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Publication | October 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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Cover | Scoundrels and Scandals |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] |
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Comic Story | Scoundrels and Scandals (9 pages) |
Synopsis | Sandra's father sends her to a stamp auction to bid on the famed Piedmont Collection of rare Haitian stamps. Although she loses the bidding, the winner has his pocket picked of his cash and Sandra wins by default. When her purse is picked on the way home, Phantom Lady decides to investigate. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Ted [Don Borden?]; Rougo (flashback, death); Slippery Dukes (villain, pickpocket); Monk (villain); Scrawn (villain) |
Notes | Ted is Sandra Knight's date and constant companion in this story. Not sure if this was a writer's slip and it was supposed to be Don (Borden). However, the same person is referred to as Don in the next story following. |
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Text Story | The Haunted Hepcats (2 pages) |
Synopsis | As President of the Junior Class, Bob decides that the Junior Dance will be held at the supposedly-haunted Barnard House... a ghost party! |
Credits | Script: Roy Thomas (signed) (see Notes) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Bob (President of the Junior Class); Bessie (Bob's girl); Billy [as Chester Barnard]; Renee; two unnamed bank robbers (villains) |
Notes | Writer is not the same Roy Thomas who started writing comics in the 1960s. |
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Comic Story | Condemned Venus! (10 pages) |
Synopsis | Sandra picks up an old friend of hers along a street during a rainstorm, noticing that she is acting strangely. Just then, the police show up and arrest Kitty for murder. The Phantom Lady knows that Kitty is innocent and begins an investigation to discover just who is framing her for the crime. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Kitty Manders; Kitty's husband; Senator Henry Knight; un-named State Governor; Hilda (villain); two un-named thugs (villains) |
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Comic Story | A Shroud for the Bride! (10 pages) |
Synopsis | Popular Porky Mead, a real ladies' man, has several women in suspense as to who he will take to the masquerade party. In desperation, however, Porky decides to take a diner waitress named Rosie, who ends up murdered. Phantom Lady must find the killer of Porky Mead's date. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Rosie Maloon (death); Claire; Irene; Don Bordon; Porky Mead; Brooks (Mead's butler); Flora (villain) |
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Comic Story | The Death of Cathy Davis (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Inspector Roc |
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