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| The first story appears to be based on Dennis Wheatley's 1938 novel Uncharted Seas, which was also adapted as the 1968 Hammer film The Lost Continent. |
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| Publication | August 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | Artist revision from Dan Zolnerowich ? to Schroeder by Craig Delich 2013-4-28, per Roy Thomas. |
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| Cover | Airboy and the Mystery of the Sargasso Sea! |
| Featuring | Airboy |
| Credits | Pencils: Ernest Schroeder | Inks: Ernest Schroeder |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Airboy [David Nelson II] |
| Notes | Artist revision from Dan Zolnerowich ? to Schroeder by Craig Delich 2013-4-28, per Roy Thomas. |
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| Comic Story | The Mystery of the Sargasso Sea (15 pages) |
| Featuring | Airboy |
| Credits | Script: Ernest Schroeder | Pencils: Ernest Schroeder | Inks: Ernest Schroeder |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Airboy [David Nelson II]; Tex Calhoun; Candy Calhoun |
| Notes | Story title taken from the cover. Writer credit by Roy Thomas. |
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| Comic Story | In a Spanish Graveyard (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | True Story |
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| PSA | Better Schools Make Better Communities (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: Jerry Fasano |
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| Comic Story | The Flying Norwegian (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Comic Story | A Brush Was In His Holster (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | True Story |
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| Text Story | The Black-Browed Pirate (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
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| Featuring | And It's a Fact |
| Credits | Pencils: Floyd Torbert [as Torb] (signed) | Inks: Floyd Torbert [as Torb] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. |
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| Comic Story | The Book of the Dead (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | During WW1, von Emmelmann, working from ancient Egyptian papers, succeeds in creating the Secret Essence of Life, but when von Emmelman is shot down during a dogfight and killed, Bocke sneaks into the dead flier's quarters and drinks the liquid. A few minutes later, he is arrested for jamming the guns of von Emmelman and is shot by a firing squad. However, because of the formula he drank, he is unharmed. Years pass the Heap and Bocke make their way to the Great Sphinx, looking for the famed Book of the Dead. Bocke flees the Sphinx when he sees the Heap and dies in a crocodile stream. |
| Featuring | The Heap |
| Credits | Script: Ernest Schroeder? | Pencils: Ernest Schroeder | Inks: Ernest Schroeder |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman] (origin recap in flashback); Baron von Emmelman (flashback); Captain August Bocke (villain, flashback, death) |
| Notes | Writer credit by Roy Thomas. |
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