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| Publication | February 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Jane Arden (inset); Ned Brant (inset); Molly the Model [Molly Maloney] (inset); Tor [James Slade] (inset); Don Q (inset) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Spy Ring (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor discovers that Jaspar Crow has bugged the Senate and Senator Wright is implicated in leaking secret information. But Wendy steps in to help on this case by using her wiles on Wright's rival, and a Nazi spy, Karle Kurt. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Kalten Winch; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Jaspar Crow (villain); Karle Kurt (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Tex has to find where the Germans have placed new anti-aircraft guns. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Chuck |
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| Synopsis | Hack is hunted for killing a diamond merchant. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara; John Alexis; McCarthy; Lefty |
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| Comic Story | Meet Butch (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | On the waterfront, The Clock is riddled with bullets by The Mouse, but is nursed back to health by an orphan girl who first thinks him to be a gangster and fantasized about becoming his moll, then becomes his sidekick after the Clock saves her life from gangsters. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: Butch (introduction, a tough-girl sidekick); The Mouse (villain); Trig |
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| Synopsis | Jane outwits some spies with a stolen bombsight. |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Jane Arden; Rettor; Velk; Lena Pry; Dandy Jim; Bill; Hector Malby |
| Notes | Comic strip reprints, half the page are Jane Arden, a quarter is Lena Pry and a quarter is a paper doll cut-out. |
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| Synopsis | Pop and his fishing pal blunder into an area being used by the U.S. Navy for target practice. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly The Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney; Murphy |
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| Synopsis | Molly helps her boyfriend Danny win a prizefight. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly The Model [Molly Maloney]; Nifty; Danny |
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| Synopsis | In Vastipole, working with the Vastavian Replublican Army, Don Q meets Olga Petroff while trying to avert a civil war. |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Don Q [Don]; Little Pierre; Olga Petroff; Petroff |
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| Synopsis | Pappy sends Amnesia to get him a plug of tobacco. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pappy; Amnesia Jones |
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| Comic Story | The Bombing (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tor begins traveling the world, transforming himself and others in all sorts of ways. In war-torn London, he rode a bomb in midair to personally destroy Nazi planes. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Tor [Jim Slade]; The Nazis (villains, many die) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Alice Von Pepp; Bertha De Foam; Bradshaw |
| Notes | Comic strip reprint. |
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| Comic Story | The Basket (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Fatal and his two teen age sidekicks rescue defense plans from a spy ring. In the process, Fatal is shot and undergoes emergency surgery. The operation is successful, but the doctor in charge is very careful not to reveal Madam Fatal's true identity to Tubby and Scrapper. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Scrappy Nelson; Tubby White; Pop Hudson; Roxi (villain); Mike; Ryan; Hudson |
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| Text Story | Biggest Thrill (1.6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Eric tells a reporter about his biggest thrill. |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Vale; Kev; Mr. Gregory; Mrs. Vale |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Statement of Ownership: Comic Magazines Inc. 322 Main St Stamford, CT. Edward Cronin, editor. Managing Editor Everett M. Arnold. Owners: Claire C. Arnold, Everett M. Arnold, Henry P. Martin Jr.
Appears at bottom of the first page of the text story. |
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| Synopsis | Ned fights the boxer from Calumet. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Ned Brant; Jake; Wolf; Jammer Steel; Bud |
| Notes | Comic strip reprints. |
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| Synopsis | Snappy has an idea to win the winter carnival sports parade. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Snappy; Spot (dog) |
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| Comic Story | The Crow Escapes (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Crow escapes from the death house and The Spider goes after him, but the Crow ends up stealing the Spider's car, the Black Widow, giving him an added incentive to track him down. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Chuck; The Crow (villain) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Tom Had the Merriest Christmas Ever! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Tom sends away for a movie cyclorama to convince his dad to get him a Schwinn bicycle. |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Tom |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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