| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | He's a Hit! The Hangman |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Shield [Joe Higgins]; The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons] |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Side Show Horrors (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ju Ju finds a corpse in the water when out bathing with Betty and Mamie. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Ju Ju Watson; Betty Warren; Mamie (introduction); Midge (introduction); Joe (introduction); The Vulture (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Hangman's Holiday (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | The criminal mastermind, the Jackal, knows the Hangman’s after him. So, he puts on a Hangman suit himself and starts committing murders in the Hangman’s name. However, he’s easily identified by having two thumbs on his right hand. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Thelma Gordon (reporter); Anthracite (introduction); The Jackal (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Title taken from an ad in Jackpot Comics #2. |
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| Comic Story | Thieves of Wonderland (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Fairy Queen transfers Danny and Kupkake to the hills where it is thought the thieves they search for are hiding. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Danny; Fairy Queen; Kupkake; A band of thieves (villain, introduction, death of their leader) |
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| Comic Story | The Body on the Beach (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A German body is washed up on the beach with papers about a coming U-boat attack on the coastguard. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Sergeant Boyle; The Nazis |
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| Comic Story | Palermo the Evil Politician (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A strangled man is found in a burning house. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fireball [Ted Tyler]; Eddie Collins (introduction); Suzie Collins (introduction); Palermo (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Signatures in third panel, Paul Reinman and H. Shorten. |
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| Comic Story | The Seduction of George Seldes (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Madam Satan escapes from the broken spirit bottle. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Satan (villain); Madam Satan (villain); George Seldes (introduction); Nita (introduction); Tom (introduction); Brother Sunbeam |
| Notes | The faces and slender figures here look more like the work of Warren King. |
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| Comic Story | Tangle with Tiger Blair (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kayo saves a girl from drowning in a water tank. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; Tiger Blair; Mickey; Janet; Gulch |
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| Comic Story | The Curse of the Pharaohs (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The curse of the Pharoahs follows the mummy of King Ahm to the home of Sir Hubert Tigh. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Bentley (detective); Sir Hubert Tigh (villain, introduction, death); Professor Lee (introduction, death); Ahmid (introduction); Tom Daw (introduction); Babs Lee (introduction) |
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| Illustration | Shield and Dusty pin-up (1 page) |
| Notes | back cover |
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