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| Publication | September 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; Richy (inset); Rang-a-Tang (inset) |
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| Comic Story | Created: The Green Ghoul (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A swarm of death-dealing bombers soars towards the capital of Kurtey, and Mr. Justice takes Field Marshal Boering along to let him have a good look at the bombing. The corpulent air marshal is given a formula to protect him from immortals (Mr. Justice as a ghost qualifies), and when he is slain by his own bombers, Mr. Justice confronts the Dictator who tells him about this new monster unleashed on America: a three-eyed scaly chap devoted to "committing murder and atrocity as fast as his wretched mind can conceive of new plots". |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Satan (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); Boering (villain, death); the Green Ghoul (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The story's a bit unclear on whether the Ghoul is supposed to be the dead air marshal or not. |
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| Comic Story | The Screen Test Racket (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Linda has run into racketeering moviemakers, and turns to detective Hy for help. |
| Content | Genre: Animal; Detective-mystery | Characters: Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed; Richy [The Amazing Boy]; Linda Lane (actress); Trigger Quick (boxer); Mike (villain, introduction); Mr. Lukas (villain, introduction) |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Rang-a-Tang Club (1 page) |
| Featuring | Rang-a-Tang |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Application form for the Rang-a-Tang Club. |
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| Comic Story | The Confession of Lucky Leonardo (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gangster Lucky is confessing to the D.A. because he is afraid for his life. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fox [Paul Patton] (photographer); Ruth Ransom (reporter); unnamed prosecuting attorney (introduction, death); Lucky Leonardo (reformed villain, introduction, death); Watts Watson (villain, introduction); Watson's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | The Kidnapping of King Netto (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Collins and Slapsie are helping a young girl and her little brother to get to Alexandria. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Corporal Collins [Jim Collins]; Slapsie; King Netto (introduction); Netto's Governess (introduction); The Fascists (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Oh! Oh! Something's About to Happen to... Wilbur in Zip Comics |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin |
| Notes | Advertisement for Zip Comics. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Shield-Wizard Comics No. 4 |
| Featuring | Shield; Wizard |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Wizard [Blaine Whitney]; Roy |
| Notes | Advertisement for Shield-Wizard Comics #4. |
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| Comic Story | The De Snook Snatch (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | One of the boy scouts is kidnapped. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Ty-Gor [Tyrone Gorman]; Mr. De Snook (introduction); his son (introduction); A gang of kidnappers (villains, introductions); Joan Davis (guest-star); Mr. Davis (guest-star) |
| Notes | Art originally credited Joe Blair, but he is only a writer and editor. Compare with Storm's story in Hangman #19, with long and lively inklines. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Pinball Evidence (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An informer, member of a murder syndicate, is killed when when talking to a secret police agent. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Inferno; Virginia Ames (Police agent) Spunk Germain (introduction, death); Petrello (villain, introduction); the Murder Syndicate (villains, introductions) |
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| Comic Story | Scouting Mission on the Suez Canal (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | In Egypt, Logan is sent out to locate the German army before a flanking attack. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Loop Logan (pilot); Clatra (boy servant); The Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | Signed in lower left corner on splash panel. |
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| Publisher advertisement | It's Here Gang!! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: various | Inks: various |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling; Black Hood; Mr. Justice; Sergeant Boyle |
| Notes | Advertisement for Jackpot Comics #2. |
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| Comic Story | The Origin of Captain Flag (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Black Hand, attired in a monk's robe with a large black hand in a circle emblazoned on the front and back, his face deathly pale and dark ringed eyes, and a clawed, diseased right hand that can kill when it draws blood. Unfortunately, when he kidnaps young Tom Townsend in an effort to force his father to impart the secret of a new bomb sight, he sets in motion the events that create his most implacable foe: Captain Flag. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Flag [Tom Townsend] (introduction, origin); Yank (introduction, an eagle), John Townsend (introduction, death); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; J. Edgar Hoover (FBI head); The Black Hand (villain, introduction) |
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| Illustration | Shield Pinup (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Betty Warner; Mamie Magda; Juju Watson |
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