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| I am a big fan of WWII era patriotic theme comic book covers featuring lurid Japanese soldier bashing and Nazi smashing. This one is iconic as they come replete with the heroes symbolizing Americas' determination to take the fight to the Axis enemies to win the war. |
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| Publication | May 13 - August 12, 1942 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Cover | Tokio |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr] |
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| Featuring | Captain Marvel |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Advertisement for Whiz Comics. |
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| Notes | Contents page. |
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| Comic Story | The Magno-Ray (21 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Steamboat; Beautia Sivana; Shazam (inset); Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain) |
| Notes | Main artist revision from C. C. Beck to Harford, per P. C. Hamerlinck in Alter Ego #169 (May, 2016), added by Craig Delich. Harford credit confirmed from a picture taken of him as he worked on the last page on this story. |
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| Comic Story | The Baffling Morto (15 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Morto (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Benito Mussolini (villain); Hirohito (villain) |
| Notes | Title from contents page. |
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| Comic Story | Leads the Freedom Fight (18 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy; Superhero | Characters: Stuart Corby [Admiral Corby's nephew] (introduction) |
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| Text Story | Aaron's Perfect Plans (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Pauline Tyson Stephens | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Baffling Case of the Murdered Millionaire (20 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Strange Man With Cats (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Writer credit determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Animal |
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| Comic Story | The Man Who Lived a Million Years (15 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Man of the Ages (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Title from contents page.
Writer credit determined by textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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