Scott Rand encounters yet a different race of Martians (Purple Martians?).
This story is by Otto and Jack Binder, who would go on to make a lot of comic books throughout the Golden Age, but you would hardly know it by this early story. Regardless, the Binders have an unusual definition of "hand-to-hand fight" when one side is using a big gun.
Initially, this was just a guy from Viking times who's name just happened to be Thor. Sometimes it seems like the Binders are treating him like the real Thor, but then other times they do things like having Thor fight with an ax.
This is
Keith Kornell, West Pointer, being hazed. The last panel illustrates that grappling damage can be transferred into distance pushed/tossed.
It's interesting that West Point soldiers have access to a new type of military rifle. The M1 Carbine was approved for military use in October 1941. Could these have been the M1 Carbine prototypes being used in 1940?
The last page is from Jack Cole's
Manhunters. Flooding a hoodlum out of a hiding place seems like a smart tactic.
(Scans courtesy of
Digital Comic Museum.)
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