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Issue: Frogman Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1952
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Issues: #1 of 11 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHillman
Brand: A Hillman PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
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Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Pencilling in masthead.
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Some credit this to Suchorsky, and it may well be, although the bubbles is different from his #2 cover, as is the big bolt cutter. And some of his detailed inking is missing.
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Choose Your Art Career

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
Synopsis: Loads of opportunities for you in the exciting and profitable art field.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Several small drawings.
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Operation Ravage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Dan Durkin Frogman
Character(s): Dan Durkin (Chief Petty Officer); Ames (Seaman 1st Class)
Synopsis: Strange subs have suddenly apperaed off the coast Japan and Korea, and United Nations ships will soon be in danger.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Suchorsky is credited to Frogman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and this is certain Suchorsky work, with his detailed inking, rounded ears and bulging lower lips as on page 3 and 4. He had many stories in GI Joe. Aamodt is the only writer credited to Frogman 1952-53, but there may have been others.
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Underwater Trapper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Sam Chase (undercover man and frogman); Lyman (shipyard owner)
Synopsis: Units of priceless chemicals have been disapperaing from the lab at the shipyard, and Sam Chase is put on the case.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Prentice is credited to war stories for 1952-53 at Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his sober faces are not to be mistaken. Just think of Rip Kirby and you have him.
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The Iron Prowler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Synopsis: From the first American submarine "The Turtle" in 1742, to the US subs of World War II.
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Pages: 1
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Throw Away That Truss!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Brooks Appliance Co.
Character(s): C.E. Brooks (inventor)
Synopsis: A simple-acting belt invention that helps Nature support the weakened muscles gently, but securely.
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Willie Needs Us

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Willie (O.S.S. Agent); Pierre (French resistance man)
Synopsis: Before the invasion of Normandy, an American O.S.S. Agent sends a message in code about a German rocket launcher that has to be destroyed by frogmen.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Daly is best guess and a possible is Zolne.
Daly is credited by Jerry Bails' Who's Who on both pencils and ink on war stories at Hillman, but I miss his faces with thin "angry" eyebrows like in DC's Aquaman.
Zolne worked for Hillman on both pencils and ink, but is not credited on war stories. The heavy "S" inside the ears is like Zolne's signed work on "Captain Terry Thunder" in Jungle Comics #107, and some hands and "diving" persons are exactely similar in both of these stories. So I place my bet on Zolnerowich.
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Operation Demolition

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Synopsis: A US Navy demolition team at work in the Pacific.
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Pages: 2
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The Frogman Takes a Bunker

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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Tony Larsen (frogman); Lft. Burke
Synopsis: Frogman Larsen takes on a bunker alone, against the Lieutenant's orders.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Some have Smalle/Abel credited here, and Smalle is credited on both pencils and ink at Hillman 1952, but not war stories, while Abel is credited to ink on war stories. Both are very probable when looking at faces and inking.
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Double-Cross in the Deep

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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Pat Jackson (frogman); Utah Sims (frogman); Gus Brussock (civilian diver)
Synopsis: Foreign agents are trying to sabotage the building of underwater oil storage tanks for submarine refueling.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Both Reinman and Becker are credited to war stories at Hillman in 1952.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Harford Frocks, Inc.
First Line: Gorgeous dresses for you without paying 1ยข...
Synopsis: How to earn up to $7.00 in a day by selling dresses to your friends.
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Pages: 1
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Save Your Hair

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ward Laboratories, Inc.
Synopsis: Kill these hair-destroying germs with Ward's Formula. Guarantee.
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Pages: 1
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
Character(s): George F. Jowett; John Sill
First Line: Hey, you skinny bag of bones!
Synopsis: Let George Jowett prove in 10 thrilling minutes a day he can make tou a He-Man.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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