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| Publication | March 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly except December and June |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Mickey Finn (inset) |
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| Comic Story | Death Holds the Doll Man in Pawn (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Darrel Dane gives Martha Roberts an engagement ring and proposes to her. The evil Mephisto, having seen Dane at the scene after a brush with the Doll Man, kidnaps the happy couple, forcing Dane to use his fists against the villain until he can find a moment to change into Doll Man. |
| Credits | Script:? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Elkins (introduction); Mephisto and his gang (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mickey Finn |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Satyr Strikes (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; The Satyr (villain, an animated statue, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | A Very Latin Death (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Latin American night at the Clover Club starts with murder. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Alvarez (first appearance); Karl (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Parachute Test (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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| Comic Story | Expendable (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spin is assigned to a new secret Q-type aircraft carrier. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Commander Rath (first appearance); The Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | Heads in 3/4 backview with the jawbone going back behind the ear is peculiar. This can be found in his credited "Mike Gibbs Guerilla" story in Adventure Comics #88, and also in his Lt. Hercules stories in Green Lama Comics. Very few here, so uncertain. |
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| Text Story | Whale Ho! (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Perry Scott |
| Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott |
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| Comic Story | In Rock Land (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Perky; The Rock King (first appearance); the Tree King (first appearance); Mr. Wind (first appearance); The Witch (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Magnet of Death (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rusty and his companions are captures by pirates. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa; Death (villain, introduction, an Arab Chieftain]; Youseff (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Alababa and Pierpont Lee take hits of a hookah in splash panel.
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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