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| Publication | August 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Kid Patrol (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Quicksilver [Max] (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Great Darkness (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | A strange plague strikes the navy shipyard rendering all employees blind. But Uncle Sam uses his audio phone, a machine that captures conversations from the past, to track down the culprits, who turn out to be Sam's old foes, the Black Legion. Sam alerts the military to stop the Legion and then cures the people's blindness. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Baker; The Black Legion (villains) |
| Notes | Art previously credited to Lou Fine. |
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| Comic Story | Zaro the Hypnotist (6 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Frank Kearns) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sally O'Neil; Barry Gilmore; Zaro (villain); Len Carmen (villain); Slug (villain); Mopey (villain); Barry Gilmore |
| Notes | Signed in the last panel. |
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| Comic Story | The Ice Cream Gangster (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Cyclone Cupid; Bunny Crumb (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Dixon Goes to Hollywood (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Otis Barnstable (first appearance; a woman); Chalky Slade (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Stratosphere Torpedo (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Jerry Maxwell) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Wonder Boy; Jonas Falconi (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Suyaki the Smuggler (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Lynn Byrd) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Prop Powers; Lank; Suyaki (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Puggello Mob (6 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Nick Cardy) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Quicksilver [Max]; Puggello (first appearance, villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Shark (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy Breeze |
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| Comic Story | The Secret of Creepy Creek (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Dan Wilson) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Children | Characters: Kid Patrol [Teddy; Sunshine; Porky; Suzy]; Pat Malone; Uncle Ned (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Blood Poisoners (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Pen Miller; Dr. Gribble (first appearance; villain); Karp (first appearance; villain); a nurse (first appearance; villain) |
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| Text Story | Half-Mast (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb] | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Bunyan the Cowhand (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Storey Weaver) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Paul Bunyan; Babe |
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| Comic Story | Murder in a Pawn Shop (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? (signed as Lowell Riggs) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Jack Doe; Jill Doe; John Randall (first appearance; death) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Miss Winky |
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| Comic Story | Captured by Killer Ernst (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jock is commissioned to fly General Foxx over Southeastern Asia, but they are brought down in New Guinea by Killer Ernst, an Austrian fifth columnist. Merlin's magical mastery, first with a cannon then a crocodile, makes quick work of him, however. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; General Sir Reginald Foxx (introduction); Killer Ernst (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Lance Blackwood, according to the Who's Who, is a byline on this strip. |
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