Digital Comic Museum - Amazing Man Comics 012


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Amazing-Man 12 [May'40]-68pg-c2c -MarbleRiver scans
A pre-WWII Centaur anthology. Amazing Man, of course, but Mighty Man, Mini Midget, the Shark and 'Reef' Kincaid among others appear

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Issue: #12
Published: May 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Cover; Color Interior Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 451738.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Aman the Amazing-Man
Credits:	Pencils: Lew Glanzman (signed) \| Inks: Lew Glanzman (signed) \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (16 pages)
Featuring:	Aman the Amazing-Man
Synopsis:	The Green Mist, better known as the Amazing Man, must act quickly to prevent the Port of San Francisco from being blown up and blamed on a foreign power, as a way of drawing the United States into the war in Europe.
Credits:	Script: A. L. Kirby (signed) \| Pencils: Louis Glanzman [as Sam Decker] (signed); Sam Glanzman [as Sam Decker] (signed) \| Inks: Louis Glanzman [as Sam Decker] (signed); Sam Glanzman [as Sam Decker] (signed)
Characters:	Aman, The Amazing Man [John Aman] Zona Handerson (crime Investigator) Great Question (villain) Homer (villain) Bim (villain) Kerner (villain) Kully (villain) Operator Nine (villain, Death)

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Minimidget
Credits:	Script: John F. Kolb ? \| Pencils: John F. Kolb (signed) \| Inks: John F. Kolb (signed)

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Zardi the Eternal Man
Credits:	Pencils: ? [as Steve] \| Inks: ? [as Steve]

Text Story (2 pages)	Alleby and the Forty Thieves
Featuring:	Aman the Amazing-Man
Credits:	Script: Duke Carey \| Pencils: Louis Glanzman [as Glanz] \| Inks: Louis Glanzman [as Glanz] \| Letters: Typeset

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	The Shark
Synopsis:	The Shark is asked by a scientist to go to Mars and send back descriptions of what he finds to be recorded for posterity. While there, he discovers a race of petrified mummies, who take him captive, forcing him to slave away with other humans who have been similarly captured.
Credits:	Script: Louis Glanzman ? [as Lew Glanz] (signed) \| Pencils: Louis Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed) \| Inks: Louis Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Shark Tom Everett Johnny

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Chuck Hardy; Land beneath the Sea
Synopsis:	Chuck Hardy vs. 2-headed frog-man
Credits:	Script: Frank Thomas ? \| Pencils: Frank Thomas (signed) \| Inks: Frank Thomas (signed)

Text Story (2 pages)	Amazing Men of Aviation
Credits:	Script: Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) \| Pencils: Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) \| Inks: Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) \| Letters: Typeset

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Reef Kinkaid
Synopsis:	Reef rescues a girl reporter from a gang of dope smugglers and uses the shanghaied crew to restore order aboard ship.
Credits:	Script: Bob Lubbers (signed) \| Pencils: Bob Lubbers (signed) \| Inks: Bob Lubbers (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Reef Kinkaid (introduction) Jane Warren (newspaper Reporter) Grayson (Coast Guard Officer) Un-named Ship's Captain (villain)

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Mighty-Man
Synopsis:	A doctor notifies Mighty Man of a discovery of his in which he can treat an animal and control its size, and the scientist even treats Mighty Man and gives him a stretchable suit.
Credits:	Script: Martin Filchock (signed) \| Pencils: Martin Filchock (signed) \| Inks: Martin Filchock (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Mighty-Man Dr. Hilldale (scientist, Death) Alec (doctor's Assistant, Death) Un-named Nephew Of Dr. Hilldale (villain, Death)

Comic Story (1 page)	Were You Born in May?
Credits:	Script: Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) \| Pencils: Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) \| Inks: Joseph A. Kaliff (signed)
Genre:	Non-fiction
Characters:	Tyrone Power Albert Einstein Florence Nightingale Queen Victoria Charles "Red" Ruffing

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