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Publication | February 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Unknown Soldier (also inset); Magno (inset); Lightning [Robert Morgan] (inset); Captain Courageous (inset); The Clown (head view); Captain Nippon (head view) |
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Synopsis | Mickey borrows his grandfather's ant farm, which ends up with the Clown who is experimenting with robbery in the fourth dimension. The Clown unleashes the ants in the fourth dimension where they grow to be giants and menace the real life world. |
Featuring | Magno and Davey |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Magno; Davey; the Clown; Mickey; Grandpa Carroll |
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Synopsis | Captain Nippo's troops capture a B-17 bomber and they intend to use it to bomb an American base. All part of a plan to invade Australia. |
Featuring | Captain Courageous |
Content | Genre: Superhero; War | Characters: Captain Courageous; Captain Nippo |
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Synopsis | German soldiers disguise themselves as vampires to keep control over a superstitious village. |
Content | Genre: Superhero; War | Characters: Unknown Soldier; German officers; superstitious villagers; General Pinto; Colonel Arthur |
Notes | The signature reads "FERSTADT". This, coupled with the somewhat more refined art style suggests that this is a product of the Ferstadt Studio rather than Ferstadt himself. The final page consists of only five panels, the remaining panel is the Statement of Ownership. |
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Credits | Script: Shirley L. Berick (notary public) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1943. Publisher: A. A. Wyn; editor: A. A. Wyn; managing editor: Frederick Gardener; business manager: A. A. Wyn. Owner: A. A. Wyn, Rose Wyn and Warren A. Angel. Notarized September 18, 1943. |
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Text Story | From beyond Boot Hill (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Gabe and Rufe don't like each other. One of them turns up dead and the other thinks he got away with a perfect crime. |
Credits | Script: Clint Douglas | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gabe Peters; Rufe Turk: Sheriff Bill Ringo |
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Synopsis | Initially making a living by slaughtering cattle by a single blow of his fist, Dark Eyes seeks to join forces with a female counterpart, much like Lash Lightning and his partner. He locates a calculating temptress named Madam Death, and they joined into an amorous match made in hell itself, and take on the two heroes. |
Featuring | Lash Lightning |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lash Lightning [Robert Morgan]; Lightning Girl [Isabel Blake]; Dark Eyes (villain, introduction); Madam Death (villain, introduction); Papa; Mama; Igor; Mrs. Gibney |
Notes | Script credit by Mark Carlson-Ghost in Alter Ego #144 (January, 2017), based on circumstantial evidence.
Lightning girl is Isabel Blake in this issue, Isobel Blake in other issues. |
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