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| Wonder Woman doesn't come along until December of 1941 in All Star 8. The price guide does not state USA is the first patriotic woman superhero, I think because she is in spirit and not actually form. She disappeared after 7 issues so about the time that Wonder Woman came along, but let's not forget who the real first patriotic woman superheroine is... Miss Victory! August 1941, a real person who battled in WW2 and disappeared shortly after. The price guide has a question mark as to 1st Superheroine and that's because they have yet to label or figure out USA. Nonetheless, an important issue. I've been looking for this issue, I have all her other appearances. Black Cat ties with Miss Vic but labeled a woman of mystery as opposed to patriotic minded, yet the comic she appears in is clearly patriotic. (Pocket Comics #1) |
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| Publication | March 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Samar (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Treasure of the Black Albatross (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Jane (first appearance); Jane's father (first appearance; death); Captain Rocco (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Treasure Hunt: Part 3 (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; Simon (first appearance; death); Amyas (first appearance; death) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Introducing USA (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | As a young girl in 1777 and around to witness Besty Ross creating the new American flag. She carried some threads of that flag in her locket, and, afterwards, grew very ill and passed away, being buried with that locket. In 1941, the locket was unearthed and when opened, USA was born. With her magic flag and torch of liberty, she showed European loyalists the errors of their ways. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: USA (introduction, origin); Betsy Ross (flashback); Franklin D. Roosevelt; Otto Fluger (villain, introduction, death); Fluger's un-named spies (villains, introduction for all, all die); Adolf Hitler (villain) |
| Notes | USA was created by Maurice Gutwirth and was Quality's second lady heroine. She was clearly inspired by the early American icon called Miss Columbia, and predated Wonder Woman by about six months. |
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| Comic Story | Zero's Future Incarnation (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Zero; Dr. Potsam (introduction); Lanya (introduction); Loro (villain, introduction); Mogur (villain, introduction); un-named Martians (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Script credit suggeseted by the Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Time Machine (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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| Comic Story | The Slaver of Bleak Isle (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dusty Dane; Ahmeer (first appearance; a dancing girl); Abdul Kalat (first appearance; villain); Singh (first appearance; villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza |
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| Comic Story | Ghosts Don't Use Guns (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Spy | Characters: Capt. Bruce Blackburn; The Prussorians (first appearance; villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Raid on Bulobo (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Samar; Jeho (first appearance); The Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Origin of Reynolds of the Mounted (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP (origin in flashback); The Old Timer (first apperaance); Tom Reynolds (first appearance; flashback; death; Reynolds's brother); Pinky Reynolds (first appearance; Reynold's brother); Jeff Bandro (first appearance; villain; flashback) |
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| Text Story | Epic in Bronze (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Perry Scott |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott |
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| Comic Story | The Sled (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Trapping the Trappers (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; Moose (villain, a hunter); Joe (villain, a hunter, villain) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | Bar Sinister (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; A gang of spies (first appearance; villains) |
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