Kid Komics #2

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CGC records 38 graded copies for Kid Komics #2 (1943). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

The Gaze of Death!

Captain Wonder and Tim investigate a string of what looks to be suicides but are actually murders committed by the Dwarf who uses hypnosis to control his victims. To prevent another murder Captain Wonder and Tim go to Washington, D.C. but fail to stop the suicide of the Dwarf's latest victim, Senator Dobbs.

However the pair see a couple of hoodlum beating up someone, they step in but soon learn it's an ambush setup by the Dwarf's henchmen. The two are forced into a nearby house where they get the jump on their attackers causing them to flee. The pair follow the car to the Dwarf's ramshackle house where they fall into the Dwarf's trap.

As the Dwarf's prisoners, the Dwarf attempts to use hypnosis on Captain Wonder. Believing he is under his control the Dwarf orders Captain Wonder to throw Tim into a pit of lava. Captain Wonder's will being too strong for hypnosis simply played along and threw Tim into the enemy defeating the Dwarf's henchmen while he tried to make his escape via elevator. Captain Wonder pursues the elevator but Dwarf stomps on his hands to try to make him fall, Tim picks up a nearby gun and launches it at the Dwarf hitting him, the blow makes the Dwarf stumble back and fall into the pit of lava killing him.

| StoryTitle2 = The Suicidal Saboteurs | Writer2_1 = Stan Lee | Penciler2_1 = Don Rico | Inker2_1 = Don Rico | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = N/A | Editor2_1 = Vincent Fago

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Sentinels of Liberty ** Young Allies_(Earth-616)) *** Toro) *** "Whitewash" Jones) *** "Tubby" Tinkle) *** "Knuckles" O'Toole) *** Jeff Sandervilt) *** Bucky (Bucky Barnes))

**Antagonists:** * Imperial Japan) ** Unnamed Agent ** Young Nippon Society) *** Unnamed Leader *** Five unnamed saboteurs **Other Characters:** * Numerous unnamed San Franciscans * SFPD) ** Several unnamed police officers * Unnamed Bus Driver * United States Navy) ** Unnamed Commander * Captain America (Steve Rogers)) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Cats **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** North America **** United States of America ***** California) ****** San Francisco ******* San Francisco Bay ******* Chinatown) *** Asia **** Japan

| Synopsis2 = While visiting San Francisco the Young Allies stop an Imperial Japanese plot using suicide bombers calling themselves the Young Nippon Society.

| StoryTitle3 = Trouble at the Bar-None Ranch | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = N/A | Inker3_1 = N/A | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Vincent Fago

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Pinto Pete (Pete Webster)) **Supporting Characters:** * Red (Webster Ranch Foreman) * Liza "Liz" Perry) * Mr. Perry (Liza's Father) **Antagonists:** * Slick Hadley) * Hadley's Henchmen ** Several unnamed henchmen **Other Characters:** * Mrs. Webster (Pete's Mother) * Liza's Grandfather **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Horses * Sheep * Gophers **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America **** Arizona) ***** Webster Ranch ***** Perry Ranch ***** Rainbow Canyon

| Synopsis3 = Slick Hadley and his men thought they had killed Mr. Perry but they had only grazed him. His daughter Liza sought the help of Pinto Pete and his ranch foreman Red to assist in the defense of their ranch. Leaving Liza in the care of Pete's mother the two men traveled to Perry Ranch. After visiting with Mr. Perry and learning about a map his father had passed down to him the trio investigated and found that Mr. Perry had oil on his land.

Slick Hadley and his men ambushed the trio during their discovery and left them tied up, but Liza had secretly went back to her ranch and spotted Hadley's car. Siphoning the gas just before the men left and untying her father, Pete, and Red. Leaving Mr. Perry behind Red and Pinto caught up to Hadley but he had been waiting and caught them. This time he took Pinto and Red to Rainbow Canyon where they were to be pushed off. Fighting off Hadley's men into the canyon themselves Hadley attempted to run the pair down but missed and drove his car off the canyon as well.

| StoryTitle4 = The Loyal Heart | Writer4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = Typeset | Editor4_1 = Vincent Fago

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Sam Yankey) **Supporting Characters:** * Red Rawlins) **Antagonists:** * Steve * Tony * Mike **Other Characters:** * Unidentified Police Department ** Several unnamed police officers **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America

| Synopsis4 = Police Officer Sam Yankey stakes out a gang of smugglers but tries to talk one of them out of living the life. After getting ambushed at their hideout the man, Red Rawlins, heads to the gangs meetup with a truck full of police reinforcements.

| StoryTitle5 = Introducing Happy Daize | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = N/A | Inker5_1 = N/A | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Vincent Fago

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Michael "Happy" Daize) **Supporting Characters:** * Twinkle the Rabbit) **Antagonists:** * Tuck's Gang ** Nip ** Unnamed Member * Tuck the Ogre) **Other Characters:** * Jascha Heifetz * Albert Einstein) * Mr. Daize (Michael's Father) * Mrs. Daize (Michael's Mother) * Niccolò Paganini) * Arturo Toscanini * Mr. Wuzzy * Tuck's Secretary * Tyrone Power * Wise Fairy **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Rabbits * Dogs * Donkeys * Deer * Ducks * Ogres) * Skunks * Fairies) **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City ****** Manhattan ******* Carnegie Hall ******* Columbia University

| Synopsis5 = A baby prodigy named Michael Daize calls out to make a wish that will make him into a normal simple baby. A rabbit named Twinkle hears his please and comes to grant the wish but learns he can't grant a wish like that but will take Michael to see Mr. Wuzzy for help.

Twinkle takes Michael through Tuck the Ogre's territory on the way to Mr. Wuzzy. Tuck offers to teach Michael to be bad and for Michael to join his gang. Michael agrees and Tuck shunts Twinkle from their company. Twinkle visits the Wise Fairy who gives him a rose to scare off Tuck. Doing so snaps Michael back to his senses and the pair leave to find Mr. Wuzzy.

| StoryTitle6 = The Imaginary Youth | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = N/A | Inker6_1 = N/A | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Vincent Fago

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Gull Swift) **Supporting Characters:** * Two unnamed kids

**Other Characters:** * Captain America (Steve Rogers)) * Fifth Columnists * Mayor's Secretary * Unnamed Mayor * Unnamed Spy * FBI) ** Two unnamed agents **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America

| Synopsis6 = While pretending to be Captain America, Gull Swift is laughed at by a couple of neighborhood kids. When he attempts to fight them they tell him they were sent by the Mayor to tell him to go to city hall so he can be appointed as a special crime fighter.

Gull goes to city hall where he's stopped by the mayor's secretary. Gull slugs him in the stopmach and moves passed him supposing he was a fifth columnist trying to get in his way. Entering he informs the Mayor of his special status but the Mayor informs him that someone was playing a joke on him. To prove he can do what his comic heroes can do Gull jumps out of the window scaring the Mayor to death until he realizes Gull slid down the flagpole. The Mayor gives him a spanking for almost killing himself then sends him on his way.

Gull goes back to the two boys who lied to him ready to fight. This time they say the reason the Mayor didn't make him a crime fighter is because he didn't stop a crime. They point out a spy across the street but Gull sees through their lies and doesn't fall for it... except soon after some FBI agents arrest the man as a spy which confuses all three of the boys that it turned out to be true.

| StoryTitle7 = Death Trap in the Atlantic | Writer7_1 = Stan Lee | Penciler7_1 = Carl Pfeufer | Inker7_1 = Carl Pfeufer | Colorist7_1 = N/A | Letterer7_1 = N/A | Editor7_1 = Vincent Fago

| Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Subbie) **Supporting Characters:** * Unidentified Merchant Ship ** Unnamed Captain ** Several unnamed crewmembers **Antagonists:** * Nazis) ** Kriegsmarine) *** Numerous unnamed sailors ** Rudolph ** Unnamed Agent * United States Navy) **Other Characters:** * Adolf Hitler) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Atlantean-Human Hybrids * Sharks **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** Atlantic Ocean

**Vehicles:** * Subbie's PT Boat

| Synopsis7 = Subbie helps a Merchant Ship defeat a Nazi U-Boat that has laid a trap to destroy them.

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| Notes = ===Continuity Notes=== * Second and final Golden Age appearance of Captain Wonder * Second and final appearance of Subbie

Creative credits

Writers: Stan Lee, Stan Lee, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, Stan Lee

Interior art: Frank Giacoia, Don Rico, N/A, N/A, N/A, Carl Pfeufer

Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

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GCD: 3015

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