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| Publication | February 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Wings Wendall; Archie O'Toole; Black X; Bozo the Robot; Abdul the Arab |
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| Comic Story | The Suicide Torpedoes (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Pan-American Congress erects "The Caldwell Line," like a seagoing Maginot Line, that parallels the entire eastern coast of the western hemisphere. This is in place in order to blockade the landlocked Axis powers, thus crimping their food supply. So now the Axis Secret Police need to do some sabotage, but first Madame La Coquin invites Black X to a fashionable Washington party, so that she can kill him. Batu uses an illusion to make them think Black X is really dead, allowing the Axis to complete their plans to destroy The Caldwell Line. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Black X; Batu; Colonel Atwater; Madame La Coquin (villain, death); the Death Squadron (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | The Masked One (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Abdul; Hassan; The Masked One [Webb] |
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| Comic Story | The Voice and the Red Star Diamond (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Voice kidnaps Lola Barnes and demands Sir Sidney trade the Red Star Diamond for her. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Captain Craig Cook; Lola Barnes; Sir Sidney Barnes; Kelly; The Voice (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | King Crunch (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie turns over a new leaf and decides to be tough. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Archie O'Toole; King Crunch |
| Notes | Script and art was originally credited to a "Joe Devlin". |
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| Comic Story | The Red Clay Clue (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Clip Chance; Coach Barr; Marko (introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Battling the Bund (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Wings Wendall; Heinrich (introduction); Karla (introduction); The Bund (villains); The Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Episode of the Malicious Mite (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Philpot Veep; Waldo |
| Notes | The original indexer credited script and art credits to a "Joe Devlin." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | The original indexer gave pencil credits to an "Arthur Beemau." |
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| Comic Story | The Arson Robberies (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Police are baffled as a safe goes missing after a horrible fire at a local hotel. Kent Thurston suspects arsonists, and investigates as the Invisible Hood. The arson gang wears asbestos suits, but are quickly defeated. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Invisible Justice [Kent Thurston]; John Steele; Weymann Brent (villain, introduction); an arson gang (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | The Kidnapping of Babs Barton (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Flash and Andy accidentally stumble upon a kidnapping. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Flash Fulton; Babs Barton (introduction); Andy; Nick (villain); Trigger (villain); Punchy (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Von Fritz's Assassination Plot (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter; King Ludwig (introduction); Princess Maria (of Moravia, introduction); General Von Fritz (villain, introduction) |
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| Text Story | The Master of Mu: Part 2 (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Red Dutton (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Comic Story | Double Death Trap (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: John Law; June Carter; Albert Lewis; The Avenger (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Advertising the Gangsters (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Wun Cloo |
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| Comic Story | The Master Plan of Rudolf Hitz (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jarmanian spies Rudolf Hitz and Olga, working with Public Enemy #1, Scar Pipalle, kidnap a General's son, and try to blackmail him for the gold at Fort Adam in Kentucky. Hugh Hazzard and his Iron Man Bozo the Robot stop them, with the unexpected help of the notorious but patriotic Pipalle, who in the critical moment refuses to betray his country, and gets shot in the back by Hitz, who gets captured alive. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Iron Man; Scar Papalle (introduction, death); Jim Hart (introduction); Sergeant Kelly (introduction); Sergeant Hill (introduction); Sergeant Dolan (introduction); Captain John "Ironsides" Dolan (introduction); Rudolf Hitz (villain, Jarmanian spy); Olga (villain, Jarmanian spy, introduction); Holtz (villain, Dictator of Jarmania, behind the scenes) |
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