Going through what's left of July 1941 releases...
From Hercules: "Cave-In at the Wolf Gulch Gold Mine" by Reed Randall, Hit Comics #15 (September 1941)
You can't go wrong with a splash panel of a superhero strongman keeping a mine from collapsing, so that's where I'm gonna start. Everybody safe? Good, let's keep going...
From Zoro, The Mystery Man: "Mystery At Manor Hotel" by Mac Raboy, Master Comics #17 (August 1941)
Some animal action for the next couple panels. First Zoro's cheetah takes care of a bad guy in the pages of Fawcett's Master Comics.
From Mr. Scarlet: "The Black Clown" by Jack Binder, Wow Comics #3 (September 1941)
Then, Mr. Scarlet finds himself in a "tight squeeze" courtesy of a snake. Nice pun. Mr. Scarlet has largely fallen into obscurity, but he was apparently co-created by Jack Kirby and did show up in one of those "Crisis" ("Crisis in Tomorrow") stories the Justice League of America used to do, as a denizen of Earth-S. No Who's Who entry though. Later, Jerry Ordway would throw Pinky Butler into Power of Shazam, but a Kingdom Come appearance would throw his legacy out of joint, and put the Mister Scarlet name in the villains column.
From Detective Sergeant Carey: "The Radio Bandits"by Joe Donohoe, More Fun Comics #71 (September 1941)
So that takes care of the gridlock, we can move on to August 1940 releases next week. As for Detective Sgt. Carey, a Chinatown copper, this is from his second-to-last story. He'd been with More Fun since issue 14, and 72 would be his last. Are they making room for a new superhero strip? Stick around to find out!
You can't go wrong with a splash panel of a superhero strongman keeping a mine from collapsing, so that's where I'm gonna start. Everybody safe? Good, let's keep going...
Some animal action for the next couple panels. First Zoro's cheetah takes care of a bad guy in the pages of Fawcett's Master Comics.
Then, Mr. Scarlet finds himself in a "tight squeeze" courtesy of a snake. Nice pun. Mr. Scarlet has largely fallen into obscurity, but he was apparently co-created by Jack Kirby and did show up in one of those "Crisis" ("Crisis in Tomorrow") stories the Justice League of America used to do, as a denizen of Earth-S. No Who's Who entry though. Later, Jerry Ordway would throw Pinky Butler into Power of Shazam, but a Kingdom Come appearance would throw his legacy out of joint, and put the Mister Scarlet name in the villains column.
So that takes care of the gridlock, we can move on to August 1940 releases next week. As for Detective Sgt. Carey, a Chinatown copper, this is from his second-to-last story. He'd been with More Fun since issue 14, and 72 would be his last. Are they making room for a new superhero strip? Stick around to find out!
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