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| Same a bhcomics scan as before. Covers and text pages from Jon now added. 60pgs c2c |
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| Publication | November 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly, except December and June |
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| Cover | Mechanical Man |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Butch (from the feature "Big Top") (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Lala Palooza (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Blimpy [aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] (inset); Perky (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Poison Ivy (inset) |
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| Comic Story | Mechanical Man (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | The diminutive Professor Rudio tricks Doll Man into submitting to tests to unlock the secrets of his power, and the mighty mite finds himself trapped. He later learns that the professor was merely distracting Doll Man from his true invention: The Mechanical Man, a robot which is used to rob the Cosmopolitan Museum of rare art objects. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Mechanical Man (villain, introduction, only appearance, a robot); Professor Rudio (villain, introduction, only appearance) |
| Notes | Originally credited "Al Bryant ?", but walking figures, a gaping face and broad shoulders with stretched neck look more like Zolnerowich, but uncertain. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Philip; Florrie; Tom |
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| Comic Story | Clover Club (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Swing and his friends are kidnapped by an ambulance. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Mr. Mason |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Spin Shaw is found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw] |
| Notes | Some heads in 3/4 backview with the jawbone going back behind the ear is peculiar, as on page 3 point to Tirman, but some short figures look like Quackenbush. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy [aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] |
| Notes | DiPreta script credit removed by Craig Delich. DiPreta did very little writing in his career that is documented and it is very unlikely that he wrote this feature. |
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| Comic Story | Kitchen Boy Wanted (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Perky |
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| Synopsis | Rusty and his friends fight dinosaurs on a Pacific island. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa] |
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