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| I have to say, I'm actually really liking this first issue. |
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| JUMPING CATFISH!!! Don't read Jack & Jill if u want to sleep tonight. Ultra realistic art and what a SCARE I had gosh! |
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| Thanks to the comment from 'Rintintin', I just discovered this series for myself. At first glance it looks like it is a magazine in the manner of 'Wow', 'Pep', 'Whiz' etc. Wonderful !! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] |
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| Fellows, Here's Your Bike! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A boy gets a new bike. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Arnold, Schwinn & Co. |
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| Comic Story | Origin of Hercules (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | After Joe Hercules' mother dies of a heart attack, Joe goes after the unscrupulous banker who caused it. But his enthusiasm lands him in jail, where his cellmate encourages him to put on a costume, become a superhero, and break out of jail to avenge his mother's murder at the hands of Jyppe, who had wanted to own the town of Maryville. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hercules [Joe Hercules] (origin); Mrs. Hercules (Joe's mother, death); Pete Birch (introduction); J. Willistone Jyppe (villain, banker) |
| Notes | Dollman is the comic hero that inspires Joe. |
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| Comic Story | The Plot to Sink the Arkian (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | X-5 overhears a plot to sink an American ship in a neutral port. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: X-5 (intro); Baroness Verber (Intro, villain) |
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| Comic Story | Clock of Doom (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man invites Jack and Jill to witness his murder. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Jack Doe (intro); Jill Doe (intro); Joseph Eberhart (dies); Edward Eberhart; Phipps (villain); Dr. Graham |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Red Bee (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Assistant D.A. Rick Raleigh, as the Red Bee, gets a conviction of Boss Storm, a corrupt leader of a political machine seeking to run City Hall. The Red Bee is armed only with his trained pet bee, Michael. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Michael (a bee); Tom Darrow (District Attorney); Boss Storm (villain); Red (thug); Pete (thug) |
| Notes | There is no actual origin in this story. It is written as though the Red Bee has had previous adventures. |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Strange Twins (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | 25 years ago, Sin Chow kidnapped one of the sons of Neville Strange and raised him in his den of pirates. Only Wing Low know that Douglas and Rodney are brothers. Douglas spends 5 years in prison for a crime Rodney committed and then tries to prove his innocence by tracking down the brother he doesn't even know exists. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Douglas Strange; Rodney Strange (villain); Wendy Hale; Wing Low; Sin Chow (villain); Blimey Joe; Hung Fu; Lady Chutney; Barclay; Wan Low; Slipfinger; Stubborn Pete |
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| Text Story | The Lost Moment (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Danny is given a second chance to avoid killing a man. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Father Donovan; Danny Grew; Hans Schmidt |
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| Comic Story | Neutrality Patrol (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bob and Swab don't get along so the captain assigns them to keep the crew of a foreign sub under control. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Bob Masters (intro); Swab Decker (intro) |
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| Comic Story | The Triple Train Wreck Robbery (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Deegan uses an autogyro to try to rob Casey's train. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Casey Jones (intro); Deegan (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Tale of the Haunted Inn (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Whites are forced to take shelter at an old inn run by a strange woman who claims the inn is unfilled. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: The Old Witch (intro); Harvey White; Joan White |
| Notes | This is the first installment of a recurring horror feature and is the first such horror feature in comics, predating "Eerie Comics" by seven years, which is considered the first supernatural comic. The Old Witch character is very similar to the Old Witch who narrated EC comics horror tales, which debuted ten years later. |
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| Comic Story | Origin of Neon the Unknown (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Corbett, a member of the French Foreign Legion, drinks from a mysterious pool and gains strange "neonic" powers. Meanwhile, Morgan Crookes tries to organize all the black races of the world to help him conquer the white countries. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lt. Cracket; Morgan Crookes (villain); Wilson |
| Notes | More racist than usual for this time period. |
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| Comic Story | In Tinkle Town (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sam Snipe wants to mess up Tommy Tinkle's contract with Santa Claus. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Tommy Tinkle (an animated puppet, intro); Mary Lou; Prof. Grund; Sam Snipe (villain); Pat Pokem (villain); Lotta Lure (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Doomsday and Afterward (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the year 50,020 the heat of the sun cracks the planet Earth and unleashes core-men to take over the surface. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Blaze Barton (intro); Prof. Solis (intro); Betty Solis (intro); Core-Men (villains) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Uncle Sam |
| Notes | Promo for National Comics #1. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for New Departure coaster brake.
Back cover. |
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