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Publication | July 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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Featuring | The Black Terror |
Credits | Pencils: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed) | Inks: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton] |
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Advertisement | Will You Wear This Lovely 2-Way Jumper... (1 page) |
Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Found on the inside front cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Bonnie Gaye Fashions in Chicago, soliciting women to buy their new jumper for $7.98 on a 10-day approval period.
Sequence added by Craig Delich. |
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Synopsis | The Terror Twins battle a miniature criminal that has invented a machine that robs people of their wills, which he uses to provide himself with a gang......among them The Black Terror! |
Featuring | The Black Terror |
Credits | Job #: CC-560 |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Dr. Inch (villain, introduction); Inch's gang (pseudo-villains) |
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Synopsis | An escaped gorilla threatens to cause havoc until Pepsi downs a Pepsi-Cola and gives him the strength and wits to defeat his foe. |
Featuring | "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop |
Credits | Pencils: Graham Hunter (signed) | Inks: Graham Hunter (signed) |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Pepsi; Pete (a Policeman); Bozo (villain, a gorilla) |
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Synopsis | Zilch tries to teach a rookie Scout how to make a fire without matches. |
Featuring | Zilch |
Credits | Job #: AC-412 |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Zilch; Martin (a Scout) |
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Synopsis | Bob is hired by the government to take their highly secret chemical and find a way to convert it to peacetime use. But the gas has a highly unusual effect on the crooks after the secret: it makes them as hard as statues. |
Featuring | The Black Terror |
Credits | Job #: CC-565 |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Police Inspector Mullins (introduc tion); Willmott (villain, introduction); Willmott's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
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Text Story | The Hotel Robbers (1 page) |
Synopsis | While playing with his postcard projector, 12-year-old Jimmy Doyle suddenly has two visitors: bank robbers, who plan to hide out at his home. But Jimmy turns the tables on them with his projector! |
Credits | Script: Gerald Devers (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Jimmy Doyle; Bob Doyle (State Police trooper, Jimmy's brother); bank robbers (villains) |
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Synopsis | Tolly is taking a bath when the doorbell rings, and he tries to make his way to the door. But a soap bar impedes his journey. |
Featuring | Jolly Tolly |
Credits | Job #: AC-420 |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Tolly; un-named salesman |
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Synopsis | Bob is asked to study a captured German weapon, whose secret depends on a breakdown of a mysterious enemy gas that powers the machine. |
Featuring | The Black Terror |
Credits | Job #: CC-576 |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Mr. Brant (newspaper editor); Fred (newspaper reporter); un-named Police Sergeant; Dunkel (villain, introduction); Rafferty (villain, introduction) |
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Text Story | Ice Cream Pie (1 page) |
Synopsis | Jerry was working in the dairy plant packaging ice cream pies when he noticed a trio of hold-up men making off with the company payroll. But his swift thinking pulled the rug out from underneath the crooks who were easily captured. |
Credits | Script: Charles S. Strong (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Jerry Callan; Mike Daly (ice cream and dairy plant owner); Joe Dillon (ice-cream truck driver); hold-up men [Frank Walsh; others un-named] (villains) |
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Synopsis | Two vicious criminals beat an Indian to death in order to learn the source of the gold he carried. |
Featuring | Thunderhoof |
Credits | Script: Richard Hughes | Pencils: August Froehlich | Inks: August Froehlich | Job #: CC-178 |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Thunderhoof (a black stallion); Stardust (a white mare); Red Spear (Indian, introduction, death); Mr. Latham (ranch oner); Ann Latham (Latham's daughter); Tex Gowan (villain, introduction, death); Jed (villain, introduction) |
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Text Story | Trapper's Son (1 page) |
Synopsis | Two strangers visit the cabin of the Parkers and turn out to be fur thieves. But it is a mountain lion pelt that saves the day for father and son. |
Credits | Script: Sylvester Joyce (credited) | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Billy Parker; Tom Parker (Billy's father, fur-trapper); Martin Lance; Joe Kerry |
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Synopsis | The ram keeps attacking Wilbur, no matter what he wears. But he turns the tables on that tricky ram! |
Featuring | Buttin' Button |
Credits | Script: Don Christiensen? | Pencils: Don Christiensen [as Don Arr] (signed) | Inks: Don Christiensen [as Don Arr] (signed) | Job #: AC-426 |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Button (a ram, introduction); Wilbur's wife; Wilbur |
Notes | Only appearance? |
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Synopsis | Speedy visits his Aunt and Uncle's farm and volunteers to do some chores. But a freak storm causes serious injury to his Uncle, and only Speedy's bike can save the day. |
Featuring | Speedy Wheeler; Schwinn Bicycles |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Speedy Wheeler; Aunt Polly; Uncle Jim; un-named doctor |
Notes | Found on the back cover.
The final 1/4 of the page is an illustrated advertisement from Arnold, Schwinn and Company for their free Movie Star Bicycle folder. |
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