Issue: #1
Published: May 1939, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indicia:
WONDER COMICS is published monthly by Bruns Publications, Inc., V. S. Fox, President, 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. Editorial, Executive and Advertising Offices: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. Copyright 1939 by Bruns Publications, Inc. Application for entry as second-class matter is pending. Volume 1, No. 1, May, 1939. Single copies: 10ยข; Subscription, 12 months: $1.
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 409807.
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Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Winged Wonders |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Floyd Kelly] | Pencils: ? [as Floyd Kelly] (signed) | Inks: ? [as Floyd Kelly] (signed) |
Genre: |
Non-fiction Aviation |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Wonders That Are True |
Genre: |
Non-fiction |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
Fire At Sea |
Featuring: |
Patty O'Day |
Synopsis: |
Reporter/camerawoman Patty O'Day parachutes onto a cruise ship to get footage of a fire. The crew doesn't want her filming, but a mysterious man calling himself Lord Farnsworth helps her escape, asking her to mail a letter for him when she returns to the shore. |
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Script: Adolphe Barreaux? | Pencils: Adolphe Barreaux (signed) | Inks: Adolphe Barreaux (signed) |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Patty O'Day (introduction) Ham (introduction) Lord Michael Farnsworth [Lord Mike] (introduction) |
Text Story (2 pages) |
The Wrath of Allah |
Credits: |
Script: Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
1000 Prizes Given Away Free! |
Featuring: |
Wonder Comics |
Synopsis: |
Solicitation of feedback on Wonder Comics, with a promise of a ring like Wonder Man's to the first 1000 best respondents. |
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Letters: typeset |
Cartoon (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Some Fun |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Hijacked Pocket Battleship |
Featuring: |
Spark Stevens |
Synopsis: |
Spark Stevens and Chuck Lawton, two Navy sailors who are friends but constantly squabble, are instrumental in recovering their ship when it is captured by criminals.
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Credits: |
Script: Bob Kane [as Rob't Kane] (signed) | Pencils: Bob Kane [as Rob't Kane] (signed) | Inks: Bob Kane [as Rob't Kane] (signed) |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Spark Stevens (a Sailor Introduction) Chuck Lawton (introduction) |
Activity (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Prof. Penpusher's Cartooning Class |
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Pencils: ? [as Heza Nutt] (signed) |
Text Article (1 page) |
Wonder Stamp Club |
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Letters: typeset |
Cartoon (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Belly Busters |
Credits: |
Script: Bob Kane? [as Kane Roberts] | Pencils: Bob Kane? [as Kane Roberts] (signed) | Inks: Bob Kane? [as Kane Roberts] (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor |
Advertisement (1 page) |
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Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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