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| Publication | April 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero |
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| Comic Story | Death in Derlin's Castle (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Plas investigates the murder of a treasury agent. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: J.V. Arlen (introduction, death); Daniel Richard Derlin (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Synopsis | Imitating his sergeant's shouted order to "Pull in thet stummick," Dewey accidentally fat-shames a passing general. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Dewey Drip; Sergeant; General |
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| Comic Story | The Curse of Cain (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Destiny, with many experiences under his belt, begins to use his power more proactively to prevent the murders to which he is drawn. He happens upon a pitiful young man who had been cursed by a witch, and only by taking the life of another human would his torment end. Destiny's solution was to help the man enlist in the armed forces, and the man went on to become a crack killer pilot. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: Destiny |
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| Comic Story | The Crime Crumpler (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Flatfoot Burns |
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| Comic Story | The Deathless Brain of Tony Conroy (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Sims has invented a serum that can keep the brain alive and needs but a test subject. Just then, two thugs come in with the body of a bullet-ridden gangster, who dies on the table. When the thugs scatter, the doctor removes the dead gangster's brain, attaches it to his Artificial Circulator, and applies the serum. The brain displays thought patterns and then mentally controls the scientist to murder his gang members who had deserted his body. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Arthur Sims (pseudo villain, physician, scientist, death); Tony Conroy (villain, gangster, death); Conroy's gang [Joe; other un-named] (villains, both die) |
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| Text Story | Death Fog (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Synopsis | For better or worse, Hustace becomes Roy's assistant in the new Lincoln-Throckmorton Laboratory. Roy's two careers leaves little time for romance, but Hustace becomes easily distracted by a femme fatale named Nola. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Nola (villain) |
| Notes | This is Leav. He draws large hands, many lively faces, some panels without backgrounds, and a special way of running with high lifted legs. Compare with his signed story in Wanted Comics (Orbit-Wanted, 1947 series) #52 (February 1953). |
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| Comic Story | Sloozy Slime (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
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| Comic Story | The Silk District Beat (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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