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| Publication | August 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | The Swooner and the Thrush |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey) |
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| Comic Story | The Swooner and the Thrush (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Radio singers The Swooner and the Thrush are in love, but will their marriage be good for ratings? How about their murders at the hands of jealous fans.........will that help? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Swooner; Thrush; Sniffer Snoop; Hot-Foot (a polar bear); Marvin Maxwell |
| Notes | Identical art to Gustavson's signed story in #57. Notice the very low rounded jaws in sideview, and the inking of the inside of ears.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Synopsis | The palace must economize to the smallest detail. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Archie O'Toole (king) |
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| Comic Story | Daffy the Matador (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Deke accidentally signs Daffy up for a bull fight, thinking it's a wrestling match. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons; El Toro |
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| Synopsis | Gramley's niece says Gus killed him for his secret formula, but Gus doesn't know anything about it. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Rookie Rankin; Gardenia Gus; Lil |
| Notes | This is similar art to the many Riss Manhunter stories in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series). Bob Hughes agrees with Riss pencils. |
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| Comic Story | Earnest Eagers, Editorial Cartoonist (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brenda helps an editorial cartoonist, Ernest Eagers, who is being blackmailed by "Busy" Arnold. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Ernest Eagers (artist); "Busy" Armonk (villain) |
| Notes | This story appears to be poking fun at Busy Arnold. |
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| Synopsis | Filthy Joe hides in a cannon barrel. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Wun Cloo (detective); Filthy Joe |
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| Synopsis | Spunky is looking at the stars when Curly puts a green pea on the telescope lens. Spunky thinks he's discovered a new planet. The townspeople become convinced it's going to destroy the town. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Curly; Spunky; Marge; Pug; Professor Flunker |
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| Text Story | Thanks to Mars (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | War accelerated scientific research, but did not produce any great discoveries. |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jimmy Christian (reporter); Professor Robert Wellington |
| Notes | text story |
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| Synopsis | Black X finds intrigue at a society party. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Black X; Batu; Baron De Zair (the Foremost); Mrs. Radleigh |
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| Synopsis | Society playwrite's contempt for the police gets him in trouble with real gangsters. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Quinopolis; Bart Beauchamp; Miss Gopher; Lofty (villain) |
| Notes | Originally credited "Sam Citron ?" Similar art to the credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics #37-#59 by Peter Riss. |
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| Captain Tootsie and the Farmyard Fire! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Captain Tootsie puts out a farmyard fire. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Tuttle; Mrs. Tuttle |
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