Additional Information |
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Publication | September 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly in March, June, September and December |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero; Teen |
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Publisher advertisement | Bulletin No. 28 (1 page) |
Featuring | Shield G-Man Club |
Credits | Script:? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)] | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Treasure of the Miserable Mansion (10 pages) |
Synopsis | Archie tries to sell an abandoned house for his father. When a couple comes to look at it, they are forced to spend the night due to rain. Meanwhile, Archie reads a story about treasure to Jughead and the couple tries to buy the house, thinking there is treasure in the cellar. |
Content | Characters: Mr. and Mrs. Abner Hassenfeffer (introduction) |
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Comic Story | The Man Who Played God (11 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: mad professor |
Notes | No real villain; story is a dream of Dusty's. Original indexer had "Gil Kane?" as penciller. Irv Novick credit from Gary Watson, August 2009.
Inking is similar to the signed Black Hood story by Shumaker in #49 with pen name PEN. Pencils look very much like that story too... |
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Comic Story | You Made Me Confess (8 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Johnson; Wingy (introduction); Jim Blake; Jake Baldwin |
Notes | All the round faces with long nose look certainly like Vigoda. |
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Text Story | A True Fact Story (2 pages) |
Credits | Script:? [as Black Hood] | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Ephraim Littlefield; Dr. John Webster |
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Comic Story | Communique No. 16 (9 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero; War | Characters: Johann Freyling (introduction, death); The Japanese (villain) |
Notes | Originally credited "Gil Kane?". PEN is the pen name of Shumaker, but Kane shared the pen name PEN STAR with Shumaker. |
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Comic Story | Hanging To-Day (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Christopher Plopp (villain); Merlin (an astrologer, introduction) |
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