| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Marvel of 1940 Roy... The Super-Boy! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]; The Firefly [Harley Hudson] (inset) |
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| Comic Story | Roy the Super-Boy (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Wizard becomes a newspaper publisher. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter] (introduction, origin); John Howard (introduction, death); James Reagan; Mayor Beadle (villain, introduction); Boss Schultz (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Roy's last name revealed in Shield-Wizard Comics #10. |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Firefly (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | An accomplished scientist, Harley Hudson discovers the secret of the tremendous strength of insects. Suddenly, the lights in the lab go out and some fireflies flicker in, lighting up the darkness. And Harley knows that he must adopt that guise of a firefly in order to light up the darkness that shrouds the underworld. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Firefly [Harley Hudson] (chemist. biologist, introduction, origin); Joan Burton (Harley's girlfriend, introduction); Dr. Dread [aka The Professor] (villain, introduction); Selig (villain, introduction); monsters (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | The Danish-Irish Attack (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: King of Pellinore (Introduction); The Irish King (Villain; Introduction); The Danish King (Villain; Introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Ma-Ma Mosquito (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Madame Chao Yu-Tang (Introduction); The Japanese (Villains) |
| Notes | Final appearance of the "Shanghai Sheridan" feature. |
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| Text Story | Lariat Law (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: The Trail Boss | Pencils:? [as H.] (signed) (illustration) | Inks:? [as H.] (signed) (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Escape on Io (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quantus (Villain); Lura (Villain) |
| Notes | Final appearance of the "Streak Chandler" feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Camouflaged Air Base (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: The Nazis (Villain) |
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| Comic Story | In India (Part 2) (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Jessups (Guest Star); Margie Conway (Guest Star); Ah Ming (Villain); cannibals (Villain; Intro) |
| Notes | Final appearance of the "Dick Storm" feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Mystery of the Kidnapped Policemen (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney] |
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| Comic Story | The Master Brahmins: Part 3 (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Master of the Valley of Death (Villain; Intro) |
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