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| Publication | January 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Harvey Kurtzman's first cover. |
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| Cover | The Clown is Back Again! |
| Featuring | Magno; Davey; The Sword |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Magno; Davey Landis; The Sword [Arthur Lake] |
| Notes | Harvey Kurtzman's first cover. |
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| PSA | Bonds for Victory or Bonds for Slavery (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: War |
| Notes | The inside-front cover. Public Service announcement in comic format to promote the purchase of war bonds. |
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| Comic Story | The Clown's Drawings of Death (13 pages) |
| Featuring | Magno and Davey |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Magno; Davey; The Clown |
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| Comic Story | The Race Against Death! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Risk pits his cunning against a murder maniac who is attempting to get jockeys to throw races or be killed for not doing so. |
| Featuring | Mr. Risk |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Mr. Risk; Strang (racehorse owner); a murder-maniac (villain) |
| Notes | Last appeared in Our Flag Comics #5 (April, 1942). |
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| Comic Story | The Airplane Assassinations (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Origin recap in splash panel. |
| Featuring | Dr. Nemesis |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Last appeared in Lightning Comics vol.3 no.1 [#14] (June, 1942). One indexer listed art credits as Harvey Kurtzman. |
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| Text Story | Cold-Country Justice (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | John Dawson, a fur trapper, suspects his partner is going to double-cross him. |
| Credits | Script: Brant House | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: John Dawson; Bill Slagle; Caribou Joe |
| Notes | This story appears to be reprinted from Ace's magazine Ace Westerns, dated February 1942. Brant House is a house pseudonym used by Ace Publications. In that magazine the story was credited to Ralph Powers, also a house pseudonym. |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Lancer (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Morgana Faye attempts to gain the secrets of a plane's wing mechanism to give to the Nazis. |
| Featuring | The Sword |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Lancer [Lance Larter](Sword's partner, introduction, origin); Faye Morgana (villain); The Sword |
| Notes | Last appeared in Lightning Comics v3 #1 (June 1942). |
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| Comic Story | The Food Fires (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Buckskin helps find an arsonist setting fire to wheat crops. |
| Featuring | Buckskin |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Comic Story | The Daily Star Scrap Drive (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hap manages to get a scoop destined for a rival newspaper. |
| Featuring | Hap Hazard |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor |
| Notes | Last appeared in Lightning Comics vol.3 no.1 (June, 1942). |
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| Comic Story | The Werewolf's Marauding Raids (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Paul Revere Jr foils a plot by Nazi sympathisers to fuel submarines. |
| Featuring | Paul Revere Jr. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Paul Revere Jr.; Paul Revere Sr.; Patrick Henry; Betsy Ross; Sheriff (villain) |
| Notes | Last appeared in Captain Courageous Comics #6 (March, 1942). Statement of Ownership takes up 2/3 of the 4th tier on the last page. |
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