| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1942 | 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); Mickey Finn (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Swing Sisson (inset) |
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| Featuring | Smash Comics |
| Credits | Pencils: Ruben Moreira? | Inks: Ruben Moreira? |
| Content | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (monkey) |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | The Troopship Terror (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | In order to combat the enemy, Darrel teaches Martha how to fly an airplane. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Mischa (introduction); Boris (introduction); Col. Von Schtunke (villain, introduction); un-named Axis spies (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Synopsis | Butch has trouble winning over one kid with his clown act. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Butch |
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| Synopsis | Butch gets the day off and goes fishing. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Butch; Butch's boss |
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| Comic Story | Deep in the Heart of Texas -- Danger (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Swing & Co. go to Corpus Christi, Texas. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Nazi spies (villains); Toby; Bonnie Baxter |
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| Comic Story | Grandpa's Age Change (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy; Grandpa (first appearance, Poison Ivy's grandfather) |
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| Comic Story | The Girl on the Island (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Capt. Shaw's plane is shot down during a dogfight and he is forced to make an emergency landing on an island. On the island, he is rescued from Japanese soldiers by Agent 206 and together they make their way back to the fleet. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Agent 206 (introduction); the Japanese (villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mickey Finn; Tom; Houlihan; Pee Wee; Phil; Ma Finn; Mr. Duffy |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Synopsis | Vincent's tailor takes back a suit that Vincent has not paid for. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent |
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| Synopsis | Vincent, out hunting for moose, instead shoots a bird. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Vincent |
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| Synopsis | Vincent has a date with Hermia, but Lala locks him in his room so he can't leave. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent; Hermia Huntz |
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| Comic Story | The Mute Ghost (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Zero; a ghost (introduction); Allen (introduction); Johnson (introduction) |
| Notes | Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Synopsis | Homer's son finds a horseshoe, but it doesn't bring him the luck he anticipates. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Homer Doodle; Homer Doodle's son |
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| Comic Story | The Menace of Morgue Hanson (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Samar (last appearance); George "Morgue" Hanson (first appearance, villain); La Bongo |
| Notes | Final appearance of feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost Town of the Mesa (4 pages) |
| Content | Characters: The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner] (last appearance) |
| Notes | Last appearance of feature. At least one other publisher will have a feature named Fargo Kid, but it is unrelated. |
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| Text Story | Moro Magic (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Perry Scott |
| Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott; Mamba |
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| Comic Story | The Secret Japanese Radio Station (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | While vacationing at their mountain retreat, the Widow and Raven must stop some Japanese saboteurs. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; the Japanese (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Miranda's Cafe (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boiyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong]; Miranda (villain, introduction, death); Anaso (villain, introduction, death); other spies (villains, introduction for all, all die) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Featuring | Wonders of Science, Simplified |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Jim Prentice |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for an electric football game and for an electric baseball game. |
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