| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | Stars and Stripes |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Stars and Stripes [Pepper [Patrick J. O'Henry]; Whitey [Benjamin Franklin Allen]; Van [Vance Stuyvesant III]] |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Stars & Stripes (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Whitey, Van and Pepper are thrown into a concentration camp for opposing an unidentified European power. The trio escape together and return to the USA where they refashion their prison uniforms into costumes to fight crime. For their first mission they stop agitators who have been provoking unions into striking. They expose a plot to replace all union leaders with foreign agents. |
| Featuring | Stars and Stripes |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Stars and Stripes [Pepper [Patrick J. O'Henry]; Whitey [Benjamin Franklin Allen]; Van [Vance Stuyvesant III]] (introduction, origin); Puff (spy); Rikor (agitator); John Mills (factory foreman) |
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| Comic Story | The Saboteurs (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Minimidget and Ritty stop saboteurs from derailing trains. This leads them to discover a kidnapped US senator who has been interrogated by spies for information on a new plane's test flight. Minimidget prevents the plane's destruction |
| Featuring | Minimidget |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Minimidget; Sam (engineer); Senator Bronges |
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| Comic Story | Fishing for Bears (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Iggy's attempts to catch fish only attracts a bear. |
| Featuring | Igloo Iggy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Igloo Iggy |
| Notes | There is no captions or words at all in this story, only artwork. |
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| Comic Story | Shark & Pop Save the Whalers!!! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Shark stops a foreign destroyer that was trying to set up a refuelling base for submarines. |
| Featuring | Shark |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shark; Neptune |
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| Text Story | Hornet's Nest (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Whitey, Van and Pepper catch a spy at a nightclub. |
| Featuring | Stars & Stripes |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Stars and Stripes [Pepper [Patrick J. O'Henry]; Whitey [Benjamin Franklin Allen]; Van [Vance Stuyvesant III]]; Hans Horlitz (spy) |
| Notes | 1/4 page of artwork |
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| Comic Story | Ships Sucked Down Under (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Iron Skull discovers Nazis have been wrecking ships through the use of a giant magnet. |
| Featuring | Iron Skull |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Iron Skull; Nazis [Erick; Holzman] |
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| Comic Story | Mystery of the Missing Pitchers (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mighty Man investigates disappearing athletes by going undercover as a baseball pitcher. Enemy agents use hypnotic gas in an attempt to make athletes murder the US President. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mighty Man; Spec Smith (baseball player); Bill Teller (baseball player); Jack (Mighty Man's friend); Spec's sister |
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| Comic Story | No Union in the Army (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Private Duffy thinks that as a union man he should be able to go home when the whistle blows. |
| Featuring | Private Duffy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Private Duffy |
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| Comic Story | The Midas Touch (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Synthe creates synthetic gold to solve his money troubles. The dictator of Moronia tries to force him to create gold but failed to reckon with how powerful Dr. Synthe is. |
| Featuring | Dr. Synthe |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doctor Synthe; Ray Rodgers; Bettie |
| Notes | Taylor signature in the last panel. |
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| Comic Story | Mr. Que's Magnified Ray (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Great Question steals the Sky King dirigible to equip it with a giant magnifying glass and destroy the Panama Canal. |
| Featuring | The Amazing-Man |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Tommy the Amazing Kid; Mr. Que |
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