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| Thank you for the great upload of this excellent Golden Age book! |
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| Beautiful first panel on 'Moore of the Mounted' from Meskin. Page 20. Looks like a photograph. Just try to draw anatomy twisted like that and see how far you get.
Cheers |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Wizard [Blane Whitney] |
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| Comic Story | The Bundonians Bomb Texas!! (11 pages) |
| Content | Characters: I: Jane (Wizard's fiancee) and her father (both are Texans!); V: The Bundonians (I) |
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| Comic Story | In South America (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: I: Sr. Valera, Rana Valera; V: Pruvians (I), Gen. Callero (I) |
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| Comic Story | The Death of Prospector Joe (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An old prospector is killed by two men, and Sergeant Moore sets after them on skis. |
| Featuring | Moore of the Mounted |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sgt. Moore (a Mountie, introduction)), Prospector Joe (introduction, death); Vladimir (villain, introduction); Vladimir's partner partner (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Only appearance.
The very long legs wide apart, and small heads often seen from below and sqeezed from above, are all signs of Meskin. Compare with the previous story. |
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| Text Story | The Devil Is a Mule (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An Army mule cast the die that almost nipped Buffalo Bill's career in the bud. |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as JR] (signed) | Inks:? [as JR] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buffalo Bill Cody |
| Notes | Signed JR in the second illustration |
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| Comic Story | The Landing on Mars (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: I: Streak Chandler, Prof. Finlay, Vola Finlay, Lokis, Ferrugas; V: Two gangsters (I) |
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| Comic Story | Captured by the British (8 pages) |
| Content | Characters: V: The Nazis |
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| Synopsis | Noodle tries to prove he could rescue a damsel in distress. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Noodle; Queenie |
| Notes | The Noodle story in the previous issue was signed by Kin Platt, and this art looks very similar to that story. This feature is the only credit for "Quincy" in Bails. |
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| Comic Story | Immigrant Smugglers Meet with Doom (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; The Master (villain, introduction, death?); Princess Ah-Ku (villain); Trigger Slumm (villain); Butch (villain); other smugglers (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | Moriarity, the Sports Gambler (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: V: Moriarity and his gang (I for all); I: Kid Burns, Pedro Lang |
| Notes | Final appearance of the "Stacey Knight, M.D." feature. |
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| Comic Story | Frozen Out of the Game (5 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Keith Kornell; Bob Seymour; Gerry Stevens; Two holdup men (villains) |
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| Synopsis | Promo for Pep Comics 4 and Top Notch Comics 5, which will have cross-overs between 4 different features who "combine to smash the most dastardly of plots ever conceived for the destruction of the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness of the United States of America." |
| Content | Characters: The Shield; The Wizard; Midshipman; The West Pointer |
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| Comic Story | The Underseas Men (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Kardak; The Anderran Fishtails (mermen), Lorna Dorne; The Mocha Men and their Magator (villains, introduction for all) |
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