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Issue Details

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.

Cover Details

Pencils Chuck Winters
Inks Chuck Winters

7 page Kangaroo Man story "The Origin of Kangaroo Man"

Characters Kangaroo Man [Jack Brian] (introduction); Bingo (his kangaroo) (introduction)
Script S. M. Iger (signed)
Pencils Chuck Winters (signed)
Inks Chuck Winters (signed)

7 page story "Prince of Pirates, Jean Lafitte"

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).

6 page Zomba story "The Huda-Wazi War"

Characters Zomba (introduction)

6 page G-Men Vs. Crime story "Episode One"

Genre Crime

5 page Atlas the Mighty story "The CCC Camp Mystery"

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.

3 page story "Fight For Freedom In Holland"

Genre Fact
Pencils Chuck Winters
Inks Chuck Winters
Notes Art credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan).

6 page Secret Circle story "Origin of the Secret Circle"

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.

1 page Men of Courage story "Nathan Hale"

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).

8 page Fire Eater story "The Coming of Fire Eater"

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.

1 page Laffin Gas Section cartoon

Script ? [as Bill Laffin] (signed)
Pencils ? [as Bill Laffin] (signed)
Inks ? [as Bill Laffin] (signed)

1 page Romeo Rutt story

Pencils ? [as Heza Swain] (signed)
Inks ? [as Heza Swain] (signed)
Notes Who's Who lists "Heza Swain" as a byline, not an actual person.

2 page Petey and His Pals story

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".

2 page Suzy and Sam story

Pencils Sy Reit ?
Inks Sy Reit ?
Notes Tentative art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan).

1 page Choice Classroom Boners filler

Half page Gilda Gay filler "Waiter, I can't eat this"

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.

Half page Colonel Choice promo (ad from the publisher) "Boys and Girls!"

Notes Editorial note along with a promo for the "Magic Tab", a free comic for which you can mail in a coupon.

2 page Private Wire story

Genre Humor
Pencils ? [as Corp Scally] (signed)
Inks ? [as Corp Scally] (signed)

2 page Haff Nelson story "The Underweight Champ"

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).

1 page Hot Foot story

Pencils ? [as Joy Ride] (signed)
Inks ? [as Joy Ride] (signed)

1 page Chimpsey's Picture Puzzle activity

Pencils Richard Ryan ?
Inks Richard Ryan ?
Letters typeset

1 page Chimpsey story

Script Richard Ryan
Pencils Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed)
Inks Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed)

1 page Simplescience by Prof. Wotanoodle activity

Script Richard Ryan ?
Pencils Richard Ryan
Inks Richard Ryan
Letters typeset

1 page Little Terror story

Script Richard Ryan
Pencils Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed)
Inks Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed)
Notes Back cover. Wordless story.