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| Publication | February 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly except December and June |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane] |
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| Comic Story | The Peacock (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Martha has started a new mirror shop, and, as the Peacock hates mirrors, he and his gang wreck the shop, destroys her inventory, and kills her employee, Joe. After Doll Man rounds up the villain, Martha says that she wants to open up another shop: this time selling hats! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Professor Roberts; Joe (clerk in Martha's mirror shop, death); The Peacock (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Al Bryant, but tilting figures with a long upper body and awkward way of standing and walking, as on rubber legs, some wild eyes, and also broad shoulders and narrow head on stretched neck are all pointing to Zolne. He is credited on both pencils and ink on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but inking may vary. |
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| Comic Story | Welcome To Follywood (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Perky; Mickey (first appearance); Miss Glamoor (first appearance); Hotfoot Hennesey (first appearance); a director (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | Junior Touchdown Club (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy; The Junior Football Club (first appearance) |
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| Synopsis | Vincent pretends to be injured to gauge his friends' reaction. They don't give him any sympathy, and when another man appears to be laughing at him (although he's actually remembering a funny comedian), Vince gets angry. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza |
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| Synopsis | Vincent decides to enroll Lala in a lonely-hearts club so she'll get married. He changes his mind when he imagines a mean brother-in-law. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza |
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| Synopsis | Vincent draws a portrait of a lady but she isn't happy with the result. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Vincent Palooza |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Philip Finn; Florrie Finn; Mickey Finn |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | Night Club That Wasn't There (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The night club is just a front for daring robberies. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Karlo (first appearance; villain) |
| Notes | Tomsey is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some faces in sideview have similarities with his signed Jackie Law stories in Clue Comics, and also his Kid Click in US Camera Comics, so could be by him. The inking has some resemblence to the many Manhunter and Jester stories in Police Comics, by unknown. |
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| Text Story | The Man Who Hated (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jimmy Christian |
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| Comic Story | Ike's Diner (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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| Comic Story | Don't You Know There's a War Going On? (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spin has orders to relax and enjoy himself. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; The Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | Quackenbush is credited on pencils and ink on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the many short figures and narrow heads point to him. Uncertain inking when compared with his signed stories. |
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| Synopsis | Butch gets into trouble at a ritzy gentleman's club. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs |
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| Synopsis | Butch the clown, out of makeup, chats up an attractive young woman on the beach, telling her he's a "wealthy diplomat." However, his circus reflexes give him away. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Butch |
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| Comic Story | The Fallen Idol (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spin and his crew are taken prisoner by a self appointed emperor on a Pacific island. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; The Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | The same art as in the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Riss. Grinning faces that all look alike, and long legs. Same inker as in many Manhunter and Jester stories, but unknown. |
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