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| Publication | November 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Black Jack [Jack Jones] (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Secret Jungle Airdrome (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Steel uncovers a secret Nazi air base in the jungle of Brazil. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Captain Schmidt (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains) |
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| Synopsis | House ad for The Hangman story in the October issue of Pep Comics (October 1941, no. 20). |
| Notes | 4 panels setting up the story and a large image of The Hangman. As frequently occurs in these house ads, the story is given a title here ("The Man Who Tried to Escape the Hangman") but the title doesn't appear on the actual story in Pep Comics.
There seem to be initials in the lower left-hand corner: this may be the artist but they are indistinct. |
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| Synopsis | Lucky Lavitto has been going to a favorite fortune teller for years, always hearing that he is still boss of the town. However, on his most recent visit to the seer, he is told that he is to fear "the Black Jack", which will bring about his doom. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Jack [Jack Jones] (introduction, origin); Whitey (introduction, death); Mr. Larson (introduction); Lucky Lavitto (villain, introduction); Baxter (villain, introduction); Lavitto's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Camy is spotted by his faces with angular jaws and chins and often scowling mouth. |
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| Synopsis | Wilbur is giving McGeery a dunking in the watering trough for calling him "Wilbur" instead of "Bill". |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Betty Fox (introduction); J. A. McGeery (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Greenland Adventure (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A fleet of German transports is landing a division on Greenland, unknown to Captain Valor and his Marines on their side of the island. |
| Content | Characters: Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Nazis (villains) |
| Notes | Same art as in his signed Captain Valor in #21. |
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| Comic Story | The Rodeo Murder Plot (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Slade holds the mortgage on Wilson's ranch and is pretty anxious to take over at any cost. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Wilson (rancher); Mike Slade (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volp's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13. |
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| Synopsis | A German U-boat has a secret hiding place in a castle by the Scottish coast. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Tim Shane; Tom Shane; Swen; Nazis (villains) |
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| Comic Story | The Maharajah of Madowa (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Dicky; Maharjah of Madowa (villain, introduction); Lunar (villain, introduction) |
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| Synopsis | House ad for the Captain Flag story in Blue Ribbon Comics 18. |
| Notes | Signed in the lower right-hand corner. |
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| Comic Story | War of the Circuses (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zambini (magician); Mr. Gallop (introduction); Swafford (villain, introduction); Socko (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction) |
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