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| Publication | October 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Comic Story | The Bank of Counterfeit Bills (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Crofte Trust Bank is passing counterfeit $1 bills. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Lora Crofte; Jorth (villain); Slink Bard (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Crimes of the Falcon (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A gang of zombies tries to rob a jewelry store. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Luella; Mr. Finger; The Falcon (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Carnival Doll Killing (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Carnival pickpockets steal rich people's address cards for future use. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mike Mannigan; Joan Mason; Carvo (villain, introduction); unnamed carnival workers (villains, introduction for all) |
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| Comic Story | The Deadly Sanitarium of Dr. Horthe (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Horth uses dead bodies to dictate new wills leaving their estates to him. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Mike Mannigan (Policeman); Janet Charter; Dr. Horthe (villain, introduction) |
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| Synopsis | The Kooba Kid is too lazy to reel in his fishing line but one sip of Kooba with vitamin B-1 gives him the strength to tackle purse snatchers. |
| Featuring | Kooba Kid |
| Content | Characters: Kooba Kid |
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| Comic Story | The Gorilla with a Human Brain (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mad scientist Brock transfers Castle's brain into a gorilla's body which then murders Brock and goes after Brock's niece, Elsa. |
| Featuring | The Gorilla |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Gorilla [Jack Castle, gorilla w/ a human brain] (introduction, origin, Dr. Brock's assistant); Ken Connors; Elsa Brock (Dr. Brock's niece); Dr. Mishkin (scientist, death); Dr. Flavius Brock (villain, brain surgeon, introduction) |
| Notes | Harry Graves is not listed by Jerry Bails in the Who's Who, nor is the feature.
Bill Black states that Jerry Bails' "Collector's Guide: The First Heroic Age" from 1969 and Howard Keltner's "Index to Golden Age Comics Books" from 1976 both list the feature. |
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| Text Story | The Memoirs of the Colonel (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustrations) | Inks:? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War |
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| Comic Story | The Origin of the Blackbird (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jake Baxter builds a super plane but no one will believe him so he becomes the Blackbird. |
| Featuring | Blackbird |
| Content | Characters: The Blackbird [Jake Baxter] (intro and origin); Raftery; Von Essen (villain); Nazis; Dutch Berry |
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| Comic Story | Buttercup Alley (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Davy lives in a shack. The Grogans torment him day and night, until one day he learns he can make wishes come true. |
| Featuring | Davy the Wish Master |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children; Fantasy | Characters: Davy (the Wish Master); Ma Grogan; Pa Grogan; Junior Grogan |
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