Prize Comics #12 (24)

Oct 1942 · Prize · 0.10 USD

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In "Utter Failure!", Bulldog Denny summons a team of heroes to confront the rampaging Frankenstein monster, threatening the nation’s safety just as he’s called to Washington for defense duties. Written, drawn, and inked by Dick Briefer, this 1942 thriller blends wartime urgency with supernatural flair, as the Green Lama invokes ancient magic to send the creature into a realm of nightmarish trials—before the heroes finally drive him to a cliff’s edge. The cover, by Jack Binder, captures the chaos in bold, dynamic lines.

Contains 9 stories

Untitled story

11 pp

Yank and Doodle [Yank [Dick Walters]Doodle [Rick Walters]] (origin details revealed)Mr. WaltersMrs. Walters (Yank and Doodle's motherin flashbackdeath)Kraus (villainintroduction)Adolf Hitler (villain!)

Untitled story

6 pp

Dr. Frost

Untitled story

10 pp

The Black Owl [Doug Danville]Funnibone (introductionvillain)

Untitled story

6 pp

Utter Failure!

8 pp · Horror-Suspense, Superhero

Bulldog Denny [Denny Dunsan]The Black Owl [Doug Danville]Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]Dr. FrostYank and Doodle [Yank [Dick Walters]Doodle [Rick Walters]]The Generalthe CorporalFrankenstein (villain)Tovo (villain, a bat)Gor (villain, an owl)

In "Utter Failure!" from Prize Comics #12 (1942), Bulldog Denny summons a team of heroes to confront the rampaging Frankenstein monster, a threat too great for any one hero to handle alone. With the Green Lama’s mystical incantations summoning otherworldly horrors to torment the creature, the heroes push the monster to the edge of a cliff—where his fate hangs in the balance.

Untitled Humor story

2 pp · Humor

Untitled Superhero story

8 pp · Superhero

Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]

Untitled story

6 pp

Buck Sanders (first appearance)

A Dott in Time Solves the Crime!

5 pp

Homer Q. Dott (first appearance)