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| Thank you, Yoc, for making this great Golden Age book available! |
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| I feel cheated. I wanted to read the story about Nazi toad men climbing up a manhole into the White House. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom |
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| Comic Story | The Weird Whirlpool (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shock Gibson; Bundists (villain; introduction); Mayor Gordian (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Hermit of Strange Island (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Hermit of Strange Island (Villain; Intro); the Nazis (Villain) |
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| Text Story | Shock Gibson Rides the Airways (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shock Gibson |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Biff Bannon |
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| Comic Story | The Wrath of El Toro (11 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: El Toro (Intro); Conchita (Intro); Hans Holtz (Villain; Intro); the Nazis (Villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Sleeping Death!! (12 pages) |
| Content | Characters: "The Monster" (Villain; Intro; Death); the Nazis (Villain) |
| Notes | Pat's first case in costume |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Buried Treasure (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Professor Books (Intro); Diane Books (Intro) |
| Notes | "Ed Ashe Westport, Conn." written on the first page of the original art for this story, in what appears to be contemporary ink (circa 1941-42). It seems logical that Edd Ashe originally signed his name with one 'd' in "Ed", but changed it later for professional reasons. |
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| Text Story | Claws of Murder (2 pages) |
| Featuring | The Zebra |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | The "Ditto" feature was last seen in Pocket Comics (Harvey, 1941 Series) #1 (August 1941). This is its final appearance. |
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| Comic Story | The Desert Rat (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Desert Rat (Villain; Intro); Pierre Moyer (Intro); Myrna Leigh (Intro) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | inside front cover |
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