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| Publication | July 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
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| Cover | Brain Against Brawn! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph |
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| Comic Story | Brain Against Brawn! (15 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph; Mr. Sprigg and his gang (first appearance; villains) |
| Notes | Title from cover.
We formerly credited the inks to Reed Crandall, but that attribution denied by Crandall expert Roger Hill. |
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| Comic Story | Shutterbug Sholtz (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Inkie; Shutterbug Sholtz (first appearance; villain); the Boss (first appearance; villain) |
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| Synopsis | Pop wants to impress Molly with his new suit but loses his shirt (and pants, hat and jacket) to a hobo in a crap game. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Pop Maloney |
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| Synopsis | Molly goes on vacation and Pop thinks he can sleep in--he's wrong. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly Maloney; Pop Maloney |
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| Comic Story | The Seven Lancelot Triches (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara; Lancelot Triche (first appearance; villain); six other crooks (first appearance; villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Stamp Perforations Mystery (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Pen Miller; J. Edgar Hoover (cameo); Trigger (first appearance; villain); Mr. Driscoll (first appearance); Mrs. Driscoll (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Hiccup Cure (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Floogy the Fiji |
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| Text Story | The Mine Robbers (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Captain Triumph |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph |
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| Synopsis | After Ef's cabin burns down, Dewey asks his mother if "po' li'l Jake" can stay with them. She agrees, then learns "Jake" is Ef's giant bear friend. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dewey Drip; Maw Drip; Ef Moochby |
| Notes | This hillbilly strip first appeared in Police Comics, drawn by John (Joe) Devlin. Bernard Dibble took over this strip and other Devlin features including "Molly the Model," "Lala Palooza," "Looy Dot Dope," and "Big Top." |
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| Synopsis | Mr. Fitzbilly dresses up like a monster to scare Beezy away from his daughter Sirena. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Beezy Bumble; Sirena Fitzbilly; Mr. Fitzbilly; Ma Bumble; Bertram Bumble |
| Notes | Although Mr. Fitzbilly claims he comes from a "long line of werewolves," his costume (green face, yellow wig, no shirt) does not resemble a werewolf. |
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