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| I was not prepared for how awesome the Purple Claw's adventures are. I just wish they didn't gloss over the big fights. But legitimately eerie tales here of a ghostbreaker. |
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| Publication | January 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | The cover does not refer to any of the stories in this issue. |
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| Notes | The cover does not refer to any of the stories in this issue. |
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| Comic Story | The Power of the Purple Claw (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The first two pages relate how in 1943 Dr. Weir told an African witch doctor how to combat malaria and in gratitude was given the Purple Claw. The main story tells how Dr. Gool uses a radioactive fluid to raise the dead, who obey him. He tells Dr. Weir of his evil plan to conquer the world. The undead, and Dr. Gool, are easily defeated by the Purple Claw. |
| Content | Characters: Dr. Gool (villain, death); Tom Bradley (undead); Alice Bradley |
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| Comic Story | The Devil Is a Dame! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brima Stone is a she-devil who uses an enchanted gun supplied by Satan as well as her demonic minions to commit crimes that overcome the city. Luckily Doctor Jonathan Weir (aka The Purple Claw) arrives to stop her. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Brima Stone (villain, death); Lug Garrison (death); Mayor Jones; Chief Matthews |
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| Synopsis | Taking a holiday trip to Zocalo, Jonathan involves himself in the murders of people; the act tolled by the clock at midnight, supposedly by the ghost of Don Carlo. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Senor Garcia; Viceroy Don Francisco (death, flashback); Don Miguel (death, flashback); Donna Isabel (wife of Don Miguel, death, flashback); Don Carlo (villain, death) |
| Notes | Layout credit by Craig Delich. |
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| Text Story | Doorway to Darkness (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Problems of Space Travel (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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