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| What a surprise to have been able to read this issue. I never dreamed to be able to do so. This title had many legendary talents involved from the very beginning of the American comic book scene. Many heartfelt thanks to those involved in preserving this treasure! |
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| An interesting variety of stories. |
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| Publication | February 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Bull's-Eye Bill |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Everett [as Blake] (signed) | Inks: Bill Everett [as Blake] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bull's-Eye Bill [Bill Target]; Dee Parsons |
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| Comic Story | On the Trail of Travis Trent (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bull's-Eye Bill protects his friend Steve from the Sheriff's posse after Steve uses a gun to settle a land dispute with his neighbor. This puts Bill in hot water with the law, but all is soon forgiven when cattle rustler Travis Trent strikes, and the Sheriff needs Bill's help to bring him in. Dee suffers an unrequited love for Bill, who has no time for women. |
| Featuring | Bull's-Eye Bill |
| Credits | Script: Bill Everett [as Everett Blake] (signed) | Pencils: Bill Everett [as Everett Blake] (signed) | Inks: Bill Everett [as Everett Blake] (signed) | Colors: Bill Everett [as Everett Blake] (signed) | Letters: Bill Everett [as Everett Blake] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: "Bull's-Eye" Bill [Bill Target] (introduction); Quing (introduction, a cook); Dee Parsons (introduction); Steve Casey (introduction); un-named Sheriff; Travis Trent (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Also signed again as "Blake" on the final page. |
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| Comic Story | The Coming of Manowar (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archeologists Simms and Ramon explore an erupting South American volcano. They discover, emerging from the devastation, the robot Manowar, who tells that he is the last servant of an ancient civilization. He was sent by his masters to bring the war mongers of the world to justice. He gets his first mission in the surrounding countryside, where Dictator Don Ruizen wages war for the benefit of corrupt oil companies. |
| Featuring | White Streak |
| Credits | Script: Carl Burgos (signed) | Pencils: Carl Burgos (signed) | Inks: Carl Burgos (signed) | Letters: Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Content | Characters: The White Streak [Manowar] (Intro; Origin); Simms (Intro); Ramon (Intro); Don Ruizen (Intro; Death; Villain) |
| Notes | The artist also signs - as "Burgos" - on the final page. |
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| Comic Story | Sabotage (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Lucky Byrd |
| Credits | Script: Harry Campbell? | Pencils: Harry Campbell [as Harry Francis Campbell] (signed) | Inks: Harry Campbell [as Harry Francis Campbell] (signed) | Letters: Harry Campbell? |
| Content | Characters: Lucky Byrd (Intro); Rocky Stone (Villain; Intro; Death) |
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| Comic Story | The Fifty-Year-Old Infants (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Hi-Grass Twins |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole (signed) | Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole (signed) | Colors: Jack Cole | Letters: Jack Cole |
| Content | Characters: Hi-Grass Twins [Moe; Joe] (Intro) |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Black Widow Spider (7 pages) |
| Featuring | T-Men |
| Credits | Script: E. F. Webster (credited) | Pencils: Joe Simon (signed) | Inks: Joe Simon (signed) | Letters: E. F. Webster |
| Content | Characters: T-Man Turner (Origin; Intro); Dr. Black (Villain; Intro) |
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| Comic Story | The Clip-Ear Case (6 pages) |
| Featuring | City Editor |
| Credits | Pencils: Harold Potter [as Potter] (signed) | Inks: Harold Potter [as Potter] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: The City Editor (Intro); Pinky (Intro); Katie (Intro); Phil Manners (Intro); Joyce Bellamy (Intro) |
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| Text Story | Bullseye Bill Gets His Moniker (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bill is mystified by a stranger coming out of the general store who is packing a gun, but also is said to be heading out to the Veedor mining claim to have a shootout. To make matters worse, Bill's friend, Steve Casey, has not been seen at his mining claim in a week. |
| Featuring | Bull's-Eye Bill |
| Credits | Script: Gray Browne (credited) | Pencils: Bill Everett (Illustration) [as Blake] (signed) | Inks: Bill Everett (Illustration) [as Blake] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bull's-Eye Bill [Bill Target] (origin); Jess Barnard (general store owner); Steve Casey; un-named Sheriff |
| Notes | Text with 1/2 page spot illustration. The Archive edition reprints only the first page. |
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| Comic Story | The Turkey Whistle (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Little Puppet Man |
| Credits | Script: John Spina? | Pencils: John Spina (signed) | Inks: John Spina (signed) | Letters: John Spina? |
| Content | Characters: The Puppet Man (Intro); Jerry (Intro); Jane (Intro); Jerry's Mother (Intro) |
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| Comic Story | The Redemption of Speck (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A scientist known only as The Captain runs a foundation called Boyville, whose mission is to train young men to be Rangers. With the assistance of the Skipper and Ranger V-Y, they take an errant trainee, Speck, into the field for some much-needed discipline. The training mission runs into unexpected complications when V-Y and Speck are captured by spies. |
| Featuring | Calling 2R |
| Credits | Script: Jack Warren | Pencils: Jack Warren [as Alonzo Vincent] (signed) | Inks: Jack Warren [as Alonzo Vincent] (signed) | Letters: Jack Warren [as Alonzo Vincent] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: The Captain (Intro); The Skipper (Intro); V-Y (Intro); Speck (Intro); Other inhabitants of Boyville (Intro) |
| Notes | 2R refers to the home base from which the Captain and the Skipper monitor the progress of their trainees. |
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| Comic Story | Rip Rory's Initiation (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rip Rory is a freshman at State College, entering with a reputation as a star basketball player from high school. Upperclassman Bart decides to show up the freshman by taking him to the gym and making a fool of him on the basketball court. The plan backfires, as Rip's turns the tables on Bart. Bart's girlfriend Anne sees Bart's cruelty, and introduces herself to Rip. |
| Featuring | Rip Rory |
| Content | Characters: Rip Rory (Intro); Bart (Villain; Intro); Anne Stuart (Intro) |
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| Comic Story | Introducing the Sapps (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Sapp Family |
| Credits | Script: Fred Schwab [as Schwarb] (signed) | Pencils: Fred Schwab [as Schwarb] (signed) | Inks: Fred Schwab [as Schwarb] (signed) | Letters: Fred Schwab |
| Content | Characters: Elmer Sapp (Intro); Ima Sapp (Intro); Junior Sapp (Intro) |
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| Comic Story | The Maskless Axeman (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Fantastic Feature Films |
| Credits | Script: Tarpe Mills (signed) | Pencils: Tarpe Mills (signed) | Inks: Tarpe Mills (signed) | Letters: Tarpe Mills |
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