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| Publication | October 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Dick Cole |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Davis (signed) | Inks: Bob Davis (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dick Cole; Simba Karno |
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| Featuring | Ye Editors' Page |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On inside front cover.
Letters page, printing five letters from fans with editor responses. Readers were paid $1 for each letter printed. |
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| Synopsis | Dick and Eddie are on horseback heading back towards Farr Military Academy, when they see two unsavory men waylay a blonde on horseback. They step in to stop it, not realizing that the scenario was actually being filmed as a movie. Dick volunteers to do some stunts for the film, then Simba shows up and also volunteers to do a few stunts as well. |
| Featuring | Dick Cole |
| Credits | Script: Bob Davis (signed) | Pencils: Bob Davis (signed) | Inks: Bob Davis (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dick Cole; Eddie March; Betty Lee (movie starlet); Nell (a horse); Mr. Malcomb (film director); Simba Karno (villain, reforms after this story); Rayton (villain); three thugs [Pete; others unnamed] |
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| Synopsis | Having blinded a ghost cyclops with a snowball, Spook follows the cyclops back to a cave where various spirit ghosts fulfill his every whim. Spook attacks the cyclops and appears to be in trouble when Hercules comes to his defense. |
| Featuring | Sergeant Spook |
| Credits | Script: Ray Gill? | Pencils: Malcolm Kildale (signed) | Inks: Malcolm Kildale (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Sergeant Spook (unnamed Policeman); Hercules (as a ghost, introduction); various spirit ghosts; a ghost Cyclops (villain) |
| Notes | Script credit by Craig Delich. |
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| Comic Story | In the Painted Desert (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Twister warns Dude and his men to leave a pair of old time gold prospectors alone.....or else! |
| Featuring | The Twister |
| Credits | Script: Ray Gill | Pencils: Mike Roy | Inks: Mike Roy |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Twister [Bob Sanders]; "Shady" Smith (retired gold prospector, introduction); Smut (gold prospector, introduction); Dude (villain, introduction); Dude's men (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Art revision from Paul Gustavson to Roy by Craig Delich. |
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| Synopsis | The crew of a damaged ship, needing water and food, asks the crew of the Phantom Sub for a tow to a nearby isle, and when they arrive on this island, they discover Sooka already there and itching for a fight. |
| Featuring | The Phantom Sub |
| Credits | Script: Bill O'Connor [as FOS] (signed) | Pencils: Ben Flinton [as FOS] (signed) | Inks: Leonard Sansone [as FOS] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Damon; Slim Dugan; unnamed ship's Captain; Commander Sooka (villain); Sooka's crew (villains, some die) |
| Notes | Story continued from previous issue and continued in the next issue. |
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| Text Story | Krisko and Jasper on Sea Horse Island (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Krisko wraps a radio antenna around the "Calamity Jane" and causes all sorts of navigational problems, resulting in their being put aboard a small two-man boat sent out on their own. They soon make their way toward an uncharted isle. |
| Featuring | Krisko and Jasper |
| Credits | Script: Ray Gill (credited) | Pencils: Jack Warren (illustration) | Inks: Jack Warren (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Krisko; Jasper; unnamed Captain of the "Calamity Jane" |
| Notes | Continued in next issue. |
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| Synopsis | Edison and his friends win a round trip to the South Seas, but boredom begins to set in for Jerry, so Pat has an idea to liven things up aboard the ship. However the girls discover two unsavory men aboard who plan to cause destruction to the Panama Canal, and are captured. |
| Featuring | Edison Bell |
| Credits | Script: Ray Gill (credited) | Pencils: Harold DeLay (credited) | Inks: Harold DeLay (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Edison Bell; Jerry; Pat Perry; Pat's aunt; two Germans (villains) |
| Notes | Continued in the next issue. |
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| Activity | Paper-Tube Periscope! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Edison Bell |
| Credits | Pencils: Ray Gill [as R. Gill] (signed) | Inks: Ray Gill [as R. Gill] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Edison Bell |
| Notes | Edison shows the step-by-step method to create a periscope. |
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| Synopsis | The Rider discovers a fissue in Diablo Canyon and a an old rancher beaten and left for dead, his money taken. The Rider soon discovers that anyone flashing money in town is robbed, so he decides to set a clever trap for the outlaws. |
| Featuring | The White Rider and Super Horse |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Brady? | Inks: Bill Brady? |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The White Rider [Peter]; Super Horse [Cloud]; unnamed Sheriff; Mr. Batcher (villain); assayer office official (villain); Assayer's partner (villain); Pedro (villain); Juan (villain) |
| Notes | Art credits, though unconfirmed, courtesy of the Who's Who, added by Craig Delich. |
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| Comic Story | Shoot If You Must, This Old Grey Head--But Spare Your Country's Flag! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | As the Confederate Army marched into Frederick, Maryland, Barbara Frietchie dared to fly the United States flag. |
| Featuring | Old Cap Hawkins' Tale |
| Credits | Script: Henry Kiefer | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Non-fiction; Historical | Characters: Old Cap Hawkins (narrator); Barbara Frietchie (in flashback); General Stonewall Jackson (in flashback) |
| Notes | Tale told in flashback of a poem written by John Greenleaf Whittier. |
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| Synopsis | While in London during a violent air raid, Blue Bolt and Kip discover that they are blood brothers, and Fred decides to gain American citizenship....a task easier said than done. |
| Featuring | Blue Bolt the American |
| Credits | Pencils: Alan Mandel | Inks: Alan Mandel |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish] (origin retold); Kip Parrish (Blue Bolt's brother); Dr. Bertoff (scientist, also in flashback); The Green Sorceress (villain, mention only, in flashback); the Sorceress' men (villains, in flashback); A.C. Ring [Mike; rest unnamed] (villains, citizenship racketeers) |
| Notes | Brotherhood with Kip Parrish revealed. Lead character known as "Blue Bolt, the American" from this story onward. |
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| Synopsis | Krisko and Jasper believe that the ship's first mate is actually a 5th Columnist |
| Featuring | Krisko and Jasper |
| Credits | Script: Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] | Pencils: Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed) | Inks: Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Krisko; Jasper; Captain of the "Calamity Jane"; First Mate of the "Calamity Jane" (villain); Mr. Gravedigger (villain, Captain of the "Sea Raider) |
| Notes | Continued in next issue. |
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| Synopsis | Sub-Zero sees a murdered man's body thrown in front of a hotel and diiscovers the man is the partner of a prospector named Klondike. Both men hit a bonanza in Alaska and were in town to celebrate. Sub-Zero agrees to go to Alaska to track down the villain, but soon discovers a young boy with strange powers frozen in an iceberg. |
| Featuring | Sub-Zero |
| Credits | Pencils: John Daly | Inks: John Daly |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Sub-Zero; Freezum (introduction, origin, Sub-Zero's sidekick); Corson (death); Klondike Bill (prospector); Travers (villain); Traver's partner (villain) |
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| Credits | Pencils: various | Inks: various |
| Content | Characters: Thomas Jefferson |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover.
Illustrated house promotion advertisement for some art narrative features: "Treasure Island" in Target Comics and "Old Cap Hawkins' Tales" From Blue Boly Comics, featuring the splash pages of both.
Sequence added by Craig Delich. |
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| Credits | Pencils:?; photos? | Inks:?; photos? | Colors:?; most B/W | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover.
Illustrated advertisement with several photos from Treasure House in New York, in which readers can orders some special products, such as an electric motor kit for 15 cents, a checker game for 20 cents, an automatic dime register bank for 15 cents, and more. If the reader orders five products, a sixth product is free.
Sequence added by Craig Delich. |
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