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Publication | January 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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Featuring | Magno; Lash Lightning; Raven; Vulcan |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Magno; Lash Lightning; The Raven; Vulcan |
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Publisher advertisement | Shooting High (1 page) |
Synopsis | House ad for Super-Mystery and Lightning Comics, with cover reproductions |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | This is the inside-front cover |
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Synopsis | Magno and Davey must stop a relative of Attila the Hun and a master scientist working for the Nazis, who has invented a U-Ray Gun, capable of freezing and paralyzing Allied forces, and who has kidnapped a movie director to film his conquest of the Allies. |
Featuring | Magno, the Magnetic Man |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Magno; Davey; Mrs. Attilla (Han's mother); Karl van Dramm (movie director); Hans Attilla (villain, death); Pedro (villain, Han's assistant); the Nazis (villains) |
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Synopsis | Vulcan, at the request of government officials, travels by ship to the Burma Road to be of assistance in protecting munition shipments that are being sent along that route, and joins two American Police officers who are aboard the ship for the same reason. |
Featuring | Vulcan |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Vulcan; Bud; Bill; Captain Peters; Diana (ambulance driver for the Chinese Red Cross); the Nazis (villains, many die) |
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Synopsis | Lightning must halt the destructive activities of Professor Grosskop, who is trying to destroy the Boulder Dam in Nevada as well as disrupting electricity in the area to hinder the war effort at production plants. |
Featuring | Lash Lightning |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lash Lightning; Gail Lindon; Professor Lindon; Professor Grosskop (villain) |
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Synopsis | The Raven must prevent the proceeds from the Policeman's Ball, some $15,000 to be donated to the poor, from falling into the hands of a gang of crooks. |
Featuring | The Raven |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Raven [Danny Darten]; Mike (Raven's assistant); Lola Lash (Darten's fiancee); Police Chief Lash; Mayor Dobbs; Tony Foyle (villain) |
Notes | Art credits added by Craig Delich 2010-5-29. |
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Synopsis | Luke goes fishing and uses his flute, not his rod and reel, to bring the fish in. |
Featuring | Luke and His Magic Flute Ya Gotta Dance |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Luke; fisherman |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-5-29. |
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Text Story | Graveyard Shift (2 pages) |
Synopsis | A hotel clerk witnesses the death of a "cowboy" and the theft of thousands of dollars in a bag he was carrying, only to discover that the man was a counterfeiter. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Un-named hotel clerk; Thorne (policeman); Berkey (policeman); "Mex" Merkle [as Joe Burke] (villain, counterfeiter, death); Sharp Face (villain) |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-5-29. |
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Synopsis | Mr. Whiskers learns that the Diamond of Taron, stolen in Arabia by a jewel thief, was cut into three parts which have made their way into the hands of three innocent jewel dealers, and whom have been kidnapped by a Hindu cult and are soon to be sacrificed to the god of Taron! |
Featuring | Mr. Whiskers |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mr. Whiskers [Jim Clay] (introduction); FBI Chief Foster; Mr. Grieveh (villain, Hindu cult leader) |
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Publisher advertisement | Smashing Through! (1 page) |
Synopsis | House ad for Our Flag and Banner Comics, with partial cover reproductions |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | This is the inside-back cover |
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