| Additional Information |
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| Publication | Fall 1952 | Price: 0.25 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Featuring | Explorer Joe; The Hawk; Crusader from Mars |
| Credits | Pencils: Norm Saunders (painting) | Inks: Norm Saunders (painting) | Colors: Norm Saunders (painting) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Explorer Joe; The Hawk; Crusader from Mars |
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| Advertisement | Jim Prentice Electric Football (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Game ad. |
| Featuring | The Electric Game Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Brave Belmonte (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brief account of the life of bullfighter Juan Belmonte. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ray Willner | Inks: Ray Willner |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Juan Belmonte; Mr. Cavillo; Joselito |
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| Comic Story | Winner Give All (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A heavyweight champion and a talented amateur fight to raise money for charity. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Mayo | Inks: Ralph Mayo |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tiger Ted Temple; Marty Marden |
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| Publisher advertisement | Sensational New Story by Mickey Spillane (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Fantastic Magazine, published by Ziff-Davis. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Horror on Horseback (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief history of Attila the Hun. |
| Credits | Pencils: Paul Parker | Inks: Paul Parker |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Attila the Hun; Vigilas |
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| Text Story | The Man Who Murdered an Empire (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A short account of Lawrence of Arabia. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Thomas Lawrence |
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| Comic Story | He-Man of a Mountain (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Short feature about Mount Everest and the people who attempted to climb it. |
| Credits | Pencils: Everett Raymod Kinstler (signed) | Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | We Who Are About to Die (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Story about a Roman gladiator and his battles in the arena. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ray Willner | Inks: Ray Willner |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Vatinius; Ursus |
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| Comic Story | The He-est He-Man of Them All (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Story about Paul Bunyan and some of his accomplishments. |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Powell; Howard Nostrand (backgrounds) | Inks: Bob Powell; Howard Nostrand (backgrounds) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Paul Bunyan; Carrie McIntire (Paul's wife) |
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| Publisher advertisement | For It's Always Fair Weather! When Good Fellows Get Together! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for G. I. Joe Comics No. 17. |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: G. I. Joe; Suzy; Lilith; other soldiers |
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| Comic Story | Dead Man's Vengeance (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hawk runs afoul of a group of vigilantes when he stops a lynching. |
| Featuring | The Hawk |
| Credits | Pencils: George Olesen | Inks: George Olesen |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hawk; Jeb Morgan; Catlett; Hawkins |
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| Comic Story | Leverett's Last Stand (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Hawk tangles with two renegade whites who lead a band of Apaches. |
| Featuring | The Hawk |
| Credits | Pencils: George Olesen | Inks: George Olesen |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bob Hardie (The Hawk); Charlie Leverett; Mamie Temple |
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| Comic Story | The Disappearing Mustang (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief history of the wild mustang. |
| Credits | Script: Ed Silverman |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: Unnamed cowboys |
| Notes | Script credit from Shaun Clancy on the Facebook page "Comics History Exchange" where he posted a payroll stub (invoice number 1240) showing payment of $9.00 from Ziff-Davis to Silverman for the story (May 10, 2014). |
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| Text Story | Killer Venom (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Doctor Frank Stewart; Matt Dickson |
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| Comic Story | Creatures of the Western Badlands (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief descriptions of some dangerous and not-so-dangerous desert animals. |
| Credits | Letters: Bed Oda |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rattlesnake; Gila Monster; Horned Toad; Armadillo; Prairie Dog; Road Runner |
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| Comic Story | Trap for a Killer (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dusty runs into a killer on the desert. |
| Featuring | Desert Rat |
| Credits | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Dusty Carson; Art Lane; Driftin' Kid |
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| Comic Story | The Safe Guard (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A sheriff devises a novel way to guard a bank. |
| Featuring | The Little Sheriff |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Stumpy Bunyan |
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| Comic Story | Dry River Rampage (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A group of outlaws leaves the Hawk to die in the desert. |
| Featuring | The Hawk |
| Credits | Pencils: George Olesen | Inks: George Olesen |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bob Hardie (The Hawk); Walt Selbert; Marcia Selbert; Sam McGinty |
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| Comic Story | Casual Kazmaier of Princeton (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Dick Kazmaier and his struggle to play football at Princeton. |
| Credits | Pencils: Edd Ashe | Inks: Edd Ashe |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Dick Kazmaier; Charley Caldwell |
| Notes | Story told by "Red Grange". |
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| Comic Story | The Texas Quarterback Alvin "Bo" McMillin (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Bo McMillin and his successes in high school and at Harvard. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ed Jon Smalle | Inks: Ed Jon Smalle |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Alvin McMillin; Chief Myers; Red Weaver; Red Roberts |
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| Publisher advertisement | Dangers! - Thrills! Desert Adventure! |
| Synopsis | Ad for The Hawk No. 2 |
| Featuring | The Hawk |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Publisher advertisement | Action - Thrills - Suspense! |
| Synopsis | Ad for Space Busters No. 2 |
| Featuring | Space Busters |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Text Story | Nevers vs. Notre Dame (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An account of the 1925 Rose Bowl Game. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Ernie Nevers; Elmer Layden; Jim Crowley; Harry Stuhldreher; Don Miller |
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| Publisher advertisement | Interplanetary Action! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Amazing Adventures No. 6 on sale August 29. |
| Featuring | Amazing Adventures |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Comic Story | The Gentle Giant The Story of Bronco Nagurski (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A summary of Nagurski's college and professional career. |
| Credits | Pencils: Edd Ashe | Inks: Edd Ashe | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Bronislaw Nagurski; Doc Spears; George Halas |
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| Activity | Red Grange's Quarterback Quiz (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Several sports trivia questions. |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Comic Story | Don Hutson the Alabama Antelope (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A summary of Don Hutson's career with the Green Bay Packers. |
| Credits | Pencils: Edd Ashe | Inks: Edd Ashe |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Don Hutson; Dixie Howell; Curly Lambeau; Harry Jacunski |
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| Comic Story | Educated Toe The Story of Charley Brickley (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of field goal kicker Charlie Brickley. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Suchorsky | Inks: Mike Suchorsky |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Charley Brickley; Officer Casey |
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| Activity | Red Grange's Pigskin Puzzles (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sports trivia questions. |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Comic Story | Night of Terror (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tarka and Zira battle a hate group named The Black Hoods. |
| Featuring | Crusader from Mars |
| Credits | Pencils: Marvin Stein | Inks: Marvin Stein | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Tarka; Zira; Albert Reiner |
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| Comic Story | Beachhead on Saturn's Ring (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tarka and Zira are sent to Uralia to thwart a dictator's scheme. |
| Featuring | Crusader from Mars |
| Credits | Script: Jerry Siegel? | Pencils: Dan Barry? | Inks: Mort Meskin |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Tarka; Zira; Boris Zandrozov |
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| Comic Story | Astronomical Oddities (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about Jupiter, Venus, and Jupiter's moons. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Text Article | Meteors - Terrible Missiles from Space! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Definition of meteors and explanation of how much damage they can cause if they impact Earth. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Cartoon | Fun in the Future |
| Synopsis | Three gag panels. |
| Credits | Script: Vic Martin | Pencils: Vic Martin | Inks: Vic Martin | Letters: Vic Martin |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Publisher advertisement | Action - Thrills - Suspense! |
| Synopsis | Ad for Space Busters No. 2 on sale now! |
| Featuring | Space Busters |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Comic Story | Prison Planet (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A captain in the Space Police is sent undercover to Prison Planet to uncover a possible invasion plot. |
| Featuring | Space Police |
| Credits | Pencils: Marvin Stein | Inks: Marvin Stein | Letters: Ben Oda |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Jon Barrett; "One-Eye" Glimm; "Rocket" Gaster; Exotica |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Roughest - Toughest Men Who Ever Lived! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for He-Man Comics #1 on sale August 29. |
| Featuring | He-Man |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Venus or Bust (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two characters build a space ship in an effort to get to Venus. They don't make it. |
| Featuring | The Space Bums |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Science Fiction |
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| Publisher advertisement | Sensational New Story by Mickey Spillane (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Fantastic Magazine/ |
| Featuring | Fantastic |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Identical to sequence 5. |
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| Advertisement | Inside back cover (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Exact content unknown. This comic was indexed from a copy missing the back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Back cover (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Exact content unknown. Indexed from a copy that has missing back cover. |
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