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| The Neon the Unknown story doesn't take place in South America, the evil wizard isn't from South America, and neither is the evil dictator. |
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| The "Germanic" names and dialogue make it unmistakable where the story is actually set. But the U.S. was still officially neutral in May 1941. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hercules [Joe Hercules] |
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| Comic Story | The Seaside Saboteurs (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hercules accepts an invitation from a movie producer to play a jungle hero, only to suffer through the production and become faint at the movie premier. When the movie was beginning to become a hit, he flees again to the solitude of the country. |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Gregg Powers) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hercules [Joe Hercules]; a gang of saboteurs (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | Murder in the Machine Factory (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Ed Grover (introduction); Kale (villain, introduction); Kurt (villain, introduction); their accomplices (villains, introductions) |
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| Comic Story | The Squirt (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Case of London Joe (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: London Joe (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Visitor's Day (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Missionary's Niece (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Merton Holmes) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Molly Snood (introduction); Mary Blake (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Armored Cars of Crime (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Boldoni (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introductions) |
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| Comic Story | A War of Roses (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Pierre Winter) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Damus the Wizard (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A European dictator is discovered by Neon in South America, where he worked with an ancient wizard named Damus. Damus conjured up evil demons and a dragon, but when Shickler turned his wrath upon the old man, Neon convinced Damus to defect. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Neon [Tom Corbet]; Damus (villain, introduction); Otto Shickler (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | It's a good bet that Blum did the art on this story as the only other artist known to have done it was Lou Fine in 1941 and his style is easily recognizable. Added by Craig Delich 2013-10-10. |
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| Text Story | Gangster's Ghost (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Toni Blum (Tony Boone) | Letters: Typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Graveyard Spies (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Cary Weyt) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Ronald Morgan (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introductions) |
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| Comic Story | The Oxygen Thieves (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Roy Talon) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: A race of aliens (villains, introductions) |
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| Comic Story | The Morale Murderers (7 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Lincoln Ross) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Gabby (journalist, introduction); Sam (journalist, introduction); A gang of spies (villains, introductions) |
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