ALIAS The SPIDER turns rat!!

from
CRACK COMICS #9 (January 1941)
written by Paul Gustavson; art by Paul Gustavson





Things that make you go "hmmmm?"

BOOMERANG and DIANA: "The Duke of Terror Castle!"

Despite Boomerang's unfortunate costume, this is an interesting little story.

from
TERRIFIC COMICS #5 (September 1944)
written by ?; art by L.B. Cole

I'm surprised they got along so well.
On page 4, Diana announces "The first arrow saved a man's mind -- The second will take your life!" Her intentions are clear.
On page 6, after causing the main villain to fall to his death, Boomerang admits "I didn't mean to kill him!"
I guess we'll never know if the relationship turned rocky. This was their last appearance.

The ARROW: Prison Break!

The Arrow first appeared in FUNNY PAGES Vol. 2 #10 (#21, Sept 1938). For those of you keeping track of such things, that puts his debut eight months before Batman (DETECTIVE COMICS #27, May 1939) and three years before a certain Green bow-slinger! In fact, THE ARROW #3 was (I believe) the last time Centaur published an Arrow adventure...and that came out the month before Green Arrow debuted in MORE FUN COMICS #73 (November 1941)!

According to Toonopedia: "The Arrow didn't mind taking the Judge Dredd approach of being judge, jury and executioner all in one. If a criminal deserved death, but was untouchable due to those pesky legal technicalities like due process and the presumption of innocence, The Arrow would simply take care of the killing himself, bypassing all the fuss and bother. He even kept a particular arrow in his quiver, a black one, for just that purpose."

Okay! Let's read an Arrow story!

from
THE ARROW #3 (October 1941)
written by ?; art by Paul Gustavson

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DIANA the HUNTRESS: Full Moon Madness!

Diana, goddess of the moon and the hunt, comes down from Mount Olympus to save a village from moon-struck madmen!!

from
YELLOWJACKET COMICS #2 (October 1944)
written by ?; art by Burt Geller

AMAZONA: The Mighty Woman!

Although she seems as she may have been inspired by Wonder Woman, Amazona actually predates the Amazon princess by over a year-and-a-half. Wonder what kind of comics Dr. Marston liked to read...? ;-)
Here's the one-and-only appearance of Amazona...The Mighty Woman!!

from
PLANET COMICS #3 (May 1940)
written by (as Wilson Locke)?; art by Alex Blum?, Dan Zolnerowich?