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| Publication | April 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling |
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| Comic Story | The Black Knight's War on Brazoria (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | The world famous scientist, Walter Cummings is kidnapped and his daughter seeks the help of detective John Sterling, and Steel, he battles the flying tanks of Dr. Yar. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Walter Cummings (scientist); Dora Cummings (daughter); V: Black Knight; Dr. Yar |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mugsy (dog) |
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| Comic Story | Death to the Scarlet Avenger [Part 1] (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Scarlet Avenger battles the airship of Texa who will steal the government's caches of gold bullion. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Texa (introduction, villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Rattleweed Indian Uprising (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Doc Poser is the leader of a gang of white men disguised as Indians. |
| Content | Genre: Historical; Western-frontier | Characters: Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Marshal; Doc Poser (villain) |
| Notes | Art is identical to Volpe's many signed and unsigned Loop Logan stories in Blue Ribbon Comics, from #4. He can be spotted by his very realistic horses in #13, bony faces with marked cheek lines and mouth inked in two short lines. Also the small lines on each side of nose or smiling cheeks. Compare as well his signed London stories in Daredevil Comics #9 and 10 (Lev Gleason) |
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| Synopsis | White scientists are looking for the lost land of Kybys. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Kalthar; Professor Goodwill (introduction); Kate (daughter, introduction); John (villain); Merrick (villain) |
| Notes | The art is identical to Pious's signed story in #2. |
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| Comic Story | Captured by the Germans (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The twins and Kermit have bailed out over German territory and been taken prisoners. The twins manage to escape in a German plane and later return to rescue Kermit. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Kermit (pilot); Herr Schultz (villain) |
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| Text Story | The Slip-Up (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Larry Duryea; Walter Burbank |
| Notes | Two illustrations that have nothing to do with the story. |
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| Comic Story | Captured by Ho Tsin (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Valor's plane is shot down near the pirate ship, and as a prisoner, he fights a Chinese giant, Big Dip, who later becomes his friend. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Valor; Ronnie; his sister Angie; Gen. Ho Tsin (villain); Hop-Lung (Villain); I: Big Dip |
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| Comic Story | The Disappearing Trains (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Trains with payrolls get wrecked and passengers killed by a gang that has built a fake rail switch. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Sheriff (gang leader) |
| Notes | Not signed, but same art as in the two previous stories of Mr. Satan. |
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| Featuring | Shield; Wizard; Midshipman; Westpointer |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero |
| Notes | House ad for Pep Comics #4 and Top Notch Comics #5 |
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| Comic Story | Battle in Hell (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Satan plots the downfall of Zambini, and there is a fiery battle between them in the flames of his burning pit. Zambini turns Satan's men into rabbits, and Satan himself is killed when Hell freezes over. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zambini (magician); Satan (death, villain) |
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