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| Publication | August 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt] |
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| Comic Story | The Menace of Serpina (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Plastic Man and Woozy take on Madame Serpina. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Sylvester Smirk (introduction); Pulman Coach (introduction); Mr. Hardwich (introduction); Mammo (introduction); Bobo (a boa constrictor, introduction); Madame Serpina (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Blue Room of Blandings Castle (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards] |
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| Comic Story | Phantom Lady vs. the Spider Widow (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Phantom Lady gets a letter from Spider Widow, informing her that she is challenging her to a duel to see who is the most capable crime fighter, and that she intends the Raven to remain with her. Spider Woman gets a similar letter from Phantom Lady. What neither of these women understand is that both have been set up by a criminal gang which hopes one or the other of the lady heroes will perish at the hands of the other. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton]; The Boss (villain); Chuck (villain, death) |
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| Synopsis | The sergeant tries to teach Dewey how to pick up a woman. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Dewey Drip; Sergeant Thobald J. McJones |
| Notes | Script/art previously credited to Joe Devlin. Joe (aka John) Devlin did not work on this strip after 1942, according to Bails (who also credits him for art only). |
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| Comic Story | Oriental Agents (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ellen Dolan (introduction); Homer Creep (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Prof. Snap Gadget (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Flatfoot Burns |
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| Comic Story | Burp's Super Hearing (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Winston Churchill |
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| Comic Story | The Apaches (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: Destiny |
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| Text Story | Temple of Doom (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Mace |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Introducing the Bombadiers (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Roy Lincoln and two other fellows are turned down by the United States Army, so they all attempt to get to Tokyo to fight the Japanese. Red Rogers flies them to Tokyo, but first Roy reveals his secret identity and offers the group capsules that contain his secret formula to become explosive. The men remain unaware that Red's brother is being held captive by the Japanese until their arrival there. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; The Bombardiers [Montague T. McGurk [Curley]; Swordo; Miss Red Rogers] (introduction for all); James (Roger's chauffeur); Tommy Rogers (Red's brother, death); un-named Japanese soldier (villain, death) |
| Notes | The story title from the Quality companion reprint.
Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs. |
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| Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Monster Man |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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