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| Publication | August 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Jasne Arden (inset); The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Ned Brant (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Menace of Sihn Fang (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Returning to the Far East, the Condor encounters Sinh Fang and his cohort in their unconquerable fortress called Mount Doom, which was finally destroyed by the Black Ray. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Sinh Fang (villain, introduction, death); De Graf (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Art credits revised from Charles Sultan ? with reference to Jim Amash in The Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1 (November, 2011), page 93. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Attack of Vrak (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rock Braddon; Vrak (villain, introduction, death); Sandra (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | Street Polishing Department (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprint |
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| Comic Story | The Secret New York Sub Base (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Red Torpedo [ex-Captain Jim Lockhart]; Baron Krieg (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it.
Drew Allen is Kiefer's pen-name used on the strip.
In this story, the Red Torpedo's long-sleeved shirt became sleeveless, but he often chose to doff it altogether (but never his mask) to enter the water. |
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| Comic Story | Incident on the Orient Queen (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Lee Preston; Japanese spies (villains, introduction); Rick Royce ( |
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| Notes | Information for this sequence from Saltarella. |
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| Notes | Information for this sequence from Saltarella. |
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| Notes | Information for this sequence from Saltarella. |
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| Comic Story | The Benson Mine Murders (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Halloway]; Benson (introduction); Marlin (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Comic Story | The Dinosaur (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Extra! Sabotage Ring Broken!! (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; The Boss; Murat (villain, introduction); Slug (villain, introduction); Mike (villain, introduction); Krantz (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Text Story | Smoke Jumper (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Eric Vale |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Fainting Fighters (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Wizard Wells; Tug; The Hooded Hurricane (villain, introduction); Joe Jambon (villain, introduction) |
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| Cartoon | James Cagney (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Snappy (introduction); Sis (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Asp (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Clock must track down a wanton killer called the Asp, who leaves his calling card at the scene of his crimes. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; The Asp (villain, introduction, death) |
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