Issue Details

Issue	#9
Published	April 1946
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia states "Yellowjacket Comics, published bi-monthly by THE FRANK PUBLISHING COMPANY. Vol. 1, No. 9, April 1945. Office of publication, 49 Hawkins Street, Derby, Conn." Credits for issue from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Indexed from a scanned copy.

Cover Details

Characters	Yellowjacket; Diane Carter
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Ken Battefield
Inks	Leo Bachle
Notes	Indicia states "Yellowjacket Comics, published bi-monthly by THE FRANK PUBLISHING COMPANY. Vol. 1, No. 9, April 1945. Office of publication, 49 Hawkins Street, Derby, Conn." Credits for issue from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Indexed from a scanned copy.

1 page advertisement "Get Strong! Have Muscles of Steel"

Synopsis	Ad for Whitely Gym from Muscle Power Co. in New York.
Notes	Inside front cover. Also includes indicia.

9 page Yellowjacket story "The Adventure of the Man with the Scar!"

Characters	Yellowjacket [Vince Harley]; Monte Lewis; Guy Wentworth; Diane Carter
Synopsis	Yellowjacket investigates the collapse of an apartment building under construction and finds it's due to a construction company mixing shoddy mortar to collect on insurance.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Ken Battefield
Inks	Leo Bachle

8 page Diana the Huntress story "Diana the Huntress Battles Gordius the Titan..."

Characters	Diana the Huntress; Gordius; Zeus; Mercury; Pandora
Synopsis	Gordius the Titan steals Pandora's Box to help him destroy the world.
Genre	Fantasy
Script	Burton Geller (signed)
Pencils	Burton Geller (signed)
Inks	Burton Geller (signed)

6 page King of the Beasts story "When Danny... King of the Beasts... leads a hunting expedition into the gloomy depths..."

Characters	Danny King; Ed; Kogi
Synopsis	Danny heads into the jungle to get some lions for his circus act but finds white men trying to steal rubies instead.
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Harold Delay
Inks	Harold Delay
Notes	Art credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

2 page story "Buzzin' of the Bees"

Synopsis	Bees teach the reader about Morse code.
Genre	Fact
Notes	Centerspread of issue.

7 page Tales of Terror story "Greed and the lust for wealth have destroyed men..."

Characters	The Old Witch (host)
Synopsis	The Old Witch introduces a story about four westerners trying to steal from a temple in Tibet but meeting their dooms.
Script	George Mandel [as GAM]
Pencils	Alan Mandel [as GAM]
Inks	Alan Mandel [as GAM]
Notes	Jerry Bails' Who's Who has GAM as George Marko, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. originally suspected GAM was George Mandel, but artwork is similar to Captain Grim story in this issue which is signed just AM, for Alan Mandel. Current guess is that GAM is George and Alan Mandel, probably with George Mandel as the writer since he had been wounded during WWII.

1 page Bee Stings filler "Looks like the darn roof is leakin' agin, maw!"

Genre	Gag
Pencils	Burton Gellar [as Burton]
Inks	Burton Gellar [as Burton]
Notes	Five gag cartoons.

2 page text story "Hotel Holdup"

Characters	George Hobson
Genre	Crime
Letters	Typeset

6 page Capt'n Grim story "Captain Grim, the harbor pilot, recalls an adventure in which four men lose their lives..."

Characters	Captain Grim
Synopsis	Captain Grim tells the story of when he was younger and four whalers died in the pursuit of ambergris.
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Alan Mandel [as AM]
Inks	Alan Mandel [as AM]
Notes	Alan Mandel credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

7 page Filipino Kid story "Here's another! If we can't get paper for the printing press..."

Characters	Filipino Kid; Chicago Joe
Synopsis	The Filipono Kid and Chicago Joe team up to get some paper off a boat near Manilla.
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Gerald Altman
Inks	Gerald Altman
Notes	Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

1 page advertisement "Be a Movie Producer! Technicolor Comicscope"

Notes

Inside back cover.

1 page advertisement "Ugly Blackheads Out in Seconds"

Notes

On back cover of comic.