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| Publication | December 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey) |
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| Comic Story | The Lorelei (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Everybody's dying to marry Lorelei who is a dancing temptress. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; The Lorelei; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey; Sniffer Snoop; Hotdog; Gorry Groggins (villain); The Squid (villain) |
| Notes | Not signed, but identical to his signed stories.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Comic Story | Bodyguard (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A man applies for a job as the king's bodyguard. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Archie O'Toole |
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| Comic Story | The Operatic Understudy (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Daffy gets to sing opera when the prima donna has a hissy fit. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Daffy; Deke; Marie Buggati; Tiza |
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| Comic Story | Doomsday Giraffe (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Doomsday Giraffe leaves behind a trail of death. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Rookie Rankin; Sandra; John |
| Notes | This is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) credited to Riss.
Bob Hughes agrees on Riss pencils. |
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| Comic Story | The Lonesome Sweethearts Bureau (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brenda breaks up a phoney lonely hearts racket. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Count DiChange; Stubby; Nubby; Nokky |
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| Synopsis | Firebug loose in city. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Wun Cloo |
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| Synopsis | Sparky wishes he could make some money to treat Marge once in a while like Curly. He tries making ink and selling it door to door. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Spunky; Marge; Curly; Pug |
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| Text Story | Dead Man's Mountain (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lige has discovered a rich gold deposit on the top of Mt. Keene. |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jimmy Christian (reporter); Lige Benson |
| Notes | text story |
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| Comic Story | Let Peace Return to Earth! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black X and Batu are directed to meet the ruler of Seljukana, capital of an old Eastern nation. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Black X; Batu; Ramanza; Kazar |
| Notes | Probably Quackenbush, with the many figures with short torso and also some short arms and fingers. Quackenbush has some signed stories in this feature and some in Military Comics from the same period, but not very similar. In this story he has swiped much from Prince Valiant, Jungle Jim and Lone Ranger, but consistent are some of his rather short figures and peculiar hands with short pointed fingers, and some heads in profile of Black X. |
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| Comic Story | The Art Gallery Murder (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Burglars have broken into the Deegan Art Galleries and stolen a painting. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Spider; Flipper; Deegan |
| Notes | Similar art to the credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics #37-#59 by Peter Riss. The face of Deegan is most similar to the Riss faces. Another peculiar trademark is the hovering or flying figures when punched on the jaw, which can be found in Police Comics at least 12 times and even more in Jester and Rookie Rankin. |
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