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| 20 or so years ago I paid $10 a piece for original art of 3 1940s Mickey Finn daily strips. |
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| Publication | April 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent Doolittle; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Ugliest Man in the World (13 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Mary Blake (introduction); The Ugly Man [Frank Rollins] (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Original Genii (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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| Comic Story | The Will of Jacob Pendergast (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bizarre circumstances force the Raven to reveal his true identity. Dianne's Uncle John has become the executor of his friend's considerable fortune, and the will requires that four random people compete for the fortune. One of these, Miss Withington, kills one of the other four and attacks Dianne only to discover that she is the Spider Widow. Another one of the four, Tony Grey, finally put a stop to Miss Withington's scheme as the Raven. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; John Keller (Dianne's Uncle); Mr. Sivalus (introduction, death); Mr. Bagert (introduction, death); Miss Withington (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | The Extortionists and the Ape (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Myronn the Magician (first appearance); A gang of extorionists (first appearance, villains) |
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| Comic Story | War against a Fan (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Inferior Man leaps out of the page and fights a fanboy. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero | Characters: Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd] |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza |
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| Comic Story | Plans for General Dwight (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spin wins the Navy Medal of Honor. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Rex Smith] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Gen. Arthur Dwight (introduction); the Japanese (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Spirit of the Elemental (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Zero; Dr. Frank Klov (introduction); Richard Minton (introduction, death); An elemental (villain, a ghost snake, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Hobo's Paradise (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Hand-Out (a hobo, introduction) |
| Notes | Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Text Story | Demon Doctor Erasmus (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Perry Scott |
| Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Learn Commando Tactics (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa; Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong]; The Baron (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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