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| Regarding "Merciless the Sorceress", it should be noted that (despite having an identical title) this is not the same feature that appeared in the one-shot ALL-TOP COMICS #1. In that issue, Merciless is a black female native tribal leader somewhere in the jungles of South America. There the feature ends abruptly on Page 4, which seems to indicate it was either never completed, or the story was truncated with the intention of continuing it in a subsequent issue (although there's nothing at the bottom of the page promising anything like that). In ALL YOUR COMICS #1, Merciless is a completely different-looking caucasian woman whose base of operations is apparently ALASKA. What the two features have in common (apart from the title) is that both protagonists are female, apparently villainesses, and have some sort of sorcerous powers. Otherwise the two stories are absolutely unrelated. |
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| Publication | [December] 1944 | Price: 0.25 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Art identification based on Stoner’s signed cover for The Funnies #56 (June, 1941). Similarities include muscular protagonists with curly hair, big dimples, and wide smiles showing teeth. |
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| Featuring | Puppeteer |
| Credits | Pencils: E. C. Stoner | Inks: E. C. Stoner |
| Content | Characters: The Puppeteer |
| Notes | Art identification based on Stoner’s signed cover for The Funnies #56 (June, 1941). Similarities include muscular protagonists with curly hair, big dimples, and wide smiles showing teeth. |
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| Comic Story | Murder Turns the Pages (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Judge Hale is receiving threatening letters reading "Dog Eats Dog." Alan Hale, aka the Puppeteer, and his talking bird sidekick Raven investigate. Ex-con Smoke Smith puts poison on the paws of a dog puppet to kill the judge but the Puppeteer brings the antidote and captures the villain. |
| Featuring | Puppeteer |
| Credits | Script: Robert Kanigher? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Puppeteer [Alan Hale]; Raven; Lila Gray; Judge Gray; Smoke Smith (villain) |
| Notes | app. between ALL GOOD COMICS #1 (first one-shot) / ALL GREAT COMICS #2 (first series) |
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| Synopsis | Merciless tries to frighten the inhabitants of Alaska with the mythical two-headed "quiquern" beast so they'll revolt against the USA. Professor Stark and his son John expose the monster as two men in a costume and foil the plans of Merciless...for now. |
| Featuring | Merciless the Sorceress |
| Content | Characters: Dr. John Stark Jr.; Professor John Stark; Merciless; Garu |
| Notes | app. between ALL TOP COMICS #1 (one-shot) / BOOK OF COMICS #1 |
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| Synopsis | Sailor Gus is so in love with Vicki that he gets her name tattooed on his chest, then discovers he's the sixth man on his ship to have such a tattoo. |
| Featuring | Gussie the Gob |
| Credits | Pencils: Ab Moore (signed) | Inks: Ab Moore |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Gus; Vicki |
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| Synopsis | Gus mistakenly turns down a date with an attractive young woman. |
| Featuring | Gussie The Gob |
| Credits | Pencils: Ab Moore (signed) | Inks: Ab Moore |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Gus; Lola Montez; Mrs. Harvey; Chief |
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| Synopsis | Nazi agents attempt to discover some hidden diamonds sent to the USA in a shipment of antique costumes. Titan exposes their plan. |
| Featuring | Titan |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ben Ellis] |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Titan; Tom Kollins; Mama Bern; Papa Bern; Helena Bern; William Schweid [Wilhelm Schweidermann]; Ralph; Mr. Dlacey |
| Notes | app. between ALL GOOD COMICS #1 (first one-shot) / BOOK OF COMICS #1 |
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| Synopsis | Kenneth is accused of the murder of his uncle Marsden and Amy the housekeeper. He flees and falls unconscious in a cave. While he's unconscious, various aspects of his mind--Mr. Memory, Mr. Panic, Mr. Logic, Mr. Alter Ego--review the facts of the case. When Kenneth awakes, he remembers that his uncle's beach chair had been moved to a different spot, and this proves someone else killed him. The murderer is exposed as Marsden's greedy and unfaithful wife. |
| Featuring | Mr. Memory |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Mr. Memory; Mr. Panic; Mr. Alter Ego; Mr. Logic; Kenneth Devanter; Paul; Uncle Marsden; Tom; Edna Devanter; Sheriff Neuss; Amy; Gail |
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| Synopsis | Ripley's Believe It or Not-type feature. |
| Featuring | Imagine THAT! |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Nature |
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| Featuring | Imagine THAT! |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Synopsis | Hogan can't get a title bout because he's not "glamourous" enough. His manager Spigot arranges to have Hogan fight as the masked "Kid Question," allegedly a high-society young man. But Hogan reveals the trick before his fight with O'Shay. During the fight, O'Shay's henchmen turn off the arena lights, then turn them back on, causing Hogan to get knocked out for the first time in his career. |
| Featuring | One Round Hogan |
| Credits | Script:? [as Joe Logan] | Pencils: Al Zere | Inks: Al Zere |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Tim "One Round" Hogan; Spigot Barnett; McGurk; Blimp; Burt; Bruiser O'Shay |
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| Synopsis | Military policeman Mike visits a dance hall. His pals fix him up with the very tall and muscular Belle. Mike protests and Belle has her diminutive husband Homer give Mike a black eye. |
| Featuring | Mike the M.P. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Tod Kay] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Mike Waters; Jack; Belle; Homer |
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| Synopsis | Mike hopes for a romantic evening alone with Mimi. |
| Featuring | Mike The M.P. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Tod Kay] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Mimi; Mrs. Marcus; Mike Waters; Mr. Marcus; Oscar Marcus; Captain Adams |
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| Synopsis | Dick takes a job as a hotel detective, promising "tact." When $10,000 in jewels are stolen, Dick catches the criminal--a "sleepwalking" young woman. |
| Featuring | Dick Transom |
| Credits | Script:? [as Hap Harris] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Transom; Mr. Adams |
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| Synopsis | Snard and his gang plan to rob a bank. Snard disguises himself as a Scotland Yard detective. |
| Featuring | Crime At Number Nine |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Crime | Characters: Gloop; Snard; Sheriff; Limey |
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| Synopsis | Karrots and Goopy build a rocket to fly to the moon. |
| Featuring | Karrots |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Little | Inks: Frank Little |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Karrots; Goopy |
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| Synopsis | Karrots invents a boat and he and Goopy set off to cross the ocean but capture a Japanese submarine instead. |
| Featuring | Karrots |
| Credits | Script: '? | Pencils: Frank Little | Inks: Frank Little |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Karrots; Goopy |
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| Synopsis | Slap-Happy defies the sheriff and goes fishing. The sheriff gives a fish some "super vitamins" and the fish thrashes Slap-Happy. When the bear catches a tin of sardines, he's arrested and tried by a fish judge, but wakes up---it was all a dream. |
| Featuring | Slap-Happy Bear |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Slap-Happy Bear; Sheriff |
| Notes | "Sheriff" is spelled "Sherrif" on page one. |
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| Synopsis | Junior buys five bunches of bananas because Pop says that's what makes gorillas strong. That night, Pop eats some bananas and accidentally captures a burglar. |
| Featuring | Sis and Junior |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Sis; Junior; Mom; Pop [George] |
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| Synopsis | When their father says his family thinks he's a magician and can make bills disappear, Sis and Junior take him literally. |
| Featuring | Sis and Junior |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Sis; Junior; Pop; Professor Whiz; Mom |
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| Synopsis | Sis and Junior unearth some old love letters to their father...but the sender wasn't their mother. Mom doesn't take kindly to this. |
| Featuring | Sis and Junior |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Domestic | Characters: Sis; Junior; Mom; Pop [George] |
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| Comic Story | Eviction Enigma (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pussy is evicted from her night club by Camelia Hump Slump. Drinking her Katnip Fizz, Pussy proves Camelia's deed is a forgery created by Racetrack Hutch, the boyfriend of her cigarette girl Maizie...who is the fake Camelia. |
| Featuring | Pussy Katnip |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Pussy Katnip; George; Camelia Hump Slump [Maizie]; Racetrack Hutch |
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| Synopsis | The judge and a defendant spar verbally. |
| Featuring | Hizzoner the Judge |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Judge |
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| Activity | Bop the Boobs (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A maze puzzle with the objective of shooting Hitler and Hirohito. There is an empty spot where "Mussy" (Mussolini) would be. |
| Content | Characters: Dead-Eye Doody; Adolf Hitler; Hirohito |
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| Featuring | Roy Powers |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Roy Powers (first appearance; an Eagle Scout) |
| Notes | next app. in ALL GREAT COMICS #2 (first series) |
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| Featuring | Willie WIseguy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Wilie Wiseguy; Ma; Uncle Bill; Lem; Pa; Grandpa |
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| Synopsis | Dinny's master tries to get him to fetch the newspaper. |
| Featuring | Dinny |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Dinny (dog) |
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| Synopsis | Cuthbert's wife is going to have a baby, and things get hectic at work and home. |
| Featuring | Joy Family |
| Credits | Script:? [as SAM] | Pencils: Al Zere | Inks: Al Zere |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Cuthbert Joy; Pinky Joy; Roweena |
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| Featuring | Adventures of Connie |
| Credits | Script: Frank Godwin? | Pencils: Frank Godwin | Inks: Frank Godwin |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation |
| Notes | Newspaper comic strip reprints. |
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| Synopsis | Six gag cartoons about animals. |
| Featuring | Ribticklers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Synopsis | Five gag cartoons. |
| Featuring | Foto Jenny |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Worms Inny and Inky are plagued by "Red Stinky," a criminal skunk. Inky takes a job as a bank guard, and Red and his gang try to rob him. However, he's carrying a "decoy" bag filled with bees and the crooks are foiled. |
| Featuring | Red Kamphor |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Little | Inks: Frank Little |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Red Kamphor; Inny; Inky; bank president |
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| Comic Story | The Gentleman Thief (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gangster Sparkle escapes from prison and resumes his life of crime. Red and Adeline each stake out one jewelry store; Sparkle's gang robs Adeline's store using a poisoned check. Adeline is abducted but Red rescues her and captures the gang. |
| Featuring | Red Robbins |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ron Rogan] |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Detective-mystery | Characters: Red Robbins; Sparkle Busch; Adeline; Mr. Royce; Henix |
| Notes | app. between ALL GOOD COMICS #1 (first one-shot) / BOOK OF COMICS #1 |
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| Synopsis | Reproduction of War Bonds promo logo only. |
| Notes | Inside back cover, black and white. |
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| Synopsis | Back cover, "American Comics Library" logo only. |
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