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Gold Medal Comics#1
Cover: John Giunta
Gold Medal Comics #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn Gold Medal Comics #1 (1945), a 25-cent comic from Cambridge House Publishers, the story "The Vanishing Boy!" kicks off with Captain Truth confronting black marketeers hoarding light bulbs for their tungsten—only to return home and face eviction. As Ken Elliott, he finds refuge with Joey, learning a surprising truth: his father is none other than the notorious Slug Warner. Written by Bruce Elliott and illustrated by Bob Fujitani, with a cover by John Giunta, the issue sets a gritty, personal stakes-driven tone from the very first page.
Contains 23 stories
The Vanishing Boy!
Captain Truth [Ken Elliott] (introduction)Mr. Blane (landlord)JoeyMary (Joey's mother)Arthur [aka Slug Warner] (villain, Joey's father, reforms)Blackie (villain, gang leader)Blackie's gang [Slug Warner"Handsome" Harry] (villains, black market racketeers)
Untitled story
Bill Hilly
Fifty Dollar Reward!
BennyHomicide HectorHiram
Untitled story
Professor CleverMokey the CoyoteBrains
The Great Tanktown Bank Robbery!!!
SillyFillyHankJessieJamesSnafu the Snake
The Witch of Salem
BridewellPenley
Untitled story
WhitieBernieCarrieWright
The Terror of the Temple!
Dr. Tom TomJoseDr. CrueloJuan
Untitled story
James DoolittleSir Lawrence Hargrave
The Man with the Mirror Eyes!
Detective DareallDonMirror Eyes
Untitled story
JonesMrs. JonesMrs. Snoop
The Perfume Murder
Jim PalmerTomMr. TightOliverO'Toole
Dreams
Dinky WinkieMaryPatsythe Nightmare
Untitled story
Dennis DentonCherylThe Jolly Roger
Be kind to Albert week!
AlbertVan BeestPollyGloria
3-Alarm Fire!
Hopeless Henry
Audrey's Birthday Party!!
TrixieMrs. Van UpstartAudrey Van UpstartOswald
Money from Nowhere!
Wise GuyMr. CraneGeorge Crane (picture)
Secret Gold!
Sinister SamCrawlyColonel GowtOphelia GowtHandsome Horace
Sky Notes!
William MitchellLou KirnFrank Kurtz
Untitled story
Screwy
Untitled story
Luckyman [Danny Barr] (introduction)Oliver BarronJoltin' JoeBobo
Untitled story
Joe BlowJuniorKelly
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