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| That's a really bad drawing of the Black Condor. His legs are too long, his torso is emaciated. I can only assume this was a rush job. |
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| Yeah, I can’t believe that cover got past the editor – but the Condor artwork inside is Fine. Neat that the city is referred to as The Metropolis, thereby sidestepping any copyright issues. The Wizard of Oz style ending was fun
The art on most scripts was timid but Alias the Spider impressed – good use of the twelve-panel page to pull the story along.
Some useful fashion tips from Jane Arden before scurrying through the pages to Madam Fatal, the cross-dressing G-Man (must have picked up some tips from Hoover). Unfortunately, Madam Fatal hadn’t read Jane’s fashion tips.
Some more comic capers and then The Clock clocks in. There’s no time to lose as the timeless pair of Brian and Pug are alarmed by the face of the Skull Gang. The pendulum swings one way and then the other before the Clock winds up the victor.
Interesting aside: Women used to eat arsenic and use it in soaps and creams in the mid-1800s to whiten their complexion. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Jane Arden (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Ned Brant (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Kite-Men (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor must battle the strange Karlo Klug, who, at the direction of his midget master, launches an army of "human kites". |
| Credits | Script:? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Kite-Men (villains, introduction, most die), the Master (villain, introduction); Karlo Klug (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Green Men of Hemades (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Green Men of Hemades (villains, Intro, Die); Valjar (intro) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Comic Story | The Attack of the U7 (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lockart follows the Black Shark into uncharted depths and ends up battling a giant sea creature while each side allies themselves with different underseas peoples. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; The Black Shark (villain); the Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer, not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it.
The Black Shark was originally called the Lone Shark in the previous issue. |
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| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | Adventure of the Blind Soldier (4 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Lee Preston |
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| Comic Story | The Phony Haunted House (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Halloway]; Weasel Nolan (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | bottom half of Jane Arden pages. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprint |
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| Comic Story | Dead Man's Prints (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Wizard Wells; Tug; Watkins (Intro, villain) |
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| Text Story | Crime On Ice (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Eric Vale |
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| Comic Story | The Second Madam Fatal (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton] |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Rainmaker (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Paralyzer Gun (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Clock and Pug come face to face with a weird, masked gang who call themselves the Skull Gang. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; The Skull Gang (villains, introduction for all) |
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