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Publication | July 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling |
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Comic Story | The Blair Snatch (14 pages) |
Synopsis | Doris Cummins is kidnapped. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty [Numbers] (Police); Walter Cummings (scientist); Dora Cummings (daughter); V: Shorty (gangster boss); Shorty Gang (I for all) |
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Content | Characters: Mugsy [a dog] |
Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Mugsy" feature. |
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Synopsis | Protection racketeers operate at Coney Island. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative 1]; Tony Spumoni (introduction, death) |
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Comic Story | The Phantom Killer of Copper Bluffs (6 pages) |
Synopsis | A killer makes a red circle on a shaving mug and two days later the mug's owner has his throat cut. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); V: Duke Keyhoe (bar owner); Butch Keyho (gunman); a barber (I for all) |
Notes | Art is identical to Volpe's many signed and unsigned Loop Logan stories in Blue Ribbon Comics, from #4. He can be spotted by his very realistic horses in #13, bony faces with marked cheek lines and mouth inked in two short lines. Also the small lines on each side of nose or smiling cheeks. Compare as well his signed London stories in Daredevil Comics #9 and 10 (Lev Gleason) |
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Synopsis | Kate Goodwill is captured by Abdul, the slave hunter, and kept for ransom. |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Kalthar; Abdul; Kate Goodwill |
Notes | The art is identical to Pious's signed story in #2. |
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Synopsis | A decoy plane is sent up to trap Herr Schultz. |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Tim Shane; Tom Shane; Kermit; Anton Schultz |
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Text Story | The Speedy Jackrabbit (1 page) |
Synopsis | About the speed of jackrabbits. |
Featuring | Fact |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | The Monsoon Strikes (8 pages) |
Synopsis | The pirate junk of Yat Sing is crashed against the rocks, and both friend and foe are cast ashore. |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Valor; GS: Ronnie; Angie; Big Dip (giant); Wang Fu (warlord ally); V: Yat Sing (pirate); Tania (pirate queen) |
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Comic Story | The Gorilla Gambit (6 pages) |
Synopsis | A big killer gorilla is turned loose at the New York World's Fair to cash in on the insurance on him if shot. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Doris O'Day; V: Killer Novaki (gangster); Sliro (crooked fair manager); Mammo (gorilla) |
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Comic Story | Curse of the Egyptasia Tomb (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Two orientals have come to take Prof. Lorenz back to Egyptasia where he found the magic doorway to the sacred tomb. He is to be sacrificed to the ancient king Ankkaman. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zambini (magician); I: Prof. Lorenz (archaeologist); Greta Lorenz (daughter); V: Saki (hypnotizer); Ghali (assistant) |
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