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| I thought I'd seen it all when it comes to Hitler covers. But this is something else! |
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| Thank you, so exciting to finally get a readable first chapter of Hoodoo Hannigan. |
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| Publication | August 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | Captain Marvel Jr. Belts the Terror Twins |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Adolf Hitler; Emperor Hirohito |
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| Contents | The Ring Master Presents (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: William H. Fawcett | Pencils: Mac Raboy; Phil Bard | Inks: Mac Raboy; Phil Bard | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Captain Marvel Jr.; Bulletman; Minute Man |
| Notes | Creator credits, indicia information and table of contents. Includes three inset panel illustrations from the Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Minute Man stories. |
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| Comic Story | The Iron Heel of the Huns! (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Freddy Freeman is air-lifted into the heart of Nazi Germany, who, as Captain Marvel Jr., is to attempt to free the founder of an anti-Nazi movement who is being held in a secure, well-guarded prison. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Dr. Lodz; Franz (villain, Commandant, death); Nazi soldiers (villains) |
| Notes | There is nothing to suggest that anyone other than Mac Raboy did the inks.
Oddity: on page 2, panel 6, and page 7, panel 4, Freddy Freeman mentions his alter ego's name, but doesn't change into Captain Marvel Jr.
The last panel on page 14 gives the title to the next story: "The Army of Doom!". |
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| Synopsis | The Flying Detectives come face to face with a villain who uses concentrated bee venom as a murder weapon, and who is revealed to be a greedy chauffeur who wants to marry his pretty and wealthy female boss. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; The Bee [Henry Hives](villain, introduction, death) |
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| Activity | Hey Diddle Diddle... Let's Do a Riddle! (1 page) |
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| Comic Story | The Fumes of Fear (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Sergeant Slam Biffo; Dr. Fear (villain) |
| Notes | Memorable line from Minute Man: "We musn't forget this Jap on his last lap!" |
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| Text Story | Chapter I: Lightning over Luaca (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Hoodoo Hannigan |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hoodoo Hannigan (introduction); Dawn Wade (introduction); Atlas Jones (introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: El Carim |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Synopsis | Oil found on the Indian land and the murder of a government agent bring Buck and Mike to investigate. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Fred Free (government agent); Chief High Horse |
| Notes | Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long narrow, tapering heads and often with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse, as on page 3 panel 6. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike] |
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