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| Thank you, Yoc, for this incredible upgrade on this wild WWII book! |
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| Thanks Yoc, good scan. However, quibbles!
Page #1 comes up as page 2 and the last page as page #1.
Also this is copy 2 but the index card doesn't state that. Cheers! |
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| The comic "interlaced" ghost effect is fun with the erased parallel lines. I wonder if that was "the first time" this was used historically. |
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| Hi guys,
I'm gald you all seem to enjoy the upgraded edit of this book.
Sorry about the page order problem here on CB+.
I shows fine on DCM as well as on CDisplay.
I should have renamed all the pages to avoid the problem.
Lesson learned. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD (U.S.A. and Canada); 0.15 USD (Foreign Countries) | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Reed Crandall artist credit from Rudy Palais and his copy of the original cover proof as shown to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018). |
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| Cover | Jap War Spurs Futuro to Kidnap Hitler |
| Featuring | Futuro |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Futuro |
| Notes | Reed Crandall artist credit from Rudy Palais and his copy of the original cover proof as shown to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018). |
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| Contents | Table of Contents (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: various (other figures) | Inks: various (other figures) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Futuro; Kid Bagdad; The Octopus; Madame Strange; Bud Wilson; The Great Zarro |
| Notes | Each feature has a drawing, a teaser blurb, and a page number. Scan provided by Frank Motler, and used to reorder the sequences in this index.
Reed Crandall Futuro figure artist credit from Rudy Palais as told to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018). Per Palais, Crandall was originally scheduled to do work on the Futuro feature, but his heavy workload prevented that and the Futuro feature went to another artist to work on. |
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| Comic Story | Futuro Kidnaps Hitler and Takes Him to Hades! (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Because of all that Hitler has been doing on planet Earth, Futuro decides that maybe Hell is the place for him and takes him there. Hitler can't stand it and wants out of there as quickly as possible. |
| Featuring | Futuro |
| Content | Genre: Superhero; War | Characters: Futuro (introduction); Benito Mussolini (villain); Futurians [Faith; Justice; Freedom; Truth; Courage]; Nimbus (dog); Schmidt; Violet; Orchid; Iris |
| Notes | Futuro's lone appearance. |
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| Synopsis | Twelve-year old Bud tries to join the army and causes trouble. |
| Featuring | Khaki Kid |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bud Wilson |
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| Synopsis | Zarro becomes an officer of the U.S. Army Air Corps Intelligence to fight war enemies. |
| Featuring | Great Zarro |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Great Zarro; Major Whalen; Rags; Heinz; Fritz |
| Notes | Last appearance. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | How readers can get 2 U. S. Defense stamps. |
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| Comic Story | How He Became Master of the Gigantic Genie (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kid Bagdad is sent to get a cask for the Caliph. |
| Featuring | Kid Baghdad |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Kid Bagdad; Caliph of Bagdad; The Unholy Three |
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| Synopsis | Madame Strange seeks to stop the evil plans of The Octopus, who has decided now to seize American planes for his Emperor. |
| Featuring | Madame Strange |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madame Strange (American girl reporter); Perry (U.S. Navy's ace spy chaser); The Octopus (villain); Octopus' gang (villains) |
| Notes | Last appearance.
Last panel blurb alerts readers to look for the next Madame Strange story which will reveal if The Octopus survived from drowning. However, this was the last story and that outcome never was published. |
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| Synopsis | A hat store is giving away hats based on someone's personality. |
| Featuring | Willing Willie |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Willie |
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| Comic Story | The Lost City (Part 1) (17 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zolok, master of the Lost City seeks to rule the world. |
| Featuring | The Lost City |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Bruce Gordon; Dr. Manyus; Reynolds; Natcha Manyus; Zolok; Tom Dolan; Dr. Colton; Andrews; Burke; Gorzo; Hoogo; Appolyn; Pierre |
| Notes | Movie adaptation story continued from Choice Comics (Great Comics Publications, 1941 Series) #3 ([April] 1942).
Rudy Palais artist credit from Rudy Palais and his copy of the original cover proof as shown to Roger Hill (story posted to GCD-Chat list by Roger Hill on 14 August 2018). |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Promo for the continuation of the Lost City story in upcoming issues of Great Comics and Choice Comics. |
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| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Zolok (photo of William 'Stage' Boyd); Hoogo (photo of Sam Baker); Bruce Gordon (photo of Kane Richmond); Dr. Manyus (photo of Josef Swickard); Natcha Manyus (photo of Claudia Dell) |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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