, n10) Dec  1952    9p "Fallen Idol"
     41   (v.4, n11) Jan  1953    2p "Problem Clinic"
     42   (v.4, n12) Feb  1953    8p "The Outsider"
     43   (v.5, n1)  Mar  1953   12p "Teen-Aged Widow"
     43   (v.5, n1)  Mar  1953    3p "Problem Clinic"
     44   (v.5, n2)  Apr  1953    9p "Unspoken For"
     44   (v.5, n2)  Apr  1953    8p "Once A Champion"
     45   (v.5, n3)  May  1953    3p "The Mean Little Cupid"
     45   (v.5, n3)  May  1953    8p "Stab In The Back"
     46   (v.5, n4)  June 1953    6p "Ashamed To Face Him"
     46   (v.5, n4)  June 1953    5p "Out Of The Blue"
     47   (v.5, n5)  July 1953    6p "Too Late To Tell Him"
     47   (v.5, n5)  July 1953    4p "Farewell Note"
     47   (v.5, n5)  July 1953    7p "Out All Hours"
     48   (v.5, n6)  Aug  1953    6p "Don't Wait For Me"
     48   (v.5, n6)  Aug  1953    4p "The Marrying Kind"
     48   (v.5, n6)  Aug  1953    3p "Cold Shoulder For Two"
     48   (v.5, n6)  Aug  1953    2p "Problem Clinic"
     49   (v.5, n7)  Sept 1953    8p "Riff-Raff"
     50   (v.5, n8)  Oct  1953    6p "Wedding Present"
     50   (v.5, n8)  Oct  1953    4p "Norma, Queen Of The Hot Dogs"
     51   (v.5, n9)  Nov  1953    6p "To Marry For Money"
     55   (v.6, n1)  Mar  1954    7p "Love War"
     69   (v.7, n3)  Feb  1956       [cover]
     69   (v.7, n3)  Feb  1956    7p "How's The Family?"
     69   (v.7, n3)  Feb  1956    6p "The Lady In The Jaguar"
     69   (v.7, n3)  Feb  1956    6p "Secrets Of The Girls Next Door"
     70   (v.7, n4)  Apr  1956       [cover]
     70   (v.7, n4)  Apr  1956    6p "Too Late For Love"
     70   (v.7, n4)  Apr  1956    8p "Big Disappointment"
     70   (v.7, n4)  Apr  1956    5p "A Week In Frisco"
     70   (v.7, n4)  Apr  1956    6p "Lovely Little Copycat"
     71   (v.7, n5)  June 1956       [cover]
     71   (v.7, n5)  June 1956    6p "Easy Way Out"
     72   (v.7, n6)  Oct  1956       [cover]
     72   (v.7, n6)  Oct  1956    7p "And My Heart Came Tumbling Down"
     72   (v.7, n6)  Oct  1956    6p "Love And War"
     72   (v.7, n6)  Oct  1956    6p "Cinderella Story"
     72   (v.7, n6)  Oct  1956    6p "I Dream Of Jeannie"
     73   (v.8, n1)  Dec  1956       [cover]
     73   (v.8, n1)  Dec  1956    7p "Torch Song"
     73   (v.8, n1)  Dec  1956    6p "Bust-up"

Young Romance (Prize)
     1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1947       [cover]
     1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1947   13p "I Was A Pick-Up"
     1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1947    7p "Misguided Heart"
     1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1947    8p "Summer Song"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Nov  1947       [cover]
     2    (v.1, n2)  Nov  1947   14p "Boy Crazy"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Nov  1947    8p "Her Tragic Love"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1948       [cover]
   & 3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1948   13p "Marriage Contract"
   & 3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1948    8p "Her Best Friend's Sweetheart"
   & 3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1948    7p "Man-Hater"
   & 4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1948       [cover]
     4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1948   11p "Blind Date"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1948    9p "Fraulein Sweetheart"
   & 5    (v.1, n5)  May  1948       [cover]
   & 5    (v.1, n5)  May  1948   13p "I Fell In Love With My Star Pupil"
   & 5    (v.1, n5)  May  1948    7p "Shame"
   & 5    (v.1, n5)  May  1948    9p "Gold Digger"
   & 6    (v.1, n6)  July 1948       [cover]
     6    (v.1, n6)  July 1948   14p "Disgrace"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Sept 1948       [cover]
   & 7    (v.2, n1)  Sept 1948   13p "War Bride"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Sept 1948    6p "Mother Said No"
   & 7    (v.2, n1)  Sept 1948    8p "I Stole For Love"
   & 8    (v.2, n2)  Nov  1948       [cover]
     8    (v.2, n2)  Nov  1948   14p "Love Or Pity"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Nov  1948    6p "My Big Sister's Beau"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Nov  1948    9p "Love Can Strike So Suddenly"
   & 9    (v.2, n3)  Jan  1949       [cover]
     9    (v.2, n3)  Jan  1949   15p "Was Love To Be My Sacrifice"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Jan  1949    8p "The Easy Life"
   & 10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1949       [cover]
   & 10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1949   13p "Mama's Boy"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1949    8p "Unwanted"
   & 11   (v.2, n5)  May  1949       [cover]
   & 11   (v.2, n5)  May  1949   15p "The Town And Toni Benson"
     12   (v.2, n6)  July 1949       [cover]
     12   (v.2, n6)  July 1949   11p "If You Want Me"
     12   (v.2, n6)  July 1949    2p "One Romantic Adventure"- (illustrated text)
     13   (v.3, n1)  Sept 1949   14p "Sailor's Girl"
     14   (v.3, n2)  Oct  1949   12p "Runaway Bride"
     15   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1949   14p "Back Door Love"
     16   (v.3, n4)  Dec  1949   11p "Dance Hall Pick-Up"
     16   (v.3, n4)  Dec  1949    7p "The Girl I Left Behind"
     17   (v.3, n5)  Jan  1950   15p "The Girl Who Tempted Me"
     17   (v.3, n5)  Jan  1950    2p "Love Trouble"- (illustrated text)
     18   (v.3, n6)  Feb  1950   14p "Just No Good"
     18   (v.3, n6)  Feb  1950    8p "Make Believe Lover"
     18   (v.3, n6)  Feb  1950    2p "Flight from Love"- (illustrated text)
     19   (v.3, n7)  Mar  1950   13p "That Kind Of Girl"
     20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950   14p "Hands Off Lucy"
     21   (v.3, n9)  May  1950   14p "I Want Your Man"
     22   (v.3, n10) June 1950   14p "The Savage In Me"
     23   (v.3, n11) July 1950   15p "Gang Sweetheart"
     23   (v.3, n11) July 1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950   14p "Buy Me Than Man"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Sept 1950   12p "The Only Man Who Could Thrill Me"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Sept 1950    3p "Will You Help Me?"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1950       [cover]
     26   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1950   12p "Your Money Or Your Love"
     27   (v.4, n3)  Nov  1950       [cover]
     27   (v.4, n3)  Nov  1950   12p "No Man Would Have Me"
     28   (v.4, n4)  Dec  1950   12p "Hot Rod Crowd"
     28   (v.4, n4)  Dec  1950    2p "Will You Help Me?"
     28   (v.4, n4)  Dec  1950    1p "Problem Clinic"
     29   (v.4, n5)  Jan  1951   10p "You're Not The First"
     29   (v.4, n5)  Jan  1951    3p "Will You Help Me?"
     29   (v.4, n5)  Jan  1951    2p "Problem Clinic"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Feb  1951   14p "Different"
     31   (v.4, n7)  Mar  1951   12p "One Way To Hold Him"
     32   (v.4, n8)  Apr  1951   12p "Soldier's Girl"
     32   (v.4, n8)  Apr  1951    3p "Will You Help Me?"
     33   (v.4, n9)  May  1951       [cover]
     33   (v.4, n9)  May  1951   10p "What's In It For Me?"
     34   (v.4, n10) June 1951       [cover]
     34   (v.4, n10) June 1951   12p "Old Fashioned Girl"
     35   (v.4, n11) July 1951   12p "Temptations Of A Car Hop"
     36   (v.4, n12) Aug  1951    3p "Love At Stake"
     37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1951   10p "I'll Never Set You Free"
     37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1951    6p "These Foolish Things"
     38   (v.5, n2)  Oct  1951   10p "Family Trouble"
     39   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1951   10p "Too Sweet To Be True"
     40   (v.5, n4)  Dec  1951   10p "Nobody Owns Me"
     41   (v.5, n5)  Jan  1952   12p "Dangerous Companion"
     42   (v.5, n6)  Feb  1952   10p "Miracle For Nancy"
     43   (v.5, n7)  Mar  1952   10p "Fool In Love"
     44   (v.5, n8)  Apr  1952    8p "Forget Me Not"
     45   (v.5, n9)  May  1952   10p "The Things I Didn't Know About Him"
     46   (v.5, n10) June 1952    8p "We Only Have Today"
     47   (v.5, n11) July 1952    6p "Drop The Handkerchief"
     51   (v.6, n3)  Nov  1952    1p "The Way They Met"
     53   (v.6, n5)  Jan  1953   10p "That Girl In My Corner"
     54   (v.6, n6)  Feb  1953    9p "Double Wedding"
     55   (v.6, n7)  Mar  1953    2p "Problem Clinic"
     56   (v.6, n8)  Apr  1953    9p "On Your Honor"
     57   (v.6, n9)  May  1953    8p "The Underdog"
     57   (v.6, n9)  May  1953    2p "Problem Clinic"
     57   (v.6, n9)  May  1953    6p "Peeping Tom"
     58   (v.6, n10) June 1953   12p "Too Innocent To Love"
     59   (v.6, n11) July 1953    3p "Borrow A Boy Friend"
     59   (v.6, n11) July 1953    9p "A Family Affair"
     60   (v.6, n12) Aug  1953    6p "So Charming, So False"
     61   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1953    8p "Let Sleeping Love Lie"
     61   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1953    4p "A Very Important Date"
     62   (v.7, n2)  Oct  1953    6p "The Mystery Blonde Of Lover's Lane"
     63   (v.7, n3)  Nov  1953    8p "A Matter Of Pride"
     64   (v.7, n4)  Dec  1953    6p "Beautiful Friendship"
     64   (v.7, n4)  Dec  1953    6p "The Heartbreaker"
     65   (v.7, n5)  Jan  1954    7p "The Wrong Mr. Right"
     66   (v.7, n6)  Feb  1954    6p "Those We Love"
     67   (v.7, n7)  Mar  1954    6p "Cute Trick"
   ? 79   (v.8, n7)  Oct  1955    2p "Problem Clinic"
     80   (v.8, n8)  Dec  1955       [cover]
     80   (v.8, n8)  Dec  1955    6p "Personal Message To Ruth"
     80   (v.8, n8)  Dec  1955    6p "The Gingerbread House"- ((Kirby inks splash))
     80   (v.8, n8)  Dec  1955    5p "Old Enough To Marry"
     80   (v.8, n8)  Dec  1955    8p "Lovesick"
     81   (v.9, n3)  Feb  1956       [cover]
     81   (v.9, n3)  Feb  1956    7p "The Lady And The Truck Driver"
     81   (v.9, n3)  Feb  1956    5p "A Match For Linda"
     81   (v.9, n3)  Feb  1956    5p "A Match For Linda"
     81   (v.9, n3)  Feb  1956    7p "Bring The Kids"
     82   (v.9, n4)  Apr  1956       [cover]
     82   (v.9, n4)  Apr  1956    6p "Lost Little Lamb"
     82   (v.9, n4)  Apr  1956    6p "Bundle From Heaven"
     82   (v.9, n4)  Apr  1956    6p "Wild Flower"
     82   (v.9, n4)  Apr  1956    7p "Repeat Performance"
     83   (v.9, n5)  June 1956       [cover]
     83   (v.9, n5)  June 1956    8p "Dancing Doll"
     83   (v.9, n5)  June 1956    5p "The Lonely Heart"
     83   (v.9, n5)  June 1956    6p "The Serious Type"
     83   (v.9, n5)  June 1956    7p "Only You"
     84   (v.9, n6)  Oct  1956       [cover]
     84   (v.9, n6)  Oct  1956    6p "Swept Off My Feet"
     84   (v.9, n6)  Oct  1956    6p "Romeo And Judy Ann"
     84   (v.9, n6)  Oct  1956    7p "Much Ado About Love"
     84   (v.9, n6)  Oct  1956    6p "Poison Ivy"
     85   (v.10, n1) Dec  1956       [cover]
     85   (v.10, n1) Dec  1956    7p "Lizzie's Back In Town"
     85   (v.10, n1) Dec  1956    6p "Lady's Choice"
     85   (v.10, n1) Dec  1956    6p "Resort Romeo"
     85   (v.10, n1) Dec  1956    6p "My Cousin From Milwaukee"
     86   (v.10, n2) Feb  1957    4p "Reject"
     87   (v.10, n3) Apr  1957    7p "Girl With Possibilities"
     87   (v.10, n3) Apr  1957    6p "Rock n' Roll Sweetheart"
     87   (v.10, n3) Apr  1957    6p "Made Me Beautiful"
   ? 88   (v.10, n4) June 1957    1p "They're Only Men"
     90   (v.10, n6) Oct  1957    5p "Girl In The Middle"
     91   (v.11, n1) Dec  1957    4p "The Waiting Game"
     91   (v.11, n1) Dec  1957    1p "The Way They Met"
     92   (v.11, n2) Feb  1958       [cover]
     92   (v.11, n2) Feb  1958    5p "Running Mates"
     92   (v.11, n2) Feb  1958    5p "The Happy Bachelor"
     93   (v.11, n3) Apr  1958    5p "Jealousy"
     95   (v.11, n5) Aug  1958       [cover]
     95   (v.11, n5) Aug  1958    5p "Listening To Love"
     97   (v.12, n1) Dec  1958       [cover]
     97   (v.12, n1) Dec  1958    5p "Hearts And Flowers"
     97   (v.12, n1) Dec  1958    5p "Uninvited Guest"
     98   (v.12, n2) Feb  1959    5p "Secret In My Heart"
     98   (v.12, n2) Feb  1959    5p "A Husband For My Sister"
     99   (v.12, n3) Apr  1959    5p "Man Wanted"
     99   (v.12, n3) Apr  1959    5p "The Love I Lost"
     102  (v.12, n6) Oct  1959    5p "The Wounded Party"
     103  (v.13, n1) Dec  1959       [cover]
     103  (v.13, n1) Dec  1959    5p "The Man For Me"
     103  (v.13, n1) Dec  1959    5p "Liars In Love"

Jim Infantino Checklist

2006-02-02T10:54:00.000-05:00


Last update: 7/10/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Young Love (Prize)
     25   (v.3, n7)  Sept 1951    1p "How Can You Tell It's Love"
     27   (v.3, n9)  Nov  1951    1p "You Can Look Like A Glamour Girl"

Young Romance (Prize)
   s 39   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1951    1p "Let's Talk Fashion"

Carmine Infantino Checklist

2006-02-02T10:52:00.000-05:00

George Gregg Checklist

2006-02-02T10:51:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
   s 17   (v.3, n5)  Aug  1950    7p "Best Seller"
   s 19   (v.4, n1)  Oct  1950    8p "Fortune In Furs"

Western Love (Prize)
   ? 1    July 1949    7p "The Tonto Express"

Young Love (Prize)
   s 4    (v.1, n4)  Aug  1949    8p "My Strange Fear"
     5    (v.1, n5)  Oct  1949    6p "The Love I Didn't Want"
     6    (v.1, n6)  Dec  1949    8p "My Promise"- (Kirby did the man in the splash)

Al Eadeh Checklist

2006-02-02T10:50:00.000-05:00


Last update: 7/10/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Real West Romances (Prize)
   s 1    Apr  1949    8p "Wild Hoses and Ornery Gals"

Young Love (Prize)
   s 2    (v.1, n2)  Apr  1949    8p "Girl Or Goddess"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Apr  1949    8p "Old Maid"
   ? 5    (v.1, n5)  Oct  1949    9p "For Sale: One Dream"

Young Romance (Prize)
   s 10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1949    7p "Heart's Desire"
     11   (v.2, n5)  May  1949    7p "My Father's New Wife"
     12   (v.2, n6)  July 1949    6p "For Somebody Else"
   ? 12   (v.2, n6)  July 1949    7p "Undesirable"

Vic Donahue Checklist

2006-02-02T10:47:00.000-05:00


Last update: 3/1/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Black Magic (Prize)
   s 6    (v.1, n6)  Aug  1951    5p "A Wolf That Hummed A Nursery Rhyme"

Headline (Prize)
   s 32   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1948    8p "The Mystery Of Room 712"
   s 33   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1948    6p "The Man Who Stole An Ocean Liner"
   s 35   (v.4, n5)  May  1949    7p "The Fabulous Baldwins"
   s 37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1949    8p "Death Of A Menace"

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
   s 9    (v.2, n3)  Apr  1949    7p "The Plot Against Old Moneybags"
   s 12   (v.2, n6)  Oct  1949    8p "The Keeper Of The Blood-Hound"

Real West Romances (Prize)
   s 2    July 1949    8p "Rough-House Annie"
   s 3    Aug  1949    8p "Love At The County Fair"
   s 4    Oct  1949    8p "Bartered"

Western Love (Prize)
   ? 2    Sept 1949    8p "Troublemaker"
   s 3    Nov  1949    9p "Romance In Robber's Roost"
   ? 3    Nov  1949    1p "Dude Ranch Diplomancy"
   s 4    Jan  1950    8p "Cowtown Casanova"

Young Love (Prize)
   s 2    (v.1, n2)  Apr  1949    3p "Problem Clinic"
     3    (v.1, n3)  June 1949    2p "Problem Clinic"
   s 4    (v.1, n4)  Aug  1949    3p "Problem Clinic"
   s 7    (v.2, n1)  Feb  1950    8p "A Secret Affair"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    1p "Happy Though Single"- (illustrated text)
   ? 10   (v.2, n4)  June 1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
   s 11   (v.2, n5)  July 1950    7p "Little White Lies"
     11   (v.2, n5)  July 1950    8p "The Girl I'm Looking For"
   s 12   (v.2, n6)  Aug  1950    7p "Her Kind Of A Man"
     13   (v.2, n7)  Sept 1950    8p "The Woman Across The Hall"

Young Romance (Prize)
     11   (v.2, n5)  May  1949    3p "Problem Clinic"
   s 13   (v.3, n1)  Sept 1949    2p "Problem Clinic"
   s 14   (v.3, n2)  Oct  1949    3p "Problem Clinic"
     14   (v.3, n2)  Oct  1949    1p "Good Manners"- (illustrated letters column)
     15   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1949    2p "Problem Clinic"
     19   (v.3, n7)  Mar  1950    1p "What Men Think About Women"- (illustrated text)
     20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950    1p "Stop That Complex"- (illustrated text)
   ? 21   (v.3, n9)  May  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
   ? 22   (v.3, n10) June 1950    2p "Problem Clinic"

Warren Broderick Checklist

2006-02-02T10:46:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby

Headline (Prize)
   s 31   (v.4, n1)  Aug  1948    6p "A Gangster Dies"
     32   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1948    7p "G Man Blitz"
     33   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1948    6p "A Mother's Ominous Dream"
     34   (v.4, n4)  Feb  1949    9p "Double-Cross"
     36   (v.4, n6)  July 1949    8p "Shoe-Box Annie"

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
     2    (v.1, n2)  Jan  1948    7p "The Killer Thought He Was Satan"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Mar  1948    8p "The Capture Of Night-Club-Nick"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Nov  1948    8p "The Man Who Died Twice"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Apr  1949    8p "The Hot Car Thugs"
     10   (v.2, n4)  June 1949    8p "Hot Ice"
     11   (v.2, n5)  Aug  1949    7p "Hijackers"

Prize Comics Western (Prize)
   ? 70   July 1948    8p "The Noose Hangs High"
     77   Sept 1949   14p "The Wagons Roll Westward"

Ann Brewster Checklist

2006-02-02T10:45:00.001-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby

Prize (Prize)
   s 63   Mar  1947    6p "Yank and Doodle and the Black Owl"
     67   Dec  1947    8p "The Case of the Man on Crutches"

Treasure (Prize)
   s 12   Fall 1947    8p "Junior Rangers"

Young Brides (Prize)
   s 24   (v.3, n6)  Sept 1955    6p "Riches Or Romance"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Nov  1955    6p "Last Hope"

Young Love (Prize)
   s 5    (v.1, n5)  Oct  1949    8p "Too Many Boy Friends"
   s 64   (v.6, n10) Apr  1955    6p "Weeping Willow"
   s 64   (v.6, n10) Apr  1955    6p "Lovely Little Faker"
   s 71   (v.7, n5)  June 1956    7p "Birthday Present"

Young Romance (Prize)
   s 76   (v.8, n4)  Apr  1955    6p "Unpleasingly Plump"
     77   (v.8, n5)  June 1955       [cover]
   s 77   (v.8, n5)  June 1955    6p "The Hangout"
     79   (v.8, n7)  Oct  1955       [cover]
   s 79   (v.8, n7)  Oct  1955    6p "Poor Marcie"

Dick Briefer Checklist

2006-02-02T10:45:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Charlie Chan (Prize)
     3    Oct  1948    8p "Keri Krane"- (Keri Drane)
     4    Dec  1948    8p "Keri Krane"- (Keri Krane)
     5    Feb  1949   11p "The Antique Burglar"- (Charlie Chan)
     5    Feb  1949   10p "Murder On Ice"- (Charlie Chan)
     5    Feb  1949   11p "The Dude Ranch Hold-Up"- (Charlie Chan)

Frankenstein (Prize)
   s 7    May  1947       [cover]
   s 7    May  1947    9p "Silas Grunch Gets His"
   s 7    May  1947   10p "The Strange Love of Shirley Shmool"
     7    May  1947    5p "The Curse of the Flying Dutchman"
     7    May  1947    5p "The Lorelei"
     7    May  1947    9p "Pins & Needles"

Headline (Prize)
     36   (v.4, n6)  July 1949    8p "Dutch Joe Cretzer's Other Business"

Jumbo (Fiction House Magazines)
   s 1    Sept 1938    5p "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
   s 2    Oct  1938    4p "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
     11   (v.2, n5)  Aug  1949    6p "Amateur Hypnotist"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Oct  1949    7p "The Nightmare Murder Mystery"

Prize (Prize)
   a 7    Dec  1940    8p "Frankenstein"
     49   Jan  1945    8p "Frankenstein"
     63   Mar  1947    8p "Frankenstein"
   s 66   Oct  1947       [cover]
     66   Oct  1947    9p "Frankenstein"
   s 67   Dec  1947    8p "Frankenstein and the Yogi"

Prize Comics Western (Prize)
     69   May  1948    8p "Rod Roper"
     71   Sept 1948    8p "Bullets at Salt Lick"
     77   Sept 1949    5p "Black Bull Bulldogs a Bandit"

Red Raven (Timely (Marvel))
   a 1    Aug  1940   10p "The Human Top"

John Belfi Checklist

2006-02-02T10:44:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
   s 10   (v.2, n4)  June 1949    7p "Counterfeit"

Jo Albistur Checklist

2006-02-02T10:41:00.000-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution

Foxhole (Mainline)
     1    Oct  1954    6p "Brain Wash"
     3    Feb  1955    6p "The Face"
   s 4    Apr  1955    6p "30 Year Man"

Foxhole (Charlton)
     5    July 1955    6p "Lucky Stiff"
     6    Sept 1955    6p "Decision At Dieppe"

Police Trap (Mainline)
     1    Sept 1954    6p "The Beefer"
     3    Jan  1955    5p "The Mountie"
     4    Mar  1955    6p "All In A Day's Work"
   s 4    Mar  1955    6p "One-Armed Bandit"

Police Trap (Charlton)
   s 5    July 1955    5p "The Test"

Win A Prize (Charlton)
     2    Apr  1955    5p "The Handsome Brute"

Young Brides (Prize)
     22   (v.3, n4)  May  1955    6p "Those Two"
     23   (v.3, n5)  July 1955    6p "Impossible Love"
   s 24   (v.3, n6)  Sept 1955    6p "Bitter Bride"

Young Love (Prize)
     61   (v.6, n7)  Sept 1954    6p "Just For Kicks"
     64   (v.6, n10) Apr  1955    6p "Love Me, Love My Sister"
   s 65   (v.6, n11) June 1955    8p "The Wild One"
   s 65   (v.6, n11) June 1955    7p "Get Out Of Town"
     66   (v.6, n12) Aug  1955    2p "The Proposal"

Young Romance (Prize)
     73   (v.8, n1)  Sept 1954    6p "Afraid Of Marriage"
     76   (v.8, n4)  Apr  1955    6p "Lovesick Meddler"
   s 77   (v.8, n5)  June 1955    6p "The Big Fish"
     78   (v.8, n6)  Aug  1955    2p "Meddling Mother-In-Law"
   s 78   (v.8, n6)  Aug  1955    6p "Army Nurse"
     79   (v.8, n7)  Oct  1955    6p "A Torch Song For Danny"
     79   (v.8, n7)  Oct  1955    5p "Castle In Spain"

John Prentice Checklist

2006-02-02T01:03:00.002-05:00


Last update: 1/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Black Magic (Prize)
     5    (v.1, n5)  June 1951    7p "Justice For The Dead"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Oct  1951    4p "Old Tom's Window"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Dec  1951    8p "The Curse Of The Crystal Ball"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Feb  1952    3p "The Crusaders In No Man's Land"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1952    3p "Coffin For Your Wedding Day"
     11   (v.2, n5)  Apr  1952    7p "The Thirteenth Floor"
     20   (v.3, n2)  Jan  1953    5p "Crash Report"
     22   (v.3, n4)  Mar  1953    4p "Horrible Herman"

Black Magic (National/DC)
   r 6    (v.1, n6)  Nov  1974    7p "The Thirteenth Floor"- (r BM #11 Apr 1952)

Bulls-Eye (Mainline)
     1    Aug  1954    8p "Bulls-Eye, The Boy"
     1    Aug  1954    6p "Bulls-Eye, The Youth"
     1    Aug  1954    8p "Bulls-Eye, The Man"
     2    Oct  1954    9p "Trial By Fire"
     2    Oct  1954    8p "Union Jack"

First Love Illustrated (Harvey)
     34   Nov  1953    5p "Bad Girl"
     39   Apr  1954    5p "For Love of Money"
     41   June 1954    5p "One More Time"
     42   July 1954    5p "Loveless"
     43   Aug  1954    5p "Resort Romeo"
     44   Sept 1954    5p "Cursed"
     67   Aug  1956    5p "Orphan Girl"
     69   Oct  1956    5p "Bedeviled"
     70   Nov  1956       [contents]
     70   Nov  1956    5p "Paid In Full"
     71   Dec  1956    5p "For Love Or Money"
     72   Jan  1957    5p "Love Not Wanted"
     73   Feb  1957    5p "Loveless"
     74   Mar  1957    5p "Cursed"
     75   Apr  1957    5p "Heart Of Stone"

First Romance Magazine (Harvey)
     25   Dec  1953    5p "Enslaved"
     26   Feb  1954    5p "Crisis"
     27   Apr  1954    5p "Revenge in My Heart"
     42   Oct  1956    5p "Take Me Away"
     43   Dec  1956    5p "Crisis"

Foxhole (Mainline)
     1    Oct  1954    5p "Eight Ball Hero"

Headline (Prize)
     63   (v.9, n3)  Jan  1954    8p "The Slave Peddlers"

Hi-School Romance (Harvey)
     47   Jan  1956    5p "Unhappy"
     48   Feb  1956    5p "Nocturne"
     57   Nov  1956    5p "Love Me Tonight"
     59   Jan  1957    5p "One More Time"
   r 60   Feb  1957    5p "Resort Romeo"

In Love (Mainline)
     1    Sept 1954       [cover]

Love Problems and Advice (Harvey)
     25   Jan  1954    5p "Nocturne"
     42   Nov  1956       [contents]
     42   Nov  1956    5p "Farm Girl In Town"
     45   May  1957    5p "The End of Love"

Police Trap (Mainline)
     1    Sept 1954    5p "Beer Party"
     2    Nov  1954    3p "The Hoodlum"
     2    Nov  1954    3p "The Grouch"

True Bride-To-Be Romances (Harvey)
     16   Feb  1956    5p "Anniversary Present"
     19   Aug  1956    5p "No More Tomorrows"
     20   Oct  1956    5p "Homecoming"

Young Brides (Prize)
     2    (v.1, n2)  Nov  1952    7p "Give And Take"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1953    8p "Stop At Nothing"
     5    (v.1, n5)  May  1953    5p "Stepchild"
     5    (v.1, n5)  May  1953    4p "Too Young To Be Married"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Oct  1953    6p "Little Helpmate"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Nov  1953    6p "Love Thief"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Dec  1953    6p "My Mistake, Lady"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Feb  1954    6p "Nightmare Honeymoon"
     13   (v.2, n7)  Mar  1954    4p "The Other Woman"
     13   (v.2, n7)  Mar  1954    6p "Revenge With Kisses"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Apr  1954       [cover]
     14   (v.2, n8)  Apr  1954    6p "Half A Wife"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Apr  1954    7p "Take Me As I Am"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Apr  1954    6p "Crazy Streak"
     15   (v.2, n9)  May  1954       [cover]
     15   (v.2, n9)  May  1954    6p "Dancing Doll"
     15   (v.2, n9)  May  1954    6p "Lavender And Old Lies"
     16   (v.2, n10) June 1954    6p "How To Marry The Boss"
     16   (v.2, n10) June 1954    7p "Born Bad"
     17   (v.2, n11) July 1954       [cover]
     17   (v.2, n11) July 1954    6p "Thrill Wedding"
     18   (v.2, n12) Sept 1954    6p "Sister Of The Bride"
     19   (v.3, n1)  Nov  1954    6p "Taste For Thrills"
     20   (v.3, n2)  Jan  1955    5p "My Heart's Torment"
     21   (v.3, n3)  Mar  1955    7p "Bad Impression"
     22   (v.3, n4)  May  1955    6p "Trail's End"

Young Love (Prize)
     20   (v.3, n2)  Apr  1951    8p "Big Bertha"
     22   (v.3, n4)  June 1951    8p "Cry Baby"
     23   (v.3, n5)  July 1951    8p "Cradle Robber"
     24   (v.3, n6)  Aug  1951    8p "Don't Tell On Me"
     27   (v.3, n9)  Nov  1951    7p "Save Me, Lose Me"
     29   (v.3, n11) Jan  1952    8p "Dumb Blonde"
     30   (v.3, n12) Feb  1952    9p "Learn To Love"
     31   (v.4, n1)  Mar  1952    8p "House Of Your Dreams"
     34   (v.4, n4)  June 1952    9p "Left-Over Love"
     35   (v.4, n5)  July 1952    8p "The Lonely"
     37   (v.4, n7)  Sept 1952    7p "Tell Your Fortune"
     38   (v.4, n8)  Oct  1952    7p "Jay's Protege"
     40   (v.4, n10) Dec  1952    7p "In Hot Water"
     41   (v.4, n11) Jan  1953    5p "Part Time Charmer"
     42   (v.4, n12) Feb  1953    7p "The Creep"
     43   (v.5, n1)  Mar  1953    7p "Girl Friday"
     45   (v.5, n3)  May  1953    6p "I Like It Here"
     47   (v.5, n5)  July 1953    6p "The Web We Weave"
     48   (v.5, n6)  Aug  1953    4p "How Can You Pretend About Love"
     49   (v.5, n7)  Sept 1953    6p "Ghost Of His First Love"
     50   (v.5, n8)  Oct  1953    6p "Miss Puritan"
     51   (v.5, n9)  Nov  1953    7p "Speed"
     53   (v.5, n11) Jan  1954    6p "Sweet Talking Man"
     54   (v.5, n12) Feb  1954    6p "I'll Make You Pay"
     55   (v.6, n1)  Mar  1954       [cover]
     55   (v.6, n1)  Mar  1954    6p "Bad Penny"
     56   (v.6, n2)  Apr  1954    6p "Stage Door Johnny"
     57   (v.6, n3)  May  1954       [cover]
     57   (v.6, n3)  May  1954    6p "A Happy Ending"
     57   (v.6, n3)  May  1954    4p "Hurry Up Marriage"
     58   (v.6, n4)  June 1954       [cover]
     58   (v.6, n4)  June 1954    6p "Perfect Lady"
     59   (v.6, n5)  July 1954       [cover]
     59   (v.6, n5)  July 1954    6p "Neglected Wife"
     60   (v.6, n6)  Aug  1954       [cover]
     60   (v.6, n6)  Aug  1954    6p "I'll Tell On You"
     62   (v.6, n8)  Oct  1954       [cover]
     66   (v.6, n12) Aug  1955    6p "Till The End Of Time"
     68   (v.7, n2)  Dec  1955    7p "The Language Of Love"

Young Romance (Prize)
     33   (v.4, n9)  May  1951    9p "Charity Case"
     35   (v.4, n11) July 1951    9p "The Man I Married"
     37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1951    9p "The Last Stages Of Love"
     38   (v.5, n2)  Oct  1951    8p "One Tragic Mistake"
     39   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1951    8p "Destination Love"
     40   (v.5, n4)  Dec  1951    8p "Marriage On A Shoestring"
     44   (v.5, n8)  Apr  1952   10p "Hired Girl"
     45   (v.5, n9)  May  1952    8p "Let's Call It Off"
     47   (v.5, n11) July 1952    8p "Tenement Girl"
     48   (v.5, n12) Aug  1952    7p "Martha Was A Lady"
     49   (v.6, n1)  Sept 1952    8p "Witch Girl"
     51   (v.6, n3)  Nov  1952    8p "Cheap Kisses"
     52   (v.6, n4)  Dec  1952    7p "Secretly Married"
     54   (v.6, n6)  Feb  1953    8p "Snowed In"
     55   (v.6, n7)  Mar  1953    8p "Tell It To The Judge"
     56   (v.6, n8)  Apr  1953    8p "Fight For Your Love"
     60   (v.6, n12) Aug  1953    4p "Have Faith In Me"
     61   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1953    6p "Tried And Untrue"
     62   (v.7, n2)  Oct  1953    6p "Worlds Apart"
     63   (v.7, n3)  Nov  1953    6p "Mock Marriage"
     64   (v.7, n4)  Dec  1953    6p "Unkissed Bride"
     64   (v.7, n4)  Dec  1953    6p "The Doctor Is In Love"
     65   (v.7, n5)  Jan  1954    6p "It's A Girl"
     66   (v.7, n6)  Feb  1954    6p "I Want You For Christmas"
     67   (v.7, n7)  Mar  1954       [cover]
     67   (v.7, n7)  Mar  1954    6p "Little Troublemaker"
     67   (v.7, n7)  Mar  1954    6p "Love Thy Neighbor"
     68   (v.7, n8)  Apr  1954       [cover]
     68   (v.7, n8)  Apr  1954    6p "High Class Trash"
     69   (v.7, n9)  May  1954       [cover]
     69   (v.7, n9)  May  1954    6p "A Man For Mother"
     71   (v.7, n11) July 1954       [cover]
     71   (v.7, n11) July 1954    6p "Beauty Loves The Beast"
     72   (v.7, n12) Aug  1954    6p "Home Town Scandal"
     72   (v.7, n12) Aug  1954    6p "The Irresistible Bum"
     73   (v.8, n1)  Sept 1954       [cover]
     73   (v.8, n1)  Sept 1954    6p "Girl From The Old Country"
     74   (v.8, n2)  Nov  1954       [cover]
     77   (v.8, n5)  June 1955    7p "My Husband's Keeper"
     79   (v.8, n7)  Oct  1955    6p "A Vision Of Beauty"

Bill Draut Checklist

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Last update: 3/6/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

All For Love (Prize)
     1    (v.1, n1)  Apr  1957    6p "Dream Wedding"
     1    (v.1, n1)  Apr  1957    6p "Hollow Triumph"

Black Cat (Harvey)
   s 4    Feb  1947   10p "Double Trouble"
     5    Apr  1947   10p "The Man Who Didn't Know His Own Strength"
   s 6    July 1947   10p "The Midnight Killer"
     7    Sept 1947    8p "Too Cold For Crime"

Black Magic (Prize)
     1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1950    6p "Don't Look Now"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Dec  1950    8p "Yesterday You Died"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Feb  1951    7p "Satan's Sister"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Apr  1951    7p "The Jonah"
     6    (v.1, n6)  Aug  1951    5p "The Moment Of Shadow"
     6    (v.1, n6)  Aug  1951    6p "Skull's Eyes Never Sleep"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Oct  1951    7p "Don't Ride The 5:20"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Feb  1952    7p "Mark Of Evil"
     12   (v.2, n6)  May  1952    7p "Contact"
     13   (v.2, n7)  June 1952    7p "When I Live Again"
     14   (v.2, n8)  July 1952    7p "The Voice Of The Dead"
     15   (v.2, n9)  Aug  1952    6p "Ashes To Ashes"
     17   (v.2, n11) Oct  1952    8p "The Soul Of A Man"
     21   (v.3, n3)  Feb  1953    4p "The Practical Joker"
     22   (v.3, n4)  Mar  1953    2p "Barbados Burial Vault"
     23   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1953    6p "The Faces Of Death"
     24   (v.3, n6)  May  1953    6p "The Lady Is A Ghost"
     32   (v.5, n2)  Sept 1954    4p "The Monsters"

Black Magic (National/DC)
   r 6    (v.1, n6)  Nov  1974    7p "Satan's Sister"- (r B|M #3 Feb 1951)
   r 9    (v.1, n9)  May  1975    8p "Yesterday You Died"- (r BM #2 Dec 1950)

Boy Explorers (Harvey)
   s 1    May  1946    8p "The Case Of The Hapless Hackie"

Charlie Chan (Prize)
     1    June 1948    8p "The Weasel Of Wall Street"

Double-Dare Adventures (Harvey)
   ? 1    Dec  1966    7p "Bee-Man"

First Love Illustrated (Harvey)
     31   Aug  1953    5p "Another Man's Kisses"
     34   Nov  1953    5p "Man-Starved"
     38   Mar  1954    5p "Strange Love"
     41   June 1954    5p "To Find My Love"
     43   Aug  1954    5p "True to My Love"
     44   Sept 1954    5p "The Right to Love"
     60   Jan  1956    5p "Dangerous Moment"
     64   May  1956    5p "Love Betrayed"
     67   Aug  1956    5p "Outsider"
     68   Sept 1956    5p "Forbidden To Love Him"
     69   Oct  1956    5p "Remember, I'm Your Girl"
     70   Nov  1956    5p "Strange Love"
     72   Jan  1957    5p "A Man For Nora"
     74   Mar  1957    5p "The Right to Love"
     75   Apr  1957    5p "No Promises For Me"

First Romance Magazine (Harvey)
     41   Aug  1956    5p "I Gambled On Love"

Foxhole (Mainline)
     1    Oct  1954    6p "Fruit Salad"
     2    Dec  1954    3p "Walkie-Talkie"
     2    Dec  1954    4p "Replacement"
   s 4    Apr  1955    4p "Find And Fire"

Foxhole (Charlton)
   s 5    July 1955    3p "Hip Pockets And The Paper Bullets"
     6    Sept 1955    3p "The 50th Man"

From Here to Insanity (Charlton)
     11   Aug  1955    6p "Old Love"

Green Hornet (Harvey)
   s 35   Sept 1947    8p "The Fat Tuesday"
   s 36   Nov  1947    8p "The Man Who Met Himself"
   s 37   Jan  1948    7p "The Smiling Salesman"
   r 38   Mar  1948    7p "The Furnished Room"

Headline (Prize)
   s 27   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1947    7p "The Death Of The Gambler King"
   s 27   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1947    4p "Bring Me His Corpse"
     28   (v.3, n4)  Feb  1948    8p "Trapping Chicago's Speed-Demon Mob"
   s 28   (v.3, n4)  Feb  1948    7p "Machine-Gun Kelly, Kidnapper"
   s 29   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1948    8p "Don't Let Wilber Squeal"
   s 29   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1948    8p "Sisters Of Satan"
     30   (v.3, n6)  June 1948    7p "The Witch Murders"
   s 30   (v.3, n6)  June 1948    7p "Menace In The Making"
     31   (v.4, n1)  Aug  1948    8p "The Kidnapped The Parole Board"
     32   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1948    8p "Terror Of The Everglades"
     74   (v.11, n2) Jan  1956    6p "Never See Morning"
     75   (v.11, n3) Mar  1956    6p "Hot Stuff"
   ? 77   (v.11, n5) Sept 1956    6p "Hide and Seek"

Hi-School Romance (Harvey)
     19   Feb  1953    6p "I Went Too Far"
     25   Feb  1954    5p "Outsider"
     43   Sept 1955    6p "Broadway Lights"
     48   Feb  1956    5p "Outsider"
     59   Jan  1957    5p "To Find My Love"
     60   Feb  1957    5p "School Boy"

In Love (Mainline)
     2    Oct  1954       [cover]
     2    Oct  1954    6p "The Scandal"
     2    Oct  1954    6p "Set My Heart Free"
     2    Oct  1954    3p "Secret Meeting"
     4    Mar  1955       [cover]
     4    Mar  1955    6p "Wolf Bait"

In Love (Charlton)
     6    July 1955       [cover]
     6    July 1955    6p "Among Us Girls"

Jigsaw (Harvey)
     1    Sept 1966       [cover]

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
   s 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1947    6p "G-Man Trap"
   s 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1947    4p "Try An FBI Test"
   s 2    (v.1, n2)  Jan  1948    6p "You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Trap A Criminal"
   s 3    (v.1, n3)  Mar  1948    8p "So Many Ways To Die"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Mar  1948    7p "My Strangest Crime Case"
     4    (v.1, n4)  May  1948    7p "The Lincoln Tomb Thieves"
     4    (v.1, n4)  May  1948    6p "The Half-Pint Killer"
     5    (v.1, n5)  July 1948    7p "Al Spencer, Last Of The Old West Bandits"
   s 5    (v.1, n5)  July 1948    8p "A Fortune In Slugs"
     6    (v.1, n6)  Sept 1948    8p "Gerald Woodworth, The Vanishing Bandit"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Nov  1948    6p "Paris Manhunt"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Apr  1949   10p "Willie The Actor"
     71   (v.8, n5)  Feb  1955    4p "Escape"
     82   (v.9, n4)  May  1956    6p "Doomsday"
     83   (v.9, n5)  Oct  1956    6p "The Masqueraders"
     83   (v.9, n5)  Oct  1956    6p "Duty Bound"
     84   (v.9, n6)  Dec  1956    7p "The Fickle Lady Luck"
     84   (v.9, n6)  Dec  1956    6p "The Wreckers"

Love Problems and Advice (Harvey)
     23   Sept 1953    5p "My Shattered Love"
     25   Jan  1954    5p "Come-On Girl"
     29   Sept 1954    5p "Marked Woman"
     40   July 1956    1p "Which Man Shall I Choose"
     40   July 1956    5p "Double Heartbreak"
     42   Nov  1956    5p "Empty Dream"
     43   Jan  1957    5p "Who's Cheating Who?"
   r 45   May  1957    5p "Marked Woman"

Police Trap (Mainline)
     1    Sept 1954    5p "Masher"
     3    Jan  1955    6p "Tough Beat"

Police Trap (Charlton)
     5    July 1955    6p "The Gun"

Real West Romances (Prize)
     1    Apr  1949    9p "Chuck Wagon Jane"
     2    July 1949    8p "Dead-Game Dude"
     3    Aug  1949    8p "In Love With His Ranch Boss"
     4    Oct  1949    8p "Lovin' Or Feudin'"
     5    Dec  1949    8p "Bordertown Lover"
     5    Dec  1949    1p "Glamour In The Great Outdoors"

Spyman (Harvey)
     3    Feb  1967       [contents]
     3    Feb  1967   20p "Death of Spyman"

Strange World of Your Dreams (Prize)
     1    Aug  1952    7p "Don't Wake The Sleeper"
     3    Nov  1952    4p "Send Us Your Dreams"

Stuntman (Harvey)
   s 1    Apr  1946    7p "The Furnished Room"
   s 2    June 1946    6p "Triangular Troubles"

Teen-Age Brides (Harvey)
     2    Sept 1953    5p "I Married for Fun"

True Bride-To-Be Romances (Harvey)
     17   Apr  1956    5p "When I Married"
     18   June 1956    5p "Unfit To Manage"
     19   Aug  1956    5p "Heart And Soul"
     23   Apr  1957    5p "Always a Bridesmaid"

True Bride's Experiences (Harvey)
     16   Feb  1956    1p "Here Comes The Bride"

Warfront (Harvey)
     38   Dec  1966   15p "Big Trap on Death Island"
     39   Feb  1967       [cover]
     39   Feb  1967   14p "Half-Mask Strikes Back"
     39   Feb  1967    2p "Letters from Dynamite Joe"

Western Love (Prize)
     1    July 1949    8p "Gambler's Girl"
     2    Sept 1949    9p "Sworn Enemies In Love"

Win A Prize (Charlton)
     2    Apr  1955    7p "Bullet Ballad"

Young Brides (Prize)
     1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1952    8p "Teen-Age Mother"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Nov  1952    6p "The Luckiest Guy In The World"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1953    8p "Here Cries The Bride"
     5    (v.1, n5)  May  1953    8p "Let's Change Places"
     6    (v.1, n6)  July 1953    6p "Run Out Of Town"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Sept 1953    8p "Mind Your Own Marriage"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Oct  1953    6p "After School Wife"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Oct  1953    6p "Married Strangers"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Dec  1953    6p "Country Cousin"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Dec  1953    6p "The Stranger In His Heart"
     11   (v.2, n5)  Jan  1954    6p "Ghost Wife"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Feb  1954    6p "Father Under Protest"
     13   (v.2, n7)  Mar  1954    8p "The Bride Wore Hand Me-Downs"
     16   (v.2, n10) June 1954    6p "Nice Little Guy"
     18   (v.2, n12) Sept 1954       [cover]
     20   (v.3, n2)  Jan  1955       [cover]
     20   (v.3, n2)  Jan  1955    5p "Sinner By Night"
     21   (v.3, n3)  Mar  1955       [cover]
     21   (v.3, n3)  Mar  1955    6p "Cheating Lady"
     23   (v.3, n5)  July 1955    2p "Steady Beau"
     24   (v.3, n6)  Sept 1955       [cover]
     24   (v.3, n6)  Sept 1955    6p "Ask Mother"

Young Love (Prize)
   s 1    (v.1, n1)  Feb  1949   12p "The Plumber And Me"
     1    (v.1, n1)  Feb  1949    7p "Two Loves"
     1    (v.1, n1)  Feb  1949    7p "Lady Luck"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Apr  1949    9p "A Very Young Bride"
     3    (v.1, n3)  June 1949    9p "Wallflower"
     3    (v.1, n3)  June 1949    8p "Headstrong"
     3    (v.1, n3)  June 1949    8p "Clinging Vine"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Aug  1949    7p "Best Friend's Sweetheart"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Aug  1949    8p "Show Off"
     5    (v.1, n5)  Oct  1949    2p "Problem Clinic"
     6    (v.1, n6)  Dec  1949    8p "Taken For A Ride"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Feb  1950    8p "The Carnival Girl"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    8p "Every Man I Meet"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     9    (v.2, n3)  May  1950    7p "Anybody's Girl"
     10   (v.2, n4)  June 1950    8p "Common"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Aug  1950    8p "Because You Look Like Him"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Oct  1950    9p "I'll Tell You No Lies"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Oct  1950    7p "A Family Affair"
     15   (v.2, n9)  Nov  1950    9p "Love Isn't  Enough"
     15   (v.2, n9)  Nov  1950    9p "Man Wanted"
     16   (v.2, n10) Dec  1950    5p "Will You Help Me"
     16   (v.2, n10) Dec  1950    7p "Bring A Friend"
     18   (v.2, n12) Feb  1951    8p "I Won't Leave Mother"
     19   (v.3, n1)  Mar  1951    9p "High School Honeymoon"
     21   (v.3, n3)  May  1951    8p "Marry Me Mister"
     22   (v.3, n4)  June 1951    8p "Like All The Rest"
   ? 23   (v.3, n5)  July 1951    1p "Does He Treat You Right"
     24   (v.3, n6)  Aug  1951   10p "I'll Bet My Love"
     26   (v.3, n8)  Oct  1951    7p "Bad Penny"
     26   (v.3, n8)  Oct  1951    6p "Not The Type"
     27   (v.3, n9)  Nov  1951    8p "Love Proof"
     28   (v.3, n10) Dec  1951    8p "Never Been Kissed"
     28   (v.3, n10) Dec  1951    2p "The Way They Met"
     29   (v.3, n11) Jan  1952    7p "Heavy Date"
     29   (v.3, n11) Jan  1952    7p "My Conscience"
     30   (v.3, n12) Feb  1952    9p "Easy Prey"
     32   (v.4, n2)  Apr  1952   10p "Can't Help Wanting That Man"
     33   (v.4, n3)  May  1952    8p "The Legs Are Familiar"
     34   (v.4, n4)  June 1952    8p "Out Of Control"
     34   (v.4, n4)  June 1952    5p "Sweet, But Not So Simple"
     35   (v.4, n5)  July 1952    8p "Fast Crowd"
     36   (v.4, n6)  Aug  1952    6p "Run From Romance"
     37   (v.4, n7)  Sept 1952    8p "Young Man With Tuxedo Will Marry"
     38   (v.4, n8)  Oct  1952    7p "Let Your Hair Down"
     39   (v.4, n9)  Nov  1952    7p "Each Day I Die"
     40   (v.4, n10) Dec  1952    6p "Love Me On My Terms"
     42   (v.4, n12) Feb  1953    8p "Girl Hitchhiker"
     43   (v.5, n1)  Mar  1953    8p "The Wonderful Person"
     45   (v.5, n3)  May  1953    8p "Terrible Secret"
     46   (v.5, n4)  June 1953    7p "The Hard Guy"
     48   (v.5, n6)  Aug  1953    6p "Love, Honor And Betray"
     49   (v.5, n7)  Sept 1953    6p "Highway Of Dreams"
     51   (v.5, n9)  Nov  1953    6p "Give Me Your Blessing"
     52   (v.5, n10) Dec  1953    6p "Hush-Hush Marriage"
     53   (v.5, n11) Jan  1954    6p "Love Isn't Enough"
     54   (v.5, n12) Feb  1954    6p "Shameless"
     55   (v.6, n1)  Mar  1954    6p "The Guilt In My Heart"
     58   (v.6, n4)  June 1954    6p "The Unblessed Events"
     61   (v.6, n7)  Sept 1954       [cover]
     62   (v.6, n8)  Oct  1954    6p "Teen-Age Temptress"
     63   (v.6, n9)  Dec  1954       [cover]
     63   (v.6, n9)  Dec  1954    6p "Another Love"
     64   (v.6, n10) Apr  1955       [cover]
     64   (v.6, n10) Apr  1955    6p "Kissing Game"
     65   (v.6, n11) June 1955    6p "Who Keeps The Faith"
     66   (v.6, n12) Aug  1955    6p "Just For Spite"
     71   (v.7, n5)  June 1956    6p "Love Me Or Leave Me"
     73   (v.8, n1)  Dec  1956    6p "Soldier's Homecoming"
     73   (v.8, n1)  Dec  1956    6p "The Troublemaker"

Young Romance (Prize)
     1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1947    8p "The Farmer's Wife"
     1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1947    7p "The Plight Of The Suspicious Bridegroom"
   s 2    (v.1, n2)  Nov  1947    7p "My Broken Heart"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Nov  1947    7p "The Poorest Girl In The World"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1948    7p "Campus Outcast"
   s 4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1948    8p "Guilty"
   s 4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1948    7p "Her Rival"
     5    (v.1, n5)  May  1948    7p "Substitute Sweetheart"
   s 6    (v.1, n6)  July 1948    8p "Friend Of The Family"
   s 6    (v.1, n6)  July 1948    7p "Gossip"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Sept 1948    8p "I'll Get Him Back"
   s 7    (v.2, n1)  Sept 1948    8p "Love On The Rebound"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Nov  1948    6p "Fortune Hunter"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Nov  1948    8p "To Love Again"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Jan  1949    9p "The Lie I Lived"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Jan  1949    9p "Last Chance For Love"
   s 10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1949    8p "Shadows"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1949    1p "Hip, Hip, Away"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1949    8p "Husband Hunter"
     11   (v.2, n5)  May  1949    8p "The Language Of Love"
     11   (v.2, n5)  May  1949    2p "Second Chance for Love"- (illustrated text)
     12   (v.2, n6)  July 1949    8p "The Man I Kept On A String"
     12   (v.2, n6)  July 1949    2p "Problem Clinic"
     12   (v.2, n6)  July 1949    8p "Girl Shy"
     13   (v.3, n1)  Sept 1949    8p "Daughter Of Misfortune"
     13   (v.3, n1)  Sept 1949    8p "Good Scout"
     14   (v.3, n2)  Oct  1949    9p "No Prescription For Love"
     14   (v.3, n2)  Oct  1949    8p "The Barrier Between Us"
     15   (v.3, n3)  Nov  1949    9p "Deathfed Vow"
     16   (v.3, n4)  Dec  1949    8p "The Wolves Of The City"
     16   (v.3, n4)  Dec  1949    7p "Janet Loves Janet"
     16   (v.3, n4)  Dec  1949    1p "Good Manners"
     17   (v.3, n5)  Jan  1950    8p "When A Puppy Love Grows Up"
     17   (v.3, n5)  Jan  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     19   (v.3, n7)  Mar  1950    9p "Tainted"
     20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950    8p "Mad About The Boy"
     21   (v.3, n9)  May  1950    8p "Let's Pretend"
     23   (v.3, n11) July 1950    8p "A Woman's Honor"
     24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950    7p "Man Bait"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Sept 1950    7p "Gentleman For Hire"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1950    8p "The Last Man On Earth"
     27   (v.4, n3)  Nov  1950    6p "Monahan's Madonna"
     28   (v.4, n4)  Dec  1950    9p "Not Worth The Price"
     29   (v.4, n5)  Jan  1951    8p "Love Also Ran"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Feb  1951    2p "Will You Help Me"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Feb  1951    8p "Not Good For Anyone"
     31   (v.4, n7)  Mar  1951    9p "Raw Deal"
     32   (v.4, n8)  Apr  1951    9p "Hand-Me-Down Love"
     33   (v.4, n9)  May  1951    8p "Not In The Act"
     34   (v.4, n10) June 1951    8p "The Other Woman"
     35   (v.4, n11) July 1951    2p "Problem Clinic"
     36   (v.4, n12) Aug  1951    8p "Yesterday's Romance"
     36   (v.4, n12) Aug  1951    9p "Married In Haste"
     38   (v.5, n2)  Oct  1951    9p "Cagey Mary"
     39   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1951    9p "The Wall Between Us"
     40   (v.5, n4)  Dec  1951    8p "Your Own Apartment"
     41   (v.5, n5)  Jan  1952    1p "The Way They Met"
     41   (v.5, n5)  Jan  1952    8p "Baby, It's Cold In Here"
     42   (v.5, n6)  Feb  1952    9p "Big Deal"
     43   (v.5, n7)  Mar  1952    8p "A Honey Of A Sergeant"
     47   (v.5, n11) July 1952    8p "A Man For My Birthday"
     48   (v.5, n12) Aug  1952    8p "Love Is Poison"
     49   (v.6, n1)  Sept 1952    7p "Honeymooners, Not Wanted"
     50   (v.6, n2)  Oct  1952    8p "Money, Money, Money"
     50   (v.6, n2)  Oct  1952    7p "Tag Along"
     51   (v.6, n3)  Nov  1952    2p "Problem Clinic"
     51   (v.6, n3)  Nov  1952    7p "Joe Barnes, Washout"
     52   (v.6, n4)  Dec  1952    8p "Soldier On The Train"
     54   (v.6, n6)  Feb  1953    7p "Come Into My Parlor"
     56   (v.6, n8)  Apr  1953    7p "Rx For Romance"
     58   (v.6, n10) June 1953    6p "Love That Landlady"
     59   (v.6, n11) July 1953    6p "Love Me, Don't Laugh At Me"
     60   (v.6, n12) Aug  1953    8p "His Wife's People"
     61   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1953    6p "The Girl He Couldn't Forget"
     62   (v.7, n2)  Oct  1953    6p "Using Me"
     66   (v.7, n6)  Feb  1954    6p "Fools Rush In"
     67   (v.7, n7)  Mar  1954    6p "Yesterday's Love"
     68   (v.7, n8)  Apr  1954    6p "Bought"
     69   (v.7, n9)  May  1954    6p "My Sister's Sweetheart"
     70   (v.7, n10) June 1954       [cover]
     70   (v.7, n10) June 1954    6p "Gotta Get Married"
     72   (v.7, n12) Aug  1954       [cover]
     72   (v.7, n12) Aug  1954    5p "Soldier's Pickup"
     73   (v.8, n1)  Sept 1954    6p "Marriageable Age"
     74   (v.8, n2)  Nov  1954    6p "The Kissoff"
     75   (v.8, n3)  Dec  1954       [cover]
     75   (v.8, n3)  Dec  1954    6p "Secret Marriage"
     76   (v.8, n4)  Apr  1955       [cover]
     76   (v.8, n4)  Apr  1955    7p "Let's Pretend"
     77   (v.8, n5)  June 1955    6p "The Security Of Love"
     78   (v.8, n6)  Aug  1955       [cover]
     78   (v.8, n6)  Aug  1955    6p "Dream House For Two"
     81   (v.9, n3)  Feb  1956    6p "He Had Only Me"

Maintenance Section

2006-02-01T09:50:00.000-05:00

My real posts start in March 2006. I use February for things like checklists that are usually accessed from the sidebar and which I periodically update.