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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Mac Raboy; Bob Rogers (backgrounds)

Inker(s): Mac Raboy; Bob Rogers (backgrounds)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bulletman

Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]

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Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011

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Bulletman [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Men of Mystery Comics #45 published January 2004
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Bob Rogers verified doing the backgrounds in interview with Roger Hill in Alter-Ego #7 (Winter, 2001).

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): C. C. Beck; ? (photo)

Inker(s): C. C. Beck; ? (photo)

Letterer(s): ?; most typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain Marvel Picture Puzzle

Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated house advertisement for the new Captain Marvel Picture Puzzle (with photo of the puzzle itself), scene taken from the cover of Whiz Comics #12 (January 1941), plus other art panels. Puzzle cost 25 cents.

The Lightning King

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Otto Binder

Penciller(s): Jack Binder Shop; Ed Dobrotka ?

Inker(s): Jack Binder Shop; Ed Dobrotka ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bulletman

Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent; Sergeant Kent; Rodney B. Kent (distant cousin of Susan's); George L. Kent (Rodney's brother); Maxwell Kent (death); The Lightning King [Professor Willis Kent; aka Prefessor John Willoughby] (villain, introduction, death); Lightning King's gang [Bugs Jonker (underworld gang chief); others un-named] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: An airliner traveling near a castle in the mountains on a clear day is suddenly struck by lightning and many passengers are killed, including Susan's distant cousin. When another distant cousin's life is threatened, Susan decides to investigate: as Bulletgirl, and discovers a wholesale plot to murder anyone named Kent!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 14

Notes: The indicia on the splash page lists W. H. Fawcett, Jr. as President, Elliott D. Odell as the Advertising Director, Roscoe K. Fawcett as Circulation Director, Ralph Daigh as Editorial Director, and Al Allard as Art Director.

On page 2, panel 3, a newspaper listing the fatalities from the airliner crash lists artist Pete Riss.

Binder Shop credit by Craig Delich, per Bill Schelly, in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).

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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): Mac Raboy

Inker(s): Mac Raboy

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): America's Greatest Comics

Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]

First Line: Smashing to the Top!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Illustrated house advertisement for America's Greatest Comics #1 (1941) featuring a reproduction of the cover.

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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Gene Autry Comics

Character(s): Gene Autry

First Line: Yipee! Gene Autry is in the Comics!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Illustrated house advertisement for Gene Autry Comics #1 (December 1941), with on sale date of December 31st.

The Octopus

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Otto Binder

Penciller(s): Don Rico ?

Inker(s): Don Rico ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bulletman

Character(s): Buletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Joe (street cleaner); Mr. Meade; Mary (Mr. Meade;s maid); Jeeves (Mr. Meade's butler); The Octopus [Mr. Appleby] (villain, a reformer, introduction); Octopus' gang [Crusher; Monk; other un-named] (villains, introduction for all)

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Pages: 13

Dropping Into the Parachute Corps

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Ward

Penciller(s): Bill Ward

Inker(s): Bill Ward

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Private Ward

Character(s): Private Ward (introduction); Private Enterprise (introduction); Colonel Deakyne (introduction); General Carter (introduction)

Synopsis: Fate hits Private Ward hard when he attempts to ask the Colonel for a promotion.

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Pages: 6

The Case of the Murdered Millionaire

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Charles Sultan

Inker(s): Charles Sultan

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bulletman

Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Casey (Policeman); Mike (Policeman, death); Jake (Policeman, death); Henry Roberts (millionaire banker, death); Miss Lake (Robert's secretary); The Hunchback [Miller] (not connected with prior two Hunchbacks, villain, Robert's accountant, introduction, death)

Synopsis: The strange death of a prominent banker leads the Bullet duo into an investigation that brings them face to face with a killer hunchback!

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Pages: 13

Swords For Two

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman [as "Juan Lopez"] (credited)

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)

Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Stacey Hughes (American good will ambassador); Old Carlo (A,merican Secret Service agent); un-named landlord; Dan Pablo Gorgo (villain, death)

Synopsis: An argument in a South American cafe leads to a duel.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: The illustration appears to have a signature that is difficult to read.

Mystery Island

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Otto Binder

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bulletman

Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr] [aka Fritz]; Miss Lloyd; Captain Glume; Mr. Wood; Petie (sailor, death); The Black Rat (villain, introduction); McKeefe (villain, killer); Pitelli (villain)

Synopsis: An ad in the newspaper for a rather dangerous and mysterious voyage to Mystery Island, from which no one has ever returned alive, perks the interest of the Police as well as Susan and Jim.

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Pages: 14

Notes: The Black Rat apparently dies at the end of the story.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Comicscope

First Line: Absolutely Free!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from the Comicscope Company of America, offer made to the readers of Bulletman, for the new Comicscope, a giant camera projector, costing 25 cents. Comes with 20 free pictures of the Official U.S. Army and Navy Planes "Wings of Victory".

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)

Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Remington Portable Type writer

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the back cover.

Illustrated Remington Rand Company advertisement for their new portable typewriter, available on a free trial basis. Readers can get the typewriter on a plan costing just 10 cents a day. For $1 nore, readers can also get a beautiful walnut-grain desk to hold the typewriter.