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| Nice scans. However, book is not quite complete.
Bottom left corner of Scoop Larson's first page is missing. Coupon from previous ad page was cut out. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Future [Andrew Bryant] |
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| Comic Story | The Anti-Electricity Ray (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]; Otto Martin (introduction, death); Briggs (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Platt signs on the penultimate panel of the final page. |
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| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Lt. Don Davis; Schultz (villain, introduction); Marge (villain, introduction); Fred (villain, introduction); Tony (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Deadly Gas Formula (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Mystico; Prof. Humphries (introduction, death); Nancy Humphries (introduction); Jaeger (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains) |
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| Featuring | G-Man Dalton |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: G-Man Dalton; Mantula (villain, introduction); Betty Crews (villain, introduction); Hank (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introduction) |
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| Text Story | The Pony Express Trail (1 page) |
| Featuring | Jimmy Martin |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors: Tom Gunn | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jimmy Martin; Joe Martin; Grandpa Hicks |
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| Featuring | Scoop Langdon |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Scoop Langdon; Prager (villain, introduction, death); Anne Beauchamp (introduction) |
| Notes | last appearance.
Compare art with signed story in issue #2. |
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| Text Story | Bobby and the Rhino (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors: Jackson Cole | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Bobby Thomas; Jim Thomas |
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| Featuring | Ace Buckley |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Ace Buckley (introduction, origin); Toni Stark (introduction); Athualpa (guest-star); Pizarro (guest-star); De Soto (guest-star) |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Randall]; Sam Withers (villain, introduction, death); Tom Davis |
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| Featuring | Detective-Sergeant Burke |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Detective-Sergeant Burke; Spivan (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Featuring | Happy and His Pappy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Happy; Pappy |
| Notes | last appearance in BEST COMICS #4
Two separate one page stories. |
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