Additional Information |
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Publication | November 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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Featuring | Pyroman; Black Terror |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Doc Strange (inset); Capt. Future (inset); The Liberator (inset) |
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Comic Story | The Mars Factor (12 pages) |
Synopsis | Adolf Hitler comes up with the idea to use Mars to help defeat America. He pays Schnubel to use a projector he has developed that can simulate Mars' atmosphere on earth. Schnubel uses his projector on the city and it is up to Pyroman to figure out how to stop him. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Nazis (villain); Schnubel (villain, introduction, death); Boxer (villain, introduction, death); another agent (villain, introduction, death) |
Notes | First sentence in the story is "Dick Martin, a young research student, is mistakenly charged with murder and electrocuted!". |
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Text Story | The Law Dog (1 page) |
Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jerry Martin; Dave Martin |
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Comic Story | The Mystery Submarine (13 pages) |
Synopsis | Doc and Mike tackle the mystery of mysterious planes prowling the sky at night, only to disappear when Army fighters go aloft. Once they discover the Japanese are using a submarine aircraft carrier, they go in for the kill. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doc Strange [Dr. Hugo Strange]; Mike; Virginia; Nomura (villain, introduction); the Japanese (villains) |
Notes | Art credits by Bill Black. |
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Comic Story | Carney's Graft Racket (13 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Augie Carney (villain, introduction); Lt. Dean (villain, introduction); Adam Green (introduction, death); Chase (introduction, death) |
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Text Story | Baldur Takes the Cake (1 page) |
Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Stephen Bachrach; Baldur Bachrach; Marie; Officer Mike Riley |
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Comic Story | The Garroter (11 pages) |
Featuring | Liberator |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Liberator [Professor Nelson Drew]; Annabel Evans; The Garroter (villain, introduction); Torquo (villain, introduction); Kranz (villain, introduction) |
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Text Story | Roll Out the Barrels (1 page) |
Featuring | Jimmy Blue |
Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jimmy Blue; Bill Clark |
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Comic Story | The Scourge Strikes (10 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Scourge (villain, introduction, death?) |
Notes | Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel. |
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