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| Regarding "Merciless the Sorceress", it should be noted that (despite having an identical title) this is not the same feature that appeared in the one-shot ALL-TOP COMICS #1. In that issue, Merciless is a black female native tribal leader somewhere in the jungles of South America. There the feature ends abruptly on Page 4, which seems to indicate it was either never completed, or the story was truncated with the intention of continuing it in a subsequent issue (although there's nothing at the bottom of the page promising anything like that). In ALL YOUR COMICS #1, Merciless is a completely different-looking caucasian woman whose base of operations is apparently ALASKA. What the two features have in common (apart from the title) is that both protagonists are female, apparently villainesses, and have some sort of sorcerous powers. Otherwise the two stories are absolutely unrelated. |
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| Publication | [December] 1944 | Price: 0.25 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Art identification based on Stoner’s signed cover for The Funnies #56 (June, 1941). Similarities include muscular protagonists with curly hair, big dimples, and wide smiles showing teeth. |
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| Content | Characters: The Puppeteer |
| Notes | Art identification based on Stoner’s signed cover for The Funnies #56 (June, 1941). Similarities include muscular protagonists with curly hair, big dimples, and wide smiles showing teeth. |
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| Comic Story | Murder Turns the Pages (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Judge Hale is receiving threatening letters reading "Dog Eats Dog." Alan Hale, aka the Puppeteer, and his talking bird sidekick Raven investigate. Ex-con Smoke Smith puts poison on the paws of a dog puppet to kill the judge but the Puppeteer brings the antidote and captures the villain. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Puppeteer [Alan Hale]; Raven; Lila Gray; Judge Gray; Smoke Smith (villain) |
| Notes | app. between ALL GOOD COMICS #1 (first one-shot) / ALL GREAT COMICS #2 (first series) |
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| Synopsis | Merciless tries to frighten the inhabitants of Alaska with the mythical two-headed "quiquern" beast so they'll revolt against the USA. Professor Stark and his son John expose the monster as two men in a costume and foil the plans of Merciless...for now. |
| Content | Characters: Dr. John Stark Jr.; Professor John Stark; Merciless; Garu |
| Notes | app. between ALL TOP COMICS #1 (one-shot) / BOOK OF COMICS #1 |
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| Synopsis | Sailor Gus is so in love with Vicki that he gets her name tattooed on his chest, then discovers he's the sixth man on his ship to have such a tattoo. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Gus; Vicki |
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| Synopsis | Gus mistakenly turns down a date with an attractive young woman. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Gus; Lola Montez; Mrs. Harvey; Chief |
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| Synopsis | Nazi agents attempt to discover some hidden diamonds sent to the USA in a shipment of antique costumes. Titan exposes their plan. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ben Ellis] |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Titan; Tom Kollins; Mama Bern; Papa Bern; Helena Bern; William Schweid [Wilhelm Schweidermann]; Ralph; Mr. Dlacey |
| Notes | app. between ALL GOOD COMICS #1 (first one-shot) / BOOK OF COMICS #1 |
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| Synopsis | Kenneth is accused of the murder of his uncle Marsden and Amy the housekeeper. He flees and falls unconscious in a cave. While he's unconscious, various aspects of his mind--Mr. Memory, Mr. Panic, Mr. Logic, Mr. Alter Ego--review the facts of the case. When Kenneth awakes, he remembers that his uncle's beach chair had been moved to a different spot, and this proves someone else killed him. The murderer is exposed as Marsden's greedy and unfaithful wife. |
| Featuring | Mr. Memory |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Mr. Memory; Mr. Panic; Mr. Alter Ego; Mr. Logic; Kenneth Devanter; Paul; Uncle Marsden; Tom; Edna Devanter; Sheriff Neuss; Amy; Gail |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of the "Mr. Memory" feature. |
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| Synopsis | Ripley's Believe It or Not-type feature. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Nature |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Synopsis | Hogan can't get a title bout because he's not "glamourous" enough. His manager Spigot arranges to have Hogan fight as the masked "Kid Question," allegedly a high-society young man. But Hogan reveals the trick before his fight with O'Shay. During the fight, O'Shay's henchmen turn off the arena lights, then turn them back on, causing Hogan to get knocked out for the first time in his career. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Joe Logan] |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Tim "One Round" Hogan; Spigot Barnett; McGurk; Blimp; Burt; Bruiser O'Shay |
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| Synopsis | Military policeman Mike visits a dance hall. His pals fix him up with the very tall and muscular Belle. Mike protests and Belle has her diminutive husband Homer give Mike a black eye. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Tod Kay] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Mike Waters; Jack; Belle; Homer |
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| Synopsis | Mike hopes for a romantic evening alone with Mimi. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Tod Kay] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Mimi; Mrs. Marcus; Mike Waters; Mr. Marcus; Oscar Marcus; Captain Adams |
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| Synopsis | Dick takes a job as a hotel detective, promising "tact." When $10,000 in jewels are stolen, Dick catches the criminal--a "sleepwalking" young woman. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Hap Harris] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Transom; Mr. Adams |
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| Synopsis | Snard and his gang plan to rob a bank. Snard disguises himself as a Scotland Yard detective. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Crime | Characters: Gloop; Snard; Sheriff; Limey |
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| Synopsis | Karrots and Goopy build a rocket to fly to the moon. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Karrots; Goopy |
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| Synopsis | Karrots invents a boat and he and Goopy set off to cross the ocean but capture a Japanese submarine instead. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Karrots; Goopy |
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| Synopsis | Slap-Happy defies the sheriff and goes fishing. The sheriff gives a fish some "super vitamins" and the fish thrashes Slap-Happy. When the bear catches a tin of sardines, he's arrested and tried by a fish judge, but wakes up---it was all a dream. |
| Featuring | Slap-Happy Bear |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Slap-Happy Bear; Sheriff |
| Notes | "Sheriff" is spelled "Sherrif" on page one.
This is the only appearance of the "Slap-Happy Bear" feature... unless "Slap-Happy Bear" is another name for the "Slap-Happy" feature that was running at Fox at this time. |
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| Synopsis | Junior buys five bunches of bananas because Pop says that's what makes gorillas strong. That night, Pop eats some bananas and accidentally captures a burglar. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Sis; Junior; Mom; Pop [George] |
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| Synopsis | When their father says his family thinks he's a magician and can make bills disappear, Sis and Junior take him literally. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Sis; Junior; Pop; Professor Whiz; Mom |
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| Synopsis | Sis and Junior unearth some old love letters to their father...but the sender wasn't their mother. Mom doesn't take kindly to this. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Domestic | Characters: Sis; Junior; Mom; Pop [George] |
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| Comic Story | Eviction Enigma (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pussy is evicted from her night club by Camelia Hump Slump. Drinking her Katnip Fizz, Pussy proves Camelia's deed is a forgery created by Racetrack Hutch, the boyfriend of her cigarette girl Maizie...who is the fake Camelia. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Pussy Katnip; George; Camelia Hump Slump [Maizie]; Racetrack Hutch |
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| Synopsis | The judge and a defendant spar verbally. |
| Featuring | Hizzoner the Judge |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Judge |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of the "Hizzoner the Judge" feature. |
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| Activity | Bop the Boobs (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A maze puzzle with the objective of shooting Hitler and Hirohito. There is an empty spot where "Mussy" (Mussolini) would be. |
| Content | Characters: Dead-Eye Doody; Adolf Hitler; Hirohito |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Roy Powers (first appearance; an Eagle Scout); Chunky; Roy Barker; "Shan" Morpin (crook); Phil Clary; Uncle Bob; Burke (crook); Dimick (crook) |
| Notes | Roy Powers next appearance in All Great Comics (Fox, 1945 Series) #nn (1945). |
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| Featuring | Willie Wiseguy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Wilie Wiseguy; Ma; Uncle Bill; Lem; Pa; Grandpa |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of the "Willie Wiseguy" feature. |
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| Synopsis | Dinny's master tries to get him to fetch the newspaper. |
| Featuring | Dinny |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Animal | Characters: Dinny (dog) |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of this "Dinny" feature at Fox. Not to be confused with other "Dinny" features at other publishers. |
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| Synopsis | Cuthbert's wife is going to have a baby, and things get hectic at work and home. |
| Credits | Script:? [as SAM] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Cuthbert Joy; Pinky Joy; Roweena |
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| Comic Story | Battle For Titan / Predators of Polaria (12 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Connie Kurridge; Hugh Alden; Dr. Alden; Professor Newberry; Joe Smith; Sooga; Gorgin; McTavish; Barber |
| Notes | The Battle For Titan story begins two-thirds of the way through, then runs directly into the Predators of Polaria storyline, which is complete except for the final three dailies (A 58 to A 60). |
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| Synopsis | Six gag cartoons about animals. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Synopsis | Five gag cartoons. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Worms Inny and Inky are plagued by "Red Stinky," a criminal skunk. Inky takes a job as a bank guard, and Red and his gang try to rob him. However, he's carrying a "decoy" bag filled with bees and the crooks are foiled. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Red Kamphor; Inny; Inky; bank president |
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| Comic Story | The Gentleman Thief (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gangster Sparkle escapes from prison and resumes his life of crime. Red and Adeline each stake out one jewelry store; Sparkle's gang robs Adeline's store using a poisoned check. Adeline is abducted but Red rescues her and captures the gang. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ron Rogan] |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Detective-mystery | Characters: Red Robbins; Sparkle Busch; Adeline; Mr. Royce; Henix |
| Notes | app. between ALL GOOD COMICS #1 (first one-shot) / BOOK OF COMICS #1 |
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| Synopsis | Reproduction of War Bonds promo logo only. |
| Notes | Inside back cover, black and white. |
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| Synopsis | Back cover, "American Comics Library" logo only. |
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