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| Pages missing and lousy scans. Still better than nothing. |
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| Basil Wolverton - typical monsters !
Bet you didn't know that he was an officer in a heretic sect that did not believe in the soul, worshipped on saturday, obsrved Jewish food laws & days of obligation, and set a date for the end of the world ! It dd NOT come and the sect broken up... |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Featuring | Amazing Man |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Tommy the Amazing Boy |
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| Featuring | Amazing Man |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Tommy the Amazing Boy; John Worth; Gladys Worth; Doctor Mord (villain) |
| Notes | Sam Glanzman is listed by Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who as having penciled for Amazing-Man from 1940-1942, while Lew Glanzman, who also used the “Sam Decker” pen name, is only listed for 1940.
The character influenced the creation of Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt in Thunderbolt (Charlton, 1966 Series) #1 as well as Iron Fist in Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #15. Once he was in public domain he was used in Protectors (Malibu, 1992 series) #1 (with other Centaur characters), in Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel, 2007 series) #12 and in Project Superpowers (Dynamite Entertainment, 2008 series) #0. |
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| Comic Story | Meteor Martin and the Monsters of Gorikon (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Meteor Martin |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Meteor Martin; Rana; Romrak; Groob (villain); Groob's gang (villains); insect monster; unnamed weird beings |
| Notes | Story ends on a cliff-hanger with a final panel stating: "See the amazing turn of events in the next issue of Stars & Stripes", however there was no next issue. |
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| Comic Story | Mistaken for His Dog (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | After being knocked out, Iggy is revived by a dog licking him. When he goes to sleep later, his wife kisses him awake; he assumes it's the dog again and hits her. |
| Featuring | Igloo Iggy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Igloo Iggy |
| Notes | pantomime; wordless comic |
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| Comic Story | Estate for Sale (7 pages) |
| Featuring | The Blue Lady |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Lady [Lucille Martin]; Larry; Mrs. Harnett; Hargraves (butler); The Trigger (introduction; villain); Trigger's henchmen |
| Notes | Character info from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
The Trigger and his henchmen wear white hoods resembling those of the Ku Klux Klan.
Frollo signs in both splash and final panels. |
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| Featuring | Hobo Harper |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: John 'Hobo' Harper; Baldy; Crisco; Count Mayo (villain) |
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| Text Story | Jailbreak (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Amazing Man |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Aman the Amazing Man [John Aman]; Tommy the Amazing Boy; "Fats" Mawron |
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| Comic Story | The Saboteur Eliminator (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Electric Ray |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Electric Ray [Ray] (introduction; origin); Pete (saboteur leader, death); a night watchman (death); Smitty (saboteur, death); unnamed saboteurs (all die) |
| Notes | Character info from Lou Mougin, June 2009. |
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| Featuring | King of Darkness |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: King of Darkness [Bruce King]; Sergeant Burke; Gloria Glamour; Red Gang (villains) |
| Notes | Taylor signs in the penultimate panel. |
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| Featuring | Kisco "Sid" |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Kisco Sid |
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| Featuring | Nightshade |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Nightshade [Howard Hall]; William Harding; Colletti (villain) |
| Notes | Last appearance.
Credits from the Who's Who. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | This Issue contains the Postal Statement of Ownership for Star Comics.
Location in the issue is unknown. |
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