| Characters |
Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Mike Mannigan; Ralph James (death); Frank James (death); Allan James (death); Fred James; Dell James; Dr. Frantz; Borgo (villain, introduction) |
| Synopsis |
The Blue Beetle and Joan go after a vicious criminal mastermind, who seeks to murder the James brothers, a group of scientists who once fired him for stealing radium. |
| Genre |
Superhero |
| Pencils |
Sam Cooper [as Charles Nicholas] (signed) |
| Inks |
Sam Cooper [as Charles Nicholas] (signed) |
| Notes |
Art identification by Bill Black, confirmed by Gary Watson in June, 2009. |
| Reprinted |
in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #4 (2009) |
| Characters |
Samson; David; Professor Brun; Dr. Blood (villain, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis |
Samson has to battle the vicious Dr. Blood and his "Inner Crime Ring, which, because it needs capital, goes on a robbery spree, killing anyone who gets in their way. |
| Pencils |
Al Carreno [as Alex Boon] (signed) |
| Inks |
Al Carreno [as Alex Boon] (signed) |
| Notes |
Art identification by Bill Black, confirmed by Gary Watson in June, 2009. |
| Reprinted |
in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #4 (2009) |
| Characters |
The Flame [Gary Preston]; The Water-Front Gang [Spike, rest un-named](villains, introduction, death for all) |
| Synopsis |
The Flame battles a ruthless gang of jewel smugglers, saving a girl several times in the process, whose intent was to squeal to the District Attorney about the gang's activities. |
| Pencils |
? [as Basil Berold] (signed) |
| Inks |
? [as Basil Berold] (signed) |
| Notes |
The artist working under the "Basil Berold" byline is mimicking Lou Fine's style. Art information from Bill Black, confirmed by Gary Watson in June, 2009. |
| Reprinted |
in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #4 (2009) |
| Characters |
The Flame [Gary Preston]; Spike and other gangsters (villains, introduction, deaths of all) |
| Synopsis |
The Flame battles a murdering gang of money lenders, who are trying to bleed dry people who borrowed money from them. |
| Pencils |
? [as Basil Berold] (signed) |
| Inks |
? [as Basil Berold] (signed) |
| Notes |
The artist working under the "Basil Berold" byline is mimicking Lou Fine's style. Art information from Bill Black, confirmed by Gary Watson in June, 2009. |
| Reprinted |
in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #4 (2009) |
| Characters |
Samson; the Flame; Blue Beetle; The Dart; Green Mask; Rex Dexter; Ace |
| Synopsis |
Illustrated house promotional ad for the 9 leading comics the company produced, including un-numbered covers to issues of Rex Dexter, The Green Mask, The Flame, Samson, Fantastic, Mystery Men, Weird, the Blue Beetle and Wonderworld Comics. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Pencils |
{various} |
| Inks |
{various} |
| Letters |
typeset |
| Notes |
Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-1-10. |
| Reprinted |
in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #4 (2009) |
| Characters |
Cosmic Carson; Lobar (villain, introduction, death); Gargantuans (villains, introduction, death) |
| Synopsis |
In denying Lobar a base for his battle rockets on Earth, Carson must fend off an invasion force from the villain, who hopes to wipe out the earthlings and become ruler of the universe. All of Carson's rockets are destroyed except his, and he and his men are then strapped to tables by Lobar, and his scientists are set to inject them with a serum which creates a chemical gas that bloats the human body to three times its normal size before it explodes! |
| Pencils |
? [as Michael Griffith] (signed) |
| Inks |
? [as Michael Griffith] (signed) |
| Notes |
Michael Griffith was a pen-name for Jack Kirby, but the art here doesn't appear to be by him. |
| Reprinted |
in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #4 (2009) |
| Characters |
Gordon; Wanda; Jan; Jim; Dr. Doom (villain); Venusians [Jarg, rest un-named](villains, introduction) |
| Synopsis |
Jan and Wanda enter a weird underwater city, inhabited by Venusians, who plan to conquer the Earth as soon as Dr. Doom changes the Earth's atmosphere to that of Venus. |
| Pencils |
Dick Briefer [as Richard Crater] (signed) |
| Inks |
Dick Briefer [as Richard Crater] (signed) |
| Notes |
Page count corrected from 7 to 8 by an error report from Len Wolinsky, who notes that the pages in the comic are numbered 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (note the two page 3's). Art identification by Bill Black, confirmed by Gary Watson in June, 2009. |
| Reprinted |
in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #4 (2009) |