| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall. Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Quicksilver [Max] (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Kid Patrol (inset) |
| Notes | Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall. Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall. |
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| Comic Story | Peril at the Panama Canal (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Black [Legion] Guard returns to threaten U.S. forces in Panama. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; The Black Guard [formerly the Black Legion] (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Benny the Bimbo and Beulah (6 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Frank Kearns] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Mike O'Neil; Sniffer; Steve Grimm (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Boat Ride (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Dan Wilson] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Children | Characters: Kid Patrol |
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| Comic Story | The Lessons of Bill Carmody (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Bob Reynolds] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon] |
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| Comic Story | The Duck Hunt (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze |
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| Comic Story | The Bomb Release Saboteurs (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Jerry Maxwell (house name) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Wonder Boy |
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| Comic Story | The Rescue of Tom Jameson (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A reporter for the News Star uncovers inside information that helps him clear the name of a man slated for execution by pin-pointing the true mastermind, crime boss Bikazo, who had sought to discredit the District Attorney. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver [Max]; Tom Jameson; Bikazo (villain) |
| Notes | This reporter mentioned here, as well as in National #12, was Quicksilver in his true identity, the name of which was never revealed. |
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| Comic Story | The Country Fair Murder (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Lowell Riggs] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Jack Doe; Jill Doe |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Miss Winky |
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| Comic Story | The Lightship Takeover (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Lynn Bird] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Prop Powers |
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| Text Story | The Secret Room (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Anthony Lamb | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The National Park Poachers (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Storey Weaver] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox |
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| Comic Story | The Escape of Louie Lippin (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Pen Miller |
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| Comic Story | Toemain the Killer (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Cyclone Cupid |
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| Comic Story | Magic in Mount Meteora (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | In Greece, Merlin invokes the god Zeus to drive off the Nazis and save a girl named Helena. Zeus gives Merlin the use of his winged horse, Pegasus, all leaving for the safety of Egypt, where Helena was entrusted to the British. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Helena; Zeus; Pegasus (winged horse); the Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line on this strip. |
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