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| Publication | December 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Jane Arden (inset); Alias the Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Molly the Model (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Menace of the Thinking Machines (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Condor must overcome the Chinese Lung Woe, who has created the drilling "spinning death machine" for his Nazi cohort. Unfortunately for them, the machine turns out to have a mind of its own and manufactures an army itself! |
| Credits | Script:? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Lung Woe (villain, introduction, death); un-named enemy Nazi spy (villain, introduction); the Spinning Deaths (villains, introduction, sentient machines, all die) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Molly the Model |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Vendrome's Electrical Weapon (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Space Legion; Rock Braddon; Dr. Wadsworth; Elaine Wadsworth; Vendrome (first appearance villain; death) |
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| Comic Story | The Secret of the Rex (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton]; Dr. Prowl (first appearance); Thor (first appearance); Trag (first appearance; villain); Prof. Crane (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Allied with the Black Shark (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lockhart forces the Black Shark to assist him against Axis treachery by pinning the Shark's sub, then using his ability to release a screen of oil to surround Nazi submarines poised to attack the British. After this is accomplished, the Shark hastily retreats to safety. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Capt. Arville (introduction, death); Black Shark (villain); the Nazis (villains); Herr Schaft (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | The Who's Who suggests, as do Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash in the Quality Companion, that Kiefer, not only created this feature, but did the art for it through the strip's entire run. Kiefer is also usually considered to have written it.
Drew Allen is Kiefer's pen-name used on the strip. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Jane Arden |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | bottom half of the Jane Arden pages |
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| Comic Story | The Boy and the Bank Robbers (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | To save a kidnapped boy's life, the Spider doesn't hesitate to kill the kidnapper. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Bobby (introduction); the "old timer" (introduction); Mike (villain); Spud (villain) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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| Comic Story | The Saboteurs and the Train Crash (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Lee Preston; Rick Royce |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Ned Brant |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Text Story | Jungle Blitzkrieg (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Eric Vale |
| Credits | Script: Larry Spain | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Eric Vale |
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| Comic Story | The Anti-Gun Judge (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | With Remote Control (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Wizard Wells; Tug; Jason Terrell (first appearance); Betty Terrell (first appearance); Ralph Terrell (villain); John Terrell (villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | Stuporman (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Clock must find a way to overcome and defeat a super-strong and impervious pinheaded monster from Mongolia. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Pat "Pug" Brady; Stuporman (villain, introduction, death); Snoop Cadrone (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Though "Stuporman" is a dumb, giant Mongolian thug, he is clearly also meant to be a parody of Superman. |
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