| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Bozo the Robot; The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Midnight [Dave Clark] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Curse of the Marshwoods (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Happy has been assigned to cover the waterfront for his newspaper and discovers Timothy Marshwood trying to drown himself. Rescuing him, Tim relates the gruesome family history of family members dying violent deaths, usually by their own hands.....and Happy decides to investigate. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Timothy Marshwood (introduction); Mr. Marshwood (flashback, introduction, death, in flashback); Jud Marshwood (villain, Tim's uncle, introduction); Slyme (villain, Marshwood family butler, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Some of the story is told in flashback. |
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| Comic Story | The Peace-Maker (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Wings Wendal; The Peace-Maker (Intro, Dies); Zaroff; Olga Varick (Intro); Intro: Spinner; Steve Conroy (Dies) |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost of Old King Ghoul (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Comic Story | Chango the Magician (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Chango (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Chango was Midnight's first "super villain". |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Purple Trio [Warren; Tiny Todd; Rocky Hill]; Joe (introduction); Charlie (introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Final appearance. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Kent Thurston; Ghost Rider |
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| Comic Story | Madame Doom Strikes at Sea (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Espionage [Black X]; Madame Doom (villain) |
| Notes | Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, using Will Erwin was a pen name (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Dick French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43). |
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| Comic Story | The Story of Salome (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Abdul; Hassan |
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| Comic Story | Gat-the-Rat (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Villain: Gat-the-Rat (Intro) |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Scarlet Seal (Barry Moore); Captain Tim Moore; The Panasians (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Text Story | Pharaoh's Daughter (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | The Framing of Tony Segora (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Magno [Tom Dalton]; Tony Segora (introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | Mongol Menace (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter; Gordon Bruce; Wong Kai (Intro, Dies); Princess Chin Lu and her father (intro) |
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| Comic Story | The Building Racketeers (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Acton (Intro); Hugh Hazzard; Bozo |
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