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| Like No2, the "Black Cat" artwork is identical in style to that of Barbara Hall in No1, where it's been reattributed to her. |
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| Publication | November 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Joe Simon's "My Life in Comics" states that Simon drew the covers for issues 1 - 3 of this series, and art spotter Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. believes that this is probably Simon. |
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| Notes | Joe Simon's "My Life in Comics" states that Simon drew the covers for issues 1 - 3 of this series, and art spotter Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. believes that this is probably Simon. |
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| Comic Story | The Diabolical Satana (11 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Satana (villain, death) |
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| Comic Story | Six Hours to Live (12 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (Ellery King) |
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| Text Story | The Zebra Meets the Rattler (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Zebra |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zebra; Rattler (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Return of Dr. Skull (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Thinking Dr. Skull dead, but bewildered by the fact that Skull's body has not been found, Blazer contacts Dr. Morgan by Visophone, who introduces him to his niece. Just then, the image is disrupted and screams are heard. Blazer sets out for Washington to save him, but discovers an invading forces dropping bombs on the Capitol, and seeks to deal with them while Skull captures the doctor and niece, and his Heat Control formula. Blazer manages to save them and Skull apparently dies. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Red Blazer [Jack Dawson]; Dr. Morgan; Andrea (Dr. Morgan's niece, introduction); Dr. Skull (villain); Skull's slaves (villains) |
| Notes | Blurb at end of story indicates Skull returns in the next issue. |
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| Comic Story | Duel with Fritz Kahn (7 pages) |
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| Featuring | The "Winners" |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner] |
| Notes | contest announcement |
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| Comic Story | Bayonet Practice (2 pages) |
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| Comic Story | The Faked Death of Garboil (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | While filming "Mr. Brown goes to Washington," Commander Jones invites Garboil's cast to a party. Jones has invented a bombsight to use against the Axis powers. He is kidnapped from the party and Black Cat and Rick separately decide to investigate. They find Garboil dead. They trace Garboil's killers and Jones' kidnappers to a boat on its way to meet a U-boat. They stop the Nazis and rescue both Jones and Garboil, who is alive. They discover that the dead Garboil was the director's twin, Fritz, who abandoned the Nazis when he saw how Americans lived. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne; Commander Paul Jones; Garboil (villain); Fritz Garboil(introduction, death) |
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| Text Story | The Black Cat's Rescue (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rick is going to be electrocuted by the murderer Morono. But the Black Cat rescues Rick and electrocutes Morono instead. |
| Featuring | Black Cat [Harvey] |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne; Morono (dies in this story) |
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| Comic Story | Dr. Boneblood's Invention (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Says Satan is only 500 years old and came from swamps. |
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| Featuring | Can You Solve These Puzzlers? |
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| Comic Story | The Genii of Death (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Genii of Death (villain, introduction) |
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| Featuring | Meet the Stars |
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| Comic Story | Russian Roulette (10 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Winston Churchill (cameo) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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