| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 6, 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Notes | Promo for Captain Marvel Adventures, Captain Marvel Jr. (art from issue 2), Whiz Comics (art of Captain Marvel from America's Greatest Comics #1), Captain Midnight (art from issue 2), Master Comics, Spy Smasher (art from issue 2), America's Greatest Comics (art of Captain Marvel only from issue 1), Bulletman (art of Bulletman and Bulletgirl from issue 7), and Wow Comics (art of Mr. Scarlet only from issue 4). |
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| Contents | Wow Wishes You a Merry Christmas! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Panel reproduced from page 11, panel 7. |
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| Comic Story | The Night Before Christmas (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mary fights crooks who are smuggling jewels in toys. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Peeves; Mrs. Bromfield; Spike; Monk |
| Notes | First Mary Marvel strip.
Last appearance in Captain Marvel Adventures #19, based on cover dates; based on "on-sale" dates, this comic PRE-cedes Captain Marvel Adventures 19 (which is a Christmas story, and this being "The Night Before Christmas" might actually make more sense being her second appearance, instead of third appearance.) |
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| Text Story | Last Ship from Marseilles (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Conklin is having trouble getting his ship out of Marseilles. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Conklin; Pierre Desmoulins; Etienne de Lannec; Kurt von Schroeder; Mr. Waithe |
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| Notes | Promo for Xmas Comics, Gift Comics, and Holiday Comics. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Mystery of the Make-Believe Mastermind! (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Scarlet and Pinky fight crooks using paper mache structures. |
| Credits | Script:? (script) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Sphinx; The Boss of Crime College; Miss Wade; Charley; Joey; Cholmondely Creep |
| Notes | Brian Butler loses his job as DA.
Plot and art credit revision per Will Murray in Alter Ego #157 (March 2019). |
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| Comic Story | Down Under (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Japanese plan to wipe out the allied airfields and ground crews while the planes are fighting a decoy force. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Shorty; Katie (kangaroo); Flogg |
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| Comic Story | Creepy Fantasy (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spooks takes over a dead man's body and lets him testify in court. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Spooks; Bensonhurst; Tony Dominic; Looey-the-Lug; Peggy Ann Dominic |
| Notes | Last Spooks story. Contents page title. |
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| Comic Story | The Terrific Toy (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Commando Yank has to get some tank plans from a Norwegian castle. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Sven Nordlung; Bjorne Sondergunn; Eric; Ludwig |
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| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) |
| Content | Characters: Hopalong Cassidy (photo of Bill Boyd) |
| Notes | Promo for the Hopalong Cassidy comic book. |
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| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Promo for Mechanix Illustrated. Black and white photo of volume 29 #1 (November 1942).
Back cover. |
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