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Amazing Comics #1

Marvel · Fall 1944 · on sale 1944-09-07

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Series
Amazing Comics (Marvel, 1944 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
Fall 1944
Key date
1944-10-00
On-sale date
1944-09-07
Indicia publisher
Euclid Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Alex Schomburg; inks: Alex Schomburg
2The Horror of the Murdering Magiciancomic story20pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Al AvisonYoung Allies [Toro; Bucky; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; The Master Magician (introduction, villain)
3Teen-Age Girls!!! Enter the Miss America Magazine Contest!!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typesetMiss America [Madeline Joyce] (portrayed by Dolores Conlon)
4The Mad Minutecomic story7pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Al GabrieleWhizzer [Jack Robinson]
5Swastika Murder Casecomic story2pencils: Al Bellman; inks: Al BellmanMike Trapp; Pepper
6The Face, Master of Evilcomic story7pencils: Al Gabriele; inks: Vince AlasciaDestroyer [Keen Marlow]; The Face (introduction, villain, death); the Japanese (villains)
7An Important Message to the Boys and Girls of America!public service announcement1script: H. H. Arnold
8Life Rafttext story2letters: typeset
9The Voice of Doomcomic story7pencils: Al Bellman; inks: Vince AlasciaSgt. Dix; The Voice of Doom (introduction, villain)

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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