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| Beautiful art from Bob Fujitani, especially the splash page for The Gallows & The Ghoul. Powerful, melodranatic, lurid, with just a hint of Eisner about it. |
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| Publication | Fall 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Ad for the book Laughter for the Millions from Larch Publications. |
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| Comic Story | Special Case No. 25: The Gallows and the Ghoul (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Hangman tries to stop Jed Jennings. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mary [aka Mary Jennings] (introduction, death); Jimmy (Mary's son); Jed Jennings (villain, introduction, death); Thelma Gordon |
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| Text Story | The "Perfect" Crime (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | George plans to kill his brother-in-law. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: George Bryan; Peter Rawlings |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Special Case No. 26: The Case of the Python's Curse (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Some men steal a rare python from an Indian snake charmer and he curses them. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Baxter (introduction, death); Wiley (introduction, death); Gorley (villain, introduction, death); Mrs. Wiley |
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| Notes | Promo for the Black Hood radio program. |
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| Comic Story | Special Case No. 27: Pirates Out of the Past (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Balbo believes it was bad luck to hunt down and plunder a Spanish galleon in 1498 that was carrying the Spanish church's gold. When Balbo and his crew somehow arrive in the year 1943, they discover that it was indeed bad luck, when they must face the Hangman. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Joey (introduction); Captain Balbo (villain, introduction, death); the Cockroach (villain, introduction, death); un-named pirates [Pedro; Juan; un-named others] (villains, introduction for all, all die) |
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| Activity | Who Murdered Wendel White? (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Hangman's Puzzle |
| Content | Characters: Wendel White; Tobey White; Cabot White; Baron White; Carol White; Garry White |
| Notes | An image of the Hangman, a murdered man, and five portraits of suspects. Readers are instructed how to identify the killer. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Great News (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Souphead; Harry Sahle |
| Notes | Promo indicating full-page portraits of Archie characters will appear in each issue of Archie Comics, beginning with issue 6 (Archie in 6, Jughead in 7, Veronica in 8, Betty in 9, Souphead in 10). Also cross-promotes the Archie Andrews radio program. |
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| Comic Story | The Gamblers' Election (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Unknown Tom Bingle is elected mayor. |
| Featuring | Boy Buddies |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Flowers Dixon (villain; introduction); Gilbert (introduction); Tom Bingle (introduction); Sam |
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| Activity | Fleetwing (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Junior Flying Corps |
| Notes | Diagram and instructions for constructing a balsa-wood model airplane. Also lists new members of Junior Flying Corps club. |
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| Comic Story | Street Corner Decoy (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man starts a fight with Roy outside a jewelry store. |
| Featuring | Boy Buddies |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Casey and his gang (villain; introduction) |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Muscle Power Co. |
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| Synopsis | Bob tells Jim how to take care of his blackheads. |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Bob; Jim |
| Notes | Vacutex by Ballco Products Company. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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