| Issue | #1 |
| Published | November 1940 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | November, 1940. Number 1. WHAM COMICS is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 221 East 20th St., Chicago, Illinois. Editorial and Executive Offices: 215 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second class matter at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., pending. Single copies 10c; 15c in Canada. Yearly subscription $1.00 in the U.S.A. (other countries $1.50). Copyright 1940 by Centaur Publications, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Printed in the U.S.A. |
| Characters | Craig Carter; Zeus |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Eddie Robbins [as Robin] (signed) |
| Inks | Eddie Robbins [as Robin] (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Notes | Upper half of inside front cover. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey ?; ? |
| Inks | Harry Lucey ?; ? |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Notes | Lower half of the inside front cover. Reproduces in black and white all or parts of the covers to Sure Fire Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) #v1#3[a] and Super-Mystery Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) #v1#3. Note that there is no mention whatsoever of the publisher of either book. |
| Characters | Craig Carter (introduction); Nikky Darnier (introduction); Professor Darnier (Nikky's father, introduction); Zeus; Mercury; Pegasus |
| Synopsis | Craig declares to his girlfriend that he wants to become a crime fighter. He discovers that an Egyptian named Aben Toumaj whose life he once saved has given him a magical ring that commands the (Greek) gods (although Thor is also mentioned). When thieves steal the formula for a powerful acid from Nikky's father, Craig gets his first case! |
| Script | Eddie Robbins |
| Pencils | Eddie Robbins |
| Inks | Eddie Robbins |
| Notes | Credits from Who's Who. |
| Characters | The Sparkler [Red Morgan]; Madge Sherman (introduction) |
| Synopsis | The Sparkler stops in a supposedly quiet town where two mobs are fighting for control. |
| Script | John F. Kolb (signed) |
| Pencils | John F. Kolb (signed) |
| Inks | John F. Kolb (signed) |
| Notes | last appeared in Super Spy (Centaur, 1940 series) #1 Writing credit from Who's Who. |
| Characters | Copper Slugg; Police Chief |
| Synopsis | Slugg needs to learn to control his fists, but even though he gets suspended he still catches the crooks. |
| Pencils | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Inks | Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Characters | Phantom Rider; Thunder (his horse) |
| Synopsis | The Phantom Rider saves a man who was framed for murder when he pulled his gun but did not shoot it. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | A. L. Petersen (signed) |
| Inks | A. L. Petersen (signed) |
| Notes | last appeared in Funny Pages (Centaur, 1936 series) #34; last appearance |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Ray Gill |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Speed Silvers; Mike Muldoon |
| Synopsis | Mike reminisces to Speed about the old days of the railroad and wishes they'd get robbed, and then they do. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
| Notes | last appeared in Amazing Adventure Funnies (Centaur, 1940 series) #2; last appearance |
| Characters | Jon Linton; Dr. Kane; Lisa Kane; Alpha-712 |
| Synopsis | After Jon helps Alpha defeat the Nogos, he and the Kanes journey back to the 3rd dimension and Earth. To their surprise, Alpha joins them en route and explains that they may have travelled in time as well as space. They arrive in 1940, sixty years before their time, and are greeted with suspicion and disbelief. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Harry Francis Campbell (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Francis Campbell (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Francis Campbell (signed) |
| Notes | last appeared in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #23; last appearance Writing credit from Who's Who. The story ends fairly abruptly, and there appears to be a box for a "continued next issue" blurb, but it is blank and the feature did not appear in issue #2. |
| Genre | fact |
| Script | Roy Humprhies ? |
| Pencils | Roy Humphries (signed) |
| Inks | Roy Humphries (signed) |
| Notes | Who's Who lists Humphries as both a writer and artist, but only lists him as doing pencils inks for "filler" at Centaur. |
| Characters | Speed Centaur; Jerry "Reel" McCoy |
| Synopsis | Speed takes Reel to see the ruined city of his people, but they are captured by hostile humans who have taken up residence there. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Malcolm Kildale (signed) |
| Inks | Malcolm Kildale (signed) |
| Notes | last appeared in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #24; last appearance |
| Characters | Jack Strand (discoverer of the Detecto beam) |
| Synopsis | Scientist Jack Strand discovers "detecto", the wonder beam, and installs it in his car. When he hears of a dangerous criminal on the loose, Jack pursues him and captures him using detecto. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Albert Tyler [as Al-Bert] (signed) |
| Inks | John Belfi (signed) |
| Notes | Jerry Bails's Who's Who lists Belfi as pen/ink and doesn't mention Tyler, but Tyler's other credits are always pen/ink while Belfi has a number of purely inker credits. Also, Tyler [as Al-Bert] is first in the signature, but it's possible that duties were shared or reversed. |
| Genre | fact |
| Script | Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) |
| Pencils | Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) |
| Inks | Joseph A. Kaliff (signed) |
| Notes | Writing credit from Who's Who. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |