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| Publication | May 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset); Bozo The Robot (inset) |
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| Synopsis | Happy is sent to ride along with fighters over the Pacific, but the plane is shot down and he and the pilot are taken prisoner. The Ray takes out the entire squadron, then allows himself to be taken to a prison camp as a civilian. His retaliation incites the Japanese to kill all their prisoners, which forces the Ray to resurface. He carries a rack of bombs above the enemy naval forces and sinks three Japanese battleships. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; the Japanese (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Bomber Test (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black X is supposed to help test a new Bomber but it is stolen by the Japs, with him in it! |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Espionage [Black X]; the Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | Writer revision from Eisner to Blum ? Binder ? by Craig Delich.
Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43). |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Synopsis | Hugh and Bozo have to stop the Nazis from stealing a new weapon. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Bozo; Hugh Hazzard |
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| Comic Story | Rocky Lloyd (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Carol and her family are trapped in a Colorado cavern with some escaped criminals. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Wildfire; Rocky Lloyd; Mr. Martin; Mrs. Martin |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective McGinty |
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| Synopsis | A white jungle queen, who was descended from a former slaver who freed slaves, founds a hidden community of Africans in the Everglades. Not realizing slavery has been abolished, she and her men attack Clark and his friends. However, Midnight absconds with the Queen and shows her the truth about slavery, and she returns to her tribe to inform them. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); The White Queen (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery |
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| Synopsis | Japanese servants are secretly spies trying to kidnap Mrs. Van Norten's guests. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd; Warren; Rocky Hill]; Mrs. Van Norten; Professor Dawson; Fugi (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Wings stops a Japanese invasion of Alaska. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Wings Wendall |
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| Text Story | The Nightmare Cruise (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Wrong German (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rookie is sent to pick up an alien but gets the wrong one, and then gets locked up in the basement. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Rookie Rankin; Sgt. Burns; Reicher; Joan |
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| Synopsis | Baron Povalski disguises himself as Major Hurtz so that he can fight to save his native Poland, often as the costumed Marksman, working out of the tower of his castle. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz] (introduction); Vorka (Baron's man-servant); Gadjoff |
| Notes | Originally credited Bob Powell ? on script and Ed Cronin on art. The art is so similar to Koda's credited art in #36 and #37 that it most probaly is his, but the inking is not as spotty.
The Marksman leaves a symbolic red feather at the end of each story. |
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