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| Publication | February 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Samar (inset); Spin Shaw (inset) |
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| Comic Story | Doll Man Joins the Army (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Darrel Dane joins the Army, and is out an issue later with no explanation. |
| Credits | Script:? [as William Erwin Maxwell] |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Franklin D. Roosevelt; The Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Treasure Hunt: Part 2 (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; The Triolettes (first appearance); Mr. Dingley (first appearance); Mrs. Dingley (first appearance); Theodore the Great (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Exalted High Caliph (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Traitor's Telltale Light (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Spy | Characters: Capt. Bruce Blackburn; The Band (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Captured Cubs (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script: John Charles |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Samar; Ashley (first appearance; Ashley's partner (first appearance); Mike (villain; first appearance); two other crooks (first appearance; villains); The Wahilis (first appearance; villains) |
| Notes | John Charles, as used at Quality Comics, was a house name used for multiple writers. It is not the UK writer John Charles who started his career in the 1990s. |
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| Comic Story | Hockey Today! (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy; New York Strangers (first appearance; a hockey team); Toronto Tea Leafs (first appearance; a hockey team) |
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| Comic Story | War In Volcania (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dusty Dane; Patricia Morley; Prince Ku (first appearance); Balok (first appearance; villain; death) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza |
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| Comic Story | Sacrifice to Moloch (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Zero; Dr. Chadwick (introduction); Wanda Chadwick (introduction); un-named ghost (villain, introduction); a priest of Moloch (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | In this story, Zero performs an incantation by drawing a circular pattern -- or zero -- that transports him into the past and which also summons ghosts.
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Ace in the Army (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ace becomes a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and goes after a group of spies that have seized a new flying fortress, recovering the plane. However, an injury to the left arm, suffered by the Ace of Space during the skirmish, is noted by the base Major to Egan's left arm, and the hero's secret becomes known. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Ace of Space [Ace Egan]; a gang of spies (villains, introduction) |
| Notes | Last appearance. Writer credit confirmed by Jim Amash in the Quality Companion (November, 2011). |
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| Comic Story | Battle with the Giants (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP |
| Notes | most of this story is Reynolds's dream |
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| Text Story | The Black Raider (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Perry Scott |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott |
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| Comic Story | The Boat Race Murders (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; Professor Terhune (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | The Theft of the Plane Plans (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Rex Smith] |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; A gang of spies (first appearance; villains); Gregory (first appearance; villain; death); Jim Drake (first appearance; villain; death) |
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