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| Publication | September 1938 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Sari Marston; Vance Roy |
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| Synopsis | Steele heads to the planet out-post Mannin at the request of King Kurt to investigate the mysterious bat raids that supposedly have been occuring. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Skyrocket Steele Dodge (introduction); Sari Marston; Peter Muhr; King Kurt; Minister Craid; Tal (villain, Lieutenant in command of Mannin); Vance Roy (villain) |
| Notes | This is the first Skyrocket Steele story, even though he was featured on the cover of the previous issue.
Bill Everett also signs in the final panel. |
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| Comic Story | The Sacred White Elephant (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Thieves angle to take a baby white elephant from Brailey. |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Joe Brailey; Chola; Stark; Dorothy; Korni; Rambai (elephant) |
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| Comic Story | Diamond of Doom (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Speed Rush, "hard-boiled Ace of the private detectives", is called in by Fenton, who is charged by the Rajah of Dewar to cut the famous Dewar Diamond, worth half a million dollars. International diamond thief Rocks McCool steals the gem at gunpoint, and takes Rush and Fenton aboard a ship, intending to encase them in cement and drop them overboard. But Rush disarms one of the crooks and holds the others at gunpoint until the arrival of the Coast Guard. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Speed Rush; O. Fenton (diamond cutter); Machine-Gun Corson (villain); Rocks McCool (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Rocks of Fate (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Baldy; Blackie; Joe |
| Notes | It seems likely that this is a Comics Magazine Company reprint, but no match is currently known.
All pages are printed in black and red, except page two, which is in black and white. |
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| Comic Story | An Excursion to Mars (2 pages) |
| Notes | 1st appearance of strip. A two page spread. |
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| Text Story | Flying Bluff (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Branson and Nakamura are involved in a dog-fight over the Yangtsee River, and both survive. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Lieutenant Powell Branson of the Chinese Flying Corps; Lieutenant Nakamura (Japanese pilot) |
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| Synopsis | In Morrocco, businessman J.M. Thornick has a shipment of rare herbs held up twenty five miles north. Mid-way between is the bandit Ben Ali plans to intercept the caravan and hold the cargo for ransom. The Brothers 3 are brought in and formulate a plan. Smith captures Ben Ali and flies off with him. Ali's men give pursuit, even though the caravan is in the opposite direction. While the trio hold off the Arabs, the caravan reaches Morrocco in safty. |
| Featuring | The Brothers 3 |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Brothers 3 [Capt. Smith; Baron Carl von Kirchoven; Fatts Dugan]; J. M. Thormick; Commandant Phillippe; Ben Ali (leader of a desert tribe) |
| Notes | Also signed, as "Eisner", in the final panel. |
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| Comic Story | Treachery on the Trail (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A white renegade plotted trouble. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Western-frontier | Characters: Tom Travis; Sal Travis; Onah the Chippewa |
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| Comic Story | The Red Raider (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | "Hill tribes swarm on the outpost like wolves to a slaughter, but Lieutenant "Smoky" Battle led his bullettieres with Yankee courage to dare the Rango chief." (from contents page of original printing) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Red Raider; Lt. Smoky Battle |
| Notes | Moore also signs - as Ed Moore - on the final page. |
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