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| Publication | October 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: published every other month |
| Notes | Art attribution by John Coates, confirmed by the artist (August 2010). Previous indexer had "Nick Cardy ? John Celardo ?" for pencils only. |
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| Cover | The Power Man Smashes the Steel-Clad Invaders |
| Featuring | Rip Regan the Power-Man |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rip Regan the Power-Man |
| Notes | Art attribution by John Coates, confirmed by the artist (August 2010). Previous indexer had "Nick Cardy ? John Celardo ?" for pencils only. |
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| Comic Story | Prey of the War-Eagle (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Chip Collins; A Chinese man (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. |
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| Featuring | Rip Regan, the Power-Man |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rip Regan, the Power-Man |
| Notes | Although by-lined 'By John Celardo & Herm Bolstein' this is only faintly similar to previous strips and the presence of Celardo has to be taken on faith - if he's here at all. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Shark Brodie; Prof. Gustoff (villain, introduction); Basil (villain, introduction); Terry |
| Notes | This story appears to have been 'padded' to extend the page count. Two pages consist of four panels each that appear to be printed at twice the size of the rest of the story. Inks are not typical for Tuska. |
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| Comic Story | The True Life Story of Fitzsimmons (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Sports | Characters: Bob Fitzsimmons; Billy McCarthy; Jack Dempsey; Peter Maher; Rose Julian; Con Riordan; Jim Corbett; Hickey |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Dennis Colebrook] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Spencer Steel; Nora Steel; Jackson; Shivers Mayo (villain, introduction); the Jinxes (villain, introduction); Joe Stag (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introductions) |
| Notes | Art is reminiscent of one particular Timely artist who drew a few Whizzer strips. |
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| Comic Story | The Louis-Braddock Fight (1 page) |
| Featuring | Remember When? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Jim Braddock; Jow Louis |
| Notes | We have no reason NOT to believe that 'Jim Topps' is a real person.
Keith Chandler : The Who's Who gives Jim Topps as a byline, with Fiction House sports fillers as the only credit. |
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| Featuring | Keeping Fit |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Colors:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Comic Story | Escape From Reality (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Slug-Nutty Sam |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Slug-Nutty Sam; Joe the Shrimp (villain, introduction) |
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| Featuring | Kinks Mason |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Kinks Mason |
| Notes | The art in this story is collaged from previous episodes. Highly unlikely that Broder is still involved in such a travesty. |
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| Synopsis | Big Red travels to Frisco to search for his one-time fiancee Sally Breen. While there, he is substituted into a boxing match when he breaks the jaw of one of the boxers in a sparring session. |
| Featuring | Big Red McLane King of the Northwoods |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Big Red McLane (last appearance); Tom Farr; Sally Breen (introduction); Bulldog Brice (introduction); Battling Gatzo (introduction); Mike Stone (introduction) |
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| Featuring | Oran of the Jungle |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Oran |
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| Featuring | "Strut" Warren the U.S. Marine |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Corporal "Strut" Warren |
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| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby]; GUEST STARS: John L. Sullivan; Jim Corbett; Bob Fitzsimmons (in a dream; all beat Kayo Kirby) |
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| Featuring | The Spy Fighter |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Saber, the Spy Fighter; an unnamed inventor (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | House ad for Jumbo Comics #19, Jungle Comics #9, and Planet Comics #8. |
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