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| Publication | June 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | A Corpse That Comes to Life |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Hotfoot; Gabby |
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| Comic Story | A Corpse That Comes to Life (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Doc Wackey invents a drug that makes the subject sleep so deeply even his heart stops beating. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby; Hotfoot; Monk Simian; Sniffer Snoop; Mayor Glibb |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Synopsis | All the clocks are smashed in the night, and if killing time ain't murder, what is it? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Wun Cloo; watch maker; parrot |
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| Comic Story | Gentle Jake (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Daffy has a wrestling show at the State Pen. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Daffy Dill; Gentle Jake; Deke |
| Notes | Originally credited "Bart Tumey?", but this is the same artist as in the signed story in #60, Janice Valleau with pen name Ginger. Compare the half realistic faces with the more cartoony by Tumey in #50. |
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| Synopsis | Why should crooks risk prison or the electric chair to steal a piece of newsreel film showing kids in pie-eating contest? |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Rookie Rankin; Little Jack Horner |
| Notes | Similar art to the credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) #37-#59 by Peter Riss. |
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| Synopsis | Griff welched on a gambling debt and is eager to stay behind bars as he is afraid of Blackie, the gambler. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Sgt. Sloburn; Peecola; Blackie (villain, gambler); Griff (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Japanese war-lords drive their conquered captives back to fiendish customs |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Black X; Batu |
| Notes | Signed on top of the right pillar in splash panel. |
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| Text Story | Gold in Your Heart (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The rise and fall of a mining town called Gold City. |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jimmy Christian (reporter); Kurt Blair (editor); Satan [Brad Smith] (mule skinner and prospector); Old Madge; Janie; Steve Baxter; Patch Harlan (promotor); Dutch Muldoon (freight boss) |
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| Synopsis | Something must be done about the king's practical jokes. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Archie O'Toole (king); Tigeronian envoy |
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| Synopsis | Spunky and Curly both want to take Marge to the school dance. They compete at carnivals events, but Curly keeps bribing the carnies to let him win. Then Spunky tries following exercises from a book to build up his physique. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Spunky (introduction); Pug (pal; introduction); Marge (girl friend; introduction); Curly (rival; introduction) |
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| Synopsis | Crusty Croft and his gang want the plans for Dr. Mulgor's scientific weapons. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Quinopolis; Detective Hustace McGinty; Dr. Mulgor (scientist); Crusty Croft (villain) |
| Notes | Originally credited "Sam Citron ?" Some faces on page 3 and 4 have the look of Pete Riss, V-shaped with eyes a bit far apart, and also very static expressions and movements. This art is very similar to his credited pencils on many credited Manhunter stories in Police Comics #37-#59, like the "flying" knocked "up" crook on page 5. |
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| Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Monster Man |
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