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That's really no. 32
Why it's recorded as 132? |
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Tip-top Mac Raboy CM Junior tale (which rips off Dickens) and a cover to match. |
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Additional Information |
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Publication | November 4, 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Every four weeks |
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Cover | Capt. Marvel Jr. Strikes at Terror Castle |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Superhero |
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Publisher advertisement | Look Out! He's Coming (1 page) |
Synopsis | House ad for Capt. Marvel Jr. Comics |
Featuring | Captain Marvel Jr. |
Content | Genre: Superhero |
Notes | On the inside-front cover |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | The Cripple Crimes (14 pages) |
Synopsis | Captain Marvel Jr., as lame Freddy Freeman, goes undercover at Cheer Lodge to find a way to disrupt and put a halt to the activities of Dr. Krool, who is teaching his charges how to pickpocket, rob and steal. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Willy (lame boy); Dr. Krool (villain, introduction); Professor Swype (villain); Mr. Grub (villain) |
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Comic Story | The Dangerous Letter (12 pages) |
Synopsis | Bulletman and Bulletgirl must find a way to halt the activities of a hearse-driving killer! |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Undertaker (villain, introduction); Mr. Z [Jonas Lane] (villain, introduction) |
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Comic Story | The Paralysis Ray (8 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero |
Notes | contents page title |
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Comic Story | A Self Made Man (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | This feature debuted here and in Jungle Girl (Fawcett, 1942 series) #1 ([November] 1942) on the same day. |
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Comic Story | A Date with Madden, the Mad Magician (10 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: El Carim; Balbo, boy magician (origin, introduction); Valdini (Balbo's father, introduction); Madden (villain, introduction) |
Notes | Last appearance. Art credits per Ken Quattro in Alter Ego #109 (May, 2012). Whitman created the character of Balbo for this story and continued working on the strip (which replaced El Carim) in Master Comics. |
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Synopsis | How to perform two magic tricks. |
Featuring | Magic by Balbo |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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Comic Story | The Blunder Boy (2 pages) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Chubby |
Notes | Story title taken from the contents page. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-1. |
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Text Story | Chapter IV: Murder with Wings (3 pages) |
Featuring | Hoodoo Hannigan |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hoodoo Hannigan; Dawn Wade; Atlas Jones; Chee-Chee (a monkey) |
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Synopsis | Calves on the range are mysteriously disappearing, and Buck Jones is hot on the trail. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Beth (rancher); Quinito (rustler boss) |
Notes | Final Fawcett appearance.
Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long, narrow, tapering heads and often with front legs stretched out like on page 4 panel 3, and also the first panel on page 5. |
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