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| I'm not convinced that Espionage is entirely the work of Dan Zolnerowich - some of those faces, poses and panel layouts look very much like Eisner to me! |
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| Publication | September 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Bozo the Robot; Espionage [Black X] (inset); The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Legion of Living Bombs (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black X resigns his commission due to his love for Madame Doom, but her plan to use her men as human explosives so revolts him, he changes his mind. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Madame Doom (villain); Mirov (villain) |
| Notes | Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name) until he left the strip after 1940. It also became a house by-line as well for future writers. |
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| Comic Story | The Electric Paralyzer Ray (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Magno [Tom Dalton]; Professor Abbot |
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| Comic Story | Nurse and Spy (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Abdul the Arab; Colonel Gerard; Hassan; Nurse Renaud; Achmed the Beduin; Lt. Picon |
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| Comic Story | Fatima the Queen (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: King Archie O'Toole; Fatima; Ida Clare |
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| Comic Story | The Auto Race (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Cliff Chance; Spud; Red; Dutch; Monk |
| Notes | Previously known as 'Clip Chance at Cliffside', this issue's story is simply 'Clip Chance'. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
| Notes | Six unrelated gag panels. |
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| Comic Story | The Invasion of Tronvik (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Wings Wendall; Captain Ludz (Intro); Nazis; Lucky (a girl); Ambassador Stanton |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Ray (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cub reporter Happy Terrill gains incredible powers when he rides a balloon through a cosmic storm in the high stratosphere. The balloon mission of Professor Styne also uncovered a new powerful gas, which is stolen by the thug, Anton Rox. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill] (newspaper reporter, origin); Professor Styne; Anton Rox (villain) |
| Notes | In this adventure only, the Ray's legs were colored as bare instead of yellow. |
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| Comic Story | Rowdy Dick Bartell (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Dick Bartell |
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| Synopsis | While on a tropical isle in the south Pacific, the Hood encounters other invisible opponents, who are intent on acquiring valuable gas deposits. Their invisibility was a ruse, but they were surprised when they encountered a "real" ghost. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; John Wallace; Renly (villain); Darke (villain); Matt (villain); Spike (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Mountain of Madness (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter; Grayson (Intro, Dies) |
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| Text Story | Mystery of the Mine (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jimmy Christian |
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| Synopsis | One of the trio's uncles is president of a steamship company and he tells the boys that he suspects a certain criminal of being in league with spies who are trying to ruin his firm's shipping in the Dardanelles. The Trio immediately volunteers to round up the felon and turn him over to the Turkish Police. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd; Rocky Hill; Warren] |
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| Comic Story | Knocky Knish (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Wun Cloo; Knocky Knish |
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| Comic Story | The Monster from the Graveyards (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bozo truly meets his match in a modern-day Prometheus named Brutus, created by a mad scientist, who stole its body parts from graves. Battling to a stalemate, the encounter only ended when Bozo threw Brutus into his creator, destroying both of them. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; un-named mad scientist (villain, death); Brutus (villain, introduction, a monster, death) |
| Notes | Swiped from Frankenstein. |
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