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| Publication | March 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | The artist signs 'Everett 39'. |
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| Featuring | Speed Centaur |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Speed Centaur [Jerry R. McCoy] |
| Notes | The artist signs 'Everett 39'. |
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| Synopsis | There is a shortage of horses for the armed forces. Speed and Reel fly to wild horse country, where Speed fights and defeats the leader of a herd of wild horses. In an attempt to capture a group of enemy agents, Reel goes into town and brags loudly about the valley he has found teeming with a thousand wild steeds. |
| Featuring | Speed Centaur |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Speed Centaur [Jerry R. McCoy]; Reel McCoy |
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| Synopsis | A shipment of gold, worth $50,000, is loaded onto a ship, but three days out it is stolen by men using a submarine. Selkirk and Ramsey attempt to capture the thieves by planting false stories of upcoming gold shipments. |
| Featuring | The Inner Circle |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: George Selkirk; Major Ramsey |
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| Synopsis | In 2000 A.D. Satan Rex plans to destroy the Earth by plunging it into the path of the sun. Linton appears to willingly join forces with him, but is secretly working towards his downfall. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Jon Linton; Satan Rex; Burke; Lisa Kane |
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| Synopsis | Scientific possibilities of today and tomorrow. |
| Featuring | Fantastic Projects |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
| Notes | Two 0.5 page panels. |
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| Synopsis | Bill and Davy are aboard the 'Lady May' owned by Jane Trew. Bill begins to fall for the young girl, but is too insecure to tell her. Eventually he plucks up enough courage to ask for her hand in marriage, but she turns him down. On the wharf they encounter Jamaica Jones, who drugs their drink and shanghais them. |
| Featuring | Bill and Davey |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bill Bilson; Davy; Jane Trew; Dreary; Jamaica Jones |
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| Text Story | Jungle Mad (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Martin Vernon |
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| Comic Story | Fantasy Isle: Chapter 2 (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tippy Taylor is on Fantasy Isle, where he is ten times larger than its inhabitants. One faction tries to enlist his aid in an effort to conquer another faction, but Tippy's sense of fair play allows him to bring about an armistice. |
| Featuring | Tippy Taylor on Fantasy Isle |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Fantasy | Characters: Tippy Taylor; Katrina; Alphonzo |
| Notes | Loomis was previously credited with the script, but Bails' Who's Who only gives him as penciller and inker at Centaur. |
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| Comic Story | The Fiend of Halwith Hall (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man known as The Fiend escapes from a lunatic asylum and begins a systematic attack on doctors. Detective John Degen is called onto the case and tracks the villain down, only to be captured and left to die by an explosive device. |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: John Degen; Doctor Sloane; The Fiend (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost of Kirkwood (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Adventurer Larry Kane finds himself in England, bored by the monotony of life. He meets Mrs. Randolph and her daughter on the street and they tell him of weird doings at Kirkwood Castle. He goes to investigate, and finds that the strange occurrences are caused by a gang of robbers who are using the place as a hideout. |
| Featuring | Larry Kane |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Larry Kane; Mrs. Harriman Randolph; Betty Randolph |
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| Synopsis | Dr. Jordan and King have just completed a new stratosphere plane, which they are about to unveil to the U.S. government. A group of foreign agents first try to buy the plans, then attempt to steal them, but King is too quick witted for them. |
| Featuring | Spy A-5 |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Dr. Karl Jordan; King Storm; Elsa Jordan; Spy A-5 [Harry Jackson]; Demarr (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Dr. Tin Loy creates brutish monsters in his laboratory and sends them forth to spread fear and cause disruption. The Fantom of the Fair engages them in battle, and discovers that they can be disintegrated with jet streams of simple water. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Fantom of the Fair; Dr. Tin Loy (villain); Morris Green (villain) |
| Notes | Script and letterer credits courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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