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| Publication | July 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: War |
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| Comic Story | Poker Bluff (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Lt. Melvin Toler |
| Notes | Writer/inker credits added by Craig Delich 2012-12-24 per Rico interview in Alter Ego #114 (December 2012). |
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| Text Story | The Baby Patrol (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Eighty-one children trapped in a chateau in no man's land are brought to safety by an American patrol. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Capt. George Schneider |
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| Comic Story | By the Skin of Their Teeth (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An American air crew rescued by a British air-sea flyhing boat in the English channel. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Lt. Roman Maziarz |
| Notes | Art ID from scan at DCM from a book in the Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. collection. |
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| Comic Story | Freeing the Maquis (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | A daring attack by RAF Mosquito planes on a German prison camp in France. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: R.A.F. pilots |
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| Text Story | Death Looked Over His Shoulder (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Lt. Richard Lightfine |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : Fuller art - compare the profile of the pilot with that on the previous page. |
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| Comic Story | Winner of the Victoria Cross (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Junior officer Jemadar of the Indian Army was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross fighting the Japanese in the Battle of Imphal in North-East India in 1944. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Jemadar Abdul Hafiz |
| Notes | Art ID from scan at DCM from a book in the Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. collection. Uncertain credit, and also a guess at Charles M. Quinlan. |
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| Text Story | The 'PT' Destroyer (1 page) |
| Synopsis | An American destroyer comes to the rescue of British gunboats attacked by two German corvettes off the coast of France on D-Day 1944. The destroyer sinks both the corvettes. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Commander John D. Bulkeley |
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| Comic Story | What do You Know About Weather (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Weather men on the staff of General Eisenhower. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Notes | Art ID from scan at DCM from a book in the Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. collection. |
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| Comic Story | 504 Nazis- At One Clip (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Sergeant Rooney |
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| Featuring | Yard Bird |
| Credits | Script: Dan Templar? | Pencils: Dan Templar? | Inks: Dan Templar? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Yardbird (private) |
| Notes | Art ID from scan at DCM from a book in the Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. collection. |
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| Featuring | The Kid From Brooklyn |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Hal Avery (the kid from Brooklyn); his mother ; his brother Bob; Boyle (fight promoter); Prossky (boxer); Jimmy Krantz (boxer) |
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| Featuring | Vitaman |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero | Characters: Vitaman |
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| Comic Story | The Room that Wasn't There (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A juggler keeps people on the street occupied while his friends steal a truck with second hand furniture. |
| Featuring | The Music Master |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Music Master [John Wallace]; Downbeat; Don Reynolds |
| Notes | Last appearance. Writer verified by the Who's Who and added by Craig Delich 2013-2-13. Art identification from scan at DCM from a book in the Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. collection. |
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| Featuring | Flyin' Jenny |
| Credits | Script: Frank Wead (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation; War | Characters: Flyin' Jenny Dare; Spinner Martin; Rick Davis; Cyril |
| Notes | last appearance |
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