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Publication | August 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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Featuring | Crimebuster; Bombshell |
Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Young Robinhood; Bombshell; Swoop Storm; Japanese (villains); Squeeks (monkey) |
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Content | Characters: Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Squeeks (monkey) |
Notes | Inside front cover. |
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Comic Story | Touch of the Leper (13 pages) |
Synopsis | Chuck meets up once again with his old coach, Darcy, not realizing that he has a twin criminal brother, who later murders the coach and takes his place as a serviceman while secretly working for the Germans. When Crimebuster is shot by the Leper, but survives, he sets his sights on the Leper and to Darcy, intending to end the sabotage efforts both are involved in. |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Squeeks (a monkey); O'Roarke (prison guard); Barbara (girl who saves Crimebuster, introduction); Carol (Barbara's twin sister, introduction, cameo); Coach Darcy (death); [Darcy] (villain, Coach Darcy's twin brother, introduction); The Leper (German saboteur, introduction) |
Notes | Crimebuster's monkey is officially named Squeeks in this issue. In Daredevil Comics #9, in the story "On Mystery Mountain," Crimebuster's monkey was called Gargantua.
The last illustrated panel blurb tells of Crimebuster's next story, featuring the return of Iron Jaw. |
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Comic Story | Thumbs Up, America (8 pages) |
Featuring | Young Robinhood |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Robinhood's band [Fatso [Friar Tuck]; Freckles [Little John]; Shorty [Big Doc]] (introduction all); Young Robinhood |
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Comic Story | Alexandre Tchekolin (6 pages) |
Featuring | Boy Comics Hero of the Month |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Alexandre Tchekolin; Nazis (villains) |
Notes | Based on the story of Alexander Pavlovich Chekalin. |
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Comic Story | The Fire Trick (3 pages) |
Featuring | Rabbit Foote |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Rabbit Foote |
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Featuring | Daredevil Comics |
Content | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Dickie Dean; Todd; Sniffer; 13; Jinx; The Claw; Houdonnit |
Notes | House ad for Daredevil Comics. |
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Content | Characters: Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Squeeks |
Notes | The winner of the naming contest for Crimebuster's monkey is announced along with the name for the monkey. The winning name for the monkey is Squeeks and the contest winner is Billy Mickey. |
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Comic Story | Striker the Assassin (8 pages) |
Featuring | Bombshell |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Striker (first appearance); Bombshell; Betty; Fuseg; Nazis |
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Text Story | The Murder Mite (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Snooty captures the Moroni gang single-handedly. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Snooty Morgan; Agnes; Blackie |
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Comic Story | The Case of Tony Delara (5 pages) |
Featuring | Case #1003 |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Tony Delara; Jeanne Conrad; Ronny Hill; Mr. Smith; Ryan |
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Comic Story | The Curse of Captain Hogan (5 pages) |
Featuring | Swoop Storm |
Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Swoop Storm; Winkie; Hogan; Nazis (villains) |
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Text Article | Armenia (1 page) |
Featuring | Stamps |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
Notes | Information about stamps including ads for stamp collecting. |
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Comic Story | The Defense Bond Campaign (3 pages) |
Featuring | Little Wise Guys |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Little Wise Guys [Dodo; Muggsy; Frank; Gimp; Specs]; Clancey |
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Comic Story | Alabeezer the Alchemist (7 pages) |
Featuring | Yankee Longago |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Yankee Longago; Alabeezer; Cassius; Brutus; Cleopatra; Marc Antony; Roma |
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Featuring | Crime Does Not Pay |
Notes | Inside back cover. House ad for Crime Does Not Pay. |
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Featuring | United States Savings Bonds and Stamps |
Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
Notes | Back cover. |
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