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| Publication | September 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Criminals Everywhere!... Beware!... |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Shield [Joe Higgins]; The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Dusty |
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| Comic Story | The Power Play of Eric Steele (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | The head of the War Bond sales department is found hanged in his office. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Ju Ju Watson; Betty Watson; Mamie; J. W. Taylor (introduction, death); Eric Steele (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Death of Doctor Donovan (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | An inmate of the state insane asylum bolts from his room and escapes. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Thelma Gordon (reporter); Dr. Luke Donovan (introduction, death); Jim Nelson (introduction); Mike Nelson (villain); Smedley (villain, introduction, death); Slugger (villain); his gang (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Sultan of Swami (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Danny and Kupkake are prisoners of Pascha, and Kupkake offers to find mushrooms for the sultan if he sets them free. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Danny; Pasha-El-Raschid (villain, introduction); A genie (introduction); Kupkake (guest-star) |
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| Comic Story | The Barrage Balloon Sabotage (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Barrage balloons over Battersea are shot down by saboteurs. |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Sergeant Boyle; Twerp; A phony major (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Flaming Mystery: Part 1 (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fireball joins the fire department |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fireball; Chief Harris (introduction); Hedy Harris (introduction); Chub Chester (introduction); Jim Oliver (villains, introduction) |
| Notes | continued next issue |
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| Comic Story | The Vampire Frameup (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | George spreads the belief among the villagers that Nita, the wife of his cousin, is a vampire. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Madam Satan (villain); Satan (villain); George Seldes (villain, death); Brother Sunbeam (guest-star); Tom (guest-star); Nita (guest-star) |
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| Comic Story | The Boswell Incident (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A doctor tries to convince people in a small town in Oklahoma to to take anti-cholera injections. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward]; Dr. Graves (introduction); Mrs. Graves (introduction); Martha Graves (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Witch's Curse (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bentley is in dreadful danger, as a witch is after him to kill him. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Bentley (detective); Sir Roderick Ersworth (villain, introduction); Rothmere (introduction, death); Lord Rothmere (introduction); Sir Reginald Rothmere (introduction); Tom Rothmere (introduction); Melinda Rothmere (introduction) |
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