Issue | #2 |
Published | Spring 1943 |
Cover Price | 0.15 |
Pages | 96 |
Editing | M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer, editor |
Notes | All story synopses by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005), some modified by Craig Delich 8-31-09. This issue contains an essay contest for a story appearing in this issue "Tomorrow the World", and results were published in issue #14. |
Characters | Wonder Woman; Flash; Green Lantern. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Frank Harry |
Inks | Frank Harry |
Notes | All story synopses by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005), some modified by Craig Delich 8-31-09. This issue contains an essay contest for a story appearing in this issue "Tomorrow the World", and results were published in issue #14. |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Fausta Grables (villain, aka Rora Blank); 5th Columnists (villains). |
Synopsis | Diana Prince is sitting at her desk one day when a woman enters, posing as a reporter, and asks very personal questions about Wonder Woman. Sensing something is wrong, Diana refuses to answer questions, but Steve Trevor is taken in, not realizing the woman is a Nazi agent, Fausta Grables. She eventually steals Wonder Woman's costume and poses as her for an Army benefit show. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | William Moulton Marston |
Pencils | Frank Godwin |
Inks | Frank Godwin |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Ghost Patrol: Fred, Slim and Pedro; Adolf Hitler (villain); Professor Zimplepuss (villain). |
Synopsis | Hitler's forces have created a super tank that carries a division of soldiers that can travel on land and in the sea. The Ghost Patrol must find a way to stop the tank before it successfully lands in America. |
Genre | war |
Script | Ted Udall |
Pencils | Frank Harry |
Inks | Frank Harry |
Notes | Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Simp O'Dell |
Genre | humor |
Script | Sol Hess [signed as Hess] |
Pencils | Sol Hess [signed as Hess] |
Inks | Sol Hess [signed as Hess] |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor; Donna Valor; Captain Gore (villain). |
Synopsis | At the request of his wife, Jon Valor makes a trip to the treasure-laden East to get her new dresses. |
Genre | period |
Script | Ted Udall (signed) |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff [signed as Shelly] |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff [signed as Shelly] |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker. |
Synopsis | Hop and a squadron of Douglas Devastators are on the way to Iceland to search out Nazi raiders, when a storm threatens, and forces all the planes to turn back...except Hop, who decides to continue on. |
Genre | aviation |
Script | Evelyn Gaines? |
Pencils | Jon L. Blummer (spot illo) |
Inks | Jon L. Blummer (spot illo) |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Sam Hill [Andrew Handy]; Lem Sharper [Ralph McSneer]; Sally Sue Hill [Blanche Rouge]; Zeke Skidmore [Fuller Phun]; Jed Hoskins [Dick Dare]. |
Synopsis | Sam Hill and his daughter are making their way to the Golden West when they are attacked by Indians. |
Genre | adventure; humor |
Script | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Pencils | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Inks | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Letters | Ed Wheelan |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Flat; Slat. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Pencils | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Inks | Ed Wheelan (signed) |
Letters | Ed Wheelan |
Notes | Consists of three, two-panel non-related humorous gag cartoons plus one panel pushing war bonds and stamps, from an idea provided by Private Eddie Sacks. Sequence and letterer credit added by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Mutt; Jeff. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher] |
Pencils | Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher] |
Inks | Al Smith [signed as Bud Fisher] |
Letters | Al Smith |
Notes | These strips are newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-31-09. |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller; John Riley; Chief of Detectives Brannigan; Police Commissioner Leaffe; Wilmer; Torpedo Tony (villain); Shifty Spiro (villain). |
Synopsis | Green Lantern feverishly works on trying to solve a crime before Handsome John Riley can move in on his girl, Irene Miller. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Jon Chester Kozlak [signed as C. Kozlak] |
Inks | Jon Chester Kozlak [signed as C. Kozlak] |
Notes | Doiby appears in a Green Lantern costume on the splash page only. Alan Scott works for Apex Studios in this story. |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Killer Hooke; Sock Smith. |
Synopsis | Sock Smith decides to hang up his boxing gloves forever and open up his own restaurant, "The Glove." However, across the street is another restaurant owned by a former fighter, Killer Hooke, who doesn't like the prospect of competition and decides to do something about it. Wildcat must move in before something terrible can occur, and decides to match up the two former fighters in a winner-take-all match. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
Inks | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Jackie Burton; Inspector Casey; Hennessey; 5th Columnists (villains). |
Synopsis | Jackie Burton, second year student at Warren High, was out looking for scrap metal when he came across a couple of Hitler's Fifth Columnists, one of which was murdered by the other for bungling an assignment. Staying in the shadows to avoid being seen, Jackie runs across a copper wire leading to fifteen sticks of dynamite, located underneath a street that the President would be soon traveling over. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jay Marr (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). The last half of page two is an ad for All-Star Comics #16 with the cover. |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Red Dugan; Blooey Blue; Whitey Smith; Doris West; Schaeffer (villain). |
Synopsis | Blooey, trying to catch up with Red and Whitey, accidently steps on a man's foot. When the man grabs Blooey around the neck, Red steps in and is challenged to a duel. Noting a junkman passing by, Red stops him and checks the wagon for weapons of some kind. Finding two sabres, a duel insues, with Red winning. The junkman arrives at a house where the man who fought the duel resides, and we discover the men are Nazi spies, who then go out and attempt to kill our trio. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Ted Udall |
Pencils | Joe Gallagher (signed) |
Inks | Joe Gallagher (signed) |
Notes | Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; John Bennett; Molly Bennett; Billy "Knuckles" O'Grady; Nicki Renaldi (villain); Big Ben Dudley (villain). |
Synopsis | The city's subway system becomes the stage for four tense people, each fighting time and wanting to achieve turning points in their lives. The Flash and Joan decide to help all four achieve their goals. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner F. Fox (signed) |
Pencils | Lou Ferstadt [signed as E. E. Hibbard] |
Inks | Lou Ferstadt [signed as E.E. Hibbard] |
Notes | Art credit by Jerry Bails & Craig Delich, updated 8/04. |
Reprinted | In Comic Cavalcade Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Superman |
Genre | book review; superhero |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | May be out of sequence. NOT found in the Archives edition. |