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| This is another great edition in the series. Its a shame there werent more of these made. ‘The Rabbit’ was a classic tale of taking the law into your own hands and paying the price. The inks on that story were almost expressionist, an amazing piece of work. Special Case No.5 featured a terrifying villain who looked a bit like Nosferatu. Also, the Hangman does his part for the war effort in the first story. Overall, excellent! |
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| Publication | Spring 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Featuring | Hangman |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Lucey | Inks: Harry Lucey |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Hangman [Robert "Bob" Dickering]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Roy the Super Boy [Roy Carter] |
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| Comic Story | Special Case No. 4: The Hangman Vs. Captain Swastika (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Swastika is pursuing Elsa Danning to prevent her from divulging vital information to America. |
| Featuring | The Hangman |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Lucey | Inks: Harry Lucey |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Hangman [Robert "Bob" Dickering]; Mr. Schmitt (introduction); Elsa Danning (introduction); Captain Swastika (villain, introduction); The Legion of the Swastika (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Featuring | The Web |
| Content | Characters: Hangman; Steel; Black Jack; Black Hood; Wizard; Roy; Shield; Dusty |
| Notes | House ad promoting The Web appearing in the July issue of Zip Comics (Zip Comics #27). |
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| Comic Story | Special Case No. 5: Clockmaker of Death (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | John Simms seeks revenge against his former partners after taking the rap, and being imprisoned, for his partner's crimes. |
| Featuring | The Hangman |
| Credits | Pencils: Harry Lucey (signed) | Inks: Harry Lucey (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The GHangman [Robert "Bob" Dickering]; Mary; George White; Thelma Gordon; Murphy; Mr. Thompson; Dingman; Davis; The Clockmaker [John Simms] (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | The Rabbit (13 pages) |
| Featuring | The Hangman |
| Credits | Script: Bill Woolfolk [as Woolfolk] (signed) | Pencils: Warren King [as King] (signed) | Inks: Warren King [as King] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Hangman [Robert "Bob" Dickering]; Dean Gray; Devere; Marcus; Thelma Gordon; Jervis; The Rabbit [Professor Ernest Hare] (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Hangman goes to his 10th college reunion in this story, which makes him 32 years old. |
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| Text Story | Live By the Gun and Die By--The Hangman (2 pages) |
| Featuring | The Hangman |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Hangman [Robert "Bob" Dickering]; Langley; Salko |
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| Comic Story | Special Case No. 3 (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Boy Buddies |
| Credits | Script: Bill Woolfolk | Pencils: Paul Reinman | Inks: Paul Reinman |
| Content | Characters: Shield [Joe Higgins] (guest star); Wizard [Blane Whitney] (guest star); Smiley Joe Martin (introduction, villain); Dusty; Roy |
| Notes | Dusty and Roy get sent to military school |
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| Comic Story | Special Case No. 4 (14 pages) |
| Featuring | Boy Buddies |
| Credits | Script: Bill Woolfolk (signed) | Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed) | Inks: Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Roy [Roy Carter]; Major Neilson (introduction); Major Neilson's son |
| Notes | Story promotes idea of a Junior Flying Corps for boys |
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