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| Thank you, Dave, for listing this great update of an incredible Golden Age book. As with any Centaur, this is definitely a ten out of ten! |
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| It's not my scan, it's an alternate edit by someone unknown and I was just lucky enough to find it online when looking for something else. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | November 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Craig Carter; Zeus |
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| Advertisement | The Stamp Album |
| Featuring | Tatham Stamp Co. |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Upper half of inside front cover. |
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| Advertisement | Two of a Kind and Both Aces! |
| Featuring | Super-Mystery Comics; Sure-Fire Comics |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Lucey?;? | Inks: Harry Lucey?;? | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Notes | Lower half of the inside front cover.
Reproduces in black and white all or parts of the covers to Sure Fire Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) #v1#3[a] and Super-Mystery Comics (Ace Magazines, 1940 series) #v1#3.
Note that there is no mention whatsoever of the publisher of either book. |
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| Comic Story | Craig Carter and the Magic Ring (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Craig declares to his girlfriend that he wants to become a crime fighter. He discovers that an Egyptian named Aben Toumaj whose life he once saved has given him a magical ring that commands the (Greek) gods (although Thor is also mentioned). When thieves steal the formula for a powerful acid from Nikky's father, Craig gets his first case! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Craig Carter (introduction); Nikky Darnier (introduction); Professor Darnier (introduction); Zeus; Mercury; Pegasus |
| Notes | Credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Synopsis | The Sparkler stops in a supposedly quiet town where two mobs are fighting for control. |
| Content | Characters: The Sparkler [Red Morgan]; Madge Sherman (introduction) |
| Notes | previously appeared in Super Spy (Centaur, 1940 series) #1
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Synopsis | Slugg needs to learn to control his fists, but even though he gets suspended he still catches the crooks. |
| Featuring | Copper Slugg |
| Credits | Pencils: Martin Filchock (signed) | Inks: Martin Filchock (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Copper Slugg; Police Chief |
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| Synopsis | The Phantom Rider saves a man who was framed for murder when he pulled his gun but did not shoot it. |
| Featuring | Phantom Rider |
| Credits | Pencils: A. L. Petersen (signed) | Inks: A. L. Petersen (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Phantom Rider; Thunder (his horse) |
| Notes | last appeared in Funny Pages (Centaur, 1936 series) #34; last appearance |
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| Text Story | The Mystery of the "Circle-X" (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Ray Gill | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Synopsis | Mike reminisces to Speed about the old days of the railroad and wishes they'd get robbed, and then they do. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Speed Silvers; Mike Muldoon |
| Notes | previously appeared in Amazing Adventure Funnies (Centaur, 1940 series) #2.
Silvers' last appearance.
Gustavson's credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Synopsis | After Jon helps Alpha defeat the Nogos, he and the Kanes journey back to the 3rd dimension and Earth. To their surprise, Alpha joins them en route and explains that they may have travelled in time as well as space. They arrive in 1940, sixty years before their time, and are greeted with suspicion and disbelief. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Jon Linton; Dr. Kane; Lisa Kane; Alpha-712 |
| Notes | previously appeared in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #23; last appearance
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
The story ends fairly abruptly, and there appears to be a box for a "continued next issue" blurb, but it is blank and the feature did not appear in issue #2. |
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| Illustration | "Togo" Hero of the Alaskan Trail (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Animal |
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| Synopsis | Speed takes Reel to see the ruined city of his people, but they are captured by hostile humans who have taken up residence there. |
| Featuring | Speed Centaur |
| Credits | Pencils: Malcolm Kildale (signed) | Inks: Malcolm Kildale (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Speed Centaur; Jerry "Reel" McCoy |
| Notes | last appeared in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #24; last appearance |
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| Synopsis | Scientist Jack Strand discovers "detecto," the wonder beam, and installs it in his car. When he hears of a dangerous criminal on the loose, Jack pursues him and captures him using detecto. |
| Featuring | Detecto |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Jack Strand |
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| Featuring | Amazing Facts |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography |
| Notes | Script credit from Who's Who. |
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| Advertisement | This Beautiful Desk for only $1.00 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | "Boys! Girls! Have you seen our new 1941 catalog?" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Johnson Smith & Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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