Additional Information |
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Publication | May 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Fantasy |
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Comic Story | The Mosconian Menace: Part 3 (11 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: J. Edgar Hoover; Mosconians (villains) |
Notes | Story continued from The Midshipman feature in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #4. Continued in The West Pointer feature in this issue. |
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Comic Story | The Knighting of Galahad (6 pages) |
Content | Characters: Sir Galahad (introduction); King Arthur (introduction); Sir Kay (introduction); Lynette (introduction); Round Table Knights (introduction); Sir Gilbert (villain, introduction, death) |
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Comic Story | Origin of Shanghai Sheridan (6 pages) |
Synopsis | When Jack Sheridan’s father was killed by the invaders in 1931, young Jack was adopted by his father’s wise and wealthy old friend, Chan Sing-Tan. Jack vowed to avenge his father’s death and swore never to rest until he had driven the invaders from the land of the peaceful Chinese, and to this end he trains himself to become a marvel in the sciences, the Hindu art of escape, boxing and jiu-jitsu, and ancient Chinese magic and illusion. |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Chan Sing-Tan (introduction); Madame and General Kang Shy-Check (introduction for both); Ah Mee (introduction); Wu-Fang (villain, introduction); Japanese spies (villains) |
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Text Article | Dances of the Wild West (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Article discussing dancing and music in the Old West. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Gas-Men of Mars (6 pages) |
Content | Characters: The Gas-Men (introduction); Rega (introduction); Kalox (villain, introduction) |
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Comic Story | The Court-Martial of Wings Johnson (8 pages) |
Content | Characters: Wings Johnson; Von Schiller (villain, death); Nazis (villain) |
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Synopsis | Noodle's mother tells him to work for his spending money. This backfires on her. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Noodle; Mom |
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Comic Story | On the Island of the Devil Devil Doctor (6 pages) |
Content | Characters: Dick Storm; Burton (villain, introduction); a tribe of headhunters (villain, introduction) |
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Comic Story | The Kidnapping of Sally Iver (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Sally Iver (introduction); Mortimer Iver (introduction); Ah-Ku and her gang (villains) |
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Synopsis | House ad for "Blue Ribbon Comics" 4. |
Notes | Cover of issue 4 reproduced. |
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Comic Story | The Mosconian Menace: Part 4 (5 pages) |
Content | Characters: The Mosconians (villains) |
Notes | Story continued from The Wizard feature in this issue. Continued in the Shield feature in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #5. |
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Comic Story | Conquest of the Mocha Men (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Mocha Men and their Magator (Villain) |
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