Digital Comic Museum - Wonder Comics 001 [digital pics] -c2c


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Issue: #1
Published: May 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Ned Pines
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Copyright information was found in the Library of Congress online archive for this issue. The copyright date is listed as March 10th 1944. The cover date is listed as May 1944.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The Grim Reaper
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed) \| Inks: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Grim Reaper [William "Bill" Norris] Adolf Hitler Hideki Tojo

Comic Story (15 pages)	Underground Mission To Greece
Featuring:	The Grim Reaper
Credits:	Pencils: Al Camy \| Inks: Al Camy
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Grim Reaper [William "Bill" Norris] Gabisch (villain, Introduction, Death) The Nazis (villains)

Comic Story (15 pages)	The Origin of Mekano
Featuring:	Mekano
Synopsis:	Mekano, a radio-controlled mechanical man, is being fine-tuned by his inventor, Bill Foster, to do things never before dreamed possible. However, young Tommy Clark gets at the controls and accidentally loses the robot on an unsuspecting public. Stopped by Foster, the Nazis learn of this invention and seek to capture it and make an Army of such creatures to use in their war efforts.
Credits:	Pencils: Bob Oksner \| Inks: Bob Oksner
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Mekano (a Robot, Introduction, Origin) Bill Foster (introduction, Electrical Engineer) Tommy Clark (introduction) Sandra Kent (introduction, Origin) Kieffer (villain, Introduction, A Spy) General Von Lutz (villain, Introduction) The Nazis (villains)

Text Story (1 page)	Prisoner of War
Credits:	Script: John M. Easterly \| Pencils: ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Peril of the Professor
Featuring:	Spectro
Credits:	Pencils: Al Camy \| Inks: Al Camy
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Spectro [Bob Morgan] (introduction) Louise Wilson (introduction) George MacReady (introduction) The Professor (villain, Introduction)

Text Story (1 page)	Peril Canyon
Credits:	Script: Jackson Cole \| Pencils: ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Western-frontier

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Tim Dawson
Synopsis:	Tim and Gladys sail to Ganavana to investigate Mt. Abengi becoming an active volcano again.
Credits:	Pencils: Ken Battefield
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Tim Dawson Gladys Sheldon Dr. Sheldon Luke (villain) Captain Craggett (villain)

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