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| Contains the only Fletcher Hanks comic entitled TED KANE. In fact, its a reworking of Hanks' character Big Red McLane. So this is an historic item. Thanks...I dont think its anywhere else on the internet |
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| The earlier version of the Hanks story can be found in Fight Comics 07 from Fiction House. |
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| Publication | [circa 1945] | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: War |
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| Synopsis | Ted Kane and his partner have bought a tract of timber in a district controlled by a gang of cut-throat lumber hijackers. |
| Featuring | Ted Kane King of the Northwoods |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ted Kane |
| Notes | Distinctive Fletcher Hanks art and possible writing. Information on this reprint from Michael T. Gilbert via http://goldenagecomics.co.uk. |
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| Synopsis | Young Edward wreaks havoc with his bow and arrow. |
| Featuring | Edward the Third |
| Credits | Script:? [as Al Ert] (credited) | Pencils:? [as Al Ert] (credited) | Inks:? [as Al Ert] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Edward |
| Notes | No dialogue in this strip except the use of a question mark twice. |
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| Synopsis | Grounded because of their age, Tommy, Curly, and Blimpo stay on the ground and capture two Nazi spies who landed from a German submarine. The boys and some British soldiers take over the submarine. |
| Featuring | Junior Patrol |
| Credits | Inks:? (shop/studio assistance?) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Teen; War | Characters: Tommy; Curly; Blimpo; Lord Roslyn; Captain Arnold |
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| Synopsis | FBI agent Stormy (aided by a polar bear) defeats two enemy agents in frozen Alaska. |
| Featuring | Stormy Frost |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Spy; War | Characters: Stormy Frost; Skeet Drake |
| Notes | Art credit based on the credit for the original story. |
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| Synopsis | Sky Hawk foils a Nazi plan using a submarine and fake RAF aircraft to prey on Allied freighters. |
| Featuring | The Sky Hawk |
| Credits | Script:? [as Hy Flyah] | Pencils:? [as Hy Flyah] | Inks:? [as Hy Flyah] |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Sky Hawk |
| Notes | This is not the same "Sky Hawk" character that appeared in Dell's War Comics and Popular Comics. |
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| Synopsis | Pop chases Freshie up a tree and winds up in the hospital. |
| Featuring | Freshie |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Freshie; Mom; Pop; Clancey (cop) |
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| Synopsis | 4 illustrated factoids about animals and insects. |
| Featuring | Strange But... True |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Nature |
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| Synopsis | Nazis incite Arab tribesmen to attack British outposts in the desert. 7-X exposes the Axis perfidy to Sheik Mohammed Fey and he withdraws his aid to the enemy. |
| Featuring | Secret Agent 7-X |
| Credits | Script:? [as G. Mann] | Pencils:? [as G. Mann] | Inks:? [as G. Mann] |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: 7-X; Mohammed Fey; Von Rast (Nazi Agent) |
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| Synopsis | Hap performs well on ice skates when he's alone, but Jane only arrives when he's taken a tumble. |
| Featuring | Hap |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Hap; Jane |
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| Synopsis | Photo showing Congressional Medal of Honor winner Marine John Basilone talking to the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve's (U.S.M.C.W.R.) Margaret Beauworth. The second photo is Pvt. R.E. Steinmetz and his mule red in Italy. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Platoon Sergeant John Basilone; Margaret Beauworth; Private R.E. Steinmetz; Red (a mule) |
| Notes | Two black and white photos with captions. |
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| Synopsis | Rogro steals plans for a time machine from Professor Gaylord and travels to Mercury in the year 4000. Scott, the Professor and Jane follow. They discover Rogro has convinced the King of Mercury that his people need human blood, not synthetic blood. Rogro plans to use Scott and the Professor to supply blood but will "save the girl for later!" Scott and his friends defeat Rogro and return to the present. |
| Featuring | Scott Dalton |
| Credits | Script:? [as Robert Royal] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Scott Dalton; Professor Gaylord; Jane; Rogro |
| Notes | A Flash Gordon pastiche.
Art credit based on the credit for the original story. |
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| Text Article | Blow Up Top of Mountain Defended by Japs (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Story of Sungshan, the "Gibralter of the Burma Road". |
| Credits | Colors:? (logo only) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Captain Peter S. Hopkins; Chinese soldiers; Japanese soldiers; Brigadier General Frank Dorn |
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| Text Article | Model Planes For Children (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Text article with illustration. |
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| Synopsis | Hap tracks down Kenny to tell him that his mother wants him. |
| Featuring | Hap |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Hap; Bricktop; Kenny |
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