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| can't get past the weird expression on that guy being knocked out on the bottom of the cover he looks so happy?,,,,, |
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| Publication | June 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Jane Arden (inset) |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | General Korn (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor must solve the murder of inventor Carl Stark, who had created a remote control bomb that was used by a Nazi named General Korn to destroy ten tall buildings. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Wendy Foster; Dr. Foster; Carl Stark (introduction, inventor, death); General Korn (villain, introduction); Jaspar Crow |
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| Synopsis | Molly's father meets an old friend who will set him up in business. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: J. Thorndyke Smith [Itchy Smitty]; Mr. Maloney |
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| Comic Story | The Evil of Krenko (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | While on assignment in Alaska, Slade comes upon a ring of spies intent on stealing U.S. munitions. When the spies destroyed his car, Slade walks into town, and, as Tor, uses his magical ability to walk on water to the spies' submarine, where he snapped pictures of them just before they ran into underwater American mines. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Krenko (villain); Nizni (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, many die) |
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| Comic Story | Black Shark Sells Out (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Torpedo heads to the South Seas in order to save a native girl from the Black Shark and his Japanese cohorts. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Shark (villain); the Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer, not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it. |
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| Comic Story | The Shoes and the Sack (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Pappy's wife wants some shoes. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Slap-Happy Pappy; Mrs. Slap Happy; Hank |
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| Comic Story | Salt of Doom (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spies are after Elaine's father's plans. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tug; Elaine Adams (introduction); Josef (villain, introduction, death); other spies (villains, introductions) |
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| Synopsis | Jane discovers who the leader of the spy ring, the Doctor, really is. |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Jane Arden; Jessel; Eric; The Doctor [Robeck]; Number 7 |
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| Synopsis | Now that Lena has money, she doesn't want to marry. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lena Pry; Dan'l; Lem |
| Notes | Lena Pry is the Sunday footer (topper) comic strip to the Jane Arden comic strip. |
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| Comic Story | The Phony Resurrectionist (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A professor has a way to bring the dead back to life... for a price. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: John Stuart (introduction); Mary Stuart (introduction); Mr. Stuart (introduction); The Professor (villain, introduction, death); Grekko (villain, introduction); Hank (villain, introduction); Joe (villain, introduction); other un-named gangsters (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Synopsis | Jake goes skiing. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Ned Brant; Jake Stahl; Fanbelt; Gail; Bud; Doublestalk McGloom |
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| Synopsis | Bradshaw's dad is annoyed that he has his friends sleeping over. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Little Butch; Mr. Brown; Mrs. Brown; Mr. Thompson; Mrs. Thompson; Chet Adams; Johnny Dinkus; Freddie Wiggin; Bradshaw; Joe |
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| Comic Story | The Gypsy Murder (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Richard is visiting his friend Jim at his country mansion and is told about the band of Gypsies that come into the area yearly for a great festival, so he decides to go into town and check out things. He sees a man named Bastani murder a man named Demo, the father of a girl the evil villain wants to marry himself, but doesn't succeed in capturing the man. Felipe, in love with Maria, is blamed for the crime and Madam Fatal steps in to solve the crime to the Gypsy Band's satisfaction. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Jim Graves; Gypsy Band [Demo; Felipe; Maria (Demo's daughter); others unnamed]; Bastani (villain, introduction); Goro (villain, introduction); Madame De Farge (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Text Story | The Fire Moose (1.85 pages) |
| Synopsis | Eric investigates some fires in the Alaska wilderness associated with a white moose. |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Vale; Oolakuk Ruskov; Rainey; Colt; Jim Broken Wing |
| Notes | Larry Spain is a house by-line and not the name of a real person. |
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| Featuring | Roadliter |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | From the Delta Electric Company. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Fido |
| Notes | Six one-panel gags. |
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| Comic Story | Rock Braddon vs. Captain X (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain X kidnaps Rock and hopes to use him to rob the interplanetary treasury. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain X (villain); Curly Travis |
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| Comic Story | That Breath-Taking Olympic Finish (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The 100 meter dash at the 1932 Olympics. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Eddie Tolan; Takayoshi Yoshioka; Ralph Metcalfe |
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| Synopsis | Snappy pretends to have amnesia so his mom won't get mad at him for being late. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Snappy; Spot |
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| Comic Story | The Crab's Extortion Plot (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Kane asks the Clock for help when the Crab kills a bunch of policemen. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Crab (villain, introduction); Kane; Jones; Dolan |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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