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| Publication | November 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Jane Arden (inset); The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] (inset); Alias the Spider [Thomas Hallaway] (inset); Molly the Model |
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| Comic Story | The Great Yaho (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor must battle a giant golem of the Yaqui Indian tribe. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; George Allison (death); The Great Yaho (villain, introduction, a golem); Chief of the Yaqui Indians (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Brain Bandits (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Legion; Rock Braddon; The Brain Master (villain, introduction, death); Gor (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Lightning Murders (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Thomas arrives at the home of his friend, Fielding Garr, and is immediately struck down by chemical lightning. His son, Tom, is also kidnapped by the Electrical Wizard. Later, clothed as Madam Fatal, Stanton saves his son from the Wizard's infamous "House of Terror." |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Fielding Garr; Tom Stanton (Stanton's son); The Electrical Wizard (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | The Shark and the Mermazons (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lockhart and the Black Shark ally themselves with different underseas peoples. Lockhart is saved by the Mermazons of Merezonia, a tribe of water-breathing women, so that he can chase after the Shark, who has captured the Red Torpedo. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Queen Klitra (Queen of the Mermazons, introduction); Mermazons (mermaid Amazons, introduction for all); The Black Shark (villain); the King of Caverns (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer, not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it. |
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| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | Bringing Down Rocco Flint (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Halloway]; Chuck; The Black Widow (the Spider's car, introduction); Doc Norton; Rocco Flint (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
The Spider unveils his Black Widow automobile in this story. It was an ultra-long bullet of a vehicle fortified against bullets. |
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| Comic Story | The Volcano Crooks (4 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Lee Preston; Dr. Grayson (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Little Nooralgia (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Nooralgia (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | bottom half of the Jane Arden pages. |
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| Text Story | The Beast of Burma (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Eric Vale |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | Ray of Death (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Wizard Wells; Tug; Mary Perry; Astro (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Panel layouts, which have been very repetitive so far, change in this story. Art may be by Henry Weston Taylor who is credited by Jerry Bails with working on this strip.
The chant "Om Mani Padme Hum" appears in this story |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Comic Story | Robbers from Hades (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Devil's "Robbers From Hades" inject their victims with a treatment that generates unbearable heat, and even kidnaps O'Brien. However, Pug rescues him and helps him synthesize an antidote and narrowly escape death. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; The "Devil" (villain, introduction, death); the Robbers From Hades (villains, introduction for all, all die) |
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