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| The origin of Yankee Doodle bears a striking resemblance to that of Captain America. |
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| Publication | September 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | Yankee Doodle Jones |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Sultan | Inks: Charles Sultan |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Yankee Doodle Jones |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Strangling Hair (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Yankee Doodle Jones |
| Credits | Pencils: George Sultan | Inks: George Sultan |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Yankee Doodle Jones (introduction, origin); Dandy (introduction, origin); The Professor (introduction, Dandy's father, death); Uncle Sam; The "Leader" (villain, introduction, death); the Hag (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Echo (7 pages) |
| Content | Characters: The Echo [Jim Carson] (Intro; Origin); Dr. Doom [Carson] (Intro; Echo's brother); Cora Carson (Echo's sister); Mr. Carson (Intro; Death; in Flashback and as a Ghost); Mrs. Carson (Flashback; Death); Gat Carrgio (Villain; Intro; Death) |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Firebrand (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | While working on repairing a down power line, a lineman is struck by a sun bolt, then picked up by a Professor Rand, who harnesses the power to make this individual one of the most powerful people on Earth. He names himself Firebrand, then heads out to stop a man named Rimmer from securing vital arms, such as tanks, guns and trucks, in order to capture a sub treasury filled with unimaginable wealth that he plans on taking to South America. |
| Featuring | The Firebrand |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Sultan | Inks: Charles Sultan |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Firebrand (lineman, introduction, origin); Professor Rand (electrical scientist, introduction); General Mathers (mention only); Rimmer (villain, introduction, death); Joe (villain, introduction); un-named crook (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Only appearance, next appears as Ray O'Light in All-New Short Story Comics #1. An illustrated blurb in the last panel of the story intimates that Firebrand will return to the pages of Yankee Comics, but he doesn't.
Not the Police Comics hero. |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Scarlet Sentry (9 pages) |
| Featuring | Scarlet Sentry |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Sultan? | Inks: Charles Sultan? |
| Content | Characters: The Scarlet Sentry [Don Lawson] (Intro; Origin; Only appearance); Herr Von Crane (Villain; Intro; Death) |
| Notes | Next appears in HELLO PAL COMICS #2. |
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| Comic Story | The Coming of Black Satan (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Black Satan |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Sultan? | Inks: Charles Sultan? |
| Content | Characters: Black Satan [Howard Flynn] (Intro; Only appearance) |
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| Text Story | The Clue (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Enchanted Dagger (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Enchanted Dagger |
| Credits | Pencils: George Tuska | Inks: George Tuska |
| Content | Characters: The Enchanted Dagger [Roger Chalmers] (Intro; Origin); Varro (Villain; Intro) |
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| Comic Story | Menace From Mercury (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Nemo In Slumberland |
| Credits | Script: Bob McCay | Pencils: Bob McCay | Inks: Bob McCay | Colors: Bob McCay? |
| Content | Characters: Little Nemo; Imp; Dr. Pill; King Morpheus; Princess of Dreamland; Mercurians (villains, introduction) |
| Notes | Next appearance in SHADOW COMICS (Street & Smith) Vol. 2 #3 |
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| Comic Story | Trouble In the Tropics (9 pages) |
| Featuring | Sgt. Steele |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Sultan? | Inks: Charles Sultan? |
| Content | Characters: Sgt. Steele (Intro) |
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| Text Story | The Great Air Race (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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