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| Geo. E Brenner's Clock is trying rather too hard to be The Spirit, in yet ANOTHER plot poached from Cornell Woolrich's "Kiss of the Cobra." (The last one I came across was the Chic Carter story "Veda the Cobra Woman" in Police Comics #6.) |
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| Publication | March 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Notes | Promo for Police Comics #17. |
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| Synopsis | Lance tells Kim he's Captain Triumph. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Fates; Kim; Dr. Eaton; Cairo; Crackers; Big Jim Corley; Turk; O'Malley |
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| Synopsis | Al Stahl has to create a character and several pages of story before morning. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Inkie (first appearance); Al Stahl |
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| Comic Story | Little Butch (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brad convinces dad to buy him a canoe. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bradshaw Sneed; Mr. Sneed |
| Notes | Strip reprint. |
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| Synopsis | A man leaves a baby carriage with a dead body in it. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara; G. G. |
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| Synopsis | Snore Smith hears slow. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Slap-Happy Pappy; Zeb; Snore Smith |
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| Synopsis | A man wheels a judge around in a wheelchair; Molly tries to fix up Daniel's appearance for a fancy party. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly Maloney; Daniel Deever; Tattoo Tim; Mr. Van Uppity; Mrs. Van Uppity |
| Notes | Two separate one-page stories. |
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| Comic Story | Suicide Club!! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Death runs a game where the loser kills himself. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Death (villain, introduction, death); James Wentworth; Chuck; Gordon; Ferres |
| Notes | Gustavson script credit from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who and agreed to by Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion.
The Spider's secret identity in this story is called Tom Halladay, not Hallaway. |
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| Comic Story | The Axis Bonnet (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | German agents capture Pen because his cartoons are selling too many war stamps. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Pen Miller; Benito Mussolini; Chop; Jack; Bill |
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| Comic Story | Black Dragon (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Draku of the Black Dragon Society tries to steal Dr. Foster's formula for neutralizing poison gas. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Draku (villain, introduction, death); Black Dragon Society (villains, introduction for all); Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Simms |
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| Text Story | The Winged One (1.75 pages) |
| Synopsis | Eric is part of an expedition to the Valley of the Walking Dead. |
| Featuring | Eric Valt |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Valt; Red Starke; Lefty Joseph; Jason |
| Notes | To be continued. |
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| Notes | Promo for Kid Eternity in Hit Comics. |
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| Comic Story | The Kiss of Death! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Clock investigates a woman who kills men with a kiss. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dagga Valenz (villain, introduction, death); Butch; Pedro; Mr. Giles; Mr. Gilt; Mr. Janes; Orchid |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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