I do not know about you but I am always curious about how an artist feels about his own career. Was he happy with what he has accomplished or disappointed that he did not received deserved recognition? Even when an artist does not discuss these issues directly what he has to say is often revealing of his self evaluation. Unfortunately Mort Meskin never gave an interview and so we will probably never get a good understanding how he viewed his own work*. But if we cannot answer the more interesting question can we at least answer a lesser one; did Mort Meskin know that he had ever created a successful feature or title? With a blog about Simon and Kirby it is easy to forget that while Joe and Jack had a number of successful creations most comic book artists, no matter how talented, never did. But was there any feature created by Mort that he would have known as a success?

But how do we, or did Meskin for that matter, judge what was a success? Certainly creating a feature with its own long running comic book would be a sure sign of success. While Meskin did create Golden Lad it only ran for five issues so it was hardly a big success. Another sign of a successful feature is for it to appear on the cover of the comic. By that criterion Meskin’s Johnny Quick was a success because it appeared on the cover of More Fun Comics. However Johnny Quick only appeared on the cover a couple of times and the cover honors much more frequently went to the Green Arrow. Actually I am not a big fan of Johnny Quick, but that is my personal opinion and hardly the criteria to be used in determining if a feature like Johnny Quick was successful. Still if Johnny Quick had a limited success how about the Vigilante (of which I am a big fan)? Well no matter how popular the Vigilante was it would hardly be expected to push Superman off the cover of Action Comics. So without its own comic book and never having appeared on the cover of Action, must we admit that the Vigilante was not a success?

Action #46 (March 1942) “Crimes in Color”, art by Mort Meskin

Well I for one am not willing to accede that the Vigilante was a failure. How could I with all the great splashes that Mort Meskin created for the character. During the time Meskin worked for Simon and Kirby he rarely provided full page splashes and nothing, full page or otherwise, like the splashes for the Vigilante. They are just marvelous. I have previously shown some but I would like to present some more here. The Vigilante allowed Meskin to more frequently portray action then he would get working for Simon and Kirby or afterwards when he returned to DC. But not all Vigilante splashes can truly be said to be action scenes. Certainly the one in “Crimes in Color” cannot be called action but look how at the dramatic tension Meskin has provided. The Vigilante has been captured by the light which also provides a shadow cast by his opponent. While the Vigilante seems ready to spring into action he seems uncertain from which direction the threat will come from. His true opponent, the Rainbow Man, is presented above as a series of floating heads that show their glee at the Vigilante’s predicament.

Action #65 (October 1943) “The Bard of Banditry”, art by Mort Meskin

“The Bard of Banditry” is one of my favorite Meskin splashes. It is true that there is no action or drama, and even the Vigilante is absent! Somehow the Vigilante hanging in effigy and the laughing Bard are sufficient to make this splash work.

Action #75 (August 1944) “Blunderbuss Booty”, art by Mort Meskin

Meskin often used oversized figures in his splashes. I suppose this was done to suggest that the Vigilante would be viewed as little more then a pawn attempting to thwart some criminal mastermind’s scheme. Sometimes I feel Mort overplays it and the Vigilante ends up relegated to a trivial role in the splash. To a certain extent this is true in “Blunderbuss Booty” splash. However the tooth grins of the three oversized figures give the art an almost surrealistic touch that I find impossible to resist.

I must admit I so love the Meskin Vigilante splashes that I welcome any opportunity to display examples. I feel they prove my point that Meskin’s art is of such high quality that today the Vigilante should be judged a success. Sadly that is not the case as Mort Meskin is still an overlooked master. He even failed to be voted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame a few years ago. How much worse it would have been when Mort was penciling the feature since there were no comic conventions, Internet blogs or letter columns where fans could voice their appreciation of Meskin’s efforts. So while the splash art has been a pleasant digression to the theme for this post, they still leave us with the question whether there was anything to indicate to Mort Meskin himself that the Vigilante was a successful feature?

The Vigilante, lobby card.

Well there is another way a comic book creation can be shown to be a success, it can be transferred from the comic book page to the silver screen. The Vigilante was also serial movie in 1947. There at the beginning of each chapter on the big screen could be read “appearing in Action Comics Magazine”. Okay we are not talking about Oscar material here. Just a movie serial aimed largely at a younger audience. No great special effects but plenty of action and cliff hangers. The movie version does seem to remain largely faithful to the comic book feature, or as much as you can expect from Hollywood. The Vigilante is not only a singer as in the comic book, but he is also a movie star. The movie Vigilante also has a side kick named Stuff but he is not a Chinese youngster but an adult man (that is him on the upper left corner of the lobby card shown above).

The Vigilante, lobby card.

Do not let this above lobby card fool you. The Vigilante does take place in modern times just like in the comics. The scene is from the opening chapter of the serial and the depicted fight turns out to be a movie being filmed that Greg Sanders, the Vigilante’s alter ego, stars in. However Sanders does seems to fight as often unmasked as he does as the Vigilante. One wonders how Sanders keeps his Vigilante identity secret or why his opponents fear the Vigilante more then they do Sanders. When one minion is captured by the Vigilante but turned over to the police by Sanders why doesn’t that criminal become suspicious? Ah but I forget myself, this is a movie serial and should not be taken too seriously. With that thought firmly in mind The Vigilante can be entertaining although not always for the intended reasons.

Real Fact #10 (September 1947), art in part by Mort Meskin

While it is true that the Vigilante never appeared on the cover to Action Comics, he did make it to one cover, Real Fact Comics #10. Meskin has his own method of depicting a slugfest; different from Jack Kirby’s but very effective nonetheless. But behind the combating figures we see a movie camera crew. The caption reads “How Your Favorite Movie Serials Are Made”. This cover is not for a Vigilante story but for a feature about the very movie serial that I discussed above.

Real Fact #10 (September 1947) “How a Movie Serial is Made” page 5, art by Mort Meskin

And Mort truly is depicting the movie serial version of the Vigilante. Page five presents a number of dramatic scenes. I can verify that what is depicted in panels 1, 2 and 4 can be found in the movie. I have not finished seeing all the chapters to the serial so I cannot say whether the other panels can also be found but there are Arabs in the movie so panel 5 is quite possible. There is also a panel on page 6 depicting Stuff escaping from a burning barn inside a rolling barrel which can be found in the screen version. Not that Meskin draws the scenes shown on these pages exactly as found in the movie, his are much better presentations. I particularly get a chuckle from panel 4 where there is a man with a rifle prepared to shoot if the ape becomes too dangerous; in the movie he is clearly a man dressed in a gorilla costume.

So Mort Meskin was well aware that one of his creations, the Vigilante, had made it to the silver screen. It was a distinction that few of his fellow comic book artists ever achieved. Although we know that Mort realized he had created a very successful feature we do not know how he felt about it. Was he proud of his creation? Or was he bitter that he received no financial reward from the movie, or even a screen credit as the creator of the Vigilante? Sadly we cannot tell. Mort Meskin self evaluation remains an enigma. We must content ourselves with the art he left behind and hope that someday he will receive the recognition that he deserves.

Footnote:

* There is a story floating around the Internet told by Jack Kirby about a conversation he had with Mort Meskin. However that is an obviously apocryphal story that reveals much about Kirby and provides no reliable information about Meskin.

Last update: 7/19/2009

Codes:
    s:  = signed
    a:  = signed with alias
    &:  = signed Simon and Kirby
    ?:  = questionable attribution
    r:  = reprint

Action (National/DC)
     42   Nov  1941    8p "The Vigilante"
   s 43   Dec  1941   13p "The Vigilante"
     44   Jan  1942   13p "Galloping Gold"
     45   Feb  1942   13p "The Head"
   s 46   Mar  1942   12p "Crimes in Color"
     47   Apr  1942   12p "The Green Cowled Menace"
     48   May  1942   12p "Crime's Caravan "
     49   June 1942   12p "The Rainbow Man"
   s 50   July 1942   12p "The Man Who Came Back"
     51   Aug  1942   12p "Guns, Gold, and Glory"
     52   Sept 1942   12p "Sing a Song of Six Guns"
     53   Oct  1942   12p "The Blackout Blues"
     54   Nov  1942   12p "The Rookie who Fought a Ghost"
     55   Dec  1942   12p "Bullets for Breakfast"
   s 56   Jan  1943   12p "The Man Who Came Back"
     57   Feb  1943   12p "The Feud of the Rimfire Ridge"
   s 58   Mar  1943   12p "The Dummy and the Dumbbell"
     59   Apr  1943   12p "Fiddler's Fee"
     60   May  1943   12p "Rainbow over Crimeville"
     61   June 1943   12p "The Cat and the Fiddler"
     62   July 1943   12p "The Crime Carnival"
     63   Aug  1943   12p "Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc."
     64   Sept 1943   12p "The Treasure of Dead Man's Key"
     65   Oct  1943   12p "The Bard of Banditry"
     66   Nov  1943   10p "The Sword of Destiny"
     67   Dec  1943   10p "The Academy of Musical Crime"
     68   Jan  1944   10p "The Duke Goes to the Dogs"
     69   Feb  1944   10p "The Little Men Who Were There"
   a 70   Mar  1944   10p "A Challenge from the Pyramids"
     71   Apr  1944   10p "Alias Mr. Sunshine"
     72   May  1944   10p "The Guns of Killer Haines"
     73   June 1944   10p "Dirge on a Bull Fiddle"
     74   July 1944   10p "Wheels of Jeopardy"
     75   Aug  1944   10p "Blunderbuss Booty"
     76   Sept 1944   10p "The Mountain Without a Top"
     77   Oct  1944   10p "The Rainbow Man sees Red"
     78   Nov  1944   10p "Portraits for Plunder"
     79   Dec  1944   10p "Birds of Ill Omen"
     80   Jan  1945   10p "The Pillage of the Parthenon"
     81   Feb  1945   10p "The Chinatown Kid, Magician"
     82   Mar  1945   10p "Magnet for Mobsters"
     83   Apr  1945   10p "A Fortune for a Fossil"
     84   May  1945   10p "Three's a Crowd"
     85   June 1945    5p "Old Wyoming"
   a 86   July 1945   10p "Orient of the Occident"
     87   Aug  1945   10p "The Dummy Art Expert"
     88   Sept 1945   10p "Of Cops and Robbers"
     89   Oct  1945   10p "The Curse of the Khabod Q"
   a 90   Nov  1945   10p "Picayune Pilferers"
     91   Dec  1945   10p "The Fiddler's Jam Session"
   s 92   Jan  1946   10p "The Amazing Mr. Minute"
     93   Feb  1946   10p "Way Down East"
     94   Mar  1946   10p "The Escape of Elephant Al"
     95   Apr  1946   10p "The Burgling Bookman"
     96   May  1946   10p "Danger's Midgets"
     97   June 1946   10p "Animal Master"
     98   July 1946   10p "Treasure of the Ancients"
   ? 99   Aug  1946   10p "The Book That Was Too Real"
     100  Sept 1946   10p ""
   ? 101  Oct  1946   10p "When East Goes West"

Adventure (National/DC)
   s 81   Dec  1942   10p "Starman's Lucky Star"
   s 82   Jan  1943   10p "Hitch A Wagon To The Stars"

All American Men of War (National/DC)
     13   Sept 1954    7p "The Three Tanks"

All For Love (Prize)
     2    (v.1, n2)  June 1957    6p "Leading Man"
     2    (v.1, n2)  June 1957    6p "My Destiny"

Battle Action (Timely/Atlas/Marvel)
     24   Aug  1956    5p "No Surrender"

Black Cat Mystery (Harvey)
     57   Jan  1956    5p "The World Of Mr. Chatt"

Black Magic (Prize)
   s 1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1950    6p "The Woman In The Mirror"
     1    (v.1, n1)  Oct  1950    5p "His Father's Footsteps"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Dec  1950    7p "The Cheerful Old Lady In Black"
   s 3    (v.1, n3)  Feb  1951    8p "A Curse On You"
     4    (v.1, n4)  Apr  1951    8p "A Man's Last Dream"
   s 4    (v.1, n4)  Apr  1951    6p "The Dead Don't Really Die"
     5    (v.1, n5)  June 1951    8p "Who Walks In My Dream"
     5    (v.1, n5)  June 1951    9p "Sleep, Perchance To Die"
     6    (v.1, n6)  Aug  1951    6p "The Masterpiece"
     7    (v.2, n1)  Oct  1951    8p "The Man Who Captured A Ghost"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Dec  1951    9p "Invisible Link"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Dec  1951    6p "The House That Tried To Kill Me"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Feb  1952    4p "Faith Healer"
     9    (v.2, n3)  Feb  1952    5p "The Ghost Of Chateau Bois"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1952    3p "Memory House"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1952    4p "The World Beyond Reality"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Mar  1952    7p "The Assassin"
     11   (v.2, n5)  Apr  1952    5p "Drop Me Of At The Cemetery"
     12   (v.2, n6)  May  1952    8p "It's Your Funeral"
     12   (v.2, n6)  May  1952    7p "A Giant Walks The Earth"
     13   (v.2, n7)  June 1952    7p "A Rag, A Bone And A Hank Of Hair"
     14   (v.2, n8)  July 1952    8p "Choose A Face"
     15   (v.2, n9)  Aug  1952    7p "The Promised Land"
     17   (v.2, n11) Oct  1952    6p "Guardian Angel"
     19   (v.3, n1)  Dec  1952    4p "Return From The Grave"
     23   (v.3, n5)  Apr  1953    6p "Land Of The Dead"
     31   (v.5, n1)  July 1954    6p "Gargoyle"
     31   (v.5, n1)  July 1954    6p "The Half-Men"
     32   (v.5, n2)  Sept 1954    5p "The Devil Doll"

Black Magic (National/DC)
   r 4    (v.1, n4)  July 1974    5p "His Father's Footsteps"- (r BM #1 Oct 1950)
   r 5    (v.1, n5)  Sept 1974    8p "It's Your Funeral"- (r BM #12 May 1952)
   r 7    (v.1, n7)  Jan  1975    8p "Freak"- (r BM #17 Oct 1952)
   r 9    (v.1, n9)  May  1975    8p "Who Walks In My Dreams"- (r BM #5 Jun 1951)

Black Terror (Standard)
   s 27   Oct  1948   10p "The Haunt of Kowanchoo"

Boys' Ranch (Harvey)
     1    Oct  1950    2p "Introducing the Kid Cowboys"
   ? 1    Oct  1950    1p "Western Lore"
     2    Dec  1950    1p "The Original Cowboys"
     3    Feb  1951    1p "The Texas Rangers"
     3    Feb  1951    6p "I'll Fight You For Lucy"
   ? 5    June 1951    1p "How To Ride A Horse, Lesson 5, Using the Aids"

Chamber of Chills (Harvey)
     24   July 1954    5p "Credit and Loss"

Fighting Yank (Standard)
   s 28   July 1949   10p "The Crucible of Crime"
   s 28   July 1949    8p "Ho, For the Artist's Life"
   s 29   Aug  1949   10p "Fireworks on the Fourth"
   s 29   Aug  1949    4p "The Half-Horsepower Judge"
   s 29   Aug  1949    2p "The Fighting Yank's Submarine Patrol"- (illustrated text)
   s 29   Aug  1949    8p "Accidents for Sale"

Frankenstein (Prize)
     27   Oct  1953    6p "So Red My Roses"

Golden Lad (Spark)
     1    July 1945       [cover]
   s 1    July 1945    9p "The Heart of Gold"
   s 2    Nov  1945       [cover]
   s 2    Nov  1945    9p "The Haven for All"
   s 3    Feb  1946       [cover]
     4    Apr  1946       [cover]
     4    Apr  1946       [contents]
   s 4    Apr  1946   11p "The Menace of the Minstrel"
   s 5    June 1946       [cover]

Headline (Prize)
   s 40   (v.5, n4)  Mar  1950    8p "The Man Of Many Faces"
     43   (v.6, n1)  Sept 1950    7p "Our Swords Will Find You"
     44   (v.6, n2)  Nov  1950    7p "Dynamite"
     45   (v.6, n3)  Jan  1951    8p "City In Terror"
     45   (v.6, n3)  Jan  1951    7p "Name Your Assassin"
     48   (v.6, n6)  July 1951    7p "Leech Of The Underworld"
     48   (v.6, n6)  July 1951    7p "Loophole"
     49   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1951    8p "Come Share My Tomb"
     49   (v.7, n1)  Sept 1951    7p "Female Of The Species"
     50   (v.7, n2)  Nov  1951    7p "Cross and Double Cross"
     52   (v.7, n4)  Mar  1952    7p "Coffin for a Killer"
     53   (v.7, n5)  May  1952    7p "The Accusing Corpse"
     54   (v.7, n6)  July 1952    7p "Shadow of the Gallows"
     55   (v.8, n1)  Sept 1952    7p "Mr. Underground"
     58   (v.8, n4)  Mar  1953    1p "Crime Oddities"
     61   (v.9, n1)  Sept 1953    6p "Brain of the Underworld"
     62   (v.9, n2)  Nov  1953    6p "Efficiency System"
     63   (v.9, n3)  Jan  1954    4p "Time To Kill"
     63   (v.9, n3)  Jan  1954    6p "Counterfeit G-Man"
     64   (v.9, n4)  Mar  1954    6p "Savage Circle"
     65   (v.9, n5)  May  1954    6p "Appointment with Death"
     66   (v.9, n6)  July 1954    3p "Murder Will Out"
     66   (v.9, n6)  July 1954    2p "Soft Touch"
     66   (v.9, n6)  July 1954    6p "G-Men Are Poison"
     67   (v.10, n1) Sept 1954    6p "Chain Reaction"
   ? 68   (v.10, n2) Nov  1954    6p "Road To Alcatraz"
     69   (v.10, n3) Jan  1955    3p "Freezeout"
     70   (v.10, n4) Mar  1955    6p "Face of Death"
     70   (v.10, n4) Mar  1955    6p "Flames of Destruction"
   ? 71   (v.10, n5) May  1955    6p "The Crusader"
     72   (v.10, n6) July 1955    6p "Ordeal By Fire"
     72   (v.10, n6) July 1955    6p "My Beat"
   s 73   (v.11, n1) Sept 1955    6p "Big Man"
     74   (v.11, n2) Jan  1956    7p "Money From Nowhere"
     75   (v.11, n3) Mar  1956    6p "Duke Kennedy"
     75   (v.11, n3) Mar  1956    6p "The Fight Fan"

House of Mystery (National/DC)
     60   Mar  1957    6p "The Thing in the Telescope"
     64   July 1957    6p "The Human Time Capsule"
     66   Sept 1957       [cover]
     66   Sept 1957    6p "The Girl in the Iron Mask"
     70   Jan  1958    6p "The Menace of the Maze"
     78   Sept 1958    6p "The 100 Lives of Napoleon Burke"
   s 137  Sept 1963    8p "The Girl from Two Worlds"

House of Secrets (National/DC)
     3    Mar  1957    6p "The Mystery of the Martian Menu"
     4    May  1957    6p "The Amazing Visions of Abel Innes"
     6    June 1957    6p "The Bewitched Costumes"
     19   Apr  1959    8p "The Man Who Turned to Gold"
     42   Mar  1961    8p "The Thief of Time"
     52   Feb  1962    9p "The Guardian Lion-Man"
     60   June 1962       [cover]
   s 60   June 1962   10p "Captive of the Cat Curse"
   ? 62   Oct  1962       [cover]
   s 62   Oct  1962   10p "The Three Faces of Fear"
   s 67   Aug  1964   12p "Doctor-7's Supernatural Ally"

In Love (Mainline)
     1    Sept 1954    2p "After The Honey-Moon"

Jumbo (Fiction House Magazines)
   s 1    Sept 1938    5p "Sheena"
   s 2    Oct  1938    4p "The Diary of Dr. Hayward"

Justice Traps the Guilty (Prize)
     17   (v.3, n5)  Aug  1950    7p "The Statue Screams"
     19   (v.4, n1)  Oct  1950    7p "Deadlier Than The Male"
     20   (v.4, n2)  Nov  1950    8p "Curse Of Me-Meb"
     20   (v.4, n2)  Nov  1950    7p "Human Cargo"
   s 21   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1950    7p "O'Hara Had A Heart"
     21   (v.4, n3)  Dec  1950    7p "The Dead Can't Sleep"
     22   (v.4, n4)  Jan  1951    8p "Bad Medicine"
     22   (v.4, n4)  Jan  1951    7p "Hideout"
     23   (v.4, n5)  Feb  1951    8p "Prevue Of Death"
     23   (v.4, n5)  Feb  1951    7p "Bullets For Christmas"
     24   (v.4, n6)  Mar  1951    7p "A Handful of Death"
     27   (v.4, n9)  June 1951    7p "Houdini of the Underworld"
     28   (v.4, n10) July 1951    7p "Foto Frame-Up"
     29   (v.4, n11) Aug  1951    7p "Rat Hole"
     30   (v.4, n12) Sept 1951    7p "Trail Of Doom"
     30   (v.4, n12) Sept 1951    7p "Dead Man's Debt"
     31   (v.5, n1)  Oct  1951    7p "Angel Of Death"
     32   (v.5, n2)  Nov  1951    7p "A Very Careful Guy"
     33   (v.5, n3)  Dec  1951    7p "Monster On The Midway"
     34   (v.5, n4)  Jan  1952    7p "Dead Man's Double"
     35   (v.5, n5)  Feb  1952    6p "Fall Guy"
     36   (v.5, n6)  Mar  1952    7p "Find the Woman"
     37   (v.5, n7)  Apr  1952    6p "Breakout"
     38   (v.5, n8)  May  1952    5p "14 Carat Payoff"
     39   (v.5, n9)  June 1952    7p "Terror"
     40   (v.5, n10) July 1952    7p "One Way to the Chair"
     41   (v.5, n11) Aug  1952    8p "No Place To Hide"
   s 43   (v.6, n1)  Oct  1952    6p "Restless Dead"
     45   (v.6, n3)  Dec  1952    6p "Embezzlement"
     45   (v.6, n3)  Dec  1952    5p "Easy Money"
   ? 47   (v.6, n5)  Feb  1953    5p "Payoff"
     48   (v.6, n6)  Mar  1953    6p "Web of Pain"- (text)
     49   (v.6, n7)  Apr  1953    5p ".38 Caliber Casanova"
     53   (v.6, n11) Aug  1953    6p "Boomerang"
     54   (v.6, n12) Sept 1953    5p "Fatal Mistake"
     55   (v.7, n1)  Oct  1953    4p "Rebound"
     56   (v.7, n2)  Nov  1953    5p "G-Man Payoff"
     56   (v.7, n2)  Nov  1953    6p "Side-Liner"
     57   (v.7, n3)  Dec  1953    6p "The Tri-State Terror"
     58   (v.7, n4)  Jan  1954    7p "Desert Justice"
     61   (v.7, n7)  Apr  1954    6p "Pretty Boy Floyd"
     63   (v.7, n9)  June 1954    6p "Deadly Detour"
     63   (v.7, n9)  June 1954    5p "Big Wheel"
     64   (v.7, n10) July 1954    6p "The Gentleman Farmer"
     65   (v.7, n11) Aug  1954    6p "One Slug Short"
     65   (v.7, n11) Aug  1954    6p "Deadly Reunion"
     66   (v.7, n12) Sept 1954    6p "V.I.P."
     69   (v.8, n3)  Dec  1954    5p "Flames Of Sabotage"
     69   (v.8, n3)  Dec  1954    5p "Find The Corpse"
     70   (v.8, n4)  Mar  1955    6p "The Fix"
     72   (v.8, n6)  Mar  1955    6p "The Saucer Man"
     75   (v.8, n9)  June 1955    2p "Jackpot"
     76   (v.8, n10) July 1955    6p "Tour of Duty"
   s 78   (v.8, n12) Sept 1955    6p "The Motorcycle"
   ? 79   (v.9, n1)  Dec  1955    6p "Blackmailers"

More Fun (National/DC)
   s 85   Nov  1942    8p "The Magic Formula"
   s 107  Jan  1946   10p "Vacation with Double Pay"

My Greatest Adventure (National/DC)
   s 57   July 1961    9p "A Beast Was My Judge"
   s 70   Aug  1962    8p "I Won the Doom Castle"

Out of the Shadows (Standard)
   s 14   Aug  1954    7p "Werewolf"

Pep (Archie)
   s 3    Apr  1940    6p "The Press Guardian"
   s 7    Aug  1940    6p "Perry Case the Press Guardian"
   s 11   Jan  1941    6p "Press Guardian"
   s 11   Jan  1941    6p "Midshipman"
   s 13   Mar  1941    6p "Midshipman"

Police Trap (Mainline)
     1    Sept 1954    4p "The Capture"

Prize Comics Western (Prize)
     114  Nov  1955    6p "The Drifter"
   s 115  Jan  1956    6p "Bad Medicine"
     116  Mar  1956    6p "Lighting Draw"
   s 117  May  1956    6p "Weak Boy"
     117  May  1956    6p "Posse of the Border"
     118  July 1956    7p "Mystery of the Calico Pony"
   s 118  July 1956    6p "Thirsty Mule"

Real Fact (National/DC)
     10   Sept 1947       [cover]
     10   Sept 1947    6p "How a Movie Serial is Made"

Real West Romances (Prize)
   s 5    Dec  1949    8p "Tenderfoot In Love"
   s 6    Feb  1950    9p "Lies, Love and Hoss Liniment"
     6    Feb  1950    2p "Kiss In The Moonlight"- (illustrated text)

Strange Adventures (National/DC)
     168  Sept 1964    9p "I Hunted Toki the Terrible"

Strange World of Your Dreams (Prize)
     1    Aug  1952    2p "You Sent Us This Dream"
     1    Aug  1952    7p "The Dreaming Tower"
     2    Sept 1952    7p "I Lived 200 Years Ago"
     3    Nov  1952    8p "Edge Of Madness"
     4    Jan  1953    7p "Show Your Face"

Tales Of The Unexpected (National/DC)
     12   Apr  1957    6p "The Witch's Statues"
     13   May  1957    6p "The Thing from the Skies"
     13   May  1957    6p "The Thing from the Skies"
     15   July 1957    6p "The City of Three Dooms"
     15   July 1957    6p "The City of Three Dooms"
     16   Aug  1957    6p "I Was a Spy for Them"
     18   Oct  1957    6p "The Riddle of the Glass Bubble"
     18   Oct  1957    6p "The Riddle of the Glass Bubble"

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (Prize)
     1    May  1955    7p "The Spaceship of Doom"
     1    May  1955    8p "Octopus Tree"
     1    May  1955    7p "The Spaceways of Peril"
   s 2    July 1955       [cover]
     2    July 1955    9p "The Outlaws of Uranus"
     2    July 1955    7p "The Invaders"
     2    July 1955    6p "Wolf Planet"
   s 3    Sept 1955       [cover]
   s 3    Sept 1955    8p "Dangerous Cargo"
   s 3    Sept 1955    7p "The Drifter"
     3    Sept 1955    7p "The Craters of Mercury"

Treasure (Prize)
   s 10   Dec  1946    6p "Know Your America"
     12   Fall 1947    6p "Know Your America"

Western Comics (National/DC)
     1    Jan  1948   12p "Jesse James Rides Again"
     3    May  1948   10p "Vigilante"
     4    July 1948   10p "The Four Notches of Hate"

Western Love (Prize)
   s 4    Jan  1950    8p "The Rancher's Daughter"
     5    Mar  1950    1p "Cowboy Romeo Or City Slicker"
   s 5    Mar  1950    9p "Lilly's Last Stand"

Western Tales (Harvey)
   r 32   Mar  1956    6p "I'll Fight You For Lucy"

Young Brides (Prize)
   s 1    (v.1, n1)  Sept 1952    8p "My Hero"
     2    (v.1, n2)  Nov  1952    7p "Wait For The Doctor"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1953    3p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1953    8p "Bride And Broom"
     3    (v.1, n3)  Jan  1953    7p "Strange Honeymoon"
   s 4    (v.1, n4)  Mar  1953    8p "Under 21"
     5    (v.1, n5)  May  1953    7p "Don't Cry On My Shoulder"
     10   (v.2, n4)  Dec  1953    1p "How He Proposed"
     11   (v.2, n5)  Jan  1954    6p "Too Beautiful To Be True"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Feb  1954    6p "Don't Take My Child From Me"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Apr  1954    6p "Faithless"
     15   (v.2, n9)  May  1954    7p "Husband At Large"
     16   (v.2, n10) June 1954       [cover]
     17   (v.2, n11) July 1954    7p "Act Of Faith"
     17   (v.2, n11) July 1954    6p "Mother To All"
     18   (v.2, n12) Sept 1954    6p "My Cheating Heart"
   s 22   (v.3, n4)  May  1955       [cover]
   s 23   (v.3, n5)  July 1955       [cover]

Young Love (Prize)
   s 8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    8p "Danger, Soft Shoulder"
     8    (v.2, n2)  Apr  1950    1p "Which Is Your Dream Man?"
   s 9    (v.2, n3)  May  1950    8p "A Man In Her Room"
     9    (v.2, n3)  May  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
   s 10   (v.2, n4)  June 1950    8p "My Backwoods Love"
   s 11   (v.2, n5)  July 1950    7p "Let's Try Again"
   s 11   (v.2, n5)  July 1950    7p "A Match For Any Man"
     11   (v.2, n5)  July 1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Aug  1950    8p "Smooth Operator"
     12   (v.2, n6)  Aug  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
   s 13   (v.2, n7)  Sept 1950    8p "In Trouble"
     13   (v.2, n7)  Sept 1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     14   (v.2, n8)  Oct  1950    8p "Stay Out Of My Life"
   s 14   (v.2, n8)  Oct  1950    8p "Girls Like Her"
     16   (v.2, n10) Dec  1950    7p "The Upstairs Maid"
     16   (v.2, n10) Dec  1950    1p "When He Begins to Tire"- (text)
     17   (v.2, n11) Jan  1951    8p "I Saw Him First"
     17   (v.2, n11) Jan  1951    7p "I Promised Never To Marry"
     18   (v.2, n12) Feb  1951    8p "Unwilling Bride"
     18   (v.2, n12) Feb  1951    1p "Let's Talk Clothes"
     19   (v.3, n1)  Mar  1951    3p "Only Human"
     19   (v.3, n1)  Mar  1951    9p "Love Song In Blue"
     20   (v.3, n2)  Apr  1951    8p "The Cinderella Girl"
     20   (v.3, n2)  Apr  1951    8p "Love Parasite"
     20   (v.3, n2)  Apr  1951    3p "Will You Help Me"
   s 21   (v.3, n3)  May  1951    9p "Get Rid Of That Woman"
     21   (v.3, n3)  May  1951    8p "Second Try"
     22   (v.3, n4)  June 1951   10p "Meet The Folks"
     22   (v.3, n4)  June 1951    1p "There's Romance In The Stars"
     22   (v.3, n4)  June 1951    9p "The Breakup"
     23   (v.3, n5)  July 1951    9p "Maid To Order"
     24   (v.3, n6)  Aug  1951    3p "If Your Thinking Of Eloping"
     24   (v.3, n6)  Aug  1951    8p "Native Wedding"
     25   (v.3, n7)  Sept 1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
     25   (v.3, n7)  Sept 1951    9p "Marriage Bargain"
   s 26   (v.3, n8)  Oct  1951    8p "Let's Keep It Gay"
     26   (v.3, n8)  Oct  1951    2p "Problem Clinic"
     27   (v.3, n9)  Nov  1951    8p "The Brush Off"
     27   (v.3, n9)  Nov  1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
   s 27   (v.3, n9)  Nov  1951    9p "Fresh As Daisy"
   s 28   (v.3, n10) Dec  1951    8p "The Pest"
     28   (v.3, n10) Dec  1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
   s 28   (v.3, n10) Dec  1951    8p "The Other Woman"
     29   (v.3, n11) Jan  1952    8p "Love 'Em And Leave 'Em Guy"
     29   (v.3, n11) Jan  1952    5p "The Sensible Thing To Do"
     29   (v.3, n11) Jan  1952    2p "Problem Clinic"
     30   (v.3, n12) Feb  1952    1p "The Way They Met"
     30   (v.3, n12) Feb  1952    6p "Mel-Vin"
     30   (v.3, n12) Feb  1952    8p "Tired Of Her"
     31   (v.4, n1)  Mar  1952    6p "Razzle Dazzle Romance"
     32   (v.4, n2)  Apr  1952    9p "Love Or Goulash"
     32   (v.4, n2)  Apr  1952    2p "Problem Clinic"
     32   (v.4, n2)  Apr  1952    9p "His Lucky Number"
     33   (v.4, n3)  May  1952    7p "Under My Skin"
     34   (v.4, n4)  June 1952    6p "Live It Up"
   s 35   (v.4, n5)  July 1952    5p "Mind Your Manners"
     35   (v.4, n5)  July 1952    3p "Problem Clinic"
     36   (v.4, n6)  Aug  1952    8p "Mister Fix-It"
     36   (v.4, n6)  Aug  1952    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     36   (v.4, n6)  Aug  1952    7p "Man Of Mystery"
   s 38   (v.4, n8)  Oct  1952    8p "Take Care Of My Sweetheart"
     38   (v.4, n8)  Oct  1952    2p "Problem Clinic"
     39   (v.4, n9)  Nov  1952    7p "Marriage On The Rocks"
     39   (v.4, n9)  Nov  1952    6p "Lovers Quarrel"
     40   (v.4, n10) Dec  1952    2p "Problem Clinic"
   s 41   (v.4, n11) Jan  1953    8p "Forget Me, Fraulein"
   s 42   (v.4, n12) Feb  1953    8p "Scarlet Sister"
     51   (v.5, n9)  Nov  1953    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     52   (v.5, n10) Dec  1953    6p "Loving Sister"
     56   (v.6, n2)  Apr  1954       [cover]
     56   (v.6, n2)  Apr  1954    6p "I'll Buy Your Love"
   s 56   (v.6, n2)  Apr  1954    6p "Lola's Other Life"
     57   (v.6, n3)  May  1954    7p "Another Woman's Baby"
     57   (v.6, n3)  May  1954    8p "Beaten Woman"
     58   (v.6, n4)  June 1954    6p "Live, Love And Be Married"
     59   (v.6, n5)  July 1954    6p "Little Miss Know-It-All"
     60   (v.6, n6)  Aug  1954    6p "Outcast"
     61   (v.6, n7)  Sept 1954    6p "Tragedy For Three"
   s 65   (v.6, n11) June 1955       [cover]
   s 66   (v.6, n12) Aug  1955       [cover]
   s 67   (v.7, n1)  Oct  1955       [cover]
   s 67   (v.7, n1)  Oct  1955    6p "Change Of Heart"
   s 68   (v.7, n2)  Dec  1955       [cover]
   s 68   (v.7, n2)  Dec  1955    6p "No One To Marry"

Young Romance (Prize)
   s 16   (v.3, n4)  Dec  1949    7p "His Engagement Ring"
   s 18   (v.3, n6)  Feb  1950    8p "I Own This Man"
     19   (v.3, n7)  Mar  1950    1p "The Beauty Clinic"- (illustrated text)
   s 19   (v.3, n7)  Mar  1950    8p "The Fisherman's Daughter"
     20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950    1p "Do You Know Your Wolves"
     20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950    1p "That Well-Dressed Look"- (illustrated text)
   s 20   (v.3, n8)  Apr  1950    6p "The Prophecy"
   s 21   (v.3, n9)  May  1950    8p "The Woman Who Lost Him"
   s 22   (v.3, n10) June 1950    8p "Child Bride"
     24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950    1p "The Little Things Remind Him Of You"
     24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950    1p "Danger, Man Trap"
   s 24   (v.3, n12) Aug  1950    8p "Take A Chance"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Sept 1950    1p "Are You A Gold Digger"
     25   (v.4, n1)  Sept 1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1950    2p "Problem Clinic"
     26   (v.4, n2)  Oct  1950    1p "Do Something Nice For Your Sweetheart"
     27   (v.4, n3)  Nov  1950    8p "Chase Me Till I Catch You"
   s 28   (v.4, n4)  Dec  1950    7p "His Father's Son"
     29   (v.4, n5)  Jan  1951    7p "Diagnosis: Love"
   s 29   (v.4, n5)  Jan  1951    8p "Three's A Crowd"
     30   (v.4, n6)  Feb  1951    9p "My Lord And Master"
     31   (v.4, n7)  Mar  1951    3p "Will You Help Me"
     31   (v.4, n7)  Mar  1951    6p "My Last Blind Date"
     32   (v.4, n8)  Apr  1951    8p "Painted Woman"
   s 33   (v.4, n9)  May  1951    8p "Take A Letter, Darling"
     34   (v.4, n10) June 1951    3p "Will You Help Me"
     34   (v.4, n10) June 1951    7p "Girl Friday"
     35   (v.4, n11) July 1951    7p "The Man Who Loves Shabby Sally"
     35   (v.4, n11) July 1951    9p "The Catskill Man-Chasers"
     36   (v.4, n12) Aug  1951    2p "Problem Clinic"
     36   (v.4, n12) Aug  1951    7p "Big Brother Blues"
     37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1951    9p "Just To Be Near Him"
     37   (v.5, n1)  Sept 1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
     38   (v.5, n2)  Oct  1951    7p "His Dancing Teacher"
     38   (v.5, n2)  Oct  1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
     39   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1951    3p "Problem Clinic"
     39   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1951    5p "Marvin's Pearl"
     39   (v.5, n3)  Nov  1951    1p "The Way They Met"
   s 40   (v.5, n4)  Dec  1951    7p "The Red Dress"
     41   (v.5, n5)  Jan  1952    3p "Problem Clinic"
     41   (v.5, n5)  Jan  1952    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     41   (v.5, n5)  Jan  1952    7p "Kill Her With Kindness"
     42   (v.5, n6)  Feb  1952    1p "The Way They Met"
     42   (v.5, n6)  Feb  1952    7p "The Green-Eyed Monster"
     42   (v.5, n6)  Feb  1952    8p "Marion's Husband"
     42   (v.5, n6)  Feb  1952    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     43   (v.5, n7)  Mar  1952    3p "Problem Clinic"
     43   (v.5, n7)  Mar  1952    7p "Say It With Kisses"
     43   (v.5, n7)  Mar  1952    9p "Gentlemen Prefer Ladies"
     44   (v.5, n8)  Apr  1952   10p "A Bride For Father"
     44   (v.5, n8)  Apr  1952    9p "The Lady Says She's Innocent"
     45   (v.5, n9)  May  1952    8p "By Appointment Only"
   s 45   (v.5, n9)  May  1952    8p "Treat 'Em Rough"
     46   (v.5, n10) June 1952    6p "The Gal On The Flying Trapeze"
     46   (v.5, n10) June 1952    7p "Little Busybody"
   s 47   (v.5, n11) July 1952    7p "Love Me, Love My Dog"
     47   (v.5, n11) July 1952    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     48   (v.5, n12) Aug  1952    7p "No Greater Love"
     49   (v.6, n1)  Sept 1952    1p "The Way They Met"
   s 50   (v.6, n2)  Oct  1952    8p "A Way With The Ladies"
     51   (v.6, n3)  Nov  1952    6p "Good Girl, Bad Girl"
     51   (v.6, n3)  Nov  1952    6p "Partners"
     52   (v.6, n4)  Dec  1952    8p "Ne'er Do Well"
     52   (v.6, n4)  Dec  1952    8p "Give Up Your Baby"
     53   (v.6, n5)  Jan  1953    1p "Problem Clinic"
   s 54   (v.6, n6)  Feb  1953    7p "Poison Pen"
     55   (v.6, n7)  Mar  1953    8p "Afraid To Go Home"
     58   (v.6, n10) June 1953    6p "Too Good For Me"
     59   (v.6, n11) July 1953    5p "You Stole My Girl"
     60   (v.6, n12) Aug  1953    2p "How Did You Meet Him"
     62   (v.7, n2)  Oct  1953    6p "Teen-Age Wildcat"
     63   (v.7, n3)  Nov  1953    1p "How He Proposed"
     63   (v.7, n3)  Nov  1953    2p "What Advice Would You Have Given"
     68   (v.7, n8)  Apr  1954    6p "Brotherly Love"
     68   (v.7, n8)  Apr  1954    6p "The Man I Couldn't Have"
     71   (v.7, n11) July 1954    6p "Only Love Endures"
     71   (v.7, n11) July 1954    6p "Forsaking All Others"