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| It should be noted that this issue features the debut of backup feature Doctor Hormone, one of the obscure characters spotlighted in Jon Morris's book "The League of Regrettable Superheroes." Filled with weird characters and goofy, slightly ribald humor, it's surely one of the weirdest features of the Golden Age, and that is saying quite a bit. There's also the very hard-boiled "Crime Busters" plus some other charming oddities like The Voice, who wore invisible cellophane clothing, and weird space opera Captain Tornado. |
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| Publication | August 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Publisher advertisement | War Comics #3 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dell |
| Content | Genre: War |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
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| Credits | Script: G. Ellerbrock (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; General Pelton |
| Notes | Story (c) 1940 by R. S. Callender. |
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| Credits | Script: Albert Hartje (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Omu; Captain Bill Brady; Logo; Maya |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender.
Art is signed on last page of story. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Honey; Noodles Nelson |
| Notes | Copr. 1938 by NEA Service, Inc. |
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| Activity | Boys--Girls! Solve This Puzzle! |
| Featuring | Junior Sales Club of America |
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| Text Story | The Case of the Mysterious Pear (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Aunt Teeney; Clifford Ramey (corpse); Dr. C. O. Abher; Elmer Britten; Judge James G. Burnside; Lela Ramey; Sheriff H. E. Watkins; Charles Kibler (villain); Effie Ramey (villain) |
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| Activity | Hi, Contest Fans (1 page) |
| Featuring | Comic Contests |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dr. Hormone; Jane Hormone; General Battlesky; Prime Minister Smartenoff; Rassinoff (villain) |
| Notes | Story (c) R. S. Callender |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Masked Pilot; Tom; Officer Riley; Officer Yorke; Boris (villain); Mr. Brenner (villain) |
| Notes | (c) 1940 by R.S. Callender. |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson; Inspector Gyves; Cyrus Cadroller (villain) |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender. |
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| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Chief John Winston; Officer Tobin; Officer Ryan; Mr. Morton; Mrs. Morton; Whitey Day (villain, death); Sharp (villain); Nick (villain); Smiley (villain) |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc. |
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| Text Article | Lt. Tito Falconi |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Lt. Tito Falconi; Henry Bushmeyer; Emperor Hirohito |
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| Advertisement | Become a Stamp Collector |
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| Content | Genre: Sports; Teen | Characters: Wally Williams; Gramps Williams; Arlene Grahame; Betty Riley; Ted Jackson |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by Dell Publishing Co.
Story signed on last page. |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Tornado; Professor Bordani; Jane Bordani |
| Notes | According to Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., Hames Ware identified Newt Alfred as the artist for the story in Popular Comics #49. The art in this story looks very similar to the art in that story (Greg Fischer, July 2012). |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Funnies #46 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dell |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Four Color #7 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Gang Busters |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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