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| Re the Captain Triumph story. Writers can have a lot of fun sometimes can;t they?
This is a curious mash-up of a story. 'The Maltese Falcon' starred a detective called Sam Spade. The Bogart film version starred Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre as the Villains. Now go read 'The return of A Spade'. 'Bombay Duck?'
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| Publication | October 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Captain Triumph Helps A. Spade Dig His Own Grave! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph |
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| Comic Story | The Return of A. Spade (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | A. Spade escapes from jail on the eve of his trial, kidnaps Kim and has Carim Bombay brutally beats her. Captain Triumph tries to infiltrate his mob disguised as Bombay, but Spade shoots him (as Lance) while the real Bombay escapes. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Triumph [Lance and Michael Gallant]; Kim Meredith; Biff; A. Spade (villain, death); Carim Bombay (villain, first appearance); Torpedo (villain, first appearance) |
| Notes | Carim Bombay is based on Peter Lorre's character, Joel Cairo, in the classic film, "The Maltese Falcon". |
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| Comic Story | Lightning (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Inkie tries to convince Al to write a story about Lightning. Lightning Jr. comes down and Inkie talks him into attacking Tokyo. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Inkie; Al Stahl; Lightning |
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| Comic Story | Shark Fishing (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Gun + Killer + Victim = Murder (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joe Doe is killed in a stick up but Butch follows the killer back to his hideout and calls in the Clock. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Joe Doe (first appearance; death); Butch |
| Notes | Spirit-like story |
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| Synopsis | Nifty's new boxer is told to imitate everything champ Danny Deever does, but when he kisses Molly, Danny takes offense. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly the Model [Molly Maloney]; Nifty; Danny Deever |
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| Synopsis | Pop gets a job posing for eccentric artist Boris, but gets angry when Boris tries to pay him with a drawing. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly Maloney; Pop Maloney; Boris McTeapot |
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| Comic Story | The Hot Swami (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hack O'Hara; The Hot Swami (first appearance; villain) |
| Notes | tribute to Mr. Mystic on splash |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprint |
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| Comic Story | Comics Imitate Life, and Vice Versa (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pen writes a comic strip designed to smoke out stolen bank funds and nab a murderer. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Pen Miller; Goldy (first appearance; villain); Benny (first appearance; villain) |
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| Text Story | Purgatory Canyon (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Vale |
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| Comic Story | Ike an' Dooit (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ike (first appearance); Dooit (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | On the Moon (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Mr. Man in the Moon (first appearance); Mrs. Man in the Moon (first appearance); Mr. Comet (first appearance); Perky |
| Notes | probably takes place between FEATURE COMICS #75 / 76 |
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| Comic Story | Elmer Briggs, United States Senator (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A new Senator pushes a new transport plane despite opposition from enemy agents who have placed imposters in the Senate to vote against it. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr. as Senator Thomas Wright]; Senator Elmer Briggs (introduction); Senator Joe Logan and his gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | End of series.
The Black Condor next appears in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 Series) #107 (September-October 1973). |
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