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| Publication | July 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Signed in the bottom-right corner, which also appears to cut off the name “Quinlan”. Previous indexer suggested C. R. Schaare. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; The Kitten [Katie Conn]; the Deacon |
| Notes | Signed in the bottom-right corner, which also appears to cut off the name “Quinlan”. Previous indexer suggested C. R. Schaare. |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Blue Beetle (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Promo for The Blue Beetle Comic |
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| Synopsis | After the disappearance of Private Benson, Lt. Merrywether and Sgt. Brown follow a suspicious couple and discover they are disguised Japanese who are working with Nazi soldiers to transport explosives through a cleverly disguised tunnel in order to sabotage U.S. war efforts. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Cat-Man [Lt. David Merrywether]; The Kitten [Katie Conn]; Private Gregg; Private Smith; Sergeant Brown; Private Benson; Mako Saki (villain); un-named Japanese (villain); un-named Nazi Captain (villain); Otto (villain) |
| Notes | Script and artist credits suggested by the Who's Who whereby Quinlan Jr often assisted his father by writing scripts. |
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| Comic Story | The Mysterious Sanitarium (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Deacon and Mickey investigate a plague of hysterical laughter that requires those affected to be sent to a sanitarium. |
| Featuring | The Deacon |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Deacon; Mickey; Doctor Crane (villain); Mr. Worth |
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| Comic Story | Killer at Large (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bull Hogan escapes from Bedlam Prison. |
| Content | Characters: Rag-Man; Tiny; Bull Hogan (villain) |
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| Synopsis | When a new defense plant opens in Bayleeville, Jim Grady shows up to fleece the workers of their new earnings. |
| Featuring | Volton the Human Generator |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Volton; Sheriff Pop Baylee; Jim Grady (villain) |
| Notes | Final Golden Age appearance. Decades after the character entered the public domain, Marvel Comics created their own version of Volton, introducing him in INVADERS (Marvel, 1993 series) #1-4. |
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| Text Story | Frank Fairplay's Vacation (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Frank, while on vacation by a lake, rescues a women who is having difficulty after having fallen out of her boat into the lake. |
| Featuring | Frank Fairplay |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Frank FairPlay; Tom; Will; June Benton; Mrs Benton; Mr Benton |
| Notes | text with illustration. |
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| Comic Story | The Dungeon of Doom (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Schwabach returns from the dead and once again captures Anna Kovick. |
| Featuring | Blackout |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blackout; Happy; Anna Kovik; Schwabach (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Road Show Mystery (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Little Leaders |
| Content | Characters: Katie Conn; Mickey |
| Notes | Script accreditation based on the Who’s Who entry stating that Quinlan Jr often assisted his father by writing the scripts.
The final panel includes a statement from the editor (Chas Quinlan) that given The US’ entry into the war, Cat-Man and Captain Aero comics will only ever publish realistic stories rather than the fantastical stories other publishers are producing, this could explain Volton’s cessation with this issue. |
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| Comic Story | The Jewel Robbery (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | While trying to stop a mugging, Cora is accidentally taken by the police as an accomplice. |
| Featuring | Cora the Chorine |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Cora; Mike |
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| Publisher advertisement | A Chilling Eerie Mystery Story (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | An ad for issue #7 of Captain Aero Comics. Includes a reproduction of the cover and an illustration of The Mad Baron of Belgrade, the villain. |
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| Comic Story | U-Boat in the Atlantic (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | When a German U-Boat sinks an English supply ship, the Phantom Falcon decides to join in the search for the submarine. |
| Featuring | Phantom Falcon |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Phantom Falcon [Chuck Benson] |
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| Comic Story | One Man Navy Lt. John D. Bulkey (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | A short bio of Lt. John D. Bulkley. |
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| Comic Story | The Voice (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Missing FBI agents show up months later, dead. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Hood [Craig Williams]; The Voice (villain) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Captain Aero Comics (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Promo for Captain Aero Comics. |
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