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| Publication | March 11, 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
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| Cover | The Headless Horror |
| Featuring | Bulletman |
| Credits | Pencils: Mac Raboy | Inks: Mac Raboy |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; The Headless Horror |
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| Publisher advertisement | "Who Makes a Hit With All the Family? (1 page) |
| Featuring | Captain Marvel Adventures |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo); C. C. Beck (cover) | Inks:? (photo); C. C. Beck (cover) | Letters:?; some typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
Illustrated house advertisement for Captain Marvel Advetures #4 (October 31, 1941), with cover shown. |
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| Comic Story | The Headless Horror (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | After the death of Jonas Kerm, owner of the Murdock Estate, the will is read by the family attorney, telling the six heirs that the estate will be divided equally among them. But the attorney sees the greediness of the six, realizing any one of them would prefer to have the entire estate to themselves, so when noises are heard in the home, the heirs are told of the Headless Horror, which is said to roam the estate.....and mysterious deaths soon follow. |
| Featuring | Bulletman |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; James Barton (attorney for the Jonas Kern estate); The Barton Family Heirs [Charles Quinn (actor); Spike O'Toole (ex-con, death); Aunt Matilda; Algernon (cousin, death); Mr. Armstrong]; The Headless Horror [James Barton] (villain, Kern estate attorney) |
| Notes | The indicia on the splash page lists W. H. Fawcett, Jr. as President, Elliott D. Odell as the Advertising Director, Roscoe K. Fawcett as Circulation Director, Ralph Daigh as Editorial Director, and Al Allard as Art Director. |
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| Featuring | Ibis the Invincible |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Ibis |
| Notes | Illustrated publisher advertisement for the brand new (probably #1) issue of Ibis the Invincible. |
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| Comic Story | Midas Castle (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | "Midas" Malone and his co-horts in crime, are sprung from prison, due to the efforts of crooks in Police clothing. Malone then recruits crooks from all over to join him in gaining immense wealth due to their crime rackets. The Bullet Duo are called onto the scene to stop these efforts and re-imprison Malone and his gang of thugs. |
| Featuring | Bulletman |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Mad "Midas" Malone [aka The Greediest Man in America] (villain); "Nifty" Mills (villain); "Slugger" Johnson (villain); "Smokey" Lawson (villain); "Flipper" Flynn (villain); Lefty (villain, prison guard) |
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| Featuring | Whiz Comics |
| Content | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Billy Batson |
| Notes | Illustrated house advertisement for Whiz Comics and its features. |
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| Comic Story | The Man Who Vanished (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | After a ten year manhunt, the Police arrest Big Grando and pout him on a train to prison. But he vows that not even a train will deliver him to prison.....and he might just be right! When the Bullet Duo see coffins being loaded aboard the baggage car on the train, they smell a rat! |
| Featuring | Bulletman |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Big Grando (villain, racketeer) |
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| Featuring | Master Comics |
| Credits | Pencils: Mac Raboy (Captain Marvel Jr.);? | Inks: Mac Raboy (Captain Marvel Jr.;? |
| Content | Characters: Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Bulletman [Jim Barr] (head view); Bulletgirl [Susan Kent] (head view) |
| Notes | Illustrated house advertisement for the latest issue of Master Comics. |
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| Comic Story | The Hunt For Vancho Pilla (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Private Ward's idea to help he and his buddy Enterprise clean dishes, literally blows up in his face! |
| Featuring | Private Ward |
| Credits | Script: Bill Ward | Pencils: Bill Ward | Inks: Bill Ward |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Private Ward; Enterprise; Colonel Deakyne; Vancho Villa (villain); Lolita |
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| Text Story | Leaping Flames of Murder (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Arson smells a rat when he is nearly killed in a fire in a garage owned by a crook named Russo, and he suspects Nick set the fire himself. |
| Credits | Script: Joseph J. Millard (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: "Arson" Smith; Fire Chief Ring; Nick Russo (villain, arsonist, death); Whisper Wylie (villain, killer and arsonist, death) |
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| Featuring | Spy Smasher |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] |
| Notes | Illustrated house advertisement for the current issue of Spy Smasher Comics. |
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| Comic Story | The Gorgon's Head! (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | A mysterious Medusa type villain loots the antiquities museum and the Bullet Duo head out after him, and hope to stop him before he succeeds in stealing more Egyptian treasures. |
| Featuring | Bulletman |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; museum guard; Melton Soames (museum director and collector); Perseus (soldier, flashback); The Gorgon [Martha Rawbone] (villain, museum worker, death) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky [Pinky Butler] |
| Notes | Illustrated house advertisement for the latest issue of Wow Comics and its lead feature: Mr. Scarlet and Pinky. |
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| Credits | Pencils: various | Inks: various | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Billy Batson; The Scorpion [Professor Luther Bentley]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Spy Smasher [Alam Armstrong]; Minute Man [Jack Weston] |
| Notes | Illustrated house advertisement for the four big little books, featuring four Fawecett comic stars, each 192 pages long with 95 illustrations, each costing 10 cents. |
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| Featuring | Mechanix Illustrated |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover.
Illustrated announcement from the publisher of Mechanix Illustrated about a contest they are sponsoring, offering more than 100 prizes to the winners. |
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| Credits | Pencils: Fred Harman;? | Inks: Fred Harman;? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder |
| Notes | Found on the back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from the American Seed Company, offering free prizes to readers willing to seel packs of their American vegetable and flowers seeds at 10 cents per pack. A free prize book will be sent out to anyone willing to sell these packets. Prizes include a Red Ryder Air Rifle, a live canary, an Eastman camera, a croquet set and more. |
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