| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Torpedo Islands of Death |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Merlin (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Floating Islands (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Barry Gilmore Returns (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Barry Gilmore; William Taylor (first appearance); Jason and his gang (first appearance, villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Paperweight Championship (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Children | Characters: Kid Patrol; Brass Knuckles (first appearance, villain); Nip (first appearance, villain); Tuck (first appearance, villain) |
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| Comic Story | Plane Sabotage (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Prop Powers |
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| Comic Story | Steckar's Insurance Racket (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Pen Miller; Joe Steckar (first appearance, villain); Louie the Lout (first appearance, villain); other crooks (first appearance, villains); Pen's publisher (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Dinosaurs Out West (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Wonder Boy |
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| Comic Story | The Man from 1940 (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Cyclone; un-named old man (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Last appearance.
Tony Rawlins was a by-line on this feature and was not necessarily a real person. |
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| Comic Story | A Bout of Homesickness (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; "Tiger" Tom Griffin (first appearance, villain); Mrs. Higgins (first appearance); Katherine Higgins (first appearance) |
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| Text Story | Page Boy Vigilante (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Yankee Doodle Boy |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Yankee Doodle Boy |
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| Comic Story | Stone's Big Score (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Paul Bunyan; Johnson (first appearance); Stone and his gangsters (first appearance, villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze |
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| Comic Story | Ophar Jewel Stolen (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Limey Joe (villain, introduction); the Forty Thieves (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line found on this strip, and is also the pen name of Dan Zolnerowich. |
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