#30 February 2003
Cover
Contents
Blue Beetle
Hydroman
Crimebuster
Yarko
Boy Champions
Letters/Cover Gallery
Back Cover
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-All scans by me.
-Crimebuster from the collection
of Scott Nichols.
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Hello and welcome to the thirtieth amazing issue
of All-Amazing Comics!!! Here you'll get a monthly dose of Golden Age goodness!
Enjoy!
Cover by: Al Fago.
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Blue Beetle
-Story
taken from Space Adventures #13 (Blue Beetle #59, June 1950)
Charlton Comics Group. October 1954
-Writer- Unknown
-Penciler- Unknown
(Page 1 by Dick Giordano)
-Inker- Unknown
-A.K.A.- Dan Garret
-Known Powers- Flight(?)
and strength (varied)
-Other Information:
Officer Dan Garret, bored of police work, became the costumed crime fighter,
Blue Beetle! When Dan was shot in the line of duty, a friend, Dr. Franz,
gave Dan the experimental drug, Vitamin 2X! Dan rapidly healed, & by
taking the wonder drug, gained super powers! (As time went on writers seemed
to forget about Vitamin 2X & Beetle gained & lost various powers.)
-Known Appearances- All-Top
Comics 4, 8-13; Big-3 Comics 1-7; Blue Beetle 1-60; Mystery Men Comics
1-31; Phantom Lady 13; Real Hit Comics 1; Tegra, Jungle Empress 1; Zago,
Jungle Prince 1; Zoot Comics 13 |
Hydroman
-Story
taken from Heroic Comics #24
Eastern Color Printing Co. May 1944
-Writer- Unknown
-Penciler- Ben
Thompson
-Inker- Ben Thompson
-A.K.A.- Bob Blake
-Known Powers- Can
change into water, travel through water, and control water.
-Other Information:
Bob Blake, developed a formula which he spilled on his arm. The formula
transformed his arm into water, and it remained that way until his friend
applies "counteractive chemical" that restored the arm. Blake then injected
the formula into him and through strength of will mastered the ability
to transform into water at his command. The origin can be read in detail
in All-Amazing Comics #13.
-Known Appearances-
Heroic Comics 1-29 |
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Crimebuster
-Story
taken from Boy Comics #92
Lev Gleason Publications Inc. August 1953
-Writer- Charles
Biro
-Penciler- Robert
Martinott
-Inker- Robert
Martinott
-A.K.A.- Chuck Chandler
-Known Powers- None.
-Other Information:
Learning his father had been killed by the Nazi Iron Jaw, Chuck Chandler
sets off around the world to find him wearing his school hockey uniform
and cape. This would be his Crimebuster uniform until 1950 when a girl
would refuse to be seen with him in his ridiculous costume. From then on
he dropped the cape and kept only the sweater with blue dress pants. CB
also kept a pet monkey, Squeeks, who saved his life more than once!
-Known Appearances-
Boy Comics 3-119; Text stories in Daredevil Comics and Silver Streak Comics
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Yarko the Great
-Story
taken from Wonderworld Comics #30
Fox Publications Inc. October 1941
-Writer- Unknown
-Penciler- Unknown
-Inker- Unknown
-A.K.A.- Unknown
-Known Powers- Various
forms of magic.
-Known Appearances-
Blue Beetle 1; Samson 4-5; Wonderworld Comics 2-33 |
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The Boy Champions
-Story
taken from Green Lama #3
Spark Publications. March 1945
-Writer- Joseph
Verdy
-Penciler- Jerry
Robinson
-Inker- Jerry
Robinson
-A.K.A.- Tuffy, Mickey,
and Wellington Smith
-Known Appearances-
Atoman 2; Green Lama 1-8 |
All-Amazing Comics
#30. Published monthly by Golden Years Publications, February 2003. All
original material presented here and site design is property of The Golden
Years and is not to be represented without permission from the site owner.
All represented material, comics, covers, etc. is believed to be in the
public domain and reprinted for historical purposes. If you wish you may
use stories on your own site as long as you give me or the original scanner
credit. I would appreciate it however if you would let me know before representing
a story. Biographical information pulled from The Grand Comics Database,
AC's Golden Age Hero and Heroine Directory, Pure Excitement Comics, and
Jess Nevins' Golden Age Hero Directory. |
