| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; the Japanese |
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| Contents | The Ring Master Presents (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Various | Inks: Various | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Return of Mr. Macabre! (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Freddy trades places with a rich boy, who is sick of being rich and bored, only to discover that Mr. Macabre and Captain Nazi are wanting to kidnap him in order to get to his father's plans for a rocket bomber. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Johnny Paine; Mr. Paine (Johnny's father); Mr. Macabre [Filpot] (villain); Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain); the Nazis (villains, some die) |
| Notes | The cover scene is virtually reproduced in panel 5 on page 13, except the ship's flag on the cover is Japanese, while the flag in the story panel is Nazi.
Oddity: in the last panel on page 6, Freddy mentions "Captain Marvel Jr.", but does not change into his alter ego. |
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| Comic Story | The Terror of the Iceberg! (14 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; General Hugo Dean (West Coast Defense Commander) |
| Notes | Art revisions from Ken Bald ? to Bald art with Binder Shop assists per Mark Voger and P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego (Two Morrows, 1999 series) #169 (May 2021). |
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| Comic Story | Dr. Hour (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Dr. Hour [Jooves] (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Cartoon | Hey Diddle Diddle... Let's Do a Riddle! (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Tojo; Uncle Sam; Hitler |
| Notes | Riddles in cartoon form. Character appearances added by David Burns via the GCD Error Tracker. |
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| Text Story | Murder Lays an Egg (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Joseph J. Millard (signed) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Thugee Curse (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: El Carim |
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| Comic Story | Wanted Dead or Alive (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A released prisoner is out to get revenge on Buck Jones, the man who sent him up. He disguises himself as Buck and commits robberies that leads to the offer of a reward for Buck, dead or alive. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Kendricks |
| Notes | Story title taken from contents page.
Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long narrow, tapering heads and often with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse, as on page 4 panel 3, and also page 6. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | The Golden Skeletons of Rio Sambu (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike] |
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