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| Publication | February 1937 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Synopsis | Eskimo catching African native while ice fishing. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | New Adventure Comics |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | The Resbian Affair, Part 5 (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sandra and Lorenz escape by plane. Major Gandy is in pursuit. |
| Featuring | Sandra of the Secret Service |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sandra; Lorenz; Major Gandy; Princess Yonda |
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| Featuring | Sam the Porter |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sam |
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| Advertisement | Big Prizes and Cash Profits! |
| Featuring | The Crowell Publishing Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Cartoon | A Snapshot in Bunkerland |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Prince of Patrania, Part 16 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Spike Spalding |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Spike Spalding; Pincus |
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| Comic Story | Episode 17 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Ivanhoe |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Locksley; Bois-Guilbert; Prince John' Prior Aymer; Isaac; The Black Knight |
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| Comic Story | The Ray of Life, Part 1 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Occult deals with an unconscious patient and a luminous spectre who seems out to kill him in his sleep. |
| Featuring | Dr. Occult, the Ghost Detective |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Fantasy | Characters: Dr. Occult; an unknown patient |
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| Comic Story | Episode 8 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | The Three Musketeers |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: D'Artagnan;; Athos; Porthos; Aramis; King Louis XIII; Planchet |
| Notes | Adapted from the Alexandre Dumas novel. |
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| Comic Story | Sea Gold [Part 3] (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nubbins and his crew of cutthroats discover a derelict ship and set off for the south Pacific. |
| Featuring | Captain Grim |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Nubbins; Tyner; Liverpool Johnny |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Tom Cooper, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Cooper was a writer. |
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| Synopsis | Buck has it in for Pep and challenges him to a boxing match. Buck is the champion and knocks Pep down, but is later knocked out by a punch to the chin. Pep later modestly claims he just held out his fist and Buck ran into it. |
| Featuring | Pep Morgan |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Pep Morgan; Buck |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Creig Flessel, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Flessel was a writer on this strip. In an interview published in Alter Ego #88, page 56, he was asked his role in the National offices. "I would illustrate the stories that Vin [Sullivan] and Whit [Ellsworth] would write". |
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| Featuring | Fun Club |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Gold Gulch, Part 5 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pelion and Ossa are in the desert following instructions on a treasure map. |
| Featuring | Pelion and Ossa |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Pelion; Ossa |
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| Comic Story | The Menace of Little Wolf, Part 3 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Buckskin Jim |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buckskin Jim; Little Wolf |
| Notes | last appearance
Script was formerly credited to Tom Cooper, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Cooper was a writer. |
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| Comic Story | Fang Gow of China [Part 18] (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The paralyzed Fang Gow demands LeGrand find a doctor to operate on him if he ever wants to see his daughter again. |
| Featuring | Barry O'Neill and Fang Gow of China |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: Fang Gow; LeGrand; Barry O'Neil; Dr. Bonfil |
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| Comic Story | People of the Red Planet, Part 4 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Mark Marson of the Interplanetary Police |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Tom Hickey, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Hickey was a writer. |
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| Featuring | Just Suppose |
| Credits | Colors:? (red only) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy |
| Notes | Script formerly credited to H. C. Kiefer, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Kiefer was a writer. |
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| Comic Story | The Bedouins, Part 17 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wing and Lynn escape from the Bedouins, taking Ali Ben Saad prisoner. |
| Featuring | Wing Brady |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Ali Ben Saad; Wing Brady; Lynn Harding; Ronelli (dies) |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Tom Hickey, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Hickey was a writer. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Custer Livermore |
| Notes | Custer Livermore was Nicholson's treasurer. |
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| Featuring | Thrilling True Stories |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Non-fiction |
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| Synopsis | Brad battles Porgo in hand to hand to combat. |
| Featuring | Brad Hardy |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Fantasy | Characters: Brad Hardy; General Porgo; Lorraine; Kardos |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Tom Hickey, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Hickey was a writer. |
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| Comic Story | The Holdup, Part 10 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Along the Main Line |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ed; Jake; Carter; Malvern; Dawkins |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Tom Cooper, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Cooper was a writer. |
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| Comic Story | Alaskan Adventure, Part 4 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Saunders escapes into a narrow cave, while Monk's men fire bullets after him. |
| Featuring | Bob Merritt and His Flying Pals |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bob Merritt; Monk Mortin; Saunders |
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| Comic Story | Captain Hale, Gun-Runner, Part 5 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Slave trader Haggens takes Dewey along on his next trip up river. |
| Featuring | Midshipman Dewey |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Dewey; Haggens; Bango; Jubson |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Tom Cooper, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Cooper was a writer. |
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| Featuring | Party Page |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | Worth-While Pictures to Watch For |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Measurements (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Five unrelated panels giving facts about measurement. |
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| Comic Story | Kidnapped! Part 3 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Little Linda |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Little Linda |
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| Comic Story | In the Wilderness, Part 6 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The boys have been befriended by Mister Harry, a self-confessed fugitive from justice. When they let slip that they are not, in fact, orphans Harry decides to take them home, despite the threat to his own freedom. |
| Featuring | The Bradley Boys |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley; Mister Harry |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Creig Flessel, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Flessel was a writer on this strip. In an interview published in Alter Ego #88, page 56, he was asked his role in the National offices. "I would illustrate the stories that Vin [Sullivan] and Whit [Ellsworth] would write". |
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| Comic Story | Island Adventure, Part 8 (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Woozy Watts |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Woozy Watts; Doyle |
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| Comic Story | The Secret Mine, Part 1 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jack rides to Texas to bring greetings from her son Ned to Mrs. Harkins, and to give her half a map to a mine hidden on her property. Stanton, a local crook, has been trying to buy, then force her out. Jack rides into town to see Stanton, ostensibly looking for a job, but really to bring him to justice. |
| Featuring | Jack Woods |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Western-frontier | Characters: Jack Woods; Mrs. Harkins; Val Stanton |
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| Featuring | The Magic Crystal of History |
| Content | Genre: Drama; Non-fiction; Children | Characters: Bobby; Binks; Aleric the King of the Goths |
| Notes | Script was formerly credited to Homer Fleming, but Keith Chandler has found no information to support the idea that Fleming was a writer on this strip. |
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| Comic Story | Part 7 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jeff and Gregory row to shore in an attempt to free Captain Dennis from the mutineers. They come upon the camp at night and cut Dennis loose, but a mishap awakens the sleeping men. The trio have to make a run towards the distant hills, with the cutthroats in pursuit. |
| Featuring | Pirate Gold |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Captain Dennis; Jeff Roberts; Gregory Roberts |
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| Comic Story | Training Your Watch-Dog (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hubert is reading a book on how to train your dog. He puts it to the test by dressing as a burglar, breaking into his own house and taking items. He is encouraged when the dog barks, but amazed to see it is carrying a clock in its mouth to give to him. |
| Featuring | Hubert |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hubert |
| Notes | last appearance
pantomime; wordless comic
Script was previously credited to Bill Patrick, but the byline is unambiguous. |
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| Comic Story | The Dan Bowers Case, Part 2 (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bowers plots to disgrace Sandy, but Sandy arrests him for receiving stolen furs. |
| Featuring | Radio Squad |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: Sandy Kean; Bowers |
| Notes | Feature formerly called "Calling All Cars", and this is retained in the new title, "Calling All Cars Sandy Kean and the Radio Squad". |
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| Featuring | Alger's Variety Show |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Credit from Jerry Bails. |
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| Featuring | Johnson Smith & Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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