Additional Information |
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Publication | April 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks |
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Synopsis | Volto saves a woman from a shark. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Volto |
Notes | Ad in comic form. |
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Comic Story | Louie the Lift (15 pages) |
Synopsis | Plastic Man and Woozy stop the Mask from bankrupting the Grabbett and Runn Department Store. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Chief Branner; Mr. I. Grabbett (introduction); Mask [Sammy Runn] (villain, introduction); Snatch (villain, introduction); Louie the Lift (villain, introduction); Fingers; Tiny |
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Comic Story | Rollo the Hypnotist (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Rollo hypnotizes audiences into falling asleep so his gang can rob them. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Flatfoot Burns; Rollo |
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Synopsis | Sir Blatherskite Surry has invented a paralysis ray. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Sir Blatherskite Surry; Trevarr |
Notes | Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson concurs. |
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Synopsis | Dewey's mom writes him a letter while he's off at war. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ma Drip; Pappy Drip |
Notes | Dewey does not appear in this strip. |
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Comic Story | Take a Chance (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Candy's dad has 100 shares of stock in a gold mine that another man wants. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Candy O'Connor; Tim O'Connor (first appearance; Candy's dad); Ted Dawson; Roger Quinby; Ziggy Tyler |
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Text Article | Chinaman's Chance (2 pages) |
Featuring | Dick Mace |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Dick Mace |
Notes | While beginning as a Dick Mace text story, it quickly becomes an article on the history and illegality of lotteries. |
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Comic Story | The Port of Missing Goods (10 pages) |
Synopsis | The bug-eyed Gnome, a hideous but run-of-the-mill gang leader, is taken down by Manhunter. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Manhunter [Dan Richards]; Thor; The Gnome (villain, introduction); Snitch |
Notes | The art was formerly credited to Sam Citron. |
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Comic Story | Working Like a Horse (1 page) |
Synopsis | Burp gets a job on a farm. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
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Comic Story | The Jewel of Death (8 pages) |
Synopsis | The Spirit is in Damascus to get a cure for a disease from a discredited doctor. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Fred Gregg; Shellah Gregg; Belabaruk; Orlan; Beka |
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Featuring | National Radio Instititute |
Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: J. E. Smith (photo) |
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Featuring | MoToR Book |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Back cover. |
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