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Lightning Comics #1

Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · Series began 1940 · June 1941

Dates

Cover date
June 1941
On sale
April 2, 1941
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jim Mooney, Harry Anderson, Mark Schneider, Gus Schrotter, Jack Aldermaninks: Jim Mooney, Harry Anderson, Mark Schneider, Gus Schrotter, Jack Alderman

Stories

  • Untitled · 13 pages

    The Mastermind constructs a weird machine in a castle owned by scientist Amy Lane, a machine that attracts lightning into the room it's in and from which the Mastermind can absorb lightning and gain powers similar to those of Flash Lightning. Then he visits the Mummy at a hospital and convinces him to provide him with the villain's radium protective coating and tell him how to use it so that he can protect himself from bullets and other weapons.

  • Untitled · 8 pages

    Dr. Nemesis takes on a pair of corrupt building contractors who are using inferior materials in their building projects, causing buildings to collapse unexpectedly.

  • I Knew Buffalo Bill · 2 pages

    Detailed biography of Buffalo Bill Cody.

  • Untitled · 10 pages

    In the African Congo, weirdly garbed green invaders burst forth on the scene, killing local natives. One of the escapees alerts Jack and Clem of the danger, and both go to investigate.

  • Untitled · 6 pages

    Hap goes down to a local store to buy cigars for his editor, and, when he returns and gives his boss the cigars and change, he is told that one of the bills is counterfeit. Since the city is being flooded with such bills, Hap is told to go back to the store and get a real bill to replace it. When he does, he sees the girl clerk being kidnapped.

  • Untitled · 7 pages

    Whiz sets his Futuroscope to the year of 2300 and is transported to the Planet Mongo, where the four-armed Mongolians consider him, a Professor and his daughter to be their enemies. However, when a balloon corps from an enemy planet attacks, Whiz and company help to overcome them and save Mongo.

Reprinted in

Men of Mystery Comics (1999), Men of Mystery - Heroes for the Ages (2006)

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