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1August 1941
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Pocket Comics #1

Harvey · August 1941

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Series
Pocket Comics (Harvey, 1941 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
August 1941
Key date
1941-08-00
Indicia publisher
Alfred Harvey
Price
$0.10; 0.15 CAD
Pages
100

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Joe Simon; inks: Joe SimonThe Spirit of '76
1Contestpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2-comic story12script: Otto Binder; pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Arturo Cazeneuve, Louis CazeneuvePrivate Air Cadet Jim Brady; Lieutenant Patricia Randall (nurse); Satan (villain, introduction, mad dictator of the underworld); Adolf Hitler (villain); un-named members of Satan's gang (villains, introduction for all, many die)
3-comic story12pencils: Al Avison; inks: Al AvisonThe Red Blazer [Jack Dawson] (introduction, origin); Kagah (Martian, assistant to Dr. Morgan, death); Dr. Morgan (scientist, inventor of a space cruiser); Doc Breenan (villain)
4-comic story12script: Major Ralston; pencils: Edd Ashe; inks: Edd AsheSpirit of '76 [Gary Blakely] (introduction and origin); Major Ralston (Gary's grandfather); Captain Blakely (Gary's father); Tubby (cadet friend of Gary's); Captain Hoch (villain); the Nazis (villains)
5Origin of the Black Cat!comic story12script: Alfred Harvey; pencils: Al Gabriele; inks: Al GabrieleBlack Cat [Linda Turner] (introduction and origin); Rick Horne (introduction); Garboil (villain, introduction)
6-comic story12pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Louis CazeneuveThe Phantom Sphinx [General Amron] (introduction, origin); Dr. Salle (scientist, introduction); Nancy Taylor (American reporter); Red Norton (villain, bandit, death); Suliman the Terrible (villain, transformed into a camel)
7-comic story12script: William Churchill Jr.; pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveBritish Agent 99 [Alan Douglas, aka Hal Payne as an American reporter] (introduction, origin, former Hollywood star); General Douglas (flashback, Alan's father, death); Sultana Zaida; Chuck; Herr Karl Vern (villain); Fritz (villain); Heinrich (villain, Vern's chauffeur); the Nazis (villains)
8John Doyle Convicted of Murdercomic story12script: Ellery King; pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Louis Cazeneuve, Arturo CazeneuveThe Zebra [John Doyle] (introduction, origin); Mary Sewell (Doyle's girlfriend); Happy Mike (villain, political boss); Slug (villain)
9Meet the Starstext article2
10The Zebra's Murder Casetext story4pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Pierce Rice
11-comic story4Spin Hawkins (introduction)
12-promo (ad from the publisher)1
13-comic story1pencils: Byghe
14Best Laughs of the Monthtext story1letters: typeset
15-promo (ad from the publisher)1

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