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| Publication | January 14 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
| Notes | Bob Rogers verified doing the backgrounds in interview with Roger Hill in Alter-Ego #7 (Winter, 2001). |
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| Featuring | Bulletman |
| Credits | Pencils: Mac Raboy; Bob Rogers (backgrounds) | Inks: Mac Raboy; Bob Rogers (backgrounds) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent] |
| Notes | Bob Rogers verified doing the backgrounds in interview with Roger Hill in Alter-Ego #7 (Winter, 2001). |
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| Featuring | Captain Marvel Picture Puzzle |
| Credits | Pencils: C. C. Beck;? (photo) | Inks: C. C. Beck;? (photo) | Letters:?; most typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
Illustrated house advertisement for the new Captain Marvel Picture Puzzle (with photo of the puzzle itself), scene taken from the cover of Whiz Comics #12 (January 1941), plus other art panels. Puzzle cost 25 cents. |
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| Comic Story | The Lightning King (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | An airliner traveling near a castle in the mountains on a clear day is suddenly struck by lightning and many passengers are killed, including Susan's distant cousin. When another distant cousin's life is threatened, Susan decides to investigate: as Bulletgirl, and discovers a wholesale plot to murder anyone named Kent! |
| Featuring | Bulletman |
| Credits | Script: Otto Binder | Pencils: Jack Binder Shop; Ed Dobrotka? | Inks: Jack Binder Shop; Ed Dobrotka? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent; Sergeant Kent; Rodney B. Kent (distant cousin of Susan's); George L. Kent (Rodney's brother); Maxwell Kent (death); The Lightning King [Professor Willis Kent; aka Prefessor John Willoughby] (villain, introduction, death); Lightning King's gang [Bugs Jonker (underworld gang chief); others un-named] (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | The indicia on the splash page lists W. H. Fawcett, Jr. as President, Elliott D. Odell as the Advertising Director, Roscoe K. Fawcett as Circulation Director, Ralph Daigh as Editorial Director, and Al Allard as Art Director.
On page 2, panel 3, a newspaper listing the fatalities from the airliner crash lists artist Pete Riss.
Binder Shop credit by Craig Delich, per Bill Schelly, in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017). |
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| Featuring | America's Greatest Comics |
| Credits | Pencils: Mac Raboy | Inks: Mac Raboy | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler] |
| Notes | Illustrated house advertisement for America's Greatest Comics #1 (1941) featuring a reproduction of the cover. |
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| Featuring | Gene Autry Comics |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gene Autry |
| Notes | Illustrated house advertisement for Gene Autry Comics #1 (December 1941), with on sale date of December 31st. |
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| Comic Story | The Octopus (13 pages) |
| Featuring | Bulletman |
| Credits | Script: Otto Binder | Pencils: Don Rico? | Inks: Don Rico? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Buletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Joe (street cleaner); Mr. Meade; Mary (Mr. Meade;s maid); Jeeves (Mr. Meade's butler); The Octopus [Mr. Appleby] (villain, a reformer, introduction); Octopus' gang [Crusher; Monk; other un-named] (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | Dropping Into the Parachute Corps (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fate hits Private Ward hard when he attempts to ask the Colonel for a promotion. |
| Featuring | Private Ward |
| Credits | Script: Bill Ward | Pencils: Bill Ward | Inks: Bill Ward |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Private Ward (introduction); Private Enterprise (introduction); Colonel Deakyne (introduction); General Carter (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Murdered Millionaire (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | The strange death of a prominent banker leads the Bullet duo into an investigation that brings them face to face with a killer hunchback! |
| Featuring | Bulletman |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Sultan | Inks: Charles Sultan |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Casey (Policeman); Mike (Policeman, death); Jake (Policeman, death); Henry Roberts (millionaire banker, death); Miss Lake (Robert's secretary); The Hunchback [Miller] (not connected with prior two Hunchbacks, villain, Robert's accountant, introduction, death) |
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| Text Story | Swords For Two (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An argument in a South American cafe leads to a duel. |
| Credits | Script: Manly Wade Wellman [as "Juan Lopez"] (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Characters: Stacey Hughes (American good will ambassador); Old Carlo (A,merican Secret Service agent); un-named landlord; Dan Pablo Gorgo (villain, death) |
| Notes | The illustration appears to have a signature that is difficult to read. |
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| Comic Story | Mystery Island (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | An ad in the newspaper for a rather dangerous and mysterious voyage to Mystery Island, from which no one has ever returned alive, perks the interest of the Police as well as Susan and Jim. |
| Featuring | Bulletman |
| Credits | Script: Otto Binder |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr] [aka Fritz]; Miss Lloyd; Captain Glume; Mr. Wood; Petie (sailor, death); The Black Rat (villain, introduction); McKeefe (villain, killer); Pitelli (villain) |
| Notes | The Black Rat apparently dies at the end of the story. |
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| Featuring | Comicscope |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from the Comicscope Company of America, offer made to the readers of Bulletman, for the new Comicscope, a giant camera projector, costing 25 cents. Comes with 20 free pictures of the Official U.S. Army and Navy Planes "Wings of Victory". |
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| Featuring | Remington Portable Type writer |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photos) | Inks:?;? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover.
Illustrated Remington Rand Company advertisement for their new portable typewriter, available on a free trial basis. Readers can get the typewriter on a plan costing just 10 cents a day. For $1 nore, readers can also get a beautiful walnut-grain desk to hold the typewriter. |
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