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| Publication | June 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Flash Lightning |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Flash Lightning [Robert Morgan] |
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| Illustration | Lt. Col. W. G. Barker (1 page) |
| Featuring | Famous Daredevils Of History |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside front cover.
Ajay likely stood for the initials "A.J." Possibly Andrew J. Hull, of PM, the short-lived New York daily that preceded the New York Star.
From the 14 May 1943 issue of PM: "This is going to get complicated right now, but we have two Ajays. The original, is Andrew J. Hull, another artist in our department who once worked some place where there was another man with his name. As a result, they made up the name Ajay from Hull’s first two initials and pinned that on him so he wouldn’t be confused with the other man and he has been using it ever since." –John P. Lewis (editor) |
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| Comic Story | Ambassador of Doom (15 pages) |
| Featuring | X, the Phantom Fed |
| Content | Characters: X (a federal agent, introduction); The Green Mask [Sam Barkley] (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Based on the magazine "Secret Agent 'X'" May 1934 story; per Mark Trost in Blood 'n' Thunder #30 (Summer 2011). Brant (not Brand) House was the pen name of the writers for the Secret Agent 'X" pulp. |
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| Featuring | 'Flash' Lightning |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: 'Flash' Lightning [Robert Morgan] (introduction, origin); Old Man of the Pyramids (introduction); The Phoenix (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Based on the magazine Captain Hazard pulp story for May 1938, per Mark Trost in Blood 'n' Thunder #30 (Summer 2011). |
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| Synopsis | The Raven robs Reynolds and Wells and gives the money to the poor. |
| Featuring | The Raven |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Raven [Danny Dartin] (introduction); Mike; Jack; Lola Lash; Captain Lash; Flanagan; McGowan; Allen Reynolds (villain, crooked stock promoter); Arthur Wells (villain, a charity fraud) |
| Notes | Based on the story "The Sinister Sphere", the first Moon Man story, which appeared in Ten Detective Aces June 1933; per Mark Trost in Blood 'n' Thunder #30 (Summer 2011). |
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| Comic Story | The Big Moment (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Whiz Wilson |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Whiz Wilson (introduction) |
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| Featuring | Marvo the Magician |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Marvo the Magician (introduction); Tito (introduction) |
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| Text Article | Clues That Caught Criminals (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Featuring | Ace McCoy |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ace McCoy (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Meet "Hap" Hazard (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Hap Hazard |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hap Hazard (introduction) |
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| Featuring | Buck Steele |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buck Steele (introduction) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Read These! Every Month (1 page) |
| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Shark; The Iron Skull; Drago (villain); Minimidget |
| Notes | Promotional house advertisement for Amazing Man, with miniature splash pages of A-Man, Iron Skull, Minimidget, and the Shark from Amazing Man Comics (Centaur, 1939 series) #11 (April 1940). |
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| Credits | Script:? (promo copy) | Pencils: various (cover reproductions) | Inks: various (cover reproductions) |
| Notes | Showing Ace Magazines pulp and regular magazines covers. Includes Secrets, Everyday Photography, Flying Aces, Love Fiction Monthly, Ten Detective Aces, Western Trails, Ace Sports, Ten-Story Love, 10 Cent Story Detective, Western Aces, Complete Love Magazine, Sky Aces, 12 Sports Aces, Lone Wolf Detective, All-Novel Western, and Variety Love Stories. |
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