| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling |
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| Synopsis | House ad for Shield-Wizard 4 and Jackpot Comics 2. The covers of both comics are shown. |
| Content | Characters: Dusty; Roy |
| Notes | Inside front cover, black and white. The art appears to be signed "BOL." |
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| Comic Story | The Bullfight Crisis (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Germany and the U.S are competing for a commercial airline contract in South America, and the Nazis will get rid of Sterling. |
| Content | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Herr Kraht (Villain; Intro); Max (Villain; Intro); other spies (Villain; Intro); Minister Aniel (Intro); Dolores (Intro) |
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| Comic Story | Searchlight Detail (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Valor and his Marines have landing operations on Newfoundland, and use a searchlight to save a Clipper airplane lost in a storm. |
| Content | Characters: Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine) |
| Notes | Signed Lin on the rock face at right in first panel. |
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| Comic Story | The Lost City of the Aztecs (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | High in the mountains Nevada and Little Joe pursue a desperado, and are all trapped in a cave after a landslide. They emerge in a hidden Aztec city and are take prisoners. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Aztec king; Aztec Princess (Intro); Barton (Villain; Intro; Death) |
| Notes | Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13. |
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| Comic Story | Message on the Register (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kane tries to frame a safebreak on a former employee. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Red Reagan; Kane (Villain; Intro); Stanley Links |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Red Reagan" feature. |
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| Comic Story | Captured by the Ogres (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jackie steals the magic broom from Dick and sets off into the Magic Forest to look for magic articles for himself. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Dicky; Jackie; Ogres; Ogre king (Villain; Intro) |
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| Synopsis | House ad for Blue Ribbon Comics 17. One panel artwork and a brief description are given for the Captain Flag and Mr. Justice stories. The other six features are mentioned. |
| Content | Characters: Captain Flag; Mr. Justice |
| Notes | Signed "Seymour" in lower left corner. Bails credits Seymour Pearlstein as a Captain Flag artist in this period. |
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| Comic Story | Captured By Eric Schlitz (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A German raiding party land on the twin's airfield and intends to take them prisoners, but they are away and the C.O. is taken instead. Later the twins set out to get him back. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Captain Eric Schlitz (Villain); Nazis (Villain) |
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| Comic Story | A Chance At the Big Leagues (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur is training at baseball to be as good as his father once was. |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; George Wilkin (dad); Mom Wilkin; Mr. Snoddgras (neighbour) |
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| Synopsis | House ad for Top Notch Comics 20. |
| Content | Characters: Black Hood |
| Notes | The Black Hood story is listed as "A Monster After Midnight." However, the actual Black Hood story in Top Notch Comics 20 does not have this title, and the monster in the story looks entirely different than the artwork in the house ad. The name of the man who becomes a monster is "Mark Horley" in both the ad and the story, so the artist who drew the ad must have not had access to the finished story (which was drawn by Al Camy). |
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| Comic Story | Death of a Diver (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Great Jago, magician, is out to complete his revenge on the girl who spurned him. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zambini (magician); Dan Daniels (Intro; Death); Dora Daniels (Intro); Jago (Villain; Intro) |
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