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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Gill Fox

Inker(s): Gill Fox

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Bozo the Robot

Character(s): Bozo the Robot; The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset)

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Pages: 1

The Midget Train Robbers

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed)

Inker(s): Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Ray

Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Miss White and her seven dwarves (villains, introduction for all, all die)

Synopsis: After his transformation into the Ray, Happy hastily insists that his old self was "dead", but soon resumed his career as a newspaper reporter, trailing a band of old vaudeville freaks who are in alliance with one Miss White.

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Pages: 9

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)

Inker(s): Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): The Purple Trio

Character(s): The Purple Trio [Warren; Rocky Hill; Tiny Todd]; Billy Watts (introduction, death); Rajah Fakir (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: In search of a place to sleep, the Purple Trio pause before a cheap theatrical board house...

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Pages: 6

Notes: The Who's Who indicates that S. M. Regi was a pen-name sometimes used by Jerry Iger, but also by others as a house by-line. It further indicates that Jerry Iger did not write this feature, but that Alex Blum, under this pen-name or by-line, did draw the strip.

Crashing the Concentration Camp

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Vernon Henkel

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Chic Carter

Character(s): Chic Carter; Lloyd Nelson; Anna Monfried;

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Pages: 4

The Story of Sunyan Tse

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Powell

Penciller(s): Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]

Inker(s): Bob Powell

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Abdul the Arab

Character(s): Abdul; Hassan; Sunyan Tse, Princess Mulan, Li Yao, Shah Aturk, Ali Beni

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Pages: 4

The Accident Faker

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gill Fox

Penciller(s): Gill Fox

Inker(s): Gill Fox

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Feature(s): Wun Cloo

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Pages: 1

The Return of Dr. Von Thorp

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Penciller(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Inker(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Bozo the Robot

Character(s): Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Dr. Von Thorp (villain, death); Runty (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Bozo's creator, von Thorp, returns after freeing himself from prison, and reclaims the robot by inventing a device which overrides Hazzard's own controls. Hazzard overcomes this obstacle by once again hiding in the robot, which returns to the evil doctor's lair. However, this time von Thorp is not fooled, captures Hazzard and throws him into a flooded room, where he survives by using a pipe as a straw to breath fresh air. Hazzard reassumes control of the robot, von Thorp flees and is shot to death by the Police.

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Pages: 7

The Battle of Bermuda

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Will Eisner ? [as William Erwin] (signed)

Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich

Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Espionage Starring Black X

Character(s): Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Admiral Jepson; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; the Nazis (villains)

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Pages: 6

Notes: Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43).

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Penciller(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Inker(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Invisible Justice

Character(s): The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; Dr. Moku (villain, introduction)

First Line: A sudden wave of strange frontpage headlines sweeps the city, leaving the authorities completely baffled...

Synopsis: Thurston must face the evil Dr. Moku, who has invented a special light that makes the Invisible Hood visible.

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Pages: 5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed)

Penciller(s): ? [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed)

Inker(s): ? [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): The Scarlet Seal

Character(s): The Scarlet Seal (Barry Moore); Captain Pat Moore; Nicky Nessen (villain, introduction, death); Sing Lee (villain, death); Manchu Sing (villain); the Hip Leong Tong (villains); the On Sing Tong (villains)

First Line: Night -- in Chinatown

Synopsis: The Scarlet Seal is successful in negotiating a resolution of the conflict between two Chinese tongs to prevent a war between them. The war had been promoted by a fifth columnist who was killed in the end by the Chinese, but the Seal takes the blame for the killing.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Manchu Sing is a ringer for Fu Manchu.

Aces for Death

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jimmy Christian

Character(s): Jimmy Christian

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Pages: 1.75

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Everett M. Arnold

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Printed in Cleveland, Ohio
Publisher: Everett M. Arnold 198 Shore Rd, Old Greenwich, Conn
Editor Edward Cronin 322 Main St, Stamford, Conn.
Owner: Everett M. Arnold 198 Shore Rd, Old Greenwich, Conn

The Madness Serum

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Vernon Henkel

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: aviation

Feature(s): Wings Wendall

Character(s): Wings Wendall; Spinner Benson; Wescott; Diane; Dr. Blade

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Pages: 4

Lover's Island

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Tuska

Penciller(s): George Tuska

Inker(s): George Tuska

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Archie O'Toole

Character(s): Archie O'Toole

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Pages: 1

The Origin of Midnight

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Penciller(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jack Cole

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, superhero

Feature(s): Midnight

Character(s): Midnight (Dave Clark)(radio spot announcer, introduction); Morris Carleton (villain, building owner, introduction)

Synopsis: Midnight investigates shoddy construction projects that have been built by a man named Carleton after the collapse of a building owned by Carleton. Carleton captured Midnight and tied him to a crumbling dam......but Midnight escaped when the dam cracked, and he then warned the town below, captured Carleton and secured $10 million for the town's relief.

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Pages: 6

Notes: No origin is given for this character. Busy Arnold asked Cole to create a Spirit knock-ff, and this was it. Cole visited Will Eisner, who was not really thrilled with what Cole had been asked to do, but understood the situation. Cole made a deliberate attempt to make Midnight an entirely different feature from the Spirit, and this character was a perfect warm-up for Cole's later creation: Plastic Man.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Magno, the Magnetic Man

Character(s): Magno [Tom Dalton]; unnamed goon (villain, death)

First Line: A sinister figure's sharp eyes cover the shadows of a mysterious swamp!

Synopsis: Magno pursues a goon by diving into the depths of a swamp where he discovers a labyrinth holding dozens of prisoners that have been transformed by a madman. Magno overthrows this man and destroys the complex with his magnetic powers.

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Pages: 4

Notes: The Who's Who does not indicate that Gustavson wrote this feature.