| Additional Information |
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| Publication | February 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly except June and November |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero; Teen |
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| Publisher advertisement | Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Coupon to enroll in the Shield G-Man Club. |
| Featuring | Shield G-Man Club |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Tales of a Safety Pin (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A safety pin that seems to be followed by bad luck helps The Shield and Dusty solve a crime. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Silky Malone (villain, introduction); Miser (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Ferryboat Admiral (8 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Sy Clein? (signed) | Inks: Sy Clein? (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Karl Van Hoosen (introduction, death) |
| Notes | Signed on the first page but signature is illegible. |
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| Comic Story | Dead Men's Eyes Tell Tales (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dutch Kane (as a corpse); Doc Einstone (introduction); Rabbit (introduction); Southpaw Sears (introduction); Hangman |
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| Text Story | The Ghost of Henry Schmidt (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: J. K. Burke; Henry Schmidt |
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| Comic Story | Christmas Cheers (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie gets a cheque for $50 from his grandfather, makes a list of what he wants to buy for his friends, but most of the money is gone by the time he buys the gifts. |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Gabby (introduction) |
| Notes | Signed in the last panel. This story contains the first appearances of Gabby, the town blabbermouth, and Pop Tate, the owner of Pop's Chocklit Shop. In this story, his restaurant is called Tate's and he is a skinny, older man with gray hair and a mustache. Also, the Shorten Special on page 4 is a reference to MLJ editor Harry Shorten. |
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| Publisher advertisement | MLJ Leads the Way (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promo for other MLJ Comics with a runner winning a race with an MLJ Logo for a head. |
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| Comic Story | The Landgoing Tugboat (5.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Barney Keel is driving a tugboat along the land when a dam breaks and he and Catfish Joe find themselves floating around on a newly created lake rescuing animals. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Barney Keel (introduction); Catfish Joe; Kitty Keel; Gabby |
| Notes | To be continued in the next issue. |
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| Synopsis | Three fun facts about animals as submitted by readers. Address says to submit to "Catfish Joe", so presumably this was a sub-feature of that strip. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | When reprinted in Black Hood, all the addresses of the kids who submitted the stories were changed to Canadian cities to make it seem more home-grown there. |
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| Comic Story | The Bear Cub (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Li'l Chief Bugaboo and Fido find a bear cub and accidentally anger its mom. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Li'l Chief Bugaboo; Fido |
| Notes | See notes in Black Hood #[nn] index for changes done to reprint. |
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| Comic Story | Marriage of the Medusa (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Marco Loco and Snooch are hypnotised by the Medusa but then capture her and take her to the King to collect a reward. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: The Medusa (introduction, villain); Snooch; Marco Loco |
| Notes | See notes in Black Hood #[nn] index for changes done to reprint. |
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| Advertisement | Remove Ugly Blackheads or No Cost (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
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| Advertisement | Get Super Strength through these 4 Easy Steps (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | New Commando Krak-A-Jap Machine Gun (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On back cover of comic. |
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