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| B. H. Apiary, who is credited with the Red Bee story, is of course short for Bee-Hive Apiary; "apiary" means bee-keeping premises. |
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| Publication | December 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | The Red Bee is shown minus his mask. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh]; the Swordsmen |
| Notes | The Red Bee is shown minus his mask. |
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| Comic Story | The Swords of Death (9 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as B. H. Apiary) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney); the Swordsmen (villains, introduction for all, some die); Kulak (villain, introduction, death); Rog (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | B. H. Apiary is a house by-line and not the name of an actual person.
Art credits revised from Dan Zolnerowich ? to Charles Nicholas by Craig Delich 2013-5-30. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Rod Strange; Douglas Strange |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Betty Bates; The Gorman Brothers (villains, introductions); Jimmy Meke (introduction); Mabel Meke (introduction); the D. A. (introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Bob Masters; Swab Decker |
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| Credits | Script:? (signed as Pierre Winter) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Synopsis | Hercules comes to the aid of a bored Texas oil heiress, descending underwater to fix her father's oil rig. In doing so, Hercules discovers that Japanese are stealing Texas oil via a great pipeline, so he personally carries a huge vat of oil back to Texas. |
| Credits | Script:? (as Gregg Powers) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Mr. Nolan (introduction); Lois Nolan (introduction); The Japanese (villains) |
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| Credits | Script:? (signed as Roy Talon) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Blaze Barton; The Mercurians (villains, introductions); The Venusians |
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| Credits | Script:? (signed as Lowell Riggs) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Jack Doe; Jill Doe |
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| Text Story | Blood of the Wolf (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Toni Blum (credited)[as Toni Boone] | Letters: Typeset |
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| Comic Story | Introducing Lion Boy (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A baby, orphaned by a plane crash, is raised by lions and becomes their leader. |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Merton Holmes) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Lion Boy (introduction, origin); John (introduction, Lion Boy's father, death); John's wife (introduction, Lion Boy's mother, death) |
| Notes | Story credits noted by Kenneth Cooper per info sent to Contact List, December 2010. |
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| Credits | Script:? (signed as Sandy Klauz) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Tommy Tinkle; Stoop-Pendous (a robot, introduction); Sniff (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Neon must overcome an evil scientist who has invented an invisible ray. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Neon [Tom Corbet]; Fritz Cardif (villain, introduction) |
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