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| Publication | June 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: the Japanese |
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| Synopsis | The evil Cadaver, gloating over having started the war in Europe, now uses his whiles to convince America that the Canadians are responsible for attacks on the U.S. |
| Credits | Script:? [as William E. Eisner] (signed) | Pencils:? [as William E. Eisner] (signed) | Inks:? [as William E. Eisner] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Cadaver (villain, introduction, death); Koba (villain, Cadaver's aide) |
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| Synopsis | Sally receives what she perceives as a dull blackout assignment: be stationed at a local kid's school. But Nazi spies, planning to blow up the Washington Bridge, make the assignment anything but routine. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: school kids [Bobby; Margaret; Tom]; school janitor; Murphy (Policeman); Nazi spies [Madam Bloff; Otto; others unnamed] (villains) |
| Notes | Frank Kearns is a house name and not the name of an actual person. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze |
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| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Lynn Bird] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
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| Comic Story | Introducing the Unknown (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Unknown helps the Comitajis against Herr Baboon by capturing a munitions train and preventing the older people from being used as human shields by the Nazis. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Herr Baboon (villain, death) |
| Notes | The Unknown was a man with no name. Even though his true name was unrevealed, he did once use the alias of Pete Walker (see issue #28).
Oddity: When he meets up with his evil adversary, he states "we meet again", as if there had been an adventure before this.
The Unknown was created by Ted Udall and Bernard Klein. |
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| Synopsis | Quicksilver gets on the trail of those responsible for blowing up five defense plants. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Miss Anderson (secretary in the Office of Public Management); group of Nazi spies [Henricks; Joe; Kurtz; Kaufman] (villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Salty Waters |
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| Comic Story | School's Out (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Children | Characters: Mrs. Scudder; Carl (caretaker); Carl's brother |
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| Synopsis | Merlin uses the risen ghostly bodies of ancient pirates to assist an out-manned force of U.S. Marines against the Japanese. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy; War | Characters: Sergeant Mulligan; The Japanese (villains, some die) |
| Notes | Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line on this strip. |
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| Text Story | The Flying Gems (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Cyclone Cupid |
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| Synopsis | Wonder Boy spots a suspicious group of men planting TNT under some bridge supports and wades into them, later discovering that if the bridge had come down, it would have blocked a company's boat building harbor. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Sally (boat building company's owner); Nazi spies [Karl; rest unnamed] (villains, all die) |
| Notes | Credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Miss Winky |
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| Comic Story | Aboard the Destroyer U.S.S. Pawnee (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War |
| Notes | Lt. Commander Blake's surname is given as "Lake" in issues #23, #24, #26, and #29. |
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