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| The art in the initial story "The Puritan Village" attributed to the studio nom de plume William Erwin Maxwell, appears upon close inspection to be a hodgepodge of artists. The backgrounds and breakdowns indicate Lou Fine's work and some of the characters reveal Paul Gustavson's handiwork. I don't see any of Eisner in this piece but there's someone with a rather crude and generic style that also contributed. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Samar (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Puritan Village (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | While chasing a gang of thieves, Darrel enters a cave which opens into a world where Puritans still live. |
| Credits | Script:? [as William Erwin Maxwell] |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Roberts; A Group of Puritans (first appearance); A gang of crooks (first appearance; villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Eye (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; Candida Kane (first appearance; The Eye [Sol Lang] (first appearance; villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | The Blockade Runner (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dusty Dane; Gen. Yin (first appearance); Capt. John Galt (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Valley of Giants (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Samar; Pat West (first appearance); Buck (first appearance); a giant ape (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Mine Field Mission (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Rex Smith] |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Peanuts (first appearance) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza |
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| Comic Story | In Eyewash, Arizona (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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| Comic Story | The Haunted Night Club (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Zero; Manners (a ghost, introduction); un-named ghosts (introduction for all); Tommy Manners (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Demon of Destruction (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Inspired by a boy who attempted to emulate a comic book and called himself Colossal Guy, Blackburn decides to adopted a costumed identity himself that would aid him in his attempt to crush the so-called "Un-American Band". |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Spy | Characters: The Destroying Demon [Captain Bruce Blackwell] (origin, introduction); Otto Schmidt (villain, introduction); Zorn (villain, introduction); Adder (villain, introduction); un-named members of the "Band" (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Art credits from Jim Amash, in the Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1.
The Demon's uniform was red and yellow with a horned hood and short cape. He perfected a trick using a rubber cable to drop from above. He also refers to himself as "The Destroying Devil," but his enemies call him a "Destroying Demon". Wears costume through issue #40. |
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| Comic Story | The Human Bullet (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Text Story | Gloves of Death (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Perry Scott |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott |
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| Comic Story | The Ski Rescue Mission (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Comic Story | The Phony Foreign Committee (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ace's telepathic abilities alert him to a plot by European dictators to impersonate United States lawmakers. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Ace of Space [Ace Egan]; Jennings (Ace's butler); Borris (villain, introduction); un-named spies (villains, introduction) |
| Notes | Writer credit confirmed by Jim Amash in the Quality Companion (November, 2011). |
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| Comic Story | Witchcraft in Red Rock (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Mrs. Crane (first appearance); Simon Grabble (first appearance; villain) |
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