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| Publication | 1945 | Price: 0.25 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor; Science Fiction; Superhero | Characters: Green Mask; O'Brine Twins; Rick Evans; Joan Mason |
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| Comic Story | Pages of Flame (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Johnny, Beeswax and Suzie visit her Aunt Matilda, whose insurance company is being plagued by the arsonist Asbestoes and his gang. After an encounter on the train--which is resolved when Johnny changes into the Green Mask and saves his pals--the criminals later capture the three children and toss Beeswax and Suzie off a cliff into a river. Johnny becomes the Green Mask once more. He rescues Beeswax and Suzie, then defeats the gang. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Green Mask; Johnny Green; Beeswax; Asbestoes; Suzie; Matilda Smith; Jim Smith; Ann |
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| Synopsis | Cuthbert is told to "take a rest" by his doctor, and milks this for all it's worth. While he's asleep, his wife's friends come to visit and pile their coats on top of him. Cuthbert tosses them out the window and they're taken by a hobo. This compels Cuthbert to rush out into the street in his pajamas, causes him to wind up in jail, incurs a hefty fee for cabs to drive the coat-less ladies home, and then he's required to return all of the garments to their owners. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Cuthbert Joy; Dr. John; Ed; Judy Joy; Pinky Joy |
| Notes | "Hal George" is the house name on this strip. |
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| Comic Story | Adventure in a Coma! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Stringbean convinces Rick to allow his girlfriend Hilda--who doubts Stringbean's stories of space adventures--to accompany them on a flight. Stringbean's inept piloting causes them to crashland on a planet of glass creatures led by Ilabo. Rick, Astra and Stringbean narrowly escape being sacrificed. They leave the planet and Hilda--who'd been knocked unconscious by the landing--wakes up and doesn't believe their story. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Stan Ford] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rick Evans; Stringbean; Professor Astra; Hilda; Ilabo |
| Notes | Last appearance in Green Mask #11.
Rick, Astra and Stringbean are tied to pillars. Rick says they should shout and pull the pillars to shatter them, like "Sampson" [sic]. |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Pat Adams] |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Gilbert the Gorilla |
| Notes | The Feature logo for this story is "Gilbert the Gorilla". |
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| Comic Story | Nature's Airplanes (1 page) |
| Synopsis | How birds fly. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ted Small] |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation; Nature |
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| Comic Story | The Roguish Rubbernecks!!!! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | On Selura, Rocket is asked by the Wise One to investigate the "small, but evil planet" Elasticia. Sue stows away on the mission. On Elasticia, the king demands Rocket solve a flaw in the Elasticians' space ship, or Sue and Whacky will be given a "rubber bath." Rocket complies, and the invasion ship departs for Selura. Rocket has sabotaged the ship and it crashes into a volcano, killing all the Elasticians. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ted Small] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rocket Kelly; Whacky; Sue; Wise One; Pogo; King of Elasticia |
| Notes | Last appearance in Bouncer #11.
Whacky is called "Whackie" on page 6. |
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| Comic Story | The Vanishing Cat Mystery (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Three people have been killed by (apparently) the claws of a cat. Alan plays "the mighty notes" on an organ and becomes the Puppeteer. He and his talking bird Raven investigate. Judge Knowles is the next victim. The Puppeteer exposes watchman Tekk as Dirk Nexo, a man once sent to prison by the judge. With Raven's help, the Puppeteer captures the murderer. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Alec Hope] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Puppeteer [Alan Hale]; Ed Riley; Tekk [Dirk Nexo]; Mr. Felix; Ellen Knowles; Aunt Sarah |
| Notes | last appearance in Everybody's (1944); next appearance in BOOK OF All-COMICS (1945)
Art identification based on the Green Mask art attributed to Stoner from earlier in the issue, which both share details such as wide smiles showing the front teeth, spiky star-esque circles used to convey someone getting hit, the way smoke is drawn, hairstyles curling at the front, and the way windows are shaded. |
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| Comic Story | Director X (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gilbert acts in a movie directed by the mysterious Director X. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Pat Adams] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Gilbert; Frank Duck; Director X [Chon Laney]; Guliver Gorilla [Chon Laney Jr.] |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Mert Adams] |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Snowbite and the Seven Wolves!! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The O'Brine twins helps Snowbite fend off the Seven Wolves and reunite with Prince Frostbite. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Larry Page] |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Waterman O'Brine; Wetmore O'Brine; Snowbite; Prince Frostbite |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Roy Powers |
| Notes | Produced with the official consent of the Boy Scouts of America
previously in ALL YOUR COMICS #1 and All Great (1944)
Newspaper comic strip reprints. Godwin took over the strip in 1938 from Kemp Starrett. |
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| Comic Story | A Mission of Death (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Reporter Joan helps expose a criminal gang led by Rocky Kent. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Art Allen] |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: Joan Mason; Mike; Macpherson; Rocky Kent; Slim |
| Notes | Various misspellings in this story: "celler" (for cellar), "theif" (for thief). |
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| Comic Story | Rattle with a Bang (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Teen inventor Ernie blows up his room and has to earn money to repair it. He's baby-sitting Ramsey when they're abducted by criminals. A remnant of the explosive that ruined his room is Ernie's ticket to capture the crooks. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Vic Brown] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Ernie; Mr. Gates; Mrs. Gates; Ramsey Gates; Nick |
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| Featuring | Wonderful World of Tomorrow |
| Credits | Script:? [as Stan Ford] |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| Notes | Stan Ford was a house name on various strips.
This is the only appearance of the "Wonderful World of Tomorrow" feature. |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Mert Adams] |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | Dead Storage (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Criminal Mr. Chuckle schemes to destroy the statue of the Bouncer before it can come to life to save someone. Ironically, it's Mr. Chuckle who needs to be rescued and the Bouncer comes to life to save him. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Lew Howe] |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bouncer; Anteas Jr.; Penny; Mr. Chuckle |
| Notes | last appearance in THE BOUNCER #11; next appearance in BOOK OF ALL COMICS #1 |
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| Comic Story | Pussy Redecorates Her Cafe (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pussy buys an original "Metaphor Mali" painting to give her nightclub some class. Her rival Boss replaces it with a copy, hoping to sell the original. Pussy mixes a Katnip Fizz that turns her into a "feline superwoman" and "the Sherlock Holmes of the Katworld." She recovers her painting from the crooks. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Len Short] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Pussy Catnip; George; Boss; Mugsy |
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| Synopsis | Pussy and George go to a baseball game. George accidentally drinks some Katnip Fizz and knocks out one of the players. Pussy takes his place and is a hit. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Len Short] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Pussy Katnip; George; Joe |
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| Synopsis | Snooky "helps" Honey Bear with his house cleaning chores. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Toby] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Snooky; Honey Bear; Grandpa |
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| Synopsis | Honeybear doesn't want to take a math test so he worries himself sick. Snooky decides to cure him. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Toby] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Honeybear; Snooky |
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| Synopsis | Aviation factoids. |
| Featuring | Air-Quiz |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ted Small] |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Synopsis | Four animal-themed gag cartoons. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Hal George] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Synopsis | Bill picks up Mabel in the park and takes her to his automated house. The inventions go wild. Mabel returns to her former boyfriend Lester. |
| Featuring | Bill Buster |
| Credits | Script:? [as Don Dean] |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bill Buster; Mabel; Lester |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of the "Bill Buster" feature |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Walt Egan] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Sonny and his friends are on Civil Defense duty against Japanese beetles. |
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| Synopsis | A talking horse tries to put one over on Mr. Doodle. |
| Featuring | Mr. Doodle |
| Credits | Script:? [as Pat Adams] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Mr. Doodle; Penelope Pig; farmer |
| Notes | The title of the strip is "Mr. Doodle" and he's called "Mr. Doodle" in the second panel. However, in the fourth and fifth panels he's "Mr. Doodles."
This is the only appearance of the "Mr. Doodle" feature. |
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| Synopsis | Sis cheats on a spelling test with the help of her skywriting Uncle Jerry. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Mac Miller] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Sis; Junior; Uncle Jerry |
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| Synopsis | A bear goes hunting for squirrels. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Synopsis | Muggs reads "How to Get Real Strong" by "Joe Atlas" and tries to defeat the cat. It doesn't work, so he decides to read "How to Win Friends and Influence Cats" by Dale Corny instead. |
| Featuring | Muggs Mouse |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ab Newton] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Muggs Mouse |
| Notes | "Joe Atlas" is a reference to bodybuilder Charles Atlas. "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie is the inspiration for the second book.
Only appearance of the "Muggs Mouse" feature. |
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| Synopsis | The boys try to break out of jail. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Cy King] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Snard; Limey; Gloop |
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| Comic Story | The Tale of the Tattooed Egg (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jaguar Man and Ebony solve the case of "tattooed eggs," which are incendiary bombs used by a sinister tattoo artist to start fires. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Jack Lane] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Jaguar (aka Jaguar Man) [Steve Lane]; Ebony the devil cat; Feeno; Professor Feely; Monsieur Pierre; Gaston |
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