| Additional Information |
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| Publication | February 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly except December and June |
| Notes | Vincent Palooza's birth year given as 1907 on tombstone. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent Paooza; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Blimpy [ aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset) |
| Notes | Vincent Palooza's birth year given as 1907 on tombstone. |
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| Comic Story | The Girl You Couldn't Trust (13 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Maude Van Austin (first appearance); Bill Van Austin (first appearance); Jeff Gordon (first appearance); Pacardo (first appearance; villain); Yutz and his gang (first appearance; villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Philip; Michael |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | Enemy That Is Neither Beast nor Man (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rusty saves two men from a castaway boat which is also carrying a caged, unknown beast. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; The Missing Link (villain, introduction, death); Captain Devlin (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Art is by Mort Leav, with his large hands, lively figures and a special crouching way of running, with thighs lifted high. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost of the Clover Club (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man shot and killed in the Clover Club swears he will return to have his vengeance. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Mason (first appearance; Clover Club owner); Jack Torrence (first appearance; villain; a phony ghost (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Introducing Perky (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Perky (first appearance; origin); Prof. Zomby (first appearance); Prince Feefi (first appearance); Prince Fofum (first appearance); King Lug (first appearance) |
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| Text Story | The Story of a Ship (1.75 pages) |
| Featuring | Perry Scott |
| Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott |
| Notes | No feature name. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | War Souvenir (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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| Comic Story | Submarine Assignment (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spin is sent to recover a secret sight from a downed plane. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Lt. Bill Perry (first appearance); The Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | Keller is credited on this feature for 1944, and this story is one he may have drawn. Some grinning faces and the hawk nosed captain point to him, but not certain. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Museum Crooks (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy [aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Nervous Harry (villain, introduction) |
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