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| Thanks for uploading this and the color rendering is fantastic, however the book is missing pages 33 - 36 for some reason. These contain some of the Ace Buckley story that feature the great work of Max Plaisted. |
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| Publication | December 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Future [Andrew Bryant] |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Future [Andrew Bryant] |
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| Synopsis | Don is assigned by British Intelligence with a vital mission to the British oil terminal in Haifa, the scene of many air strikes by enemy forces. Unless the attacks can be stopped, the British will be unable to fight. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Lt. Don Davis; Colonel Brank (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Mystico receives a mental warning, alerting the Navy from test firing its big guns. But when they do, against Mystico's advice, a large sea creature arises out of the water and destroys the ships. After the same thing happens to Army guns along a beach, the man behind the creature escapes from a mental institution and then controls the beast to wreak havoc. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mystico; un-named U.S. Navy Admiral; un-named Army Major; Carr (villain, planetary potentate); Simeo (villain, hairy apeman); Amphisaur (sea creature, death) |
| Notes | Feature entitled 'Mystico the Wonder Man'. |
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| Featuring | G-Man Dalton |
| Content | Characters: G-Man Dalton; J.C. Timms |
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| Featuring | Ace Buckley |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Ace Buckley; Toni; The Bashaw; Lieutenant O'Bannon |
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| Featuring | The Mysterious Dr. X |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dr. X (master of occult science); Cynthia (his niece); Bob Stone (her fiancé) |
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| Text Story | Boy Detectives (1 page) |
| Featuring | Jerry Martin |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Jerry Martin; Herbie Johnson; Captain Blake |
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| Synopsis | The Carson Circus sends Powers to Angola to find rumored giants as an attraction. The rival Trans-American Circus hires Peters to beat him to the giants. Peters arrives first, and befriends a pygmy tribe who will help him capture giants. The pygmies capture Powers and his girlfriend and plan to behead them, but the giants attack while the village guards are distracted. As a reward, their chief sends two men back with Powers for the circus. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Tom Carson; Biff Powers; "Brick" Peters (villain, introduction, death); Horace (introduction); Marcia Beale |
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| Text Story | Stage Robber (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as WWD] (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? [as WWD] (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buck Nelson; Tommy Luden; Sheriff Sam Jerrson |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Nelson]; Jud Watkins (crook); Barker; Curley |
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| Featuring | Happy and Snappy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Happy; Snappy |
| Notes | Two separate stories, one full page, and one half page. |
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| Featuring | Doc Strange |
| Notes | House ad for Thrilling Comics |
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