| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; The Unknown (inset); Destroyer 171 (inset); Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset) |
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| Comic Story | Adventure in Panama (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Uncle Sam, Buddy and Senator Corey are kidnapped aboard a plane heading for the Panama Canal, and the criminal gang responsible is interested in the papers found in the Senator's briefcase. When they tell the detainees that they plan to use a freighter loaded with explosives to destroy the Gatum Lake Spillway, Uncle Sam disguises himself and frees the other captives and turns the tables on the gang. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Will Eisner] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Senator Corey; Buddy; Fritz (villain); Pedro (villain) |
| Notes | Title from reprint in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2011 Series) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze |
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| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kid Dixon [Danny Dixon] |
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| Synopsis | The Unknown meets a Nazi commander who took doses of cocaine for additional "courage", but which gave the Colonel super-human strength. Still, he was no match for the innate strength of the Unknown. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero; War | Characters: The Unknown; Colonel Hasenpfeffer (villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver [Max] |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Children | Characters: Kid Patrol |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Prop Powers |
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| Comic Story | The Spider of Doom (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An acquaintance of Joch's, the mad scientist Professor Twitch, turns up dead at the hands of Vang, the Professor's assistant. Vang then uses the Professor's formular to create giant killer spiders. Merlin transforms himself into the likeness of Emperor Hirohito to fool Vang and capture him. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog; also as Emperor Hirohito]; Professor Mordecai Twitch (villain, death); Vang (villain, Professor Twitch's assistant) |
| Notes | Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a by-line on this strip. |
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| Text Story | Ghost Town Murder (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: War |
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