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| Publication | November 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; The Spirit [Denny Colt] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset); Chic Carter (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset) |
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| Comic Story | Presenting the Man Who Can't Be Harmed (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Woozy saves the life of Zambi the Soothsayer, little did he realize that he'd be rewarded with invulnerability and immunity to pain. To decide his course in life, he flips a coin and pursues a life of crime, soon becoming partners with Eel O'Brian. But Plas talks Woozy into turning himself in, but when he does, the Police discover that Woozy's powers prevent him from being held. So a deal is made for Woozy to help Plastic Man capture Eel O'Brian! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks (introduction, origin); Zambi the Soothsayer (introduction); Homer Twitchel (introduction); Captain Murphey [aka Captain Murphy]; Mr. Mire (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dewey Drip |
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| Comic Story | The Man Who Killed Deek Dakin (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: #711 [Daniel Dyce]; Deek Dakin (death) |
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| Comic Story | The Rat Trap (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Comic Story | The Sinister Peanut Vendor (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Firebrand [Rod Reilly] |
| Notes | Final appearance of the Firebrand (Quality) feature.
Final Golden Age appearance of the Firebrand [Rod Reilly] character. Next appearance in Freedom Fighters (DC, 1976 Series) #11 (November-December 1977). |
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| Comic Story | Machine Gun Clarkson (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
| Notes | last appearance |
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| Comic Story | The Alaskan Caper (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
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| Comic Story | Johnny Marston (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spirit [Denny Colt] |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Phony Phantom Lady (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The authorities begin a search for the Phantom Lady, who was seen blowing up a neutral foreign consul building. The real Phantom Lady, however, is soon captured by the spies responsible and they intend to use her to drive to the White House so they can attack and destroy it. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Masie; Don Borden; phony Phantom Lady (villain); un-named Nazis spies (villains) |
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| Synopsis | When The Human Bomb travels to Skull Valley to take on the Living Dead, he discovers them to actually be Nazis, so he fells them with a paralyzing gas. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; The Nazis [as the Living Dead] (villains) |
| Notes | Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs. |
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| Text Story | Dark Bayou (1.75 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Mace |
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| Comic Story | The Human Bomber (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins] |
| Notes | Last appearance. |
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| Comic Story | The Theater Murder (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Manhunter faces a costumed foe named Samson, who is not only a strongman, but a murderer as well. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; Clancy; Samson (villain, strongman) |
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