| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Soup's On! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks |
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| Featuring | Volto From Mars |
| Content | Characters: Volto |
| Notes | Grape Nuts ad |
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| Comic Story | Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Plastic Man must solve the murder of Old Man Timkins. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; J. Farthingale Dillingweather (introduction); Percy (introduction); Francesca Bibi (introduction); Old Man Timkins (introduction, death); Mrs. Murphy (villain, introduction); Mostelo (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Based on the song "Who Put the Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?" |
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| Synopsis | To be patriotic, Ma and Pappy decide to host a random "G.I. Joe" from the nearby army camp for dinner. Ma picks out a general, but when he protests that he's "not a G.I. Joe," she thinks he's a spy and treats him accordingly. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Dewey Drip; Ma Drip; Pappy Drip; General |
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| Comic Story | Music Hath Charms (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | An embittered violinist, who was hit by a truck and lost his hand, seeks revenge on the doctor who amputated his hand, replacing it with a hook. He takes to murder and kidnapping, but Manhunter's "mighty blow" jolted the violinist to reality, causing him to realize the error of his ways, and he becomes a conductor again. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Dr. Kimber; Dr. Barry; Sonjak (villain, reforms) |
| Notes | The art was formerly credited to Sam Citron. |
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| Comic Story | Prestoni the Hypnotist (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
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| Comic Story | The War Ace Cuts a Rug (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Candy O'Connor |
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| Comic Story | The Hand of Justice (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; J. Pilbeam Highbinder |
| Notes | 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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| Text Story | Stung (1.75 pages) |
| Featuring | Dick Mace |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Dick Mace text story. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Comics Magazines Inc. 322 Main St Stamford, CT
Publisher: Everett M. Arnold Lucas Point Old Greenwich Conn.
Editor: George E. Brenner 415 Lexington Ave, NY, NY
Owners: Everett M. Arnold; Claire C. Arnold
Printed at: Buffalo NY |
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| Comic Story | The Stolen Electric Chair (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Flatfoot Burns |
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| Comic Story | Invasion from Argos (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spirit [Denny Colt] |
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