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| Publication | March 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | Bob Rogers verified doing the backgrounds in an interview with Roger Hill in Alter-Ego #7 (Winter, 2001). |
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| Cover | Death by Radio |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Mr. Macabre [Filpot] (shadow) |
| Notes | Bob Rogers verified doing the backgrounds in an interview with Roger Hill in Alter-Ego #7 (Winter, 2001). |
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| Contents | The Ring Master Presents (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Various | Inks: Various | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Death by Radio (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | A former business associate, of the firm Pitwell, Douglas, Umbersquire and Filpot, ousted from the company because he stole a few dollars from the company, swears revenge on his former business partners. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (image); Harold Pitwell (Wall Street broker, death); Filmore Douglas (business associate of Pitwell, death); Umbersquire (business associate of Pitwell and Douglas); Mr. Macabre [Filpot] (villain, introduction); Sniper (villain) |
| Notes | Story title taken from cover and blurb from previous issue. Although Mr. Macabre apparently dies in the story, he does return in Master Comics #26.
The last panel on page 15 gives the title for next issues' story: "The Face in the Dark". |
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| Comic Story | Slick Jordan, Cutthroat Counterfeiter (14 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Slick Jordan (villain) |
| Notes | Story title taken from the contents page. |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost of Sir Francis Drake (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Minute Man [Jack Weston] |
| Notes | contents page title |
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| Comic Story | A Wager with Fate (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: El Carim; Fate (introduction) |
| Notes | El Carim's birth year, 1913, was given in this story. |
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| Comic Story | The Hooded Hoodlum (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Hooded Hoodlum strikes again, killing old gold prospectors for their gold. Buck and Mike set out to stalk down the masked murderer. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Baxter [Hooded Hoodlum]; Al Evans (prospector) |
| Notes | Story title taken from the contents page.
Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long narrow, tapering heads and often with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse, as on page 3 panel 3 and very noticeably on page 5 panel 2. |
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| Text Story | Dead Man's Doublecross (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: John Broome (signed) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Lure of the Voodoo (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike] |
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