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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Genres: war

Feature(s): Captain Devildog

Character(s): Captain Devildog; The Skyman [Allen Turner] (full figure inset); The Face [Tony Trent] (inset); Joe Palooka (inset)

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Pages: 1

Big Shot Comics Introduces...(next issue)

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

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Penciller(s): Boody Rogers (signed)

Inker(s): Boody Rogers (signed)

Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: adventure, humorous

Feature(s): Sparky Watts

Character(s): Sparky Watts

Synopsis: Illustrated promotional advertisement for Sparky Watts, a feature starting in the next issue.

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Pages: 1

Notes: inside front cover.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? [as Paul Dean] (signed)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Skyman

Character(s): The Skyman [Allen Turner]; Fawn Carroll; U.S. Army Major; Commander Innes; submarine commander (villain); submarine crew members (villains, one dies)

First Line: Heroic figure of the airways of America......

Synopsis: Skyman saves Fawn and an army major from being blown up in their launch by a torpedo. He is told that mysterious submarines have been preying on the U.S. Merchant Marine the past two months, and no ship is sunk; they just disappear in mid-ocean.

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Pages: 11

Notes: Masthead also reads "America's National Hero!".

The Fusileer is a weapon of Skyman's that uses a combination of cosmic, cathode and polar rays.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): Fred Guardineer

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Captain Devildog of the U.S. Marines

Character(s): Captain Devildog [Captain Hank Steele] (a Marine, introduction); Kelly (mechanic); un-named Colonel; Chester Powell (inventor); Pari (villain, girl bandit); jungle natives (villains)

First Line: Captain Hank Steele, known to his fellow Marines......

Synopsis: The colonel and Captain Devildog are informed that inventor Powell has been captured by a notorious girl bandit who seeks the man's special two-way radio. Through Powell's invention, Steele communicates as the wooden god Deli to convince the natives and Pari to release the inventor.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Fred Schwab ?

Penciller(s): Fred Schwab ?

Inker(s): Fred Schwab ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Feature(s): Mike the Mascot

Character(s): Mike the Mascot; Cosmo the Trained Rabbit (death)

First Line: Oh hum!! Time to get up!!

Synopsis: Mike wakes up one morning feeling strange, then notices a flower, sniffs it, and suddenly gets Spring fever.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: sports

Feature(s): Joe Palooka

Character(s): Joe Palooka [also as Mike Bean]; Knobby Walsh (Joe's manager); Weidebottom; un-named Sports Editor in Kansas City; Panther Scott (boxer); Donahue; Duke Dropper (boxer); Johnny (villain, promoter); Synder (villain, a promoter)

First Line: Knobby believes Weidebottom......

Synopsis: Knobby believes that Weidebottom accepted money from a gambler to have Joe lose to Duke Dropper in an exhibition fight. When Joe's promoter attempts to get a rematch, Duke refuses. So Knobby comes up with a sure-fire scheme to get that match.

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Reprint Notes: from Joe Palooka daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox ?

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Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Spy-Chief

Character(s): Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]; Rex (Jeff's dog, introduction); Lars (Jeff's friend); foreign spies (villains)

First Line: Against the insidious and stealthy inroads........

Synopsis: Jeff and his friend see Jeff's dog in action. Jeff believes that Rex can be effectively used to trail spies. Lars has created a new type of rifle and believes that spies are after it. However, once the spies succeed in taking the rifle, Jeff uses Rex to trail them and round them up.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Noticed something in this story and the Skyman story in this issue: villains yelled out the name "Sapristi" (once in Skyman and twice in Spy-Chief) whenever the hero was coming after them. The likelihood of different writers using this same odd phrase is 100-1. Since Fox wrote the Skyman story in the issue, he probably also wrote this particular story.

The story is clearly signed by Bailey in the 6th panel of page 6.

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Genres: childrens

Feature(s): Jibby Jones

Character(s): Jibby Jones; Jane Jones (Jibby's sister); Mr. Jones (Jibby and Jane's father); Mrs. Jones (Jibby and Jane's mother); Butch; Stinky

First Line: Hey - Jibby - come over in th' lot......

Synopsis: Butch reminds Jibby that the big baseball game against the Indians is today, but when Butch fails to show up to play, Jibby decides to put Jane in the outfield for the Indians.

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Pages: 2

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Charlie Chan

Character(s): Charlie Chan; Kirk Barrow; Gina Lane; J. C. Kornweller (movie producer); Berzelius Keno (villain); Keno's men [Tommy; other un-named] (villains, crooks); local natives [Molu; others un-named] (villains)

First Line: Kirk, Gina and Charlie.......

Synopsis: Charlie, Kirk and Gina are on their way to Kornweller's cabin by airplane but are not aware that several crooks are at the controls.

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Reprint Notes: from Charlie Chan daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Pages: 5

Notes: Andriola drew this feature from 1940-49 for Columbia.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Short Stories

Character(s): Gladiola; Rudolph Hotshots

First Line: You, Gladiola, are a lonely little widow...

Synopsis: Rudy gets married and thinks that he is the boss in the house.

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Reprint Notes: from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Pages: 0.1

Notes: The top tier of "The Bungle Family" Sunday page.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): The Bungle Family

Character(s): George Bungle; Mrs. Jo Bungle

First Line: Rain!...Have to buy an umbrella.

Synopsis: Mr. Bungle is carrying home a huge armload of packages when rain starts, so he buys an umbrella at a store. But when he gets ready to leave the rain has stopped, so he leaves the umbrella closed with disastrous results.

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Reprint Notes: from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Pages: 0.9

Notes: The top tier is "Short Stories", by the same creator.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Rocky Ryan

Character(s): Rocky Ryan; Doe Ames; island natives [Hekai; Korula (native Chief); Malu (native Chief's son); rest un-named]; Doc

First Line: On the trail of the white whale........

Synopsis: After quelling a mutiny, Rocky continues his quest for the white whale that spawns near the bed of valuable pearls. Landing ashore, he seeks natives to act as pearl divers, but all refuse until they see Rocky himself dive.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): "Good Deed" Dotty

Character(s): Dotty; a dog

First Line: Oh......That poor doggy...

Synopsis: Seeing a dog with a bandaged leg trying to kick at his fleas, Dotty gets a back scratcher and helps the dog out.

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Reprint Notes: from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Pages: 0.1

Notes: The top tier of the "Dixie Dugan" Sunday page.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Dixie Dugan

Character(s): Dixie Dugan (career girl); Mickie (Dixie's friend); Imogene (Dixie's niece)

First Line: I can't understand Imogene...

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Reprint Notes: from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

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Pages: 0.9

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): "Good Deed" Dotty

Character(s): Dotty; classroom teacher; boy prankster

First Line: I'll fix him...

Synopsis: Dotty has a rather unique way of dealing with a boy prankster in class who likes to trip kids walking down the aisle.

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Notes: The top tier to the "Dixie Dugan" Sunday page.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Dixie Dugan

Character(s): Dixie Dugan (career girl); Mickie (Dixie's friend); Imogene (Dixie's niece)

First Line: Yes - Imogene might get into lots of mischief...

Synopsis: Imogene and her playmate interrupt Dixie's bridge game, and their apologies are not really heartfelt.

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Pages: 0.9

Notes: The top tier is "Good Deed" Dotty, by the same creators.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): Fred Guardineer

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians

Character(s): Marvelo; Zee (Marvello's assistant); Dr. Crenby (Geologist); Reilly (villain); Leberts (villain)

First Line: If anyone can do it, Marvello can!

Synopsis: Marvelo is approached by two men who relate to him a story from 1783 in which a French frigate carrying gold to the New World foundered on the rocks. They know the exact location of the ship but desire Marvelo's assistance in order to help them recover the gold.

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Pages: 6

The Rocking Chair Riddle

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (spot illustrations)

Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (spot illustrations)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians

Character(s): Marvelo; Zee; Mr. Jenkins (Marvelo's friend at museum); thief (villain)

Synopsis: Marvelo receives a frantic call from Mr. Jenkins at the Natural History Museum who reports a rather unusual crime: the theft of a rocking chair from the Colonial American exhibit. Jenkins is puzzled because the chair is practically worthless and asks for Marvelo's help catching the culprit and uncovering the reason for the theft.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Michael Blake] (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Face

Character(s): The Face [Tony Trent] (radio commentator); Jinny Gildernest; Dr. Franck (villain, society doctor, sandstone collector); Franck's henchmen (villains)

First Line: The Face is the mysterious.....

Synopsis: The Face swipes the Sandstone Buddha from a pair of crooks, then seeks out a Dr. Franck to learn more about the object. Thinking that there is more to the doctor's explanation, Tony decides to examine the object himself and makes a startling discovery.

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Pages: 8

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Fred Schwab ?

Penciller(s): Fred Schwab ?

Inker(s): Fred Schwab ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Mortimer the Monk

Character(s): Mortimer (a monkey); Mortimer's owner

First Line: Sliding down a banister...

Synopsis: Mortimer accidently breaks a valuable vase while sliding down a banister and repairs it with startling results from its owner.

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

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Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney

Inker(s): Ogden Whitney

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Skyman

Character(s): The Skyman [Allen Turner]; Fawn Carroll

First Line: Tell me, readers: would you like to.....

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Pages: 1

Notes: inside back cover.

Illustrated request from the publishers, asking readers whether or not they would like to have Skyman appear in a daily newspaper strip. A coupon is provided for their response.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ? (photos)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: back cover.

Photographic advertisement from the Wilson Chemical Company, offering readers a variety of wonderful free prizes, just for selling the company product: White Cloverine Brand Salve. The prizes include: .22 bolt-action rifle, movie projector, ladie's watch, bike, radio and many more.