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| Publication | September 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | Plot to Doom the Army! |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] |
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| Contents | The Ring Master Presents (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Mac Raboy | Inks: Mac Raboy | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Capt. Marvel Jr. Saves the Doomed Army (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Marvel Jr. must stop Captain Nazi from turning the American Army into an Army of the Dead, as the vile villain, armed with a new poison that can kill thousands, disguises himself as a doctor in an Army camp and injects the deadly serum into their arms. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Dr. Blaine; Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger; also as Dr. Blaine] (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Return of the Weeper (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Weeper returns with his "pills of pity" and laughing gas to spread laughter.....laughter that brings about sorrow. The Flying Detectives, however, get unexpected help from a member of the Weeper's gang, who is concerned about the health of his wife if he doesn't help the villain. |
| Credits | Script:? (script); Henry Perkins (plot) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (image only); The Weeper [Mortimer Gloom] (villain, 2nd appearance) |
| Notes | The last 1/3 of the last page is an illustrated ad for the story of "The Revenge Syndicate," found in the pages of Bulletman #7.
Plot and art credits courtesy of Will Murray per Alter Ego #157 (March 2019). |
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| Comic Story | The 'SHHH!' Campaign (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Minute Man [Jack Weston]; The Ear (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Text Story | Chapter II: Fugitives from Fury (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Hoodoo Hannigan |
| Credits | Script: Joseph Millard [as Joseph J. Millard] | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hoodoo Hannigan |
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| Comic Story | The Death Dealer (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: El Carim; The Death Dealer [Stark](villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | The Fur-Trapper Murder (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Buck and Mike are after a gang who killed an old trapper and stole his money and furs. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Mountain Squires (trapper); Rankin (villain); Roy Squires |
| Notes | Title taken from the contents page.
Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long, narrow, tapering heads and often with front legs stretched out as in the last panel on page 4. |
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| Comic Story | Mr. Death (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]; Mr. Death (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Title taken from the contents page. |
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