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| This issue has some significance as it contains the golden age origin of Dr Nemesis, who turned up in Marvel's X-MEN, same secret identity and appearance. And of course, he turned out to be a Mutant!
Actually the name 'Dr Nemesis' has quite a varied history in Marvel. |
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| Pages 2 & 3 are missing and instead we have pages 10 & 11 repeating.
Does anyone have the version with pages 2 & 3? |
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| a c2c 'fixed' version with the missing two pages is up on DCM here - https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=22639 |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Inker credit by Craig Delich. |
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| Featuring | Flash Lightning |
| Credits | Pencils: Jim Mooney [as Mooney] (signed) | Inks: Jim Mooney [as Mooney] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Flash Lightning [Robert Morgan]; Joan Fuller; The Mummy [Professor Vatz] |
| Notes | Inker credit by Craig Delich. |
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| Illustration | William Wellman (1 page) |
| Featuring | Famous Daredevils of History |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation | Characters: William Welllman, one of the top directors in Hollywood at this time. |
| Notes | Located on inside-front cover |
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| Featuring | Flash Lightning |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Flash Lightning [Robert Morgan]; Joan Fuller (warden's daughter); The Mummy [Professor Vatz] (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | He's called simply 'Lightning' throughout the story, except in the opening and closing captions.
In addition to the signature on splash page, Jim Mooney signed in two other locations within the story. Once within the last panel on page 6 of the story, and again in the 4th panel on page 11 of the story. Both additional signatures are written as just "Mooney". |
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| Featuring | The Raven |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Raven [Danny Dartin]; Lola Lash (Danny's fianceé); Andrew Gamma (retired gangster) |
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| Featuring | Rx Doctor Nemesis |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Anderson (signed) | Inks: Harry Anderson (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dr. Nemesis [Jim Bradley] (first appearance); Miss Dennis (nurse) |
| Notes | The final panel includes a request from the publisher for readers to write in and let them know if they want more Rx Dr Nemesis stories to appear within Lightning Comics.
A previous indexer has noted that the story was signed by the artist (Harry Anderson), however I was unable to locate a signature on a scanned copy I read on Comicbookplus. |
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| Featuring | Hap Hazard |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Jack Alderman's signature appears within the last panel of the story, the panel serves as a promo for Hap Hazard's appearance in the next issue of Lightning Comics. |
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| Text Story | Trigger Trap (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Tom Malloy (police detective); Harry Collins (killer) |
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| Featuring | Marvo the Magician and Tito |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lew Morro (gang leader) |
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| Featuring | Whiz Wilson |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Raggo (evil dictator) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | A request for readers to send in information on which are their favourite characters from Lightning Comics. A prize of a signed picture of a Lightning Comics character is on offer. Includes a coupon to complete and post. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Fall Guy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A 1-page comic story promoting Super-Mystery Comics |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | The back cover |
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More details about this comic may be available in their page here |
