| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 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 | Uwana's Life-or-Death Loan Company (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Witnesses are killed for testifying against protection and loan racketeers. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Dora Cummings; Clancy McGinty (Police); A district attorney (villain, introduction, death); the Uwana Loan Company (villains, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Head in the Parachute (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The severed head of a witness in a policy racket case lands in a parachute in the street, as a warning. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Inez Courtney (Operative No.1); Maxie Malarky (villain, introduction); John Doughboy (introduction, death) |
| Notes | The artist also signs - as "Novick" - on the final page. |
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| Comic Story | Cervantes's Sacrifice Cult (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nevada and Little Joe are witnesses to a human sacrifice in an old castle in the desert town of Taranto. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Don Cervantes (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Art is identical to Volp'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 | Prof. Goodwill has discovered a diamond vein in an ancient city and is taken prisoner by men who would force him to tell where the secret vein is. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Kalthar; Pierre LeBrun (villain); Kate Goodwill; Prof. Goodwill |
| Notes | The art is identical to Pious's signed story in #2. |
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| Comic Story | The U-Boat Aircraft Carriers (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Germans will launch airplanes from a U-boat off Plymouth. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Kermit (pilot); Anton Schultz (villain) |
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| Text Story | Carnival Killer (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | In among the circus tents and wagons, death would strike tonight, and none would ever know why, or from whence it came. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Zorine; Raol; Carolyn |
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| Comic Story | Fire on the Junk (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Valor and his friends are marooned on a barren island off the Chinese coast. Yat Sing and his followers are also on the island and try to kill Valor, but Tania wants them all to join forces. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Valor; Yat Sing (villain); Tania (villain); Ronnie (guest-star); Angie (guest-star); Big Dip (guest-star) |
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| Comic Story | Zotter the Blackmailer (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Satan smashes up a blackmailer gang hiding on an old freighter in the harbor. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Doris O'Day; Gladys; Zotter (villain, introduction); his blackmailing gang (villains, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | Abdul Khil's Trap for Zambini (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Abdul Khil, leader of the Black Magic Magicians, plots Zambini's death when he arrives in Morocco. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zambini (magician); Abdul Khil (villain, introduction, turns into a donkey) |
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