TYPHON! -or- WTH were they smoking that day? HA!

I almost wasn't going to run this story, as the person who scanned it at Golden Age Comics Downloads chopped about a 1/4 inch off the bottom of almost every page. Not a major thing, but kind of annoying none the less. But I couldn't resist!!

Typhon appeared in WEIRD COMICS #1-7 (May 1940-October 1940). And let me say, never was a feature more appropriately placed. They don't come much weirder than this tale.

In fact, it's just so weird, that I'm going to change my regular posting style so I can comment throughout. Deal with it...

(Oh, and skip the first caption box, that basically tells you the entire story, start to finish...)

from
WEIRD COMICS #2 (May 1940)
story and art by ? [as Phillips Judge]

Yes! Let's drop down more! Because there will be more light by which to see...
"I'll phone the other subs not to lower."
"Typhon phones his other subs to stay at their level course."

The sub doesn't crash into an invisible wall, they hit the invisible wall.
Except -- "...there is no wall or obstacle..."
"This is unreal, yet true!"

I'm not sure at what point Typhon and friends got past the wall, or if the mermen went through it.
If there's no water behind the wall -- how are the mermen with fishtails swimming, or at least staying upright?
It's a good thing the writer told us they have "long red seaweed hair," because for a minute I thought their hair was yellow!
HA!

So they tied everyone up to catch them, but then untied them to carry them in?
HA!

It's the sign of a good writer who makes sure everything is clear, so we all can follow the story. The caption tell us that the humans are almost fainting...then the characters reaffirm that "I'm fainting!"
You have to love a villain who laughs at your discomfort, but orders you to be relieved.
So -- did the quick-freeze guns backfire? I'm not quite sure as to why the mermen were frozen into blocks...

If the writer hadn't told me that everyone was covered in ice, I never would have guessed!

"...a fight begins...." "We must fight them!" "The men fight the mermen."
Did someone tell Cecelia not to get involved? She seems pretty defiant, "Back off buddy, this one's mine!"
O!

Is Cecelia swearing!!? There's no call for that!!

How sad that the water drowns...
So, why exactly do the mermen shrink?
Apparently it's not only Typhon's ray gun that goes down...

PARTING SHOT:


You go girl!

HA-HA!

O!

IBIS the Invincible and the Vampire Twins!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Have some vampires!!

Prince Ibis, man of miracles and master of white magic, first came to life in the Egypt of 4000 years ago! Put in suspended animation for centuries, Ibis has awakened to battle modern crime and evil with the aid of his magic Ibistick!

I dunno, sounds kinda dirty to me. But you know how my mind works. ;-)

Ibis had a fairly lengthy career; including the entire run of WHIZ COMICS #2(1)-155 (February 1940-June 1953), his own IBIS, THE INVINCIBLE #1-6 (1942-Spring 1948) and ALL HERO COMICS #1 (May 1943).

Well, that wraps up the 13 Days of Halloween!! Have fun tonight!

from
WHIZ COMICS #101 (September 1948)
story by ?; art by Charles Tomsey



from
WHIZ COMICS #102 (October 1948)
story and art by ?

Grand Comic Book Database lists an artist for the first chapter, but not for the second. It kinda looks like the same guy to me, though.

ZERO, Ghost Detective!

One day to go! We're giving the vampires a rest today. Instead, we've got ghosts!! But no real super heroes. Oh, get over it.

Today we've got Zero, Ghost Detective! Kind of like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, only without the slayer abilities...or the vampires. :-) Zero spent his career chasing vengeful spirits and sending them on their way.

Zero's ghost detecting days ran in FEATURE COMICS #32-72 (May 1940-October 1943).

Since his adventures tended to run only 5 pages, I'm giving you two!

from
FEATURE COMICS #39 (December 1940)
story by ?; art by Charles Sulton?



from
FEATURE COMICS #50 (November 1941)
story by ?; art by Al Bryant



PARTING SHOT:


Yeah, I'm not saying a word this time.

MR. JUSTICE vs The King of the Vampires!

What!? More vampires!!? Well, it is Halloween, after all. Plus, we've got us a ghost in our super-hero protagonist, Mr. Justice!!

Debuting in BLUE RIBBON COMICS #9 (February 1941), Mr. Justice began his career one year after DC's Spectre (MORE FUN COMICS #52 [February 1940]). Is Mr. Justice a rip-off? I don't know. But they are both spirits, they both have hoods and capes, they both have white skin... I guess you can decide for yourself. I am surprised that DC didn't send a cease-and-desist letter, like they did for all the Superman copy-cats.

Mr. Justice's golden-age career spanned BLUE RIBBON COMICS #9-22 (February 1941-March 1942) and JACKPOT COMICS #1-9 (Summer 1941-Summer 1943).

from
BLUE RIBBON COMICS #11 (April 1941)
story by Joe Blair; art by Sam Cooper
[cover by Sam Cooper]