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| Publication | November 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Flame [Gary Preston] |
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| Comic Story | Invasion of the Kikoos (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Flame has to deal with the wanton killing and robberies staged by a group of weird, spectral creatures called the Kikoo, which came from an island where the government leaders hid them out because of their inferior minds. Unfortunately, led by an evil influence, they are capable of extreme violence, as the Flame discovers. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Flame [Gary Preston]; unnamed girl agent; The Kikoos (villains, some die); Monk (villain) |
| Notes | Revised synopsis added by Craig Delich (2009-7-30). |
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| Comic Story | Attack on the Infidels (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | While relaxing at a desert oasis, Yarko greets a noted detective who is on the trail of a missing Major named Hazlip. Soon after, Yarko is kidnapped and taken to the ruins of Alchaz, where he mystically connects with detective Burke, whom he asks to contact local colonial troops to rescue him. In the meantime, Yarko faces the threat of Sarabin, who is leading an organized attack on the infidels in the area. The Desert Patrol arrives in time to stop Sarabin. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Yarko; Major Hazlip; Mr. Burke (detective); Captain Dupree (Desert Patrol leader); Sarabin (villain) |
| Notes | Corrected characters, synopsis and title by Craig Delich. Previous info I entered was wrong. |
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| Comic Story | In Guatemala (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Since becoming the boss of the Dewelth Mines, Shorty's enemies have been trying their best to rub him out, including a fencing master, Don Gorgonzola, who challenges Shorty to a duel. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Shorty Shortcake; Mr. Mizzen; Sheriff Mañana; unnamed Mayor; Lobo (villain); Don Gorgonzola (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Sabotage On the Northern Clipper (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Patty and Ham are assigned by their editor to take the Northern Clipper and make the Atlantic Crossing, taking pictures along the way for her newspaper articles. Unfortunately, saboteurs aboard force the plane to make a water landing, but the newspaper duo not only get great pictures, but also help to save a man from drowning and still get the photos to their editor. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Patty O'Day; Ham (reporter); unnamed newspaper editor; saboteurs (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Revenge of Loti Gen-Kee (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Loti Gen-Kee sends an assassin after Dr. Fung. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dr. Fung; Dan Barrister; Loti Gen-Kee |
| Notes | Some information and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-28-08.
Is signed Powell in the final panel. |
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| Text Story | Tommy Taylor in India (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tommy decides to visit India and made many discoveries on the life styles of the people there, including witnessing the arrival of people to a temple on the Ganges River. One strange things was the revival of a Yogi who had been in a state of suspended animation for 40 days! |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tommy Taylor; Hindu Yogi Haridas |
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| Comic Story | A Hot Lead Rumba On "Crazy Woman Creek" (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | As Tex drives cattle into the pens of the Rawlings Ranch, he talks with the owner about two cattle rustlers operating in the area, but his boss doesn't seem to fear them any, unaware that the two are listening in and plan to rustle his cattle anyway. Fortunately for Rawlings, McNab's drunken men mess up the scheme. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tex Mason; Mr. Rawlings (cattle rancher); Ted Rawlings; unnamed train engineer; unnamed train foreman; McNab (villain, cattle rustler); Cooney (villain, cattle rustler); McNab's gang (villains) |
| Notes | The blurb panel at the end of the story gives the title to next month's story, "The Dust of the 'Dead' Men On Hangtown Flat". |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Edgar Bergen; Charlie McCarthy; Professor Gruvel |
| Notes | Series of 4 illustrated strange but true facts.
Sequence added by Craig Delich. |
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| Comic Story | A Day at the Circus (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Don and Sancho decide to take in the circus that has come to town, and when they see a woman inside a lion's cage surrounded by vicious beasts, Don decides to save her. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Don Quixote; Sancho (Quixote's companion); lion tamer; unnamed woman |
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| Comic Story | The Plot to Take the Phillipines (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Agents K-51 and Z-19 hear of a plot to take over the Philippine Islands, so K-51 disguises himself to try and get to the bottom of the situation, suspecting that Von Diableff is behind the scheme. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: K-51; Z-19 [Claire] (K-51's fiancee); Von Diableff (villain, enemy agent, introduction); Mong (villain, Diableff's partner, death); Hiroto Kono (villain) |
| Notes | The writer misspelled Philippine in the story. |
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| Comic Story | Diamonds of Death (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Several criminals decide to relieve "Diamond Row", a well-known street in Capitol City, of it's wealth of diamonds. Robinson figures that the thieves will have to secure the services of an expert diamond cutter, so he heads out in search of the man. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Harold Vance] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Mob Buster Robinson; unnamed messenger (death); Captain Cassidy; "Rocks" Coleman (villain, introduction, death); Turkey (villain); Baldy (villain, bar owner) |
| Notes | Harold Vance was a company by-line and not the name of a real person. |
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| Featuring | Wonderworld Stamp Club |
| Credits | Pencils: G. Harris (signed) | Inks: G. Harris (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Captain James Cook |
| Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich.
This stamp club feature is on the famed Captain James Cook.
The last 1/4th of the page is an advertisement for Mystery Men Comics. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Text promo for Mystery Men Comics. |
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| Featuring | Movie Memos |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Mae West; Edward Everett Horton; Jean Parker; Robert Young |
| Notes | Illustrated feature on four of Hollywood's famous stars and interesting facts about each.
Sequence added by Craig Delich. |
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| Comic Story | In Cuba (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | On leave from the U.S. Navy in Cuba, Spark and Chuck watch a native female dancer using her castanets, and one of them notes that she is sending out a code message about an old castle. But the pair are overcome by agents and soon learn that the leader, Perez, seeks to over throw the Cuban government and then sell the nation to a foreign power. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Spark Stevens; Chuck; Jerry (Navy man); Cuban dancer (villain); Perez (villain) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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