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Nickel Comics 1

NICKEL COMICS #1

Cover Date: May 1940
Cover Price: $.05
Publication Date: 1940-05-03

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Binder


Story: "Bulletman" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Parker
ArtJon Smalle
EditingBill Parker

Feature Character(s):

Bulletman (Jim "Bullet" Barr; first appearance; a police chemist who creates both an anti-gravity metal and a formula to increase his intelligence and strength)

Supporting Character(s):

Susan Kent (first appearance; daughter of Sergeant Kent and Jim's girlfriend)
Sergeant Kent (first appearance; a police officer who is wary of Jim's scientific methods of criminology)

Villain(s):

Rod Lonnigan (first appearance; a crook who barricades himself in after commiting a crime)
Blackmask and his gang (first appearance; kidnaps policemen)


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Second Story: "Warlock the Wizard" (10 Pages)

Credits:

EditingBill Parker

Feature Character(s):

Warlock the Wizard (first appearance; last of the "white magicians"; also uses artifacts to fight crime and destroy black magic)

Supporting Character(s):

Hugin (first appearance; Warlock's large intelligent raven)

Villain(s):

Baron Gath (first appearance; magician who was imprisoned 200 years ago; dies)

Comment(s):

Warlock uses two particular artifacts: The Golden Fist (a wand with a large golden fist at the end which channels his magic) and The Lamp of the Gods (when lit, shines on evil and destroys it)


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