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| The Blue Bolt Simon & Kirby pages (and nice they are) are sort of scattered through the issue. A little page shuffling might be in order. |
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| Thanks for spotting this ... it is now fixed.
If you have recently visited his page you might need to refresh your browser to see the pages in sequence! |
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| Imagine my surprise to open up a comic from 1940 and find Modok! Proof that Kirby never threw away a good idea. |
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| Mr Magnificant,
No Kirby never did throw away a good idea. If you look through the examples of Kirby's you will find on this site you will find many concepts and ideas that you will recoginze. Start with Harvey's Alarming Tales! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: W. E. Rowland? | Inks: W. E. Rowland? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dick Cole |
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| Comic Story | The Menace of Marto (10 pages) |
| Content | Characters: The Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; The Green Sorceress (villain); Marto [Martin Hall] (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Cosmic rays precursor. Jack Kirby reused the motif of cosmic rays granting super powers in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #1 as per Comic Book Historians article researched by Alex Grand. |
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| Comic Story | The Stealing of "Shining Star" (8 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Phil Carp (villain); Straw-Hat Harry (villain, introduction); Puggo (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Professor X Strikes Again (10 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Professor X (villain, death); Riggs (villain, introduction); Torpedo Smith (villain, introduction); Barrett (villain, introduction) |
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| Featuring | Pony Tracks |
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| Text Story | The Mystery of the Little Men [Part 3] (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Dick Cole |
| Notes | Text story with Illustration |
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| Comic Story | Spies On a Train (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Runaway Ronson |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Runaway Ronson; Edgar Monroe (introduction); Operator 7 (villain, introduction); Operator 9 (villain, introduction); Operator 24 (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | All Paul Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul's son. |
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| Comic Story | The Island of King Robinson: Part 2 (2 pages) |
| Content | Characters: King Robinson (guest-star) |
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| Comic Story | The Rustlers of the Indians' Cattle (6 pages) |
| Featuring | The White Rider and Super Horse |
| Content | Characters: A gang of rustlers (villains, introduction); An Indian tribe (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Liberty--Long Live Liberty! (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Old Cap Hawkin's Tales |
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| Comic Story | Ghost-Town Ghosts (5 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Jesse James (villain); his ghost gang (villains); Julius Caesar's ghost (villain, introduction); forty thieves of Bagdad (villains, introduction); Dr. Sherlock (introduction); Patrick Henry (introduction); Daniel Webster (introduction); Solomon (introduction); other ghosts of Ghost Town (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Salvage Claw (8 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Capt. Gorling (villain, introduction) |
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