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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): Gill Fox ?

Inker(s): Gill Fox ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Ray

Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Midnight [Dave Clark] (inset); Bozo the Robot (inset); Wings Wendall (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset)

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The Empire of Captain Blue

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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]; Jackie (introduction, later known as Bud); Keefer; Rogers; Captain Blue (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: The Ray, a boy and two men are stranded on a Pacific Island after their plane is shot down by "asiatics". There he meets Captain Blue, a pirate who intends to attack Hawaii, then take over the world after the Americans and the "mongols" destroy each other. Blue imprisons the Ray in a circle of light, and the Ray must rely on his human strength to send Blue over a ledge to his death.

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Pages: 9

Notes: Jackie discovers the Ray's true identity in this story.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Archie O'Toole

First Line: Boris the Blade must not fail to assassinate...

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Gabby, the Talking Monkey

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Penciller(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, superhero

Feature(s): Midnight

Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Gabby the talking monkey (introduction); Alice O'Day (scientist, death); Slug McGurk (villain); Julie the Jerk (villain)

Synopsis: Midnight comes to the rescue of a purse snatching victim and discovers she's a scientist who can make animals talk. Intending to turn this secret over to government authorities, Alice is attacked and killed by thugs, who burned her secrets, leaving only Gabby as proof that her theories worked. Midnight gains custody of the monkey, after rounding up the people responsible for Alice's death.

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Pages: 5

Notes: The Vacuum Gun was an automatic that projected a suction cup connected to a self-winding reel of fine silk cord.....strong enough to hold a man's weight, and its suction held to almost any surface.

Trouble on Sao Paulo Island

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: aviation

Feature(s): Wings Wendall

Character(s): Wings Wendall; Spinner Benson; Derek; Baron; Col Harrison

Synopsis: Wings and Spinner discover an unknown base on an American island.

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Pages: 4

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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)

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): The Purple Trio

Character(s): The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd; Warren; Rocky Hill]; J. G. Throcton

First Line: Criminal beware!

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Pages: 6

Notes: Alex Blum is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his gloomy faces are not to be mistaken. Compare sample in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Jerry Iger is credited as writer for Quality, and his pen name was S.M. Regi (Iger backwards).

S. M. Regi was a pen-name sometimes used by Jerry Iger, but also by others as a house by-line. Jerry Iger did not write this feature, but that Alex Blum, under this pen-name or by-line, did draw the strip.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Feature(s): Wun Cloo

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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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]; Mr. Mite (villain, introduction, spy); Black John (villain)

First Line: Inn the late hours of the night, Kent Thurston, the Invisible Hood, plays a grim game of hide-and-seek with Death as he battles an unknown foe in an old waterfront tavern called One Way Inn.

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Pages: 5

Notes: The villain, Mr. Mite, bears an uncanny resemblance to Captain Marvel's foe, Sivana.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Lane French [as Will Erwin] (signed)

Penciller(s): Witmer Williams (signed)

Inker(s): Witmer Williams (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Espionage Starring Black X

Character(s): Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Madame Doom (villain); Ahkir Jubnijhak (villain)

First Line: Black X, the international spy leaves a night club with Batu. [sic]

Synopsis: Black X goes to India to help Batu track down terrorists that have infiltrated the British Raj. Madame Doom follows for her own reasons.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Williams is credited on drawing this feature.

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)

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Writer(s): ?

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

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

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Abdul the Arab

Character(s): Abdul; Hassan; Afta Ikur; Cy Young

First Line: When was the American caravan attacked?

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Pages: 4

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed)

Penciller(s): Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed)

Inker(s): Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): The Scarlet Seal

Character(s): The Scarlet Seal [Barry Moore]; Captain Tim Moore; Seymour Blots (villain)

First Line: Barry, this Seymor Blots may be a financial wizard to the suckers who invest with him, but he's still a crook to me!

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Pages: 5

Notes: Credits suggested by the Who's Who.

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Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

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Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Magno, the Magnetic Man

Character(s): Magno [Tom Dalton]; Dr. Harry Wood; Van Nest

First Line: Dr. Harry Wood, a noted archaeologist, reads the accounts of the murders...

Synopsis: Five archeologists tattoo a map to ancient mystical treasure on the backs of their hands. Now someone is murdering them and stealing those hands.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Last appearance.

Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Ghost Stampede

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jimmy Christian

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Pages: 2

Lost in the Wilds of Tibet

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Chic Carter

Character(s): Chic Carter; Gordon Bruce; Chung Musta; Hilme; the Prince of Kabat

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Pages: 4

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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

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

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Bozo the Robot

Character(s): Tom Holms; Mr.Goyle; Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Chico

First Line: In the office of the Acme Insurance Company...

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Pages: 7