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Issue: Special Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/01/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Harry Lucey
Harry Lucey
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Hangman; Roy the Super-Boy; Dusty
The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]
Reprinting
FlagFlashback #4 published January 1973
 
Miscellaneous
1
Introducing the Hangman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Harry Lucey
Harry Lucey
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Hangman
The Hangman [Bob Dickering] (origin retold); The Comet [John Dickering] (in flasback)
Reprinting
FlagFlashback #4 published January 1973
 
Miscellaneous
1
Found on the inside front cover.
Special Case No. 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Harry Lucey
Harry Lucey
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Hangman
The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; George Carroll (introduction, death); Mr. Fallon (introduction, death); John Sheldon (introduction, death); Sheldon's assistant (introduction, death); Jack Skeeter (introduction); Mr. Skeeter (introduction); Mary Carroll (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
FlagFlashback #4 published January 1973
 
Miscellaneous
13
Special Case No. 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Harry Lucey
Harry Lucey
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Hangman
The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; The Clown [Charles] (villain, introduction, death)
Reprinting
FlagFlashback #4 published January 1973
 
Miscellaneous
12
Special Case No. 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Harry Lucey
Harry Lucey
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Hangman
The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; The Jackal (villain, introduction, death)
Reprinting
FlagFlashback #4 published January 1973
FlagMagnificent Superheroes of Comics Golden Age #1 published January 1979
as Special Case #3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
Death By the Noose

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
The Hangman
The Hangman
Reprinting
FlagFlashback #4 published January 1973
 
Miscellaneous
2
Special Case No. 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Reinman
Paul Reinman
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero, teen
The Boy Buddies
The Boy Buddies [Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]]; The Nazis (villains)
Reprinting
FlagFlashback #4 published January 1973
 
Miscellaneous
12
Special Case No. 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Reinman
Paul Reinman
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero, teen
The Boy Buddies
The Boy Buddies [Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Mr. Snodgrass (introduction)
Reprinting
FlagFlashback #4 published January 1973
 
Miscellaneous
11

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