| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly except June and November |
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| Credits | Pencils: Harry Sahle [as Sahle] (signed) | Inks: Harry Sahle [as Sahle] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero; Teen | Characters: Gloom |
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| Publisher advertisement | Bulletin No. 20 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Shield G-Man Club |
| Credits | Script:? [as Joe Higgins] | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Includes ad for Shield G-Man Club with an illustration, from earlier issue. Joe Higgins talks about the new Pen Pal section. Pen Pal's names are written in code. |
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| Comic Story | Monstro's Holiday (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Monstro does not want to go back home. |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick (signed) | Inks: Irv Novick |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Monstro (guest-star); Moke (villain, introduction); Snitch |
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| Comic Story | Home Is Where the Hangman Isn't! (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Professor is working on a book about criminals. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Harrison? | Inks: George Harrison? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Rocky Carter (villain, introduction); Trigger Tyfoon (villain, introduction); Professor Jeremiah Q. Obvious (introduction); Matilda (introduction); Joe |
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| Text Story | Long Distance Murder (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jerome gets revenge on a smart crook by doing what he says. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Anne Fanny (mentioned); Jerome; Blue Fox |
| Notes | The narrator refers to his grandmammy named Anne Fanny. |
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| Comic Story | A Dream of Ancient Rome (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Having heard that Captain Commando has been killed the Boy Soldiers find an old Roman galleon and sail off. |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick (signed) | Inks: Irv Novick (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Military; Superhero | Characters: Colonel Bradley |
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| Comic Story | All Keyed Up (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie causes chaos when he signs up for the basketball team. |
| Credits | Script: Ed Goggin [as Goggin] | Pencils: Harry Sahle [as Sahle] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Coach Hoops (introduction); Bobby |
| Notes | Later rewritten for the fifth Wilbur story in Wilbur Comics #17. |
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| Synopsis | Trying to teach Fido to act like a dog. |
| Credits | Script: Dave Higgins? | Pencils: Dave Higgins | Inks: Dave Higgins |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Li'l Chief Bugaboo; Fido |
| Notes | Previous indexer thought that Teresa Woik might have written this story, however she has no known writer's credits, while Dave Higgins wrote most of the stories he drew. |
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| Comic Story | The Rainmaker (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Prof. Balderdash tells the people of Mudcat he can make it rain for $25. |
| Credits | Script: Larry Harris | Pencils: Larry Harris | Inks: Larry Harris | Job #: 2 |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Catfish Joe; Prof. Otto K. Balderdash (guest-star); Ezry; Zeke; Lem |
| Notes | Harris claims to have created, written and drawn Catfish Joe. |
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| Synopsis | Bentley investigates mysterious death in an ice factory. |
| Credits | Pencils: Gil Kane [as Stak til] (signed) | Inks: Gil Kane [as Stak til] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Nelson Rex; Chester Freeman (introduction, death); Robert King; Carlson (introduction, death); Nola Blane Neilson (introduction); Fred King (villain, introduction, death); Michael Sharp (introduction); Bart |
| Notes | splash page swiped from ? in USA COMICS (Timely) #?
Final appearance of the "Bentley of Scotland Yard" feature.
Gil Kane's pen name STAKTIL is credited in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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