| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly, except December and June |
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| Cover | Shawunkus, the Shaman |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset) |
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| Comic Story | Shawuncas, the Shaman (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Someone wants the mysterious skull badly enough to kill for it. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Shawunkas [Doc Barnes] (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The title comes from the cover.
Pencils originally credited "Al Bryant?" Walking figures, some faces and broad shoulders with stretched neck look more like Zolnerowich, and the very lively action and some large hands could point to Mort Leav, but few of his faces are recognisable. Uncertain. |
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| Comic Story | Murder, Maestro, Please (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A crooked publisher wants Swing to be the first to play his new number. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Mattie Maxton (publisher, villain); Mr. Mason |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Perky |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Spin Shaw is taken prisoner by the Japanese. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw] |
| Notes | The artwork looks like a mixture of both Quackenbush and Tirman, and perhaps only one of the creators. Very uncertain. |
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| Synopsis | Blimpy has to overcome some evil genies. |
| Credits | Script:? (see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy [aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] |
| Notes | DiPreta script credit removed by Craig Delich. DiPreta did very little writing in his career that is documented and it is very unlikely that he wrote this feature. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mickey Finn |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Lady or the...? (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rusty and his brigade rescue a lady on a Pacific island. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa]; Sarah La Rue |
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