| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt] |
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| Comic Story | The Weather Weapon (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Boreas, the north wind, was "controlled" by a machine in the possession of Don Snitzel and some Fifth Columnists in order control the weather. The wind was useless on Woozy, who shrugged off all attacks, and any punches were also met with equal and opposite spontaneous force. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Dr. Egrett (introduction, death); Boreas (introduction); Ratty McGoon (villain, introduction); Don Snitzel (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Slaughter Symphony (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Manhunter gets the goat of Sergeant Clancy when he rounds up the murderous maestro Orsky. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor (his dog); Sergeant Clancy; Sivan Orsky (villain) |
| Notes | Manhunter appears bare-legged in the story. |
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| Synopsis | After giving Hustace Throckmorton an emergency blood transfusion, Roy notices that the little man now exhibits powers similar to the Human Bomb, except he has explosive feet, not hands. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton (introduction); Honeybun (Hustace's girlfriend, introduction) |
| Notes | Hustace Throckmorton appears in most Human Bomb stories hereafter. This story makes mention of the Black Condor.
Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dewey Drip |
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| Comic Story | Mr. Midnight (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Spirit [Denny Colt] |
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| Comic Story | The Vengeance of Dr. Jason (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Text Story | Vulture Smith (1.33 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Mace |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of the Ownership, Management, and Circulation |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Published by Comic Magazines, Inc 322 Main St Stamford, CT
Editor John Beardsley 322 Main St Stamford, CT
Business Manager Everett M. Arnold 193 Shore Rd Old Greenwich, CT
Owners: Everett M. Arnold, Claire C. Arnold
Henry P. Martin Jr. 8 Foster Dr Des Moines, Ia
Printed at Buffalo, NY |
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| Comic Story | Crossword Puzzle Duel (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
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| Comic Story | The Death of 711 (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | 711, becoming more sloppy and allowing more and more inmates to discover his identity, faces racketeer Oscar Jones, whose long-winded story about his ignoble life and how his prison stay led him into fisticuffs with 711, is told. Jones wins the struggle only with the benefit of his gun, which is used to pump bullet after bullet into the soon to be lifeless body of 711. However, as 711 dies, the silhouette of Destiny appears over the body. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: 711 [Daniel Dyce] (death); Destiny (introduction); Oscar Jones (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Story continues in the Destiny strip in the next issue.
Final appearance of the #711 feature. However, the Destiny [Quality] feature that begins next issue is a spin-off of #711. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The School for Spies! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Melinda attends a class in spying techniques at Baron Torpe's home, and she tells him that she is going to do a little spying that evening. When she brings back a clock and valuable information, she is taken prisoner by Torpe, who is a foreign spy! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Johnny (War Shipping Board employee); Melinda; Baron Torpe (villain) |
| Notes | Phantom Lady wears a mask. |
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