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NICKEL COMICS #1
Cover Date: May 1940
Cover Price: $.05
Publication Date: 1940-05-03
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Binder
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Credits:
| Story | Bill Parker |
| Art | Jon Smalle |
| Editing | Bill 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)
Credits:
| Editing | Bill 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)