Additional Information |
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Publication | September 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling; The Rattler |
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Comic Story | Mystery at el Rancho Domo (14 pages) |
Synopsis | The cruise ship carrying Doctor Cummings and his daughter, is torpedoed by an unidentified submarine. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Carmencita (villain, introduction); Miguel (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introduction) |
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Comic Story | The Dog and the Dispatch (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Captain Valor is recruiting new Marines. |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Captain Valor; Slim (introduction); Slam (introduction); Sgt. Finnegan (introduction); Winston (dog) |
Notes | Many faces in front view with pointed ears are Streeter's work. There is no writer credit. |
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Comic Story | The Saloon Girl and the Train Robbers (6 pages) |
Synopsis | An armored payroll truck is robbed by masked men, and the man behind it is a gambler. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Steve Lassiter (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Lulu (a saloon girl, introduction) |
Notes | Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13, but the inking here seems a bit hastier than in the previous stories. |
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Comic Story | Murder by Telephone (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Reagan is called to the mansion of Tennyson to investigate two murders. Both are killed by electric shock. |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); Tobias Tennyson (villain, introduction); Scott (introduction, death); Jessup (introduction, death); Edith Jessup; Frank Whitcomb; Eloise Whitcomb; Dr. Eli Schwartz; James |
Notes | There is no writer credit. |
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Comic Story | The Magic Picture Book (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Dicky finds a magic picture book in the Magic Forest. |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Dicky Farenwell; Jackie; Freckles (introduction); Another giant (villain, introduction, turned into a rabbit) |
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Synopsis | House ad for Shield-Wizard Comics 4 and Captain Flag's debut in Blue Ribbon Comics. |
Notes | The top half of the page promotes Shield-Wizard 4 and the bottom half promotes Captain Flag in Blue Ribbon Comics. |
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Comic Story | The Revenge of Captain Schlitz (8 pages) |
Synopsis | The German pilot, Captain Schlitz, challenges either of the Devil Twins to single combat at dawn. |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen Olsen (gunner); Captain Eric Schlitz [formerly Eric Von Lickt] (villain); Nazis (villains) |
Notes | As with every War Eagles story to date, there is no writer credit. |
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Comic Story | Meet Wilbur (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Wilbur is told by his father to control his temper. |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin (introduction); J. Frank Wilkin (introduction); Mrs. Wilkin (introduction); Virginia Wilkin (introduction) |
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Synopsis | House ad for Jackpot Comics 2. Four thumb-nails and brief descriptions of the plots of stories starring Mr. Justice, the Black Hood, Steel Sterling, and Sgt. Boyle. The cover of Jackpot Comics 2 is also shown. |
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Comic Story | The Murdering Matador (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Zambini is in Mexico and witnesses a murder in the bull fighting arena. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zambini (magician); Arturo (villain, introduction, death); Juan Feliz (introduction); his fiancee (introduction) |
Notes | There is no writer credit. |
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Illustration | Shield pin-up (1 page) |
Synopsis | Illustration of the cast of The Shield feature, suitable for framing. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Shield; Dusty; Betty Warren; Mamie Mazda; Ju Ju Watson |
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