| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May-June 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Faces and inking points to Suchorsky. |
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| Cover | Most Notorious Buccaneers of the Seas |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Historical |
| Notes | Faces and inking points to Suchorsky. |
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| Advertisement | Can You Solve This Crime? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Find the hidden clue, identify the finger print and tell which was on the spike. |
| Featuring | Institute of Applied Science |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Cusack the Pirate (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cusack and several men manage to break out of prison and take over a ship to turn pirates. Based on a true story. |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Cusack (pirate); Captain North |
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| Synopsis | Alpha and his mates encounter Germanic tribesmen. |
| Featuring | Alpha the Slave Pirate |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Alpha; Gaius; Caractus (Alemanni) |
| Notes | Suchorsky's fine drawings can be recognized by the faces with many lines, and rounded lower lips and ears.
Script credit suggested by Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Pirate on Wheels (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Swedish vikings from the Rus kingdom of Kiev sail down the River Dnieper to get to Constantinople for a plunder. |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Oleg (Rus viking of Kiev) |
| Notes | Dressler drew Howard Pyle's "Men of Iron" and Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Master of Ballantrae" for Classics Illustrated, and some westerns for Hillman. He can be recognized by his inklines and bright eyes in close up. |
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| Advertisement | Amazing All-Over Rain-Cover Bargain (1 page) |
| Synopsis | U.S. Gov't surplus sales, and you will never get another one at this low price. |
| Featuring | Surplus Sales |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | Pirate Poison (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the year 1803, a squadron of American Navy ships fights the pirates of the Barbary Coast of Tunis. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Bey of Tunis; Commodore Preble |
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| Synopsis | Philip meets Columbus at the Spanish court and captures the pirate El Sac. |
| Featuring | Philip Ashton Boy Pirate Fighter of the Old World |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Philip Ashton; Don Ivitzco (Spanish nobleman and Philip's uncle); El Sac [The Sack] (pirate) |
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| Advertisement | Mail Order Guide (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Frankenstein mask, pinball machine and other items by mail order. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Empty Sock (1 page) |
| Synopsis | They dig and find the treasure of Captain Blackbeard, but it is not to be opened until Christmas. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Historical | Characters: Captain Pork-Chop; Pirate |
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| Comic Story | 2,000 Pirates at Once (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | When the American colonies are forbidden to trade with foreigners, they take up trade with the pirates instead. |
| Content | Genre: Historical |
| Notes | Reinman credits from "Saltarella" via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10789), 2016-12-12. |
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| Synopsis | Just take a look at the Hopalong Cassidy Western Steerhide Belt, and what about these gun and holster sets... |
| Featuring | Foster Products |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Let Jowett prove he can make an All-Round He-Man out of you fast. |
| Featuring | Jowett Institute |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: George Jowett; Larry Campbell; Rex Ferris |
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| PSA | Bad Skin? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Skin doctor's amazing simple directions on skin trouble. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Advertisement | Reduce Fat! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Lose weight and improve your figure with guarantee. |
| Featuring | American Healthaids Co. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Colors:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
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