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Publication | January 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Comic Story | Curse of the Orient (12 pages) |
Synopsis | A pair of eyeglasses called the Curse of the Orient, thet can reveal the true inner thoughts of the person looked at. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; P.G. Kane (collector) |
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Comic Story | Drums of Madness (11 pages) |
Synopsis | A diplomat hears drums inside his head, and it drives him almost insane. Web finds out he has a miniature receiver operated into his teeth. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Web (John Raymond); Mark Randolph (diplomat); Hiller (Nazi) |
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Text Story | The Professor Dies (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Why did the killer wear a long green beard? |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Web [John Raymond]; Robert Woodley (professor); Gerald Lane (professor); Jenkins (officer); Keller (officer) |
Notes | Labeled as "A Web Story". |
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Comic Story | The Full House (11 pages) |
Synopsis | With the ever increasing U-boat menace at work day and night along the shores, America's life lines of supply are threatened with extiction. Black Jack finds one of the spies and informers in a casino. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Jack [Jack Jones]; John Gruber (casino owner) |
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Comic Story | Commando Training (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Wilbur is practicing to become a commando. |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Mrs. Wilkin (mom) |
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Comic Story | The Nazi Cobra Reinhardt Heydrich (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Life history of one of the world's most vicious monsters. |
Featuring | Zip's Hall of Shame |
Content | Characters: Reinhard Heydrich (Gestapo) |
Notes | This is the only appearance of the "Zip's Hall of Shame" feature. |
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Comic Story | Michael O'Conner (6 pages) |
Synopsis | The story of an Irish cab driver from Brooklyn who drove supply trucks in Burma. |
Credits | Pencils: Johnson (signed) | Inks: Johnson (signed) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Michael O'Connor (truck driver) |
Notes | Signature at bottom of panel 4. The only Johnson credited as working for Archie, was a house ads artist named A. H. Johnson. |
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Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
Notes | Credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
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Cartoon | Gags (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor |
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Comic Story | Rumor Mongers (6 pages) |
Synopsis | All they did was spread a little rumor that was big enough to cause the sinking of a ship. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zambini (magician) |
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