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| More good stuff, as good as the previous issue. Good stories, good artwork. |
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| Publication | March 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Crash Kid |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Crash Kid [Rusty Adams] |
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| Synopsis | Hobo-Ken plays a prank on a dog, then "rescues" him in order to get a share of the dog's food. |
| Featuring | Hobo-Ken |
| Credits | Script: Dan Gordon? | Pencils: Dan Gordon? | Inks: Dan Gordon? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hobo-Ken |
| Notes | Inside front cover.
Art credit suggested by Who's Who in American Comic Books website. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Color-Blind Confessions (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Copyboy Rusty Adams pretends to be a reporter when a pretty girl comes for help for her brother, who she thinks has confessed to a crime he didn't commit. |
| Featuring | The Crash Kid |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Crash Kid [Rusty Adams]; Pook; Nora Nolan; Timmy Nolan; Butch Malone; Dr. Franz Salzmann |
| Notes | Last appearance. |
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| Synopsis | Office O'Heck arrests a little kid for biting the arm of a man who was trying to steal his lollipop. |
| Featuring | Officer O'Heck |
| Credits | Script: Dan Gordon | Pencils: Dan Gordon [as dang] (signed) | Inks: Dan Gordon [as dang] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Officer O'Heck |
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| Text Story | Jonathan Gets His Man (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Killer Morgan kills a judge and impersonates him to set an ambush for Jonathan Jones. |
| Featuring | Crime Crusader |
| Credits | Script: Leon Hartman (credited) | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones]; Kewpie O'Toole; Killer Morgan |
| Notes | Text story with one illustration. |
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| Synopsis | Ted keeps failing because he has no self-confidence. Lizzie takes him to her uncle, a magician, who makes Ted think he has a magical power over baseballs. |
| Featuring | Hardy of Hillsdale High |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Quinlan [as Chas. M. Quinlan] (signed) | Inks: Charles Quinlan [as Chas. M. Quinlan] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Ted Hardy; Lizzie Jones; Zelda; Horace; Miss Prinklepot; Horace |
| Notes | Last appearance. |
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| Synopsis | Mussel-Man breaks into an apartment after he hears a call for help, only to find it was just a radio program. |
| Featuring | Mussel-Man |
| Credits | Script: Dan Gordon? | Pencils: Dan Gordon? | Inks: Dan Gordon? |
| Content | Genre: Satire-parody; Superhero | Characters: Mussel-Man |
| Notes | Art credit suggested by Who's Who in American Comics website. |
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| Synopsis | Thunderbrand goes to Alexandria in his quest for the scepter that will reveal his identity. |
| Featuring | Thunderbrand |
| Credits | Pencils: Ken Battefield? | Inks: Ken Battefield? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Thunderbrand; Barbarossa; Giacomo; Ismail Emir; Dorena |
| Notes | last appearance |
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| Synopsis | A soldier takes everything the Japanese can throw at him without batting an eye, but is hurt when a medal is pinned on him. |
| Featuring | Hank the Hero |
| Credits | Script: Dan Gordon | Pencils: Dan Gordon | Inks: Dan Gordon |
| Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: Hank |
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| Text Story | The Crash Kid Crashes Through (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Crash Kid breaks up a phony investment scheme aimed at old people. |
| Featuring | The Crash Kid |
| Credits | Script: Jim Randall (credited) | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Crash Kid [Rusty Adams]; Pook |
| Notes | Text story with two illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | The Mystery of the Modern Midas (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two men send Jonathan Jones and Kewpie out west to collect their earnings in a gold mine from Hal Peters . They collect the money easily, but after they accept a case to find a missing mine inspector; Peters suddenly is anxious for them to leave town. |
| Featuring | The Crime Crusader |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones]; Kewpie O'Toole; Hal Peters; Diane Winters |
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| Advertisement | Birthstone Ring Given Away |
| Featuring | Gold Crown Spot Remover |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Top third of inside back cover. Ad for selling Gold Crown Spot Remover and Cleaner. Gold Crown Products, Jefferson, Iowa. |
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| Advertisement | New True-Love and Friendship Ring |
| Featuring | Empire Diamond Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Middle third of inside back cover. Ad for sterling silver ring and matching earrings. $1.95 each from Empire Diamond Co., Jefferson, Iowa. |
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| Advertisement | New Enlargement 3¢ Stamp |
| Featuring | Dean Studios |
| Notes | Bottom third of inside back cover. Ad for introductory offer of a 5 x 7 enlargement of a photo or negative for sending the mail-in coupon and a 3¢ stamp. Dean Studios, Des Moines, Iowa. |
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| Advertisement | Here's the Kind of Man I Build! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Charles Atlas |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Charles Atlas (photo); J. G. O'Brien (photo) |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for Charles Atlas "dynamic tension" bodybuilding course. Free book from Charles Atlas, Dept 1633, 115 East 23rd Street, New York 10, N.Y. |
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