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| Publication | June 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | The Murder Mask |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey) |
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| Comic Story | The Murder Mask (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Dave voices the latest installment of a radio drama called "The Mask", a real life Mask appears on the scene and murders several of the station's crew before Midnight could stop him. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Hot Foot (a polar bear); Jolly Rogers; Anderson; Edgar Tompkins; The Mask (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Alien Racket (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brenda breaks up a racket to shake down innocent aliens in exchange for "protection" against the government. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Count D.Change [Count DiChange]; Bruce Banks |
| Notes | Count DiChange spelled "Count D. Change" in this story. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Archie O'Toole; McScribe |
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| Synopsis | The Marksman lands in Berlin and has Hitler on the run until the Führer escapes by autogyro. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: The Marksman [Baron Povalski, aka Major Hurtz]; Yurka; Adolf Hitler (villain) |
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| Comic Story | What Shall it Benefit a Man If He Gain the Whole World and Lose His Own Soul? (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Black X; Batu; Dr. Harvey Bedsloe |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Wun Cloo (detective) |
| Notes | Cole is credited only on drawing this feature, and Ralph Johns is his pen name, from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | Daffy Meets the Man with the Horrible Hobby (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Daffy Dill; Mr. Nitemayer; Tea Biscuit; Vita Hayweed; Count De Corpuscles |
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| Comic Story | The World's Champion (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rookie investigates crooked boxing matches. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Foxy Harris; Spike Tolan; Masked Marvel; Bone Crusher Harrigan |
| Notes | Originally credited "Rudy Palais ?", but Palais has a very marked line from the eye down the cheek in sideview and also a peculiar blot as nostril not connected to the wing of the nose. Not him here.
The art is identical to William's other credited stories in this feature, #40 and #41, and his signed "Eagle Evans" story in Police Comics #1. Most faces in nearly frontview with only one ear showing, and very large rounded jaw and chin are special. |
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| Text Story | The Yukon Murders (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Sailor Missed His Boat (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Larry is stranded at the island of Jawalla on his return from the orient. |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Cavallo (signed) | Inks: Joe Cavallo (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Yankee Eagle [Larry Noble]; Nicky Malone (sailor and stuntman) |
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| Synopsis | Petty thief Oscar Oople gets Chuck Lane to take one his truth pills, and Lane confesses to Detective McGinty that he was the Jester. However, McGinty is too skeptical and doesn't believe it. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Oscar Oople (villain); Ace Morgan (villain); The Major (villain); Lord Andrew (villain); Slick (villain) |
| Notes | Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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