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| Lot of fun in this one, and consistently strong art. The Yarko story is my favorite; there is some real occult atmosphere (the talking dog, the captured men rising eerily from the water), and even Doctor Strange never took on Death and the Devil at the same time. Then there's The Flame, can appear out of a match flame, has his own Flameboat, and bows graciously after the rescued girl kisses him gratefully; pretty cool. Shorty Shortcake is genuinely bizarre; Patty O'Day is a plucky B-movie-style heroine; and there's tons more, even a Western. What really is refreshing is how consistently good all the backup features are. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Cartoon | The Flying Dreadnaught (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A cartoon about Boeing Y-B-17 (the B-17 Flying Fortress) and the Pietenpol "Air-Camper". |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Indicia at the bottom of the page. |
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| Comic Story | Captain Flagg's River Pirates (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Jarvis (introduction); Capt. Horace "Black" Flagg (villain, introduction) |
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| Cartoon | Sasha Siemel Game Hunter Extraordinary! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Wonder Adventures |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Sasha Siemel |
| Notes | Only appearance of the "Wonder Adventures" feature |
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| Cartoon | Felix Carvajal (1 page) |
| Featuring | Success Stories |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Felix Carvajal |
| Notes | Only appearance of the "Success Stories" feature. |
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| Comic Story | Death and the Devil (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Yarko; Death (villain, introduction); The Devil (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Reprint note from Error Report #2331, from Darci. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama |
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| Comic Story | Case of the Stolen Silver (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Patty O'Day |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Henry Lewis |
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| Comic Story | The Charm Bracelet Murder (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Doctor Fung; Harvey Barlowe (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Powell signs in the final panel. |
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| Text Story | The Childrens' Crusade [Part 2] (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | Rounding Up the Counterfeiters (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Maxon; Blake (villain, introduction); Harris (villain, introduction) |
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| Text Article | Bat Masterson (1 page) |
| Featuring | Men Who Made the West |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Western-frontier | Characters: Bat Masterson |
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| Comic Story | Don Quixote at the World's Fair (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Hong Kong Assignment (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: K-51; Lin Sun (villain, introduction); Sigmund (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | Chinatown at War Again (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Mob Buster Robinson; Tong Sin (villain, introduction) |
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| Featuring | Wonderworld Stamp Club |
| Credits | Pencils: various (stamp artwork) | Inks: various (stamp artwork) | Letters: typeset |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Harpo Marx; Cary Grant; Gene Raymond; Elissa Landi; Lewis Stone; Stan Laurel |
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| Comic Story | The Scourge (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Military | Characters: Spark Stevens; The Scourge (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Belly Busters in a Radio Studio (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Colors:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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