| Additional Information |
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| Publication | February 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall. Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall. |
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| Cover | A Smashing Adventure! |
| Featuring | Uncle Sam |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Quicksilver [Max] (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Kid Patrol (inset) |
| Notes | Previous indexer identified the artist as Reed Crandall. Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill agrees that this is not Crandall. |
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| Comic Story | Shake Hands with Simon Bolivar (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; George Washington (as a ghost); Simon Bolivar (as a ghost) |
| Notes | Uncle Sam refers to Buddy as his nephew in this story, but that was not biologically true. As Sam explained it, "every red-blooded American boy is my nephew!" |
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| Comic Story | Jimmy Cinch and His Heck Drivers (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze |
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| Comic Story | Bagrum and Barley Circus (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Bob Reynolds] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kid Dixon [Danny Dixon]; Bottle Topps; Colosso |
| Notes | Art matches the Nordling sample at Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Madman of the Mansion (6 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Frank Kearns] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil |
| Notes | The artwork matches other signed stories by Leav.
Signed in the second to last panel on the last page. |
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| Comic Story | The Kid Criminals (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Jerry Maxwell (House Name) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Wonder Boy |
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| Comic Story | The Mine Field Plot (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Lynn Byrd] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Prop Powers |
| Notes | The artwork matches the Witmer sample at Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Speed Demons (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A crime boss invents a drug that gives his henchmen ten times their normal skill. One of them, a guy named Joe, became ten times faster, but Quicksilver's guile and unpredictability swing the battle in his favor. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver [Max]; Joe (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Coffee Criminals (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Lowell Riggs] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Jack Doe; Jill Doe |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Cyclone Cupid |
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| Comic Story | The Bike Bullies (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Children | Characters: Kid Patrol |
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| Text Story | The Island Spectre (1.75 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Cole Mynnes | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Terry Milton; Lew Poore |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. |
| Credits | Script: Everett M. Arnold | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Printed in Buffalo, NY (Greater Buffalo Press)
Published by Comic Magazines Inc. 322 Main ST Stamford, Conn
Editor: Edward Cronin 322 Main St Stamford, Conn
Business Manager: Everett M. Arnold 198 Shore Rd Old Greenwich, Conn.
Owners: Everett M. Arnold, Claire C. Arnold,
Henry P. Martin Jr. 8 Foster Dr. Des Moines Iowa |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Blind Peddler (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Pen Miller; Niki |
| Notes | Pen dosed with morphine |
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| Comic Story | Rattler and His Mob (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Storey Weaver] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Paul Bunyan |
| Notes | The art here is similar to other in this series credited to Crandall. |
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| Comic Story | On the Russian Front (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog] |
| Notes | Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line on this strip. |
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