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| The Woman in Red is not only just the first masked female crimefighter in comic book history, as it's widely known....she also broke the first world record of bad lines on a single comic book page, see the record at page 64 |
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| Interesting how the majority of super-heroes in this magazine adopt Clark Kent-like personas, even down to the blue suit and glasses. |
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| [she also broke the first world record of bad lines on a single comic book page, see the record at page 64]
Don't know where you post entries, but what a great record to try to break1 I Wish I'd written that page. I'd be proud of it! |
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| Publication | February 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Featuring | Black Terror; Doc Strange; Captain Future; Woman In Red; Liberator; Secret Ace |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike; The Liberator [Dr. Nelson Drew] (inset); The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen] (inset); Secret Ace (inset); Captain Future [Dr. Andrew Bryant] (inset) |
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| Featuring | Startling Comics |
| Content | Characters: Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Captain Future [Andrew Bryant] |
| Notes | Inside front cover. House ad for Startling Comics featuring the Fighting Yank and Captain Future. |
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| Comic Story | Sorel's Saboteurs (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sorel's gang steals a map from Jean showing the location of vital city services; the gang later kidnaps Jean to eliminate witnesses. The Black Terror rescues Jean and learns that Sorel's gang is planning to sabotage a railroad bridge. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Sorel (villain, introduction, death); Sorel's gang (villains, introduction for all); Jean Starr; Marty; Dan |
| Notes | Writer credit determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Comic Story | The Great Gold Robbery (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Murmurer plans to steal $2,000,000 in gold from a train shipment heading to Fort Knox. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike Ellis; The Murmurer (villain, introduction); Virginia Thompson; Jake |
| Notes | Writer credit determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the penultimate panel. |
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| Comic Story | The Fifth Column Frameup (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Luke Danby is framed as a traitor to the United States by Scheel and his Bundists. The Liberator, suspecting something odd about Danby being a traitor, investigates the situation. |
| Featuring | The Liberator |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Liberator [Dr. Nelson Drew]; Luke Danby (introduction); Fritz Scheel (villain, introduction, death); Axel (villain, introduction); un-named Bundists (villains, introduction for all); Annabel Evans; Tommy |
| Notes | Writer credit determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Text Story | Tim's Good Deed (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Tim is selling newspapers when a strange dog runs out of a butcher shop, runs up to Tim, and deposits a piece of meat at his feet. The butcher threatens to call the dog catcher, but Tim, feeling sorry for the dog, offers to pay the butcher for the meat and then decides to also keep the dog. Later, the dog's owner shows up and pays Tim a reward of $50 - showing that kindness has a way of being repaid. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Tim March; Mrs. March; Henry Lake; Jack (dog) |
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| Comic Story | The Construction Company Graft Racket (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Grace and Agatha, investigating graft in the city, are kidnapped to stop them from discovering that the Commissioner of Public Works is in cahoots with the Ajax Construction Company. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Captain Future [Dr. Andrew Bryant]; Bradley (villain, introduction); Mr. Wright (villain, introduction); Frank (villain, introduction); un-named gangsters (villains, introduction for all); Grace Adams; Agatha Adams; Algernon |
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| Comic Story | The Disappearing Supply Ships (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Don Davis discovers a Nazi spy ring that is operating out of New York to capture supply ships. |
| Featuring | Don Davis |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Don Davis; Franz (villain, introduction); Adolph (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains) |
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| Text Story | Christmas Spirit (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Herbie encounters a girl who is crying outside a toy store because she and her brothers will be receiving no gifts for Christmas due to their father lacking funds. Herbie, in an act of kindness, buys toys for the girl's brothers. |
| Featuring | Herbie Johnson |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Colors:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Children | Characters: Herbie Johnson; Charles Robert; Mr. Smith; Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson |
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| Comic Story | The Heirs of Harris (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A strange phone call to police headquarters from a wealthy eccentric causes Peggy Allen to investigate. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Cyrus Harris (introduction); unnamed butler; unnamed chauffeur |
| Notes | Writer credit determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Featuring | Thrilling Comics |
| Content | Characters: Doc Strange [Thomas Hugo Strange]; American Crusader [Archibald Masters] |
| Notes | Inside back cover. House ad for Thrilling Comics featuring Doc Strange and the American Crusader. |
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| Featuring | Real Life Comics |
| Content | Characters: Adolph Hitler |
| Notes | Back cover. House ad for Real Life Comics. |
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