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| Publication | December 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.10 CAD; 0.15 USD (Foreign Countries) | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | Kangaroo Man |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Kangaroo Man [Jack Brian]; Bingo |
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| Comic Story | The Origin of Kangaroo Man (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professor Stanford calls Jack back from Australia to help break up a ring of enemy agents who are sabotaging American defenses. |
| Featuring | Kangaroo Man with Bingo the Amazing Kangaroo |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Kangaroo Man [Jack Brian] (introduction); Bingo (his kangaroo, introduction); Professor Stanford (of Tech Institute, introduction); unnamed enemy agents (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Kangaroo Man was created by Oklahoman, Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger, a businessman, writer and artist. |
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| Comic Story | Prince of Pirates, Jean Lafitte (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Jean Lafitte |
| Notes | Tentative art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
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| Comic Story | The Huda-Wazi War (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Zomba |
| Content | Characters: Zomba (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Episode One (6 pages) |
| Featuring | G-Men vs. Crime |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | The CCC Camp Mystery (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Atlas the Mighty |
| Credits | Script:? [as Paul Powers] (signed) | Pencils:? [as Paul Powers] (signed) | Inks:? [as Paul Powers] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Atlas (introduction) |
| Notes | Who's Who lists "Paul Powers" as a byline rather than an actual person. |
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| Comic Story | Fight for Freedom in Holland (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Art credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Secret Circle (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Secret Circle |
| Credits | Inks:? [as G. Edgar Horner] (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Secret Circle [Jim Storm; Larry Storm; Mac Storm] (introduction and origin) |
| Notes | According to the notes of Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (included with the goldenagecomics.co.uk scan), Leav was the penciler and the inker is unknown. |
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| Comic Story | Nathan Hale (1 page) |
| Featuring | Men of Courage |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Nathan Hale |
| Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
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| Comic Story | The Coming of Fire-Eater (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A known arsonist is out to get Fire-Eater and plants a nitroglycerin capsule in his stage kit that will blow the hero up when he swallows it. |
| Featuring | Fire-Eater |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fire-Eater [Mike O'Malley] (introduction); Louise Peters (a nurse, O'Malley's girl friend, introduction); Dr. Nagel (villain, boss of gang, introduction); Dr. Nagel's gang [Smoky Karsh (arsonist); Ludwig; other unnamed (death)] (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | According to the notes of Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (included with the goldenagecomics.co.uk scan), Saaf was the penciler and the inker is unknown. Jerry Bails in the Who's Who disagrees and maintains Saaf was the inker as well. Craig Yoe in Super Weird Heroes agrees and there is no evidence extant that proves otherwise, so ? for inker removed.
Script credit per Craig Yoe, added by Craig Delich. Art credit signature addition by Craig Delich.
Fire-Eater is a stage performer who is able to expel flames from his mouth by taking a certain capsule. |
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| Featuring | Laffin Gas Section |
| Credits | Script:? [as Bill Laffin] (signed) | Pencils:? [as Bill Laffin] (signed) | Inks:? [as Bill Laffin] (signed) |
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| Featuring | Romeo Rutt |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as Heza Swain] (signed) | Inks:? [as Heza Swain] (signed) |
| Notes | Who's Who lists "Heza Swain" as a byline, not an actual person. |
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| Featuring | Petey and His Pals |
| Credits | Script:? [as Jerry] (signed) | Pencils:? [as Dic] (signed) | Inks:? [as Dic] (signed) |
| Notes | Notes from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware included with the goldenagecomics.co.uk scan list question marks with these signed names. It is possible that the assignment of "Jerry" as the writer and "Dic" as the artist is incorrect, although S. M. "Jerry" Iger wrote at least one story in this issue. However, |
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| Featuring | Suzy and Sam |
| Notes | Tentative art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
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| Featuring | Choice Classroom Boners |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Gilda Gay |
| Credits | Script:? [as Mary Ann] (signed) | Pencils:? [as Mary Ann] (signed) | Inks:? [as Mary Ann] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | A four panel strip at the top of the page. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Boys and Girls! |
| Featuring | Colonel Choice |
| Notes | Editorial note along with a promo for the "Magic Tab", a free comic for which you can mail in a coupon. |
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| Featuring | Private Wire |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as Corp Scally] (signed) | Inks:? [as Corp Scally] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Underweight Champ (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Haff Nelson |
| Notes | Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware (notecard with goldenagecomics.co.uk scan). |
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| Featuring | Hot Foot |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as Joy Ride] (signed) | Inks:? [as Joy Ride] (signed) |
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| Featuring | Chimpsey's Picture Puzzle |
| Credits | Pencils: Richard Ryan? | Inks: Richard Ryan? | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | Chimpsey |
| Credits | Script: Richard Ryan | Pencils: Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed) | Inks: Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed) |
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| Featuring | Simplescience by Prof. Wotanoodle |
| Credits | Script: Richard Ryan? | Pencils: Richard Ryan | Inks: Richard Ryan | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | Little Terror |
| Credits | Script: Richard Ryan | Pencils: Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed) | Inks: Richard Ryan [as Dic] (signed) |
| Notes | Back cover. Wordless story. |
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