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| Publication | October 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Scene in story doesn't feature Virginia as captive, but rather her cousin, Fred Barnes. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson |
| Notes | Scene in story doesn't feature Virginia as captive, but rather her cousin, Fred Barnes. |
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| Comic Story | Dr. Strange in the Everglades (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Fred Barnes (introduction, Virginia Thompson's cousin); Otis Kerner (villain, introduction, death); Maglio (villain, introduction); Big Joe Aleuto (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The hero was mostly known as 'Dr. Strange' in his earliest stories, but here he is constantly referred to as 'Doc'. |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost Meets George Washington (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Ghost [George Chance]; Prof. Fenton (villain); Colin (villain, introduction); The British (villain); The Hessians (villain); George Washington (guest-star); Betty Norris (introduction) |
| Notes | Pencils and inks originally credited to George Mandel, but Wexler signs in the first panel. |
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| Comic Story | The Submarine Mother-Ship (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Tom Niles, Undersea Raider; Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Guardists of Aruba (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: The Lone Eagle; Colonel Van Huys; Ilse Van Huys; Captain Kliefer (villain); The Guardists (villain, introduction, Nazi spies) |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Elmer Wexler, but is completely different to the signed first story here. |
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| Text Story | Eddie Makes His Mark |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Eddie Young; Jed Borrows (outlaw) |
| Notes | The balance of the page is taken up with an ad for The Rio Kid Western pulp magazine. |
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| Comic Story | Death In the Hotel Metropolis (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Henry Stevens (hotel owner); Bascom (villain, introduction); Carr (Chicago millionaire); Neale (watchman) |
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| Comic Story | The Revenge of Torrelli (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Dan Duffy; Torrelli (villain); Clem Foster (villain); Coach Blake; Marcia |
| Notes | Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel. |
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| Comic Story | The Wreck of the SBU Express (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: The Rio Kid; The Lorro Gang (villains, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Cocaine Smugglers (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Nickie Norton; Lefty; "Bugs" Kelly (villain, introduction); other smugglers (villains, introduction) |
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| Letters Page | American Youth Will Triumph! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promo for the "Thrilling Club".
Coupon for survey of features and registration to "CASH PRIZE CONTEST". |
| Featuring | Chats with the Editor |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Marco Polo Jones Goes Talent Scouting (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Fantasy | Characters: Marco Polo Jones; Polly; Snowball; Mother Goose (guest-star); the Fairy Queen (guest-star); Tom Thumb (guest-star) |
| Notes | McGill signs at the foot of both pages.
The second page ought to precede the first. |
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