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Terrific Comics #5
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | September 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 |
| Cover | none |
| Featuring | Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon |
| Credits | Pencils: Alex Schomburg | Inks: Alex Schomburg | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Molly O'Moore; Scoop Scanlon |
| Comic Story | Florida Fiasco (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kid and Jimmie get a job at an aligator farm in Florida, where they meet Japanese agents are mapping a submarine waterway route to invade the United States. |
| Featuring | Kid Terrific and Jimmie |
| Credits | Pencils: George Gregg (signed) | Inks: Tom Van Buren (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Kid Terrific; Jimmie; Hugh Pope (aligator farmer); Mr. De Marco [Col. Mayutsui] (foreman) |
| Notes | Story title and sequence from Dick Sabo on 1 October 2004. |
| Comic Story | The Duke of Terror Castle (5.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | Boomerang and Diana must save the Colonel and other officers from the clutches of an evil Japanese scientist who operates on a certain nerve, bringing the victim under hypnotic control. |
| Featuring | Boomerang and Diana |
| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole (signed) | Inks: L. B. Cole (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Boomerang [Captain Raleigh]; Diana; VILLAINS: The Duke [D]; Saito [D] |
| Notes | Last appearance. Story title and sequence from Dick Sabo on 1 October 2004 [but title appears in splash]. Artist credits, characters, reprint info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-26-08. |
| Comic Story | Bingo, the Wonder Boy, and His Tibetan Genie (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | McCormick summonds the Tibetan genie and is changed into Comics the Kid Conqueror. Together with Bingo the Wonder Boy, he saves the world from the terrible mental fog made by the sinister scientist, the Beard. |
| Featuring | Comics McCormick |
| Credits | Script: Ed Wheelan (byline) | Pencils: Ed Wheelan (signed) | Inks: Ed Wheelan (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Occult | Characters: Comics McCormick; Bingo the Wonder Boy; Ajax Johnson; Wilbur Wiggins; Officer Kelly; The Beard (mad scientist); Miss Slate (teacher) |
| Notes | Story title and sequence from Dick Sabo on 1 October 2004. Wheelan is credited as writer and artist on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | Exit Laughing (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Several of former millionaire Bridges friends are invited to his house, and are killed by his practical jokes. |
| Featuring | Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon |
| Credits | Pencils: Nina Albright (signed) | Inks: Nina Albright (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Molly O'Moore; Scoop Scanlon; Josiah Bridges (broke millionaire); Harry Frazee (banker) |
| Notes | Story title and sequence from Dick Sabo on 1 October 2004. |
| Text Story | Count Boris Strikes Back (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Count Boris; Martha (sword-swallower) |
| Notes | Information on this sequence from Dick Sabo on 1 October 2004. |
| Comic Story | Giant of Justice (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A gang of ciy thieves in the north woods searching for a fabulous diamond hidden in a tree. |
| Featuring | Juggernaut |
| Credits | Pencils: George Appel (signed) | Inks: George Appel (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Juggernaut; Slick (villain) |
| Notes | Story title and sequence from Dick Sabo on 1 October 2004. |
| Comic Story | Invitation to Invasion (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Buck 'n' Bronco |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Buck n' Bronco |
| Notes | Story title and sequence from Dick Sabo on 1 October 2004. |
| Comic Story | Man Who Talked with a Ghost (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A young arist blackmailer is found strangled in the studio of mr. Harding, a former counterfeiter. |
| Featuring | The Reckoner and Chipper |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Fujitani (signed) | Inks: Bob Fujitani (signed)? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Reckoner [Michael Shayne]; Chipper; Leila Corday (artist); Hadley Harding [Kellog] (engraver and illustrator) |
| Notes | Last appearance was in CATMAN COMICS #24. Story title and sequence from Dick Sabo on 1 October 2004. |
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