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| Thanks to Krac for his help, lots of lovely stuff from Smash Comics plus excellent illos from UK artist Denis McCloughlin, a childhood favourite. |
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| Publication | [1956] | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Illustration | Endpapers (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Contents | Contents (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | Chariots of War (12 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical |
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| Comic Story | The Treasure of Hawk Island (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Kent Thurston; Mr. Dexter; Joan Dexter; Pete the Hermit; Phil; Slade; Slade's gang |
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| Comic Story | The Khabib Gang (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Abdul; Hassan; Khabib (Introduction); Saudah (Introduction, Dies) |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Voice (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | In 1790, a ship is sunk by a typhoon in the South Seas. A man, his wife and their son survive. They drift toward a tropical isle, where they subsist on rare, life-giving herbs. Soon, the parents die, but the herbs allowed the boy to survive. 150 years later, a ship stops by the isle and rescue an old man, taking him to London. There, he finds he needs the herbs to live. He recreates the plant, which gives him super-strength. To fight crime, he sets up crooks, then tips off the police by radio messages as "Elixir -- The Voice!" |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Voice [Mr. Elixir] (introduction, origin); Fogarty (introduction); John Martinson (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Stan Asch created the Voice. |
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| Featuring | Nippie |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Text Story | The Mail Goes Through (11 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as H. Johns] (signed) | Inks:? [as H. Johns] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Text Story | Mutiny on the Merrydown (10 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as Connelly] (signed) | Inks:? [as Connelly] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical |
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| Comic Story | Crime Doesn't Play (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dennis unwittingly helps a robber break into his family's house. |
| Featuring | Dennis the Menace |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Dennis Menace; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell |
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| Comic Story | The King of Blackhawk Island (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Karga (villain) |
| Notes | Blackhawk Island revealed to be powered by coal-generated electricity (island is rich in coal). |
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| Text Story | Cops and Robbers (6 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as S. Connelly] (signed) | Inks:? [as S. Connelly] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children |
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| Comic Story | The Crook with a Thousand Faces (10 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Nicholas? | Inks: Charles Nicholas? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Text Story | Outlaw Brand (10 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as H. Johns] (signed) | Inks:? [as H. Johns] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Illustration | Roman Galley (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Historical |
| Notes | On back cover. |
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