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| From the company that brought you Airboy -some really bizarre heroes here, but they make for surprisingly compelling reading. |
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| These Golden Age heroes really are bizarre, but in a fun way. |
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| Publication | January 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | The Boy King |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Boy King [King David] |
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| Comic Story | The Boy King and the Giant! (14 pages) |
| Featuring | The Boy King |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Boy King [King David] (introduction, origin); The Giant (introduction, a giant robot, origin); King of Swisslakia (introduction, death); Abraham Lincoln (image only); Lord Wellington (image only); George Washington (image only); Richard the Lion-Hearted (image only); David (image only); Goliath (villain, death, image only); Grouse (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Checking the Checker (11 pages) |
| Featuring | Nightmare and Sleepy |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Nightmare [Bob White] (introduction, origin); Sleepy [Terry Wake] (introduction, origin); The Checker [Henricks] (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Origin of Stupid Manny (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Stupid Manny |
| Content | Characters: Stupid Manny [Manny] (Intro, Origin); Prof. Bruno McNasty (Intro); Nazi spies (Villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Origin of Micro Face (10 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Micro-Face [Tom Woods] (Intro, Origin); Big Boston (Intro, Villain) |
| Notes | Micro-Face written without the hyphen this story only. |
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| Text Story | Smoke Rings of Death (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | Zippo |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zippo [Joe Blair] (introduction and origin); The Pirate (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Boy Rangers (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers |
| Content | Characters: Jackie Law (Intro, Origin); Boy Rangers [Buck (Intro); Corny (Intro); Gorilla (Intro); Froggy]; Dan Law (Intro, Death); The Slick Loan Co. (Intro, Villain) |
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| Comic Story | Murder Before the Footlights (8 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Twilight [Sgt. Terry Gardner] (Intro, Origin); Snoopy (a parrot) (Intro); Maxim (Intro, Villain); Nada (Intro, Villain); Wilmer (Intro, Death) |
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