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| Publication | December 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Traitors Die Fast! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Publisher advertisement | As New as Tomorrow's Dawn (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Notes | Inside front cover promo ad for V...- Comics (Fox, 1942 series) and recruitment ad for the V-Boys Defense Corps with a goal of one million members by the 4th of July. |
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| Comic Story | Traitors Die Fast (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | U.S. Jones must recover the plans for a Secret Death Engine for the democracies before the Dictator's henchman Blacksnake gets hold of them. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blacksnake [Agent 1XQ] (introduction; villain); Maximoff; Leonid; Professor Blitz; Elsa Blitz; Otto; Anna |
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| Publisher advertisement | Join U. S. Jones Cadets! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Notes | Recruitment ad to get you to join the U. S. Jones Cadets by U. S. Jones Headquarters, Room 805, 247 Park Avenue, New York, New York. Shown are membership cards (with the name of Artie Morgan, 29 Wychoff St., Brooklyn, N.Y. filled in) and a secret coded message. |
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| Synopsis | Editor Henderson has Patty and Ham get evidence to smash a gang of opium peddlers. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Antonio Lamotte (villain); Henderson; Ham; Jim Henderson; Solly |
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| Comic Story | Burn, Devil, Burn!! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | An agent of the Fuehrer steals a new kind of microscope, however the lens is missing and the villain will stop at nothing to get it. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Devil of the Red Death (villain, introduction, death); Professor Saunders; Steve; Julia Saunders; Bill; Mrs. Beadle; Linda; Pug |
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| Advertisement | Look! Boys and Girls! Free Gifts for Kooba Bottle Caps! (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Kooba |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Centerfold ad for Kooba Cola drink with illustrations of gifts that you could receive for redeeming bottle caps and/or cash from Kooba Corporation, 125 East 46th Street, New York, New York. The offer expired December 1, 1941. |
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| Synopsis | Fawcett has swindled Lane's money but with the help of Yarko's magic, Fawcett returns the money and then finds happiness in giving away his money to his servants and charities. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Henry "Bulldog" Fawcett; George Lane; Fawcett's butlers; Fawcett's secretary; Commissioner of Mental Diseases; Madigan; Fawcett's servants |
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| Text Story | Panama Canal Passage (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sergeant Moore and his men are charged with protecting vessels from fifth columnist sabotage while transiting the Panama Canal. |
| Credits | Colors:? (background) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Military | Characters: Sergeant Moore; Captain of the SS Marlin; unnamed private; unnamed saboteur |
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| Advertisement | U. S. Government Jobs |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Mail order ad for a free book from the Franklin Institute, Dept. C177, Rochester, New York. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Reserve Your Copy Now! |
| Featuring | V...- Comics |
| Credits | Colors:? (background) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Notes | Promo ad for V...- Comics (Fox, 1942 series) #2 March 1942. This promo ad has an on sale date of December 10, 1941, however copyright records have a February 11, 1942 on sale date. |
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| Advertisement | It's Free This Exciting New Book |
| Credits | Pencils:? (cover reproduction) | Inks:? (cover reproduction) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Genre: Math & Science |
| Notes | Mail order ad for a chemistry book from the Porter Chemical Company, 69 Prospect Avenue, Hagerstown, Maryland. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Thare's a New Samson! |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Notes | Promo ad for Samson (Fox, 1940 series) issue 6, September 1941, on sale now. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Smashing Their Way Into the Hearts of All America |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Notes | Promo ad for the Eagle and Buddy appearing in The Eagle (Fox, 1941 series) number 3, November 1941. |
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| Comic Story | The Strange Case of Fulga the Fire Demon (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Fung unravels the mystery of a fire demon that has killed the builders of a dam that will flood the valley. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Fulga the Fire Demon [Old Meg] (villain, introduction, death); Duncan Blythe; Larry Birch; June Blythe; Buck Riley; Peter Mallory; Professor Silt; Dan Barrister; Dudley Anson |
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| Synopsis | While on shore leave, Spark and Chuck stumble upon a group of saboteurs attempting to destroyer their ship, the U.S.S. Dragon. |
| Featuring | Spark Stevens |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Chuck Dawson; farmer; farmer's sister; Serge Rhoman; Marion Rhoman |
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| Publisher advertisement | Death Strikes Fast at... The Eagle and Buddy (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Varnoff; Mrs. Varnoff; Agent Z-9; Gestapo officer; citizen of Golavia |
| Notes | Promo ad for the Eagle and Buddy story appearing in Weird Comics (Fox, 1940 series) number 20, January 1942. |
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| Synopsis | Outside a department store a woman gives Lunar a baby to watch while she goes inside. Turns out the baby had been kidnapped and the kidnappers want the baby back. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Scorpio] | Pencils:? [as Scorpio] | Inks:? [as Scorpio] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero | Characters: Lu-Nar [Lunar]; Adele; Mercer baby; Beansie Mulligan; Joe (kidnapper); Grannin (kidnapper) |
| Notes | Feature title is Lu-Nar and the character's name is Lunar through out the story. |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Blue Beetle Coast to Coast (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Notes | Promotional ad for the Blue Beetle radio show that aired in 1940 and remained in syndication reportedly as late as 1946. |
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| Advertisement | A Tire Story in the Sky (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Notes | Inside back cover ad for the U.S. Royal Rider Bike Tire by the United States Rubber Company, 549 East Georgia Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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| Red Ryder Shows You How to Shoot (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Editing | ? (ad agency) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | Back cover ad for the Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine from Daisy Manufacturing Company, 4910 Union Street, Plymouth, Michigan. |
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