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| What an amazing cover! The inside stories are pretty good, too, even if they don't quite live up to the cover. |
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| The Cover does stand out. Almost looks like a woodcut illustration.
Re the first story, 'Black Raider'. The 2 Splash illos look like they might be portraits. The character is called 'Red Crandall' ? Hmm. The other character is called 'Gordon Summers' Time travel or prophecy?'
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| I saw this comic featured on a YouTube video and it was stated the striking cover art is by L.B. Cole. Indeed his signature can be seen in the lower left corner. Comic itself does not live up to the awesome cover art with pretty pedestrian stories and no real horror content other than bad racist humor. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April-May 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Satan cover |
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| Content | Genre: Fantasy |
| Notes | Satan cover |
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| Featuring | American Ranger Glowlight |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Ad for the American Ranger Glowlight. |
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| Synopsis | After being wounded during the D-Day invasion, Gordon and Red are discharged from the military only to return home and fight a war against crime. Gordon adopts the secret disguise as a masked adventurer, who seeks to put two notorious robbers behind bars. |
| Featuring | Black Raider |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime; War | Characters: Black Raider [Gordon Summers] (Army Ranger); Harold "Red" Crandall (Army Ranger); jewelry store owner (death); unnamed Chief of Police; Jake Dugger (villain); Harry Malone (villain); Ben Rainer (villain, pawnshop owner, fence); the Nazis (villains, many die) |
| Notes | Next appearance in Power Comics (Narrative, 1945 series) #3.
The Raider is a masked adventurer, not a superhero.
The last panel of the story asks readers if they would like to join the Black Raider's Crime-Fighting Battalion. |
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| Synopsis | Chin Chop tries to find a job as a detective. |
| Featuring | Chin Chop |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Chin Chop; Momma; Poppa |
| Notes | Next appearance in Power Comics (1945 series, Narrative Comics) #3 |
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| Comic Story | Avalanche (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jake finds gold and his partner, Spots, kills him to stake the claim for himself. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jake; Spots |
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| Text Story | Treachery, Inc. (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A stranger hands Jack a bagful of uncut diamonds as they pass each other on the street. Astonished by the situation, Jack contacts his friend, detective Ralph Carson, and they set off to discover the mystery of the diamonds. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Jack Houston; Ralph Carson; George Manther |
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| Comic Story | The Collector (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Patrolman Riordan is killed while saving another man's life, the forces of heaven grant him a return to Earth as a collector of souls. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: The Shroud; Gus Gorilla; Hanson Riordan [The Collector]; General Yamamoto |
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| Synopsis | Duke and his gang rob the spectators at Merlin's latest show and kill the night watchman. After the murder and robbery, Merlin volunteers to trap Duke for the police department. |
| Featuring | Merlin the Boy Magician |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Merlin; Duke Deval; Commissioner Trask |
| Notes | Next appearance in Power Comics (Narrative, 1944 series) #3
Credits from Jerry Bails. |
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