William Woolfolk's editorial work for Orbit's Ray Hermann paid at the same page rate as writing. At this point he starts identifying each story's purchaser by a code letter; in my post about May 1953 I thought "R" for Orbit stood for romance, but now that I've seen him writing crime for her as well, I'd say it stands for "Ray." Her company went under a number of corporate names, of course, and I've been using just Orbit during this period for clarity's sake.
I haven't found the Ken Shannon "disappearing girl" story.
January 1952 Comic Book Scripts by William Woolfolk
| 7 pg | Doll Man | Darrel Dane's bodyguard | |
| "Darrel Dane's Bodyguard" DM 41, Aug/52 | |||
| 6 | Ibis | magician in the mirror | |
| "The Magician in the Mirror" Whiz 149, Sept/52 | |||
| 7 | Captain Marvel Jr. | world's mightiest shadow | |
| "CMJ and the World's Mightiest Shadow" CMJ 113, Sept/52 | |||
| 7 | Blackhawk. | the mammoth bombs | |
| "The Horror Bomb" BH 55, Aug/52 | |||
| 10 | Man with Nine Lives | the story of gangster who survived 10 assassination attempts | |
| "The Man with Nine Lives" Wanted 48, July/52 | |||
| 10 | Puncture-Proof Assassin | Jack Legs Diamond, the bulletproof informer | |
| "The Puncture-Proof Assassin" Down with Crime 6, Sept/52 | |||
| 9 | Ken Shannon | case of the absent corpse | |
| "Case of the Absent Corpse" Police 118, Aug/52 | |||
| 10 | Case for the Morgue | are men like Dillinger heroes? | |
| "Case for the Morgue" DWC 6, Sept/52 | |||
| 10 | A Heart Like Stone | girl who is too, too frank | |
| 7 | "A Heart Like Stone" Love Diary 32, Dec/52 | ||
| 7 | Ken Shannon | a girl who disappears without a single trace | |
| [unpublished?] | |||
| 7 | Blackhawk | the terrible termite tanks | |
| "The Terrible Termite Tanks" BH 57, Oct/52 | |||
| 6 | Captain Marvel Jr. | the moving mountain | |
| "CMJ and the Moving Mountain" CMJ 113, Sept/52 | |||
| 8 | Captain Marvel Jr. | Cap'n Smollett's treasure | |
| "CMJ and Captain Smollet's Treasure" CMJ 113, Sept/52 | |||
| 10 | Shannon's Girl | she belongs to man everyone fears | |
| 6 | "Shannon's Girl" L Diary 29, Jul/52 | ||
| 6 | Captain Marvel Jr. | wise men persecuted because they can predict storms etc. | |
| "CMJ and the Ruler of the Earth" CMJ 114, Oct/52 | |||
| 7 | editorial work on story for Ray Hermann | ||
| 7 | Captain Marvel Jr. | Sir Edgewise in King Arthur's court | |
| "Sir Edgewise in King Arthur's Court" CMJ 114, Oct/52 | |||
I think the Ken Shannon story could be "The Carrier Pigeon Case" in KEN SHANNON #1.
ReplyDeleteNo, that issue is cover-dated October 1951. My best guess at that story's writer--I have a question mark after his name in my records--is Robert Bernstein.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, it couldn't have been that early.
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