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Publication | November 1942-January 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly |
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Content | Genre: War |
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Comic Story | Our Modern Weapons Were Invented by Nature (1 page) |
Synopsis | Shows the relationship of a tank's armor to a Rhino, Armadillo or a Triceratops. |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War |
Notes | On inside front cover in black & white with red inks. |
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Comic Story | The Ghost Strikes Again (8 pages) |
Synopsis | The Phoenix a speedy former rum-runner has been converted by the U.S. Navy into a Q-boat for use in the coral sea by using a florescent pigment which makes the ship practically invisible. Renamed the "Ghost" and commanded by the canny ex-trader Captain Barnaby the Q-boat conducts destructive raids upon Jap shipping. |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Captain Joel Barnaby; Ensign Bill Ware; Professor Elmer Tobias; Oggu Lattu; Ben Lister; Japanese (villains); Mr. Kuto (villain) |
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Comic Story | Oasis of Evil (10 pages) |
Synopsis | Tank crew fight Nazis at an Oasis. |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Sgt. Sanders [Doc]; Cpl. Froggy Roget; Pvt. Ted Kane; Pvt. Shorty Harris; Nazis |
Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (June 2011). |
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Comic Story | Tiger Vengeance (10 pages) |
Synopsis | The Flying Tigers fight in the Southeast war front. |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Burt Kelton; Duke McShayne; Hi Kuan; Lao-Fung; Mellita Roubaix (villain); The Red Dragon (villain); Gurta (villain); Po Lun (villain); Japanese (villains) |
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Text Story | Paid in Full (3 pages) |
Synopsis | Fighting in the Coral Sea. |
Credits | Pencils: Hal Bittner [as HB; as Hal Bit] (signed, illustrations) | Inks: Hal Bittner [as HB; as Hal Bit] (signed, illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Cpl. Reddy; Sgt. Mike Daley; Smokey Davis; Ham Kelly; Billy Decker; Sgt. Doug Quinlan |
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Comic Story | "Hoppy" Gets His Man (5 pages) |
Synopsis | A Kangaroo mascot, with his owners Dillon and Dixon, fight the enemy in Australia. |
Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: Yankee Dillon [John Dillon]; Rebel Dixon [Andy Dixon]; Hoppy (a kangaroo); Sgt. Butch McLouts; Patch Smith; Lt. Payne; Captain Carver; Pedro (villain); Lassar (villain) |
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Comic Story | Night Devils Pave the Way to Victory (9 pages) |
Synopsis | Costumed as the Night Devils, a squadron of Night-Fighting Winged Commandos wear specially designed Black Silk Costumes that give them practical invisibility on dark nights and are equipped with quick action black parachutes. |
Content | Genre: Spy; War | Characters: Night Devils [Lt. Dan Cork; Lt. Tom Harrow]; General Macon; Professor Anton Renal; Fraulein Timbaut; Madame Rouge; Henri; Nazis (villains); Rudolph (villain); Ernst (villain); Colonel Von Schwern (villain); Pierre Duvall (villain) |
Notes | Previous indexer had Lou Ferstadt as the artist, but the story is signed by E. C. Stoner at the bottom of page 1 and at the bottom of page 7. |
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Comic Story | Raja Bill (11 pages) |
Synopsis | An American Flying Tiger pilot takes over a little North Indian native state and holds it against a threated Jap invasion. |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Raja Bill [Fightin' Bill Wexon]; Monk Williams; Princess Myrsa; Haja; Kila Chow (villain, death); Japanese (villains) |
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Comic Story | The Blitz Grinders (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Russian Light Artillery fires on German Blitz aided by Olga Georevna a young Russian girl. |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Olga Georevna; Mikail |
Notes | Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1984) - Page 187. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta, 4/12/2016. |
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Synopsis | Facts about aircraft carriers. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War |
Notes | On inside back cover in black & white with red inks. |
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Synopsis | Full page pinup of soldiers (British?) storming a beach. |
Content | Genre: War |
Notes | Back cover. |
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