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| Covers featuring "Mr. Justice" were by far better. |
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| Publication | December 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Due to the signature being in the very bottom left corner, many times it was cropped or partially cropped from the cover. The location is also prone to damage, further obscuring the signature. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; Black Hand |
| Notes | Due to the signature being in the very bottom left corner, many times it was cropped or partially cropped from the cover. The location is also prone to damage, further obscuring the signature. |
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| Comic Story | The Botanist of Death (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A plant with tentacle-like vines kills an inventor in his laboratory. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; The Mad Botanist (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #3. |
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| Comic Story | House of Wax (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | "Wax" figures act as pickpockets in a museum. |
| Content | Genre: Animal; Detective-mystery | Characters: Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed; Richy [The Amazing Boy]; Trigger Quick (boxer); Slick (villain, introduction, death); Bart (villain, introduction); another gangster (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Murder on a Gambling Ship (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Poletti, the owner of the off shore gambling ship is killed and thrown overboard. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fox [Paul Patton] (photographer); Ruth Ransom (reporter); Judge Hurd (villain, introduction); a steward (villain, introduction, death); Ace Poletti (introduction, death); Phyllis Hurd (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Oil Tank Fires (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Oil is disappearing from guarded oil tanks in Iraq. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Corporal Collins; Slapsie; Ratzer (villain); the Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Island Adventure (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ty-Gor and Junior are on a tropical island, where they discover a German U-boat. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Ty-Gor [Tyrone Gorman]; The Nazis (villains); a cannibal tribe (villains, introductions); Capt. Plug Nickel (introduction); Van Astor (introduction); Junior DeSnook (guest-star) |
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| Comic Story | Doom in the Deep (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A diver is killed with cyanide fumes when removing an old, sunken hulk, and when Inferno begins his investigation, he learns that a payroll truck is on the bottom of the harbor where the divers are hard at work. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Inferno; Virginia Ames (F.B.I. Agent); Mac (diver, death); un-named District Attorney; Spooner (villain, introduction); Spooner's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Inferno is pardoned for his past crimes.
Next appearance of Inferno [Frank Verrano] in Mighty Crusaders (1966) #4.
Signed "NOVICK" in splash panel.
This is the final appearance of the "Inferno [Archie]" feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Telltale Typewriter Ribbon (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A British staff car racing across the African desert is bombed by a German plane. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Loop Logan (pilot); Clatra (boy servant); Lt. Kraft (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains |
| Notes | Originally credited to Frank Volpe, but not him. It is the same unknown artist that made some Fran Frazer and Zambini stories. Notice very narrow and pointed ears, and large hands with crawly fingers.
This is the final appearance of the "Loop Logan" feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Evil Eye (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | An inventor makes a deal with Satan to make his eyes see again, and to complete his great invention. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Justice [Royal Wrath]; Satan (villain); Ribo (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #3. |
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