Tommy Tyme was a time traveling youth whose adventures frequently took him to meetings with important individuals in history. The "D" here may stand for an editor but I postulate this without any assurance whatsoever. Based on the job # of D-190, this story is definitely inventory from as far back as 1945-46 when an earlier method of assigning job #'s was used. The back-up feature this issue is a 4 page Tommy Tyme story. The author is unknown, the inker is unknown and it's possible there may even be other hands helping out as Timely staff work was sometimes done piecemeal. As seen below, Gene is already one of the better artists on the Timely staff. The story was penciled at the age of 21 and by my unofficial tally this is approximately the 12th Timely story Gene worked on. Gene Colan! I'm going to devote an entire blog post or two in the future to Gene Colan's Timely and Atlas work so I'll just mention that Gene does a fantastic job this early in his career. Inside is a 25 page lead feature "7 Dead Men", penciled by, yup. The phrase "book-length" is in the title on the cover and I've always wanted to say that this cover was by Gene Colan but I never have and probably never will.
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