Corker Comics

Frank Johnson

Australia

Published
July 1941
Page count
44
Cover price
6d [0-0-6 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Matte colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic
Branding
A Frank Johnson Publication [star]
 
A Frank Johnson Publication [star]

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover No title recorded Cover, 1 page

Credits

Art
Dan Russell , line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 1. Untitled (Slipstream Sam) Comic story, 1 page

"Sam, I want you and two others to go and camouflage your planes."

Featuring

Feature
Slipstream Sam
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Ron Broadley, scripter
Art
Ron Broadley, line art
Text
Ron Broadley , letterer
Show/hide 2. Untitled (Dr Evil and the Robot Man) Comic story, 5 pages

"Tony Carrol with Professor Raynor and his daughter Varia has cornered Dr Evil in a laboratory in his house…"

Featuring

Feature
Dr Evil and the Robot Man
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Writing
Unk White, scripter
Art
Unk White, line art
Text
Unk White , letterer
Show/hide 3. Untitled (Jonesy) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Jonesy
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Ron Bradley, scripter
Art
Ron Bradley, line art
Text
Ron Bradley , letterer
Show/hide 4. Untitled [Terror Island] (Dale Marsh) Comic story, 4 pages

"Captured by Bull Linton and Labell, Dale Marsh owes his freedom to the arrival on the desert island of some native war canoes."

Featuring

Feature
Dale Marsh
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Writing
Rhys Williams, scripter [signed as Williams]
Art
Rhys Williams, line art [signed as Williams]
Text
Rhys Williams , letterer
Show/hide 5. Untitled (Terry McBride of the Sea Scouts) Comic story, 4 pages

"Terry McBride and Bunty are returning from a meeting of the Sea Scouts when they hear a faint groan coming from the direction fo the cliff."

Featuring

Feature
Terry McBride of the Sea Scouts
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Writing
Les Dixon, scripter [signed]
Art
Les Dixon, line art [signed]
Text
Les Dixon , letterer
Show/hide 6. Untitled (Wanda Dare Girl Reporter) Comic story, 3 pages

"The city is alarmed over the mysterious deaths of a number of girls."

Featuring

Feature
Wanda Dare Girl Reporter
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Writing
Dan Russell, scripter [signed]
Art
Dan Russell, line art [signed]
Text
Dan Russell , letterer
Show/hide 7. Errol Flynn (Stars of the Southern Cross) Illustration, 1 page

"Born in Tasmania in 1909, he made his first hit in an Australian picture, "In the Wake of the Bounty.""

Featuring

Feature
Stars of the Southern Cross
Genre
Biography

Credits

Writing
Dan Russell, scripter [signed]
Art
Dan Russell, line art [signed]
Text
Dan Russell, letterer
Show/hide 8. Untitled (Dr. Darbil) Comic story, 4 pages

"The timely arrival of Lance has saved Dr. Darbil, his father, and dick Case from the razor-like teeth of 'Unga' the devil to whose mercy they had been left by the fishermen…"

Featuring

Feature
Dr. Darbil
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Writing
Norm Rice, scripter [signed]
Art
Norm Rice, line art [signed]
Text
Norm Rice , letterer
Show/hide 9. Untitled (Jonesy) Comic story, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Jonesy
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Ron Broadley, scripter
Art
Ron Broadley, line art
Text
Ron Broadley , letterer
Show/hide 10. Untitled (Dabs) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Dabs
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Ron Broadley, scripter
Art
Ron Broadley, line art
Text
Ron Broadley , letterer
Show/hide 11. Untitled (Barty Malone) Comic story, 4 pages

"After capturing the man who has been sent to kidnap Sheila -- Carruthers, the heiress, Barty Malone and the mo-bike policeman who has helped him, decide to try and capture the rest of the gang."

Featuring

Feature
Barty Malone
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Writing
Carl Lyon, scripter [signed]
Art
Carl Lyon, line art [signed]
Text
Carl Lyon, letterer
Show/hide 12. Untitled (Kookacomics) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Kookacomics
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Tom Hubble, scripter [signed as T. Hubble]
Art
Tom Hubble, line art [signed as T. Hubble]
Text
Tom Hubble, letterer
Show/hide 13. Untitled (Six Trix) Comic story, 1 page

"Matches and Squares"

Featuring

Feature
Six Trix

Credits

Writing
E. G. Abbey, scripter
Art
E. G. Abbey, line art
Text
E. G. Abbey , letterer
Show/hide 14. Knots - Signs - Patrol Birds (Be a Good Scout) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Be a Good Scout

Credits

Writing
E. G. Abbey , scripter [credited as Magpie]
Art
E. G. Abbey , line art [credited as Magpie]
Text
E. G. Abbey , letterer
Show/hide 15. Untitled (Wombat Flat) Comic story, 1 page

"What are you swearing about Willie?"

Featuring

Feature
Wombat Flat
Genre
Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals

Credits

Writing
Eric Porter, scripter [signed]
Art
Eric Porter, line art [signed]
Text
Eric Porter , letterer
Show/hide 16. Untitled (Masked Archer) Comic story, 4 pages

"The masked archer has rescued Sir Raymond and his servant, Sing Loom, from the hands of a Nazi secret society."

Featuring

Feature
Masked Archer
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Writing
Dick Alderton, scripter [signed]
Art
Dick Alderton, line art [signed]
Text
Dick Alderton , letterer
Show/hide 17. The Lost Emerald… (Captain Spadger) Comic story, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Captain Spadger
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Writing
Frank Jessup, scripter
Art
Frank Jessup, line art
Text
Frank Jessup , letterer
Show/hide 18. The Stolen Emerald (Captain Spadger and the Nancy Belle) Comic story, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Captain Spadger and the Nancy Belle
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Writing
Frank Jessup, scripter
Art
Frank Jessup, line art
Text
Frank Jessup , letterer

Status

This issue includes help from

  • State Library NSW
  • Jeff Battista

AusReprints ID

  • 17172

Entry created

  • 02/04/2018

Cover added

  • 02/04/2018

Last updated

  • 05/11/2022