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| The Shock Gibson story is amazing. Really takes a left turn there. |
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| Munson Paddock (Smoke Carter) deserves to a book made of his work. There's nothing like him! |
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| oh my gawd shock gibson is hilarious love his headgear etc do lions really say grarf ??? lol |
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| If it had just been the Shock Gibso story, I would have rated the book a 9. I also liked Biff Bannon the marine.
However, When Smoke Carter - a firefighter - casually carries and uses a gun and has policemen dropping bombs on suspected criminals - Well. I think that stretches the credibility of even an 1940's reader.
Also there is Ted Parrish of a thousand faces Where does he carry all the extra outfits? Where is his makeup kit? |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Comic Story | The Human Dynamo (26 pages) |
| Synopsis | Charles Gibson gains superpowers and becomes a hero. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Blitzer (intro); Baron Von Kampf (villain; intro) zombies (villain; intro); Jane Starr |
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| Comic Story | The Three Aces (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The heroes are hired to break up a band of murderers and thieves in Arabia. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Crash (intro); Cork (intro); the Baron (intro) |
| Notes | Memorable line: "You fellows hang around in the background while I talk big...they're bound to expose themselves!" |
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| Text Story | An Adventure With a Man-Eating Plant (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Edward Lambert | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Balak |
| Notes | illos by Powell? |
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| Comic Story | The Man of a Thousand Faces! (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Actor Ted Parrish is tired of the soft roles he has been given, then has a real life adventure. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ted Parrish (intro; origin); A mad doctor (villain; intro); Joe |
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| Comic Story | The SQUALL Case (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spike signs onto a whaler that's hunting illegal whales. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Carl Larson] | Pencils:? [as Carl Larson] | Inks:? [as Carl Larson] |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Spike Marlin (intro) |
| Notes | Not George Tuska according to Jim Vadeboncouer. |
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| Comic Story | Fire in Children's Haven (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Smoke suspects a connection when an orphanage supporter dies after a fire at the orphanage. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Smoke Carter (intro; a fireman); Leslie White |
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| Comic Story | The Coming of Landor (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Anthony and Maria take shelter at Landor's castle and discover he has made a monster. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Landor (villain; intro); Anthony Torrence (intro); Maria (intro) |
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| Synopsis | Texas and Baldy help a rancher against Big Nick. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Texas Tyler (intro); Baldy; Al; Pete; Pop Alden; Martha Alden; Big Nick |
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| Cartoon | Air Speed (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | The air speed's of the Grumman single-seater biplane, the Douglas bomber monoplane, and the Curtiss single seat pursuit biplane. |
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| Comic Story | The Super-Death Invention (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biff and Truck have to rescue some Americans trapped in China. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Biff Bannon (a Marine; intro); Truck Trenton; Joan Martin; Mr. Martin; Mr. Cubberly; Mr. White; Mr. Wolko |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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