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You get lots of great Warren King art in this issue, more than just the usual Firefly.
The art of King and Lucey has been the most impressive I've seen in the golden age MLJ. |
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Info on Warren King
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Additional Information |
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Publication | November 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy |
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Comic Story | The Animal Man Strikes (14 pages) |
Content | Characters: The Animal Man (villain, introduction, death); Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Frank Thomas; Bonga (gorilla); Barbara Sutton; David Crane; Tanto (elephant); Sgt. McGinty |
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Comic Story | The Voodoo Murders (10 pages) |
Synopsis | Woodo murders Professor Lang, noted explorer. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy; Jane; Dr. Strong (villain, intro, death); Dr. Strong's gang (villains, intro) |
Notes | Originally credited to Al Camy, but this is not him. Compare the gaping square faces in his signed Black Hood story. More probably by King, when looking at all the tilted heads and the slender girl. |
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Comic Story | The Two New Harem Additions (4 pages) |
Synopsis | Fran and Hal find themself in a harem in Arabia. |
Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Fran Frazer (photographer); Hal Davis (reporter); Von Berg (villain); Arab chieftain (villain, intro) |
Notes | Originally credited to Irv Novick, but the movements of the figures are too stiff and clumsy, and none of his faces are found here. This unknown artist with narrow pointed ears and vey long fingers, are found in several other stories, like Zambini and Fran Frazer. |
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Comic Story | The Glider Incident (5 pages) |
Content | Characters: Col. Crawford (Intro) |
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Comic Story | The Return of the Dervish (6 pages) |
Content | Characters: Whirling Dervish (villain, death); Rico Lopez (villain, intro, death); Lucille Forbes [Tallon] (guest star) |
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Comic Story | Lou Morelli Muscles Out (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Lou Morelli (villain); St. Louis Kid; Mary; Windy Mills |
Notes | Montana signed on splash panel |
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Comic Story | The Remote-Controlled Armada (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Nazis (villain); Wings Johnson; Henry Higgins; Marty Blakeman; Marshall Von Kittle |
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Comic Story | The Murder of Carmen Yolanda (6 pages) |
Synopsis | A movie star is killed on a cruise ship. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; Jinx Friday (secretary); Beecher [Little Bear Beecher] (villain, intro); Carmen Yolanda (intro, death); Wallace McLaglen (intro) |
Notes | Originally credited to Bernard Klein. None of his angry eyed faces in side view are present. More probably King, with his heads and figures popping up along the panel borders. |
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Comic Story | Battle Boy's Big Race (5 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mr. Lindsay (introduction); Joan Lindsay (introduction); Kardak; Balthar |
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