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| Publication | January 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly except December and June |
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| Cover | Mass of Muscle |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Selwyn the Savage |
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| Comic Story | Selwyn the Savage (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | When the girl of Selwyn's dreams leaves his diner with Killer Mike, he resolves he must become a tough guy, too. So he goes to Doc Wackey for help. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gertrude (villain, Selwyn's girl); Selwyn the Savage (villain, introduction); Killer Mike (villain) |
| Notes | Selwyn and Gertrude were blatant copies of Hustace Throckmorton and Honeybun from The Human Bomb strip that Gustavson created. This was their only appearance.
Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Wun Cloo |
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| Comic Story | The Gold Mine Caper (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Deke sells a worthless gold mine to Mr. Crouch that suddenly turns up a new vein. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons; Mr. Crouch |
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| Comic Story | Ceylon... Age-Old Island of Dark Secrets (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The natives of Ceylon feared the unknown evils which might lurk beneath the ruins of their ancient temples. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Black X; Batu; Suva |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Comic Story | The Mayan Murderers (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Marksman is in Mexico helping Polish refugees beset by the Nazis, and decides to stay in South America and pursue Nazi spies for a awhile. However, he discovers love in that unlikely setting, cathing up with his old friend, Anna. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Anna; the Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Diabolical Dr. Dermis (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Dermis changes criminal's fingerprints. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Sgt. Sloburn; Dr. Dermis (villain); Peecolo; Buffalo (villain); Jimmy Digits (villain) |
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| Text Story | The Jungle Hangmen (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | The Phantom Armored Car (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | When an armored car began collecting from banks instead of depositing, it seemed to be a simple act of crime. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Rookie Rankin; The Phantom |
| Notes | Originally credited "Witmer Williams ?", but does not match his other credited stories in this features. Compared with Leav's signed story in Power Comics #4, everything matches, face of the policeman, large hands, way of running with high lifted knees and some panels without backgrounds. Only the inking is different. |
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| Comic Story | Unlucky Starr (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Boss Tobb tries to frame a couple of actors into working for his gang. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Starr Emery (actress); Jack Burman (actor); Boss Tobb (villain); Ziki (villain) |
| Notes | This is very similar to Leav's signed stories in Wanted Comics (Orbit-Wanted, 1947 series) #52. |
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