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| Publication | February 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Firebrand [Rod Reilly] (inset); Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (inset); #711 [Daniel Dyce] (inset); The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (inset); Chic Carter (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Rescue of Sir Fallon Farnsworth (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joan and Slugger are kidnapped by a group of Nazi spies who are after Rod's British friend, Sir Falcon Farnsworth. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; Joan Rogers; "Slugger" Dunn; Sir Falcon Farnsworth; un-named Nazi spies (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Escape Racket of Drippy Drew (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | #711 manages to stop a large scale prison break from within, but his cover was nearly blown after meeting with the prison warden. Only some quick talking gets him out of that jam. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: #711 [Daniel Dyce]; un-named prison warden; Dripy Drew (villain, prison inmate) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dewey Drip |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Eagle Evans |
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| Comic Story | Death Walks in Littletown (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dressed in a monk's robe and carrying a noose, the Hangman goes on a murderous rampage. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter; Monahan; The Hangman [Henry] (villain, introduction, death); Judge Henry (villain, introduction)) |
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| Comic Story | The United Crooks of America (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Eel infiltrates the United Crooks of America by stealing some furs. But one wiseguy opposed Eel's joining when he noticed that all of O'Brien's other gang buddies wound up in jail. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Captain Murphy [aka Captain Murphey]; United Crooks of America [Slug; Slim; Ape Ellson; Trigger Jones] (villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Super Snooper |
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| Comic Story | The Plot of Big Dorf Snyder (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Comic Story | The Kid Brothers (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins] |
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| Text Story | Wings over the Moon (1.67 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Dick Mace |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Incorrect statement published. This is for Military Comics.
The statement for this issue is in Military Comics #7.
Comic Magazines, Inc. 322 Main St Stamford Ct.
William E. Eisner, Editor 5 Prospect Place, New York, NY
Everett M. Arnold Managing Editor 198 Shore Rd, Old Greenwich, Conn
Owners: Everett M. Arnold, Old Greenwich, CT;, Henry P. Martin, Jr. Des Moines, IO
Printed at Buffalo NY. |
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| Synopsis | The Phantom Lady, present when a member of the Anglican Purchasing Commission (dressed in a lion tamer's costume) is murdered, notes a fleeing felon carrying a briefcase, also dressed in a lion costume. She follows him to the zoo and apprehends him and his pals, plus the briefcase, which contains valuable Anglican state papers. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Don Borden; Sir Edward Hendville (Anglican Purchasing Commission member, death); Noel (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The World's Strongest Man (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Burp the Twerp |
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| Synopsis | Roy is forced to reveal his true identity as the Human Bomb to a young newspaper boy who then helps him track down a phony Human Bomb. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; un-named newsboy; imposter Human Bomb (villain) |
| Notes | Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, conurs.
Letters credit from Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son. |
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