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| This is a good example of a early comic book. The art work is good for the time period.The storys are fine. |
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| Home Recordio's (inside back cover) may have been fine for making records at home, but somehow I doubt a bandleader of Charlie Barnet's caliber would make test recordings with a cheap acoustical cutter that clamps onto a phonograph arm. But you never know... |
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| This has got to be the most generically-named Superman clone I've ever seen. Bonus points for giving his secret identity a monocle. The art is good; lots of space given to action shots. Sometimes these books feel cramped. |
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| I always enjoy seeing these obvious Superman pastiches. There must have been hundreds of them by now. |
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| This copy is not 'fiche'! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Strongman |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Strongman |
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| Featuring | Superform Belt |
| Notes | inside front cover |
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| Comic Story | Illegal Raider Ship (19 pages) |
| Featuring | Strongman |
| Credits | Script: Bill Scott [as Scotty Walters] |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Strongman [Percy Van Norton] (first appearance; origin) |
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| Featuring | Buck Burke |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Buck Burke (first appearance) |
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| Featuring | Secret Agent Z-2 |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Z-2 (first appearance) |
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| Featuring | Solar Legion |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Solar Legion (first appearance); Adam Starr (first appearance); Black Michael (first appearance) |
| Notes | Story takes place in the year 2140.
Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014). |
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| Text Story | Danger Dive (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Don Matson |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Don Matson (first appearance) |
| Notes | 2 x 1/3 page illustrations |
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| Featuring | Blue Streak |
| Content | Characters: Blue Streak [Don Vin] (first appearance); Tago (first appearance) |
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| Featuring | The Flying Trio |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Flying Trio (first appearance); Sing Low (first appearance); Ray (first appearance); Mac (first appearance) |
| Notes | Chinese plays good guy starring role along with two caucasian's in 1940! |
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| Featuring | Jane Drake |
| Content | Characters: Jane Drake (first appearance); Jerry King (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Yang Threatens World (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Yang (first appearance); Alec |
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| Featuring | Shangra |
| Content | Characters: Joan Joyce (first appearance); Jack Flynn (first appearance); Shangra (first appearance) |
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