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| Publication | May 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Captain Devildog |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Captain Devildog; The Skyman [Allen Turner] (full figure inset); The Face [Tony Trent] (inset); Joe Palooka (inset) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Big Shot Comics Introduces...(next issue) (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrated promotional advertisement for Sparky Watts, a feature starting in the next issue. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Sparky Watts |
| Notes | inside front cover. |
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| Synopsis | Skyman saves Fawn and an army major from being blown up in their launch by a torpedo. He is told that mysterious submarines have been preying on the U.S. Merchant Marine the past two months, and no ship is sunk; they just disappear in mid-ocean. |
| Featuring | The Skyman |
| Credits | Script:? [as Paul Dean] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Skyman [Allen Turner]; Fawn Carroll; U.S. Army Major; Commander Innes; submarine commander (villain); submarine crew members (villains, one dies) |
| Notes | Vin Sullivan sometimes used the penname "Paul Dean."
Masthead also reads "America's National Hero!"
The Fusileer is a weapon of Skyman's that uses a combination of cosmic, cathode and polar rays. |
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| Synopsis | The colonel and Captain Devildog are informed that inventor Powell has been captured by a notorious girl bandit who seeks the man's special two-way radio. Through Powell's invention, Steele communicates as the wooden god Deli to convince the natives and Pari to release the inventor. |
| Featuring | Captain Devildog of the U.S. Marines |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Captain Devildog [Captain Hank Steele] (a Marine, introduction); Kelly (mechanic); un-named Colonel; Chester Powell (inventor); Pari (villain, girl bandit); jungle natives (villains) |
| Notes | Art and lettering credits from Craig Delich. |
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| Synopsis | Mike wakes up one morning feeling strange, then notices a flower, sniffs it, and suddenly gets Spring fever. |
| Featuring | Mike the Mascot |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mike the Mascot; Cosmo the Trained Rabbit (death) |
| Notes | Credits by Craig Delich. |
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| Synopsis | Knobby believes that Weidebottom accepted money from a gambler to have Joe lose to Duke Dropper in an exhibition fight. When Joe's promoter attempts to get a rematch, Duke refuses. So Knobby comes up with a sure-fire scheme to get that match. |
| Featuring | Joe Palooka |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Sports | Characters: Joe Palooka [also as Mike Bean]; Knobby Walsh (Joe's manager); Weidebottom; un-named Sports Editor in Kansas City; Panther Scott (boxer); Donahue; Duke Dropper (boxer); Johnny (villain, promoter); Synder (villain, a promoter) |
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| Synopsis | Jeff and his friend see Jeff's dog in action. Jeff believes that Rex can be effectively used to trail spies. Lars has created a new type of rifle and believes that spies are after it. However, once the spies succeed in taking the rifle, Jeff uses Rex to trail them and round them up. |
| Featuring | Spy-Chief |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]; Rex (Jeff's dog, introduction); Lars (Jeff's friend); foreign spies (villains) |
| Notes | Script credit by Craig Delich. |
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| Synopsis | Butch reminds Jibby that the big baseball game against the Indians is today, but when Butch fails to show up to play, Jibby decides to put Jane in the outfield for the Indians. |
| Featuring | Jibby Jones |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Jibby Jones; Jane Jones (Jibby's sister); Mr. Jones (Jibby and Jane's father); Mrs. Jones (Jibby and Jane's mother); Butch; Stinky |
| Notes | Art credits from Craig Delich; the art matches Flessel's style. |
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| Synopsis | Charlie, Kirk and Gina are on their way to Kornweller's cabin by airplane but are not aware that several crooks are at the controls. |
| Featuring | Charlie Chan |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Charlie Chan; Kirk Barrow; Gina Lane; J. C. Kornweller (movie producer); Berzelius Keno (villain); Keno's men [Tommy; other un-named] (villains, crooks); local natives [Molu; others un-named] (villains) |
| Notes | Art credits by Craig Delich. The Who's Who indicates that Andriola drew this feature from 1940-49 for Columbia.
Continued next issue. |
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| Synopsis | Rudy gets married and thinks that he is the boss in the house. |
| Featuring | Short Stories |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Gladiola; Rudolph Hotshots |
| Notes | The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page. |
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| Synopsis | Mr. Bungle is carrying home a huge armload of packages when rain starts, so he buys an umbrella at a store. But when he gets ready to leave the rain has stopped, so he leaves the umbrella closed with disastrous results. |
| Featuring | The Bungle Family |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: George Bungle; Mrs. Jo Bungle |
| Notes | The top tier is "Short Stories", by the same creator. |
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| Synopsis | After quelling a mutiny, Rocky continues his quest for the white whale that spawns near the bed of valuable pearls. Landing ashore, he seeks natives to act as pearl divers, but all refuse until they see Rocky himself dive. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Rocky Ryan; Doe Ames; island natives [Hekai; Korula (native Chief); Malu (native Chief's son); rest un-named]; Doc |
| Notes | Script from Craig Delich. |
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| Synopsis | Seeing a dog with a bandaged leg trying to kick at his fleas, Dotty gets a back scratcher and helps the dog out. |
| Featuring | "Good Deed" Dotty |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Dotty; a dog |
| Notes | The top tier of the "Dixie Dugan" Sunday page. |
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| Featuring | Dixie Dugan |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dixie Dugan (career girl); Mickie (Dixie's friend); Imogene (Dixie's niece) |
| Notes | The top tier is "Good Deed" Dotty, by the same creators. |
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| Synopsis | Dotty has a rather unique way of dealing with a boy prankster in class who likes to trip kids walking down the aisle. |
| Featuring | "Good Deed" Dotty |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dotty; classroom teacher; boy prankster |
| Notes | The top tier to the "Dixie Dugan" Sunday page. |
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| Synopsis | Imogene and her playmate interrupt Dixie's bridge game, and their apologies are not really heartfelt. |
| Featuring | Dixie Dugan |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dixie Dugan (career girl); Mickie (Dixie's friend); Imogene (Dixie's niece) |
| Notes | The top tier is "Good Deed" Dotty, by the same creators. |
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| Synopsis | Marvelo is approached by two men who relate to him a story from 1783 in which a French frigate carrying gold to the New World foundered on the rocks. They know the exact location of the ship but desire Marvelo's assistance in order to help them recover the gold. |
| Featuring | Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy; Superhero | Characters: Marvelo; Zee (Marvello's assistant); Dr. Crenby (Geologist); Reilly (villain); Leberts (villain) |
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| Text Story | The Rocking Chair Riddle (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Marvelo receives a frantic call from Mr. Jenkins at the Natural History Museum who reports a rather unusual crime: the theft of a rocking chair from the Colonial American exhibit. Jenkins is puzzled because the chair is practically worthless and asks for Marvelo's help catching the culprit and uncovering the reason for the theft. |
| Featuring | Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy; Superhero | Characters: Marvelo; Zee; Mr. Jenkins (Marvelo's friend at museum); thief (villain) |
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| Synopsis | The Face swipes the Sandstone Buddha from a pair of crooks, then seeks out a Dr. Franck to learn more about the object. Thinking that there is more to the doctor's explanation, Tony decides to examine the object himself and makes a startling discovery. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Face [Tony Trent] (radio commentator); Jinny Gildernest; Dr. Franck (villain, society doctor, sandstone collector); Franck's henchmen (villains) |
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| Synopsis | Mortimer accidently breaks a valuable vase while sliding down a banister and repairs it with startling results from its owner. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mortimer (a monkey); Mortimer's owner |
| Notes | Script and art credits by Craig Delich. The Who's Who indicates that Schwab was the writer-artist on this feature at this time. |
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| Featuring | The Skyman |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Skyman [Allen Turner]; Fawn Carroll |
| Notes | inside back cover.
Illustrated request from the publishers, asking readers whether or not they would like to have Skyman appear in a daily newspaper strip. A coupon is provided for their response. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | back cover.
Photographic advertisement from the Wilson Chemical Company, offering readers a variety of wonderful free prizes, just for selling the company product: White Cloverine Brand Salve. The prizes include: .22 bolt-action rifle, movie projector, ladie's watch, bike, radio and many more. |
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