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| Great Comic, and the art work is wonderful. This is a great war time Comic book. |
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| Great Comic, and the art work is wonderful. This is a great war time Comic book. |
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| Who drew Mastermind McGinty? Talk about a unique style! |
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| The "Little Leaders" story should have been in the previous issue. It's the first half of a story that concludes in #8. |
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| Publication | April 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Cat-Man and Kitten |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Cat-Man [David Merryweather]; The Kitten [Katie Conn] |
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| Synopsis | Digging an air raid shelter under a graveyard, the workers are attacked by ghost like creatures. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Cat-Man [David Merryweather]; Kitten [Katie Conn] |
| Notes | Script credit suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Synopsis | Black Arrow, a Nazi assassin, is killing G-Men. |
| Featuring | Black Friday |
| Content | Characters: Black Friday; Black Arrow (villain; introduction) |
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| Featuring | All in Fun |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Consists of 5 single panel humourous cartoons. |
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| Synopsis | The Hood defends an aircraft manufacturing plant from saboteurs. |
| Content | Characters: The Hood [Craig Williams]; Nordem (villain); Mr Bell |
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| Synopsis | The Pied Piper goes after a "Bug" Bradley, a gangland figure who has gone on a crime spree. |
| Featuring | Pied Piper |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Pied Piper [Steve Prentice] (lawyer); "Bug" Bradley (villain) |
| Notes | Last appearance, only one in costume. |
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| Text Story | Frank Fairplay's Rescue (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Frank Fairplay |
| Notes | Text with illustration.
It is possible that this story is a reprint of, or at least based on, stories in British magazine's from the late 1800s. Frank Fairplay was a character that appeared in a number of issues of Boy's Standard (1875-1892) in stories entitled Frank Fairplay's Schooldays. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Sleepy Frog (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Deacon investgates a series of armed bank robberies, and why was a frog found at the latest robbery? |
| Featuring | The Deacon |
| Content | Characters: The Deacon; Mickey (sidekick); Dr Darro (villain); Slinky (villain) |
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| Synopsis | M'Ginty helps a ghost overcome its inferiority complex. |
| Featuring | Mastermind M'Ginty |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: "Mastermind" M'Ginty; Mrs Whipper Snapper; The Ghost |
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| Synopsis | Rag-Man goes after a mysterious figure who calls himself The Cloak |
| Featuring | Rag Man |
| Content | Characters: Rag-Man; Tiny; The Cloak (villain); "Scar" Brady (villain, death) |
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| Synopsis | Mickey and Katie head to their respective summer camps which, coincidentally, are very close to each other. |
| Featuring | Little Leaders |
| Content | Characters: Mickey; The Kitten [Katie Conn]; "Butch" Bailey; The Deacon (cameo); Cat-Man (cameo) |
| Notes | This is the first part of a 2 part story. The second part appeared in the previous issue (#8 on cover or V2#13 in indicia, Mar 1942), the two parts were published out of order. |
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| Comic Story | Underworld, Inc. (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | What is thought to be a valuable platnium-producing formula disappears aboard an ocean-going vessel. Volton intercepts a transmission to Underworld, Inc. from a professor on board that the forumla is for sale, and Volton sends a message to Gangland, Inc. along the same lines. His aim is to capture every crook in the city! After the battle is over, the professor learns the formula is actually a synthetic tin formula! |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero | Characters: Volton; Mr. Ames (naval officer); un-named ship's Purser; Professor Fathom (villain, scientist); Underworld, Inc. (villains); Gangland, Inc. (villains) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Criticism Contest (1 page) |
| Notes | Request for feedback on which are the readers favourite and least favourite comic features for cash prizes.
Includes an illustration of a gnome exhorting readers to fill out the form. |
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