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| Publication | September 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
| Notes | Roy Thomas and Craig Delich agree this cover was done by Bill Everett. Bill Everett Archives #2, Blake Bell editor, lists this cover as being H. G. Peter, which was the previous credit given.
Keith Chandler : Comparing this with the covers of the following two issues, art could well be by editor Stephen Douglas, who displayed a knack for copying the style of both Everett and Peter. |
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| Featuring | Hydroman; Man O' Metal |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Man 'o Metal [Pat Dempsey] |
| Notes | Roy Thomas and Craig Delich agree this cover was done by Bill Everett. Bill Everett Archives #2, Blake Bell editor, lists this cover as being H. G. Peter, which was the previous credit given.
Keith Chandler : Comparing this with the covers of the following two issues, art could well be by editor Stephen Douglas, who displayed a knack for copying the style of both Everett and Peter. |
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| Synopsis | Hydroman releases Margery Noel when policemen appear on the scene to capture him. Returning to his apartment, Bob brings Harry and Joyce up to date on the situation. Suddenly a group of spies appear on the scene with one purpose in mind. However, Hydroman has a countermove in mind that will draw out the real crooks. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hydroman [Bob Blake]; Joyce; Harry Thurston; Dave (by-stander); Margery Noel (villain); Paul (villain, spy); Karl (villain, spy); Josef (villain, spy); Hermann (villain, spy); Wilhelm (villain, spy); Ludwig (villain, spy); Oscar (villain, spy) |
| Notes | Continued next issue.
In the splash panel the name 'Bob Blake' appears in small letters above the word 'Hydroman', but the title of the strip is clear. |
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| Comic Story | The Warrior |
| Featuring | Reg'lar Fellers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pinhead Duffy |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless story |
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| Synopsis | Jenny and Rick expose Blimp as having stolen the secret plans for a revolutionary new type of airplane engine from the inventor, Buta. |
| Featuring | Flyin' Jenny |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation; War | Characters: Flyin' Jenny Dare; Rick; Blimp (crook); Buta; Lipstone (crook) |
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| Featuring | Man O' Metal |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Man o' Metal [Pat Dempsey]; Marie Laptista; Cabello (villain); General Francisco Pietro La Guaira; Admiral Lopez |
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| Featuring | Tad of the Tanbark |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Tad; Speed (Tad's father); Almira; Digger Regan (villain); Slim; Sam Bangs |
| Notes | This was the topper to the Don Dixon Sunday. It ceased publication on 1941-03-06. |
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| Synopsis | Zoro and Kim are traveling through time thanks to Professor Elton's invention, and find themselves in Rome in 64 A.D. Following their victory against four lions at the Coliseum, they are thrown back into jail, only to smell smoke and discover that Rome is in flames. |
| Featuring | Purple Zombie |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Purple Zombie [Zoro]; Kim Hale; Professor Elton; Chico; Caius; Emperor Nero |
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| Featuring | Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Don Dixon; Princess Wanda; Dr. Lugoff; 'The Destroyer' (villain) |
| Notes | The topper to this Sunday page was Tad of the Tanbark.
Panels are extensively reshaped and rearranged. |
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| Featuring | Reg'lar Fellers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Puddinhead Duffy; Jimmie Dugan |
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| Synopsis | Indira knocks out Dr. Villon and Kalla Khan, then rescues Chick from the tiger. |
| Featuring | Mann of India |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Edyth Walton; Chickering Mann; Dr. Rene Villon (villain); Caliban (villain); Kalla Khan (villain); Indira, Cobra Queen of the Dacoits; Mahbihata (introduction) |
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| Featuring | Bill and Davey |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bill; Davey; Margory Mullet; General Buldozo; Toro |
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| Synopsis | The story of how Captain Mallon won the Medal of Honor for valorous action in the trenches in France during the first World War. |
| Featuring | Daredevils of Destiny |
| Credits | Script: Frank Rentfrow (credited) |
| Content | Characters: Capt. George H. Mallon |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: Gordon Fife; Ali (manservant); Colonel Sam Blake; Peter Sterling; Von Stoth (villain); John Sterling; Daly (groom) |
| Notes | Pfeufer drew the strip between December 1936 and its final appearance in January 1942. Its newspaper appearances were titled 'Gordon Fife and the Boy King', but merely 'Gordon Fife' in this issue.
A hero clearly based on H. C. 'Sapper' McNeile's Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond, who at the time was appearing in a popular series of films made by Paramount Pictures. |
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| Featuring | Reg'lar Fellers |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pinhead Duffy; Jimmie Dugan |
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| Synopsis | The true story of Private L. J. Ingalls's action in saving the men of his company during the Civil War. |
| Featuring | Daredevils of Destiny |
| Credits | Script: Frank Rentfrow (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Biography | Characters: Private L. J. Ingalls |
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| Text Story | Guests of Chung Khan (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mal Cotra; Timothy Budington Draker; Chung Khan (villain) |
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| Featuring | Sgt. Stony Craig and His U. S. Marines |
| Credits | Script: Frank Rentfrow | Pencils: Don Dickson | Inks: Don Dickson |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Sgt. Stony Craig ; Yvonne de Spear; Captain Storrow (villain); Margot Black (villain); Prince Thor; Captain Cutter; Crown Prince Rudolph |
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