#31 March 2003
Cover
Contents
Lash Lightning
Purple Claw
Daredevil
The Eagle
Espionage
Letters/Cover Gallery
Back Cover
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-Purple Claw, Daredevil, and Eagle
scans by me.
-Lash Lightning scans by Unknown.
Donated by Richard Croxton.
-Espionage scans by Marble River.
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Hello and welcome to the thirty-first lightning
quick issue of All-Amazing Comics!!! Here you'll get a monthly dose of
Golden Age goodness! Enjoy!
Cover by: Steve Rogers after Sheldon Moldoff.
***Announcement***
This is the last issue of All-Amazing to feature
Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys for the foreseeable future, and likewise,
last issue was the last to feature Crimebuster. They are once again moving
back to their own title, Crimebusters, that will resume publication, but
on a quarterly schedule, in August!
Rather than downgrade from five stories in
this book to four, I've decided to replace CB and DD with the Target and
the Targeteers!!! Next month they will begin their two part origin story,
followed by an overview of the various incarnations of their strip (standard
superheroes, soldiers, government agents, and heroes for hire), then random
stories, mostly taken from Bill Nolan's out of production CDs (but also
some from my own collection). With over 40 to choose from right now, you
can rest assured that the Target will be around here for awhile!!!
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Lash Lightning and Lightning
Girl
-Story
taken from Four Favorites #16
Ace Books Inc. November 1944
-Writer- Unknown
-Penciler- Lou
Ferstadt
-Inker- "N. S."
(If anyone knows who this is, or may be please let me know. I've searched
everything I have on Ace/Ferstadt's studio, which isn't much, but couldn't
find anyone with these initials.)
-A.K.A.- Robert Morgan
and Isabel Blake
-Known Powers- Flight,
speed, electric generation, and heat.
-Other Information:
Flash/Lash Lightning: Robert Morgan, an
American, was trained and given his powers by "The Old Man of the Pyramids,"
and began his career as "Flash" Lightning. Then in Lightning Comics vol.2
no.1, his name was changed to "Lash" to avoid confusion with DC's Flash.
From then on, the Robert Morgan identity was dropped, and there was no
more mention of the Old Man of the Pyramids.
Lightning Girl: Isabel Blake received her
powers when the Lash accidentally shot thousands of volts of electricity
through her body. Rather than killing her it gave Blake Lash's powers.
Lightning Girl first appeared in Lightning Comics vol.3 no.1, the last
of the series, but continued with him in Four Favorites from #6 on.
-Known Appearances- Four
Favorites 1-22; Lightning Comics vol.1 no.4-vol.3 no.1; Sure Fire Comics
1-3 (with 2 #3s) |
The Purple Claw
-Story
taken from The Purple Claw #1 (Taken from I.W. reprint)
Minoan Publishing Co. January 1953
-Writer- Unknown
-Penciler- Ben
Brown
-Inker- David
Gantz
-A.K.A.- Dr. Jonathan
Weir
-Known Powers- The
claw has powers which "no man living can ever explain."
-Other Information:
The origin of the Purple Claw will be reprinted here sometime in the near
future, but quickly: In 1943 Dr. Jonathan Wier of the U.S. Army Medical
Corps crashed deep in the heart of Africa. There he was nursed back to
health, and given the magic claw by a native tribe.
-Known Appearances-
The Purple Claw 1-3 (Reprints of series in Tales of Horror 9-11, and reprint
of 1 in Purple Claw 8 from I.W.) |
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Daredevil and the Little Wise
Guys
-Story
taken from Daredevil Comics #59
Lev Gleason Publications Inc. February 1950
-Writer- Charles
Biro
-Penciler- Al
Borth
-Inker- Al Borth
-A.K.A.- Bart Hill/Scarecrow,
Jock, Curly, and Pee-Wee
-Known Powers- None.
-Other Information:
Orphaned as a baby by his scheming uncle, young Bart Hill is raised in
the Australian Outback by a tribe of Aborigines. While still just a boy,
Bart becomes the leader of the tribe, and eventually learns of his past.
He travels to America where he defeats his uncle, and becomes Daredevil!
-Known Appearances-
Daredevil Comics 1-67, 79, 80; Silver Streak Comics 6-17 The Little
Wise Guys: Daredevil Comics 13-134; Text stories of both in Boy Comics |
The Eagle and Buddy, the Daredevil
Boy
-Story
taken from Weird Comics #15
Fox Publications Inc. June 1941
-Writer- Unknown
-Penciler-
Louis Cazeneuve?
-Inker-
Louis Cazeneuve?
-A.K.A.- Bill Powers
and Buddy
-Known Powers- Flight
from his cape which he soaked in a special fluid.
-Known Appearances-
The Eagle 1-4; Science Comics 1-8; Weird Comics 8-20 |
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Espionage
-Story
taken from Smash Comics #10
E. M. Arnold. May 1940
-Writer- Will
Eisner
-Penciler- Will
Eisner
-Inker- Will
Eisner
-A.K.A.- Black X
-Known Appearances-
Feature Comics 13-22; Smash Comics 2-85 |
All-Amazing Comics
#31. Published monthly by Golden Years Publications, March 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. |
