Manly Wade Wellman Part 2 (1941-1943)

If you miss it: Part 1 (1927-1940).

The early 1940s were busy for Manly as he wrote Pulps and comics. Wellman wrote comics for Fawcett, which would result in him testifying in the DC vs. Fawcett copyright trial in 1948. He worked on several characters including Aquaman, Captain America, Spy Smasher, The Tarantula and best of all, The Spirit, which appeared in segments in newspapers all over America.

Most of the comic listed here, except The Spirit newspaper segments, are available free from Digital Comic Museum.

1941

“Lost Rocket” (Astounding Science-Fiction, January 1941)

“Hok and the Gift of Heaven” (Amazing Stories, March 1941)

“Captain Marvel vs. Z” (64 pages of Captain Marvel Adventures #1, March 1941)

“Out West” (64 pages of Captain Marvel Adventures #1, March 1941)

“The Monsters of Saturn” (64 pages of Captain Marvel Adventures #1, March 1941)

“Battles the Vampire” (64 pages of Captain Marvel Adventures #1, March 1941)

“Sojarr of Titan” (Startling Stories, March 1941)

“Meet the Author”(Startling Stories, March 1941)

“30th Century Duel” (Future Fiction, April 1941)

“The Dark Angel” (Spy Smasher #1, Summer 1941)

“Vikranz and the Death Ray” (Spy Smasher #1, Summer 1941)

“Sabotage in the Training Camps” (Spy Smasher #1, Summer 1941)

“World of the Microscope” (64 pages of Captain Marvel Adventures #2, Summer 1941)

“The Devil’s Asteroid” (Comet Stories, July 1941)

“It All Came True in the Woods” (Weird Tales, July 1941)

“Space Chore” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1941)

“But Our Hero Was Not Dead” (Argosy, August 9, 1941)

“The Half-Haunted” (Weird Tales, September 1941)(as Gans T. Field)

“Island in the Sky” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1941)

“The Story Behind the Story”(Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1941)

“The Liers in Wait” (Weird Tales, November 1941)

Letter: Witchcraft and the Merrie Monarch  (Weird Tales, November 1941)

“The Red Death” (Spy Smasher #2, Winter 1941)

“V stands For Victory” (text) as Juan Lopez (Master Comics #21, December 1941)

“The Origin of Shazam: 1: Solomon – Wisest of Men” (text) as Juan Lopez (Whiz Comics #25, December 26, 1941)

1942

“The Cursed Damozel” (1942)

“Devil’s Planet” (Startling Stories, January 1942)

“When the Werewolf Prowled” (text) as Juan Lopez (Gift Comics #1,1942)

“The Blade” (Star Spangled Comics #4, January 1942)

“Swords For Two” (text) as Juan Lopez (Bulletman #3, January 14, 1942)

“Hercules, the Bravest and the Strongest” (text) as Juan Lopez (Master Comics #26, January 23,1942)

“The Warlord of Crime” (Star Spangled Comics #5, January 1942)

“The Feud Murders” (Captain America Comics #11, February 1942)

“The Origin of Shazam 3: Atlas” (text) as Juan Lopez (Whiz Comics #27, February 20, 1942)

“Suicide Rocket” (Amazing Stories, March 1942)

“The Menace of Banada Bardon” (Star Spangled Comics #6, March 1942)

“Freedom of the seas!” (More Fun Comics #77, March 1942)

“Shazam: Zeus, Master of Power” (text) as Juan Lopez (Master Comics #28, March 20, 1942)

“Hok Visits the Land of Legends” (Fantastic Adventures, April 1942)

“Bandit Off Balance” (text) as Juan Lopez (Master Comics #25, April 1942)

“The Crime Escadrille” (Star Spangled Comics #7, April 1942)

“The Sargasso Sea! Unfathomable wonder of the waters!” (More Fun Comics #78, April 1942)

“Shazam: Achilles – Who Never Feared” (text) as Juan Lopez (Whiz Comics #29, April 17, 1942)

“The Trio of Terror” (Star Spangled Comics #8, May 1942)

“Shazam! Mercury, Faster Than Thought” (text) as Juan Lopez (Whiz Comics #30, May 15, 1942)

“Storm Over Souciyan” (Star Spangled Comics #9, June 1942)

“Venus Enslaved” (Planet Stories, Summer 1942)

Letter: Requiescat in Space (Planet Stories, Summer 1942)

“Asteroid Castaways” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1942)

“The Story Behind the Story” Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1942)

“It Happened in Space” (Amazing Stories, June 1942)

“The Hole in the Sky” (Captain Future, Summer 1942)

“Coven” (Weird Tales, July 1942)

Letter Not All Mountain Music (Weird Tales, July 1942)

“The Horror of the Sea” (Captain America Comics #16, July 1942)

“Four on a Web” (Star Spangled Comics #10, July 1942)

“Galloping Gold!” (Star Spangled Comics #11, August 1942)

“Thomas Jefferson’s Treasure” (More Fun Comics #83, September 1942)

“The Menace of Steeplejack Stoll’s Gang” (Star Spangled Comics #12, September 1942)

“Diana the Huntress” (The Spirit, September 13, 1942)

“Cicero Swunk”(The Spirit, September 20, 1942)

“The Skirmish of the Spider and the Fly!” (Star Spangled Comics #13, October 1942)

“Corners, Corners” (The Spirit, October 18, 1942)

“The Case of the Killer Chairs” (Star Spangled Comics #14, November 1942)

“Pink Elephants” (The Spirit, November 6, 1942)

“Youth Day” (The Spirit, December 6, 1942)

“Tarantula Turns Thief!” (Star Spangled Comics #15, December 1942)

1943

“Truants in Trouble!” (Star Spangled Comics #16, January 1943)

“Schoolboy Stuart” (The Spirit, January 24, 1943)

“Frontier Planet” ” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1943)

“The Man Who Chased the Rainbow” (More Fun Comics #88, February 1943)

“Automatic Author” (The Spirit, February 21, 1943)

“Granny Get Your Gun!” (Star Spangled Comics #18, March 1943)

“Class Reunion” (The Spirit, March 7, 1943)

“Byron’s Memoirs” (The Spirit, March 14, 1943)

“Saul Taylor” (The Spirit, March 21, 1943)

“Andy Horgan” (aka “Death Takes Its Toll” ) (The Spirit, March 28, 1943)

“Me, Gangster…By Chips Conrad” (Star Spangled Comics #19, April 1943)

“Evil Eye Manders” (The Spirit, April 4, 1943)

“The Dollar of 1804” (aka “Wanted For Murder”) (The Spirit, April 11, 1943)

“The Grandfather Clock” (aka “A Clock Stops”) (The Spirit, April 18, 1943)

“Legion of the Dark” (Super Science Stories, May 1943)

“Dr. Plague” (The Spirit, May 9, 1943)

“The Curse of Kukri” (The Spirit, May 13, 1943)

“Tony Zacco” (The Spirit, May 23, 1943)

“The Devil Is Not Mocked” (Unknown Worlds, June 1943)

“Wanted: One Child” (aka “Terrible Terry Gill”) (The Spirit, June 6, 1943)

“The Marathon Dancers” (The Spirit, July 4, 1943)

“The House of Darkness” (The Spirit, July 18, 1943)

“Framed” (The Spirit, July 25, 1943)

“The Maestro” (aka “Music Hath Charms”)(The Spirit, August 1, 1943)

“On the Ferris Wheel” (The Spirit, August 22, 1943)

“Broadway Lily” (The Spirit, August 29, 1943)

 

“That’s Just Like a Martian” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fall 1943)

“An Old Beau Returns” (aka “The Art of Making Love Ardently”) (The Spirit, September 5, 1943)

“Woman Crooks” (The Spirit, September 12, 1943)

“Ellen Dolan, Murderess” (The Spirit, October 10, 1943)

“The Magic Drums of the Shonokins” (The Spirit, October 17, 1943)

“Death in the Lion Cage” (The Spirit, October 31, 1943)