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| Briefer made "pop-art" comics long time before "Jodelle". A visual delight. |
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| Man, I wish the complete comic was archived and not just the first two stories |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Featuring | Black Owl |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Owl |
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| Comic Story | The Whistler (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black Owl gains full costume. |
| Featuring | Black Owl |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Owl [Doug Danville]; The Whistler (first appearance, villain); Arnold Goodrich (first appearance); Excalibur (first appearance, King Arthur's sword) |
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| Comic Story | The Origin of Dr. Frost (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Dr. Frost |
| Credits | Script: Richard Steele |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Frost (first appearance, origin); Vulcan (first appearance, villain) |
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| Comic Story | Air Race of Death (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Ted O'Neil |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ted O'Neil; Smith (first appearance, villain) |
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| Comic Story | New Adventures of Frankenstein (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Betty (first appearance) |
| Notes | Suggested by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel, but set in New York City, circa 1930. |
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| Comic Story | The Gas Killers (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Dr. Kew (first appearance, villain, death) |
| Notes | Green Lama (Jethro Dumont) was introduced in the pulp magazine Double Detective (Frank A. Munsey, Co., 1937 series) v5#5 (April 1940). |
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| Comic Story | Origin of Captain Gallant (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Captain Gallant |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Gallant [Jon Gallant] (first appearance, origin); Captain Sly (first appearance, villain); Captain Morgue (first appearance, villain) |
| Notes | Inspired by Captain Blood. |
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| Comic Story | Task No. 1 (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Twist Turner |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Twist Turner (first appearance); The "99" Club (first appearance); Toni (first appearance); Hag Malone (first appearance, villain, death) |
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| Text Article | The Trigger Kid (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Crashing the Concentration Camp (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Great Voodini |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Voodini (first appearance); Nikki (first appearance); The Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | Voodini speaks his magic words drawkcab (backward). |
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| Comic Story | Journey to 1940 (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Power Nelson is sent back in time to 1940. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Power Nelson; Otto Schnitzle (first appearance, villain) |
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