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Publication | April 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly with the exception of March, July, October |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Nazis |
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Synopsis | Promo for Coo Coo Comics |
Featuring | Coo Coo Comics |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Inside front cover. |
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Comic Story | Villainy in the Virgin Islands (14 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Terror Twins [The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Durfel (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains) |
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Comic Story | Democracy's Ace Champion (9 pages) |
Synopsis | American paratroopers are dying because their parachutes are disintegrating; the American Eagle investigates the parachute rot. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Eiche (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains); American Eagle [Tom Standish]; Eaglet [Bud Pierce] |
Notes | Pencils/Inks are not by Alex Schomburg as previously attributed.
Art is consistent with Alderman‘s credited work from Captain Aero Comics #11 (September 1943) and Cat-Man Comics #21 (November 1943). |
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Comic Story | The Tasteless Poison (8 pages) |
Featuring | The Liberator |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Liberator [Professor Nelson Drew]; Tommy; Annabel Evans; Dr. Baxter; Hubsch (villain, introduction, death); Stell (villain, introduction) |
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Text Story | Submarine Signal (1 page) |
Synopsis | Henry Post stumbles upon Nazi saboteurs and finds a way to get help even though he is trapped by the Germans. |
Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Henry Post; Sgt. Jerry Post; Hans Schreiber |
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Comic Story | The Synthetic Rubber Formula (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Nazi spies try to steal the formula for a synthetic rubber. |
Featuring | Sergeant Bill King |
Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Sergeant Bill King; Muller; Mr. Sinclair; Nazis |
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Text Story | Army Music (1 page) |
Synopsis | Apaches attack an army fort when the bulk of the soldiers are away on an expedition. Danny thinks of a way to scare off the attacking Apaches and save the fort. |
Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Danny Crockett; Jim Danver; Apaches |
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Synopsis | A photographer takes a photo of Godfrey and intends to mail him a print, but Godfrey will be sailing within the hour. Because of this, the photographer grabs Godfrey and attempts to take him to his studio to develop the print right away. En route to the studio, they are mistaken as spies and arrested. |
Featuring | Shipmates |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Godfrey; unnamed photographer |
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Comic Story | Attack in the Gulf (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Crash Carter discovers a U-boat trailing the aircraft carrier that he is currently stationed aboard. |
Featuring | Crash Carter, air cadet |
Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Tom 'Crash' Carter; Looie Tizzle; Horace 'Stew' Kent; Nazis (villains); Karl |
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Text Story | Timber Topper (1 page) |
Synopsis | Raymond, a thirteen-year-old, rescues a lumberjack stuck high up in a tree. |
Credits | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Raymond Dill; Red Dill; Hooks Larson |
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Synopsis | Colonel Feathergill overhears what he believes to be saboteurs and they are arrested. |
Featuring | Meet the Colonel |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Colonel Feathergill (introduction); Hubert |
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Comic Story | Larry Smashes the Gulf Sub Menace (6 pages) |
Synopsis | American ships are being sunk in the Gulf of Mexico and Lt. North is dispatched to find the cause. |
Featuring | Larry North U.S. Navy |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Lieutenant Larry North, U.S. Navy; Betty Harmon; The "Ghost of Lafitte" (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains) |
Notes | Bellem credit suggested by Jerry Bails's Who's Who. |
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Synopsis | Promo for The Fighting Yank |
Featuring | The Fighting Yank |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III] |
Notes | Inside back cover. |
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Featuring | Modern Concise Encyclopedia |
Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Ad for the Modern Concise Encyclopedia. |
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