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Issue: Amazing Comics #1
Publication Date: January 1944
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Euclid Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/07/1944
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Vince Fago
Disclose Notes: Indicia: "AMAZING COMICS is published by EUCLID PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall, 1944 issue. Copyright 1944 by EUCLID PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A."

On-sale date from Catalog of Copyright Entries Part 2 Periodicals 1944 New Series, Vol. 39, No. 1, p. 358.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg
Inker(s): Alex Schomburg
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Young Allies
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Be the Master

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Boxing, Police Wrestling and Police Jiu-Jitsu books
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Indicia at bottom.
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The Horror of the Murdering Magician

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Al Avison
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Young Allies
Character(s): Young Allies [Toro; Bucky; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; The Master Magician (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: The Young Allies stow away on a troop transport bound for India to fight the Japs. Once they arrive, they encounter an Indian magician Tehru, who uses mirrors to create illusions in order to sway Indians to fight for the Axis. The kids use their powers to sway the Indians, and Tehru is brought before the Japanese in disgrace. He begs for one more chance and plans to use his mirrors to give the illusion that the Japanese troops are not attacking from where they seem to be, however the kids doctor his mirrors so the illusion fails and the Japanese are defeated by the Allied troops. Tehru runs off into the jungle to escape and meets his doom at the bottom of a spiked Leopard pit trap.
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Sub-divided into three chapters - The Horror of the Murdering Magician (pages 1-8), The Torture Trap (9-14), and Mass Murder by Magic! (15-20.
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Teen-Age Girls!!! Enter the Miss America Magazine Contest!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Miss America Magazine
Character(s): Miss America [Madeline Joyce] (portrayed by Dolores Conlon)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The photo is not the same as on the front cover of Miss America v1#2, but appears to be from the same session (same costume and model).
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The Mad Minute

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Al Gabriele
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Whizzer
Character(s): Whizzer [Jack Robinson]
Synopsis: A crime boss gives the Whizzer a fake tip so that he will be ten miles away from two real crimes that will each be complete in only a minute.
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Pages: 7
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Swastika Murder Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Bellman
Inker(s): Al Bellman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Let's Play Detective
Character(s): Mike Trapp; Pepper
Synopsis: Detective Trapp investigates the murder of a man who was to testify against a suspected Nazi.
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Pages: 2
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The Face, Master of Evil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Gabriele
Inker(s): Vince Alascia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Destroyer
Character(s): Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; The Face (introduction, villain, death); the Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: The Destroyer finds a dying intelligence officer who had infiltrated the Valley of Death and encountered "The Face". He enters the valley himself and discovers that The Face is manufacturing a flesh-consuming gas as a weapon against the allies.
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Pages: 7
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An Important Message to the Boys and Girls of America!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): H. H. Arnold (General U. S. Army and Commanding General Army Air Forces)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The General urges "young men and women of pre-military age" to return to school in the autumn even if they have been filling a summer war job.
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Pages: 1
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Life Raft

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Voice of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Bellman
Inker(s): Vince Alascia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sgt. Dix
Character(s): Sgt. Dix; The Voice of Doom (introduction. villain)
Synopsis: The Voice of Doom interrupts radio programs announcing ill events that will befall certain people that night.
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Pages: 7
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Be the Master

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Boxing, Police Wrestling and Police Jiu-Jitsu books
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Same ad as on inside front cover, but in color.
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Now You Can Compos-A-Tune

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Compos-a-Tune
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Free 32 Power Telescope Lens Kit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Metro Publications
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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