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| Did Cyclop and his gang steal a proto-nuke?! |
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| Weird, on page 28 the bottom left panel of the Manhunter story is the only one not colored. I wonder if that was intentional (maybe to give the feeling of night?), or an oversight, or maybe they just ran out of time?
A pro artist told me they sometimes inked comics panels in random order, just to make it more interesting and you didn't have to ink a dull exposition scene all in one sitting, and it would be a way to mix things up when you start getting tired too. Maybe colorists worked that way as well? |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (inset); Manhunter [Dan Richards] (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Cyclop Caper (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Plastic Man gets help stopping a gang from Omar of the Western Union, but Omar keeps messing up. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Omar McGootch (introduction); Zack (villain); Cyclop (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dewey Drip |
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| Comic Story | The Axis Prison Breakout (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: #711 [Daniel Dyce] |
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| Comic Story | The Air Race Menace (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
| Notes | Last appearance in Police Comics. Eagle Evans next appears as a "sky fighter" in Bomber Comics (Gilberton, 1944 series) #1. Tracking of feature noted by Leonard Wolinsky via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. |
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| Comic Story | Rogan's Gambling Racket (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Comic Story | The Voodoo Queen (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | When the Voodoo Queen casts a spell upon a tycoon, Officer Richards is the first on the scene, and, as Manhunter, tracks the villains to their cemetery lair, and, after a brief battle, left it ablaze. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; J.C. Dobbs; McGonigle; The Voodoo Queen (villain); a voodoo priest (villain); Xaxol (villain, a giant) |
| Notes | A small shield now appears in the small circle on Manhunter's chest. |
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| Synopsis | After winning back the aluminum mine from the Nazis in Argentina, The Human Bomb decides to remain in country to battle more Nazi rats. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; the Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Black Raven (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
| Notes | ripoff of THE MALTESE FALCON |
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| Comic Story | The Civilian Defense Scandal (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Senator Knight refuses to allow an investigation of extortion in the U.S. offices of Civilian Defense as a lack of confidence in our Capitol, the Phantom Lady decides to unofficially conduct such an investigation. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Senator Knight; Tom Jenson (death); un-named German Consolate Undersecretary [as Mr. MacMarris, O.C.D. Chief, who was murdered] (villain); Koiby (villain); Joe (villain) |
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| Text Story | Murder in the Pines (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Dick Mace |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Mace |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Scout Don Conroy accidently hears a big time crook call an associate named Moko to meet him at Southard Park in order to turn over stolen plans for a new cannon. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Don Conroy (Boy Scout); Big Joe Gabul (villain); Moko (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Terry the Terrible (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
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| Synopsis | Still aboard the destroyer "Russell," Slugger and Rod sail to Cairo, Egypt, where they meet Joan, who is serving there with the Red Cross, but they also meet with Nazis. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Joan Rogers; "Slugger" Dunn; the Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | Art was previously attributed to Reed Crandall, but the art is more consistent with Ames’ signed art from Fight Comics #19 (June 1942), including his bulgy noses and how he draws the “S” inside the ears. |
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