Issue | #1 |
Published | December 1941 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD (U.S.A. and Canada); 0.15 USD (Foreign Countries) |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia (from goldenagecomics.co.uk): Choice Comics, Vol. 1, No. 1, December, 1941. Published bi-monthly by Great Comics Publications, Inc., 220 West 42nd St., New York City. Entire contents Copyrighted, 1941 by Great Comics Publications, Inc. Yearly Subscription in the U. S. A. and Canada $1.50; Foreign $2.10. Single copies 10 cents in the U. S. A. and Canada; 15 cents in Foreign Countries. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Distributed By American News Company Printed in U. S. A. |
Pencils | Chuck Winters |
Inks | Chuck Winters |
Characters | Kangaroo Man [Jack Brian] (introduction); Bingo (his kangaroo) (introduction) |
Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
Pencils | Chuck Winters (signed) |
Inks | Chuck Winters (signed) |
Characters | Jean Lafitte |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | Pagsilang Isip ? |
Inks | Pagsilang Isip ? |
Notes | Tentative art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
Characters | Zomba (introduction) |
Genre | Crime |
Characters | Atlas (introduction) |
Script | ? [as Paul Powers] (signed) |
Pencils | ? [as Paul Powers] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as Paul Powers] (signed) |
Notes | Who's Who lists "Paul Powers" as a byline rather than an actual person. |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | Chuck Winters |
Inks | Chuck Winters |
Notes | Art credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
Characters | Secret Circle [Jim Storm; Larry Storm; Mac Storm] (introduction and origin) |
Pencils | Mort Leav [as G. Edgar Horner] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as G. Edgar Horner] (signed) |
Notes | According to the notes of Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (included with the goldenagecomics.co.uk scan), Leav was the penciler and the inker is unknown. |
Characters | Nathan Hale |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | Alex Blum |
Inks | Alex Blum |
Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
Characters | Fire-Eater [Mike O'Malley] (introduction) |
Script | ? [as Wood Byrns] (signed) |
Pencils | Art Saaf [as Wood Byrns] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as Wood Byrns] (signed) |
Notes | According to the notes of Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (included with the goldenagecomics.co.uk scan), Saaf was the penciler and the inker is unknown. |
Script | ? [as Bill Laffin] (signed) |
Pencils | ? [as Bill Laffin] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as Bill Laffin] (signed) |
Pencils | ? [as Heza Swain] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as Heza Swain] (signed) |
Notes | Who's Who lists "Heza Swain" as a byline, not an actual person. |
Script | ? [as Jerry] (signed) |
Pencils | ? [as Dic] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as Dic] (signed) |
Notes | Notes from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware included with the goldenagecomics.co.uk scan list question marks with these signed names. In particular, they do not note Dic as Richard Ryan for this story. It is possible that the assignment of "Jerry" as the writer and "Dic" as the artist is incorrect, although S. M. "Jerry" Iger wrote at least one story in this issue. However, Who's Who does not list Richard Ryan as ever being part of the Iger shop, reinforcing that this is probably a different "Dic". |
Pencils | Sy Reit ? |
Inks | Sy Reit ? |
Notes | Tentative art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
Script | ? [as Mary Ann] (signed) |
Pencils | ? [as Mary Ann] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as Mary Ann] (signed) |
Notes | A four panel strip at the top of the page. |
Notes | Editorial note along with a promo for the "Magic Tab", a free comic for which you can mail in a coupon. |
Genre | Humor |
Pencils | ? [as Corp Scally] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as Corp Scally] (signed) |
Pencils | Sy Reit [as Ton O. Brix] (signed) |
Inks | Sy Reit [as Ton O. Brix] (signed) |
Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
Pencils | ? [as Joy Ride] (signed) |
Inks | ? [as Joy Ride] (signed) |
Pencils | Richard Ryan ? |
Inks | Richard Ryan ? |
Letters | typeset |
Script | Richard Ryan |
Pencils | Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed) |
Inks | Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed) |
Script | Richard Ryan ? |
Pencils | Richard Ryan |
Inks | Richard Ryan |
Letters | typeset |
Script | Richard Ryan |
Pencils | Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed) |
Inks | Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed) |
Notes | Back cover. Wordless story. |