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Publication | August 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
Notes | Probably Bryant, as the ears of the monkey looks like on the signed #63. |
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Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby (a monkey); Doc Mortimer Wackey |
Notes | Probably Bryant, as the ears of the monkey looks like on the signed #63. |
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Featuring | Pepsi the Pepsi Cola Cop |
Content | Genre: Humor |
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Comic Story | This Little Pig Went to Market (11 pages) |
Synopsis | Dr. Gage has discovered a sure fire formula for detecting tricinosis in pigs. |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Sniffer Snoop; Doc Gage; Circe; Kirkey |
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Synopsis | The king is ready to interview the girls applying for the secretary job. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Archie O'Toole (king); Jake |
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Synopsis | Mr. Dexill accuses the police to disgrace their office, and promises to shame them out of it. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective Hustace McGinty; Dexill (villain) |
Notes | This is similar art to the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Peter Riss on pencils. Notice the flying man getting a punch on the jaw, which can also be found in at least 12 Manhunter stories. |
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Synopsis | Somebody's stealing farmer Jones' chicken and it's costing agent Swanson a pile of money. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Wun Cloo (detective); Axel Swanson (insurance agent) |
Notes | Originally credited "Jack Cole?", but the black eyes with a tiny reflection are by Gustavson. |
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Synopsis | The Colonel bets five thousand dollars that his man can make mincemeat of Daffy. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Daffy; Deke Parsons; Clatterheads Jeeters (wrestler); Colonel |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Bombay Jim; Hadja Jodhpur (villain, Indian Thuggee) |
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Comic Story | The Riddle of Argon's Alley (8 pages) |
Synopsis | A police officer is killed in a back alley. |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Rookie Rankin; police chief; Officer Flynn |
Notes | Similar art to the Riss-credited pencil work on Manhunter stories in Police Comics (Quality, 1941 series) #37-#59.
Bob Hughes agrees on the Riss pencil credit. |
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Text Story | The Forest of Silence (2 pages) |
Synopsis | An expedition to the Forest of Silence in Belgian Congo. |
Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jimmy Christian (reporter); Pierre Grandeau |
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Comic Story | The Success Story (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Curly is so independent (because he has a job) that he doesn't waste his time like most boys. Spunky says he'll get a job also. Eventually he tries being a movie theater usher, but bungles that and gets fired. |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Spunky; Curly; Marge; Pug; Mr. Shultz; J. B. Blobb; Marge's mother |
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Comic Story | "A Great Treasure is a Great Terror" (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Mr. Garman wishes to leave a valuable Indian jewel in the custody of Black X but is killed on his doorstep. |
Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Black X; Batu; Mr. Garman |
Notes | The eyes of several characters are similar to Kotzky's signed stories in earlier issues. Uncertain inking. |
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