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| Thank you, agentdynamo, for making the incredible Golden Age book available! |
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| Such beautiful scans! I'm astounded that I'd never previously seen the exquisite draftsmanship of Max Plaisted before now. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Featuring | Ted Crane |
| Credits | Pencils: L. North | Inks: L. North |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Ted Crane |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Ted Crane and the Leopard Men (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professor Hawkins leads an expedition to find the lost Konogo tribe. |
| Featuring | Ted Crane |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Ted Crane (first appearance); Prof. Hawkins (first appearance); Betty Hawkins (first appearance); The Leopard Men (first appearance, villains); J. Atkins Bullard (first appearance, villain) |
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| Comic Story | Marooned on Mercury (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | When spies try to steal her father's spaceship Jane launches it and she and Ted end up on Mercury. |
| Featuring | The Space Rovers |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Ted Hunt (first appearance); Jane Martin (first appearance); Dr. Matthew Martin (first appearance); Douglas Hunt (first appearance); Mercurian cave-people (first appearance); Flaedo (first appearance, villain, death); Zado (first appearance, villain); King of Thian (first appearance, villain); Otto (first appearance, villain); another spy (first appearance, villain); Varta |
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| Comic Story | The Second Theseus (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Thesson and Craig go to Crete to excavate the labyrinth. |
| Featuring | Son of the Gods |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Theseus (first appearance); Ariadne (first appearance); Aegeus (first appearance); Minos (first appearance, flashback); Prof. Craig (first appearance); Periphetes (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Sinis (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Minotaur (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Procostous [Procrustes] (first appearance, villain); Cercion (first appearance, villain, death) |
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| Comic Story | The Knowles Case (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan gets a call for help from a deserted house. |
| Featuring | Dan Williams, Private Investigator |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dan Williams; Patricia Knowles (first appearance); Edward Knowles (first appearance, villain, death); Howard Dern |
| Notes | Previously credited to Ray Lowry. Regular artist Ray Thayer's full name was Raymond Lowry Thayer. |
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| Comic Story | On the Western Front (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sergeant King rescues his captured captain. |
| Featuring | Sergeant Bill King |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Nazis (villains); Captain Carver |
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| Text Story | The Grey Rider (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sheriff Grant has figured out who the mysterious criminal, the Grey Rider, is. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Grant; Slash Teller [The Grey Rider] |
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| Comic Story | Mystery of the Lost Mine (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Masked Rider shows up at a ranch where a costumed villain is killing ranch hands. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Specter [Harmon] (villain, first and only appearance); Chico (horse); Mr. Parsons; Sally Parsons |
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| Comic Story | Theft of the Tank Plans (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Sphinx comes across a plot to steal a new tank. |
| Featuring | The Sphinx |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: Marjorie Grover (first appearance); Oliver D. Thomsen (first appearance; villain); Saunders (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains); Mike; Fred; Jim |
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| Text Story | Masked Bandit (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sally's sharp eyes spot a clue to the identity of the stage robber. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Zeth King; Sally Stanley; Lee Nelson; Sam Jerrson |
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| Comic Story | The Mask Returns (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Mask solves who is behind a series of armored car robberies. |
| Featuring | The Mask |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Superhero | Characters: Olly Snate (villain, death); Otto Fox (first appearance, villain, death); Carol Smith; Silk; Butch; Paul Stewart; Peter Gage; Warner; Murphy |
| Notes | Signed in panel five of the last page. |
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| Featuring | Home Recordo |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Charlie Barnet (photo); Judy Ellington (photo); Larry Taylor (photo); Bob; Bill May (photo) |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: J. G. O'Brien (photo) |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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