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| Awesome stories & art . . . ! |
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| Funny that they changed the book's title because the Boy Scouts complained (see pg. 18). |
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| Publication | August 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | Liberty Scouts |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Military | Characters: Liberty Scouts [Smokey Henry; Skipper Henry; Strut Henry] |
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| Advertisement | This Beautiful Desk for only $1.00 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Featuring | Liberty Scouts |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Military | Characters: Liberty Scouts [Smokey Henry; Skipper Henry; Strut Henry]; Mr. P. Henry (the Scouts' father); President Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 |
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| Publisher advertisement | On Guard! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Letter explaining that the team and magazine name are changing to the Liberty Guards and Liberty Guards Comics respectively due to the characters' uniforms not being Scout uniforms and because the Boy Scouts of America were concerned that readers may think the magazine was being published by them. |
| Featuring | Liberty Guards Comics |
| Credits | Script:? [as Smokey] |
| Content | Characters: Liberty Guards [Smokey Henry; Skipper Henry; Strut Henry] (renamed from Liberty Scouts) |
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| Featuring | Life at Its Worst |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four single-panel humor cartoons. According to Jerry Bails' Who's Who, Ray Houlihan scripted his fillers and his other Centaur stories. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Man of War; Karl Steel |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1
Henry Andrews disputes the previous Paul Gustavson pencils/inks credit here. While a number of Man of War's poses are similar, compared to the previous story the faces are different, the figures are less detailed and fluid, and the action is less dynamic. The flaming sword is rendered with a different effect, the explosion marking Man of War's appearance is less detailed, and the ink line is much heavier throughout the story.
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. confirms via email that this is definitely not Paul Gustavson, nor any Gustavson that he knows. |
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| Featuring | Vapo-Man |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Vapo-Man [Bradford Cole]; Chief of Defence Enright |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 |
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| Text Story | Midnight Mantrap (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: First Grade Detective Ray Steele; China Chasrlie |
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| Featuring | Red Riley of the Harbor Police |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Red Riley (introduction); Karp (villain) |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 |
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| Featuring | The Sentinel |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Sentinel (introduction, origin); The Spirit of America; Fritz (Nazi); Otto Rader (Nazi Spy-Chief in America) |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 |
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| Featuring | The Fire-Man |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Fire-Man [Jim]; Nancy |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1
Jerry Bails' Who's Who confirms that Filchock scripted his Fire-Man stories. |
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| Featuring | Dopey Danny Day |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Dopey Danny Day; Izzy |
| Notes | next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1 |
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| Comic Story | Lt. Frank Luke, Jr. (1 page) |
| Featuring | Amazing Airmen |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation; Biography | Characters: Lt. Frank Luke, Jr. |
| Notes | Jerry Bails' Who's Who confirms that Kaliff scripted his own fillers.
Inside back cover. |
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| Publisher advertisement | You Too Can Be a Liberty Guard! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Coupon to use to enroll as a Liberty Guard. |
| Featuring | Liberty Guards |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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