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Issue: A-1 Comics: A Retrospective #142
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43 (35 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Matthew Gore
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Dimensions: 7" x 10"
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Thou Shalt Not Kill!

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typeset
Subject Matter
crime
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Killers #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
L. B. Cole (signed)
L. B. Cole (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
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The Case of the Frightened Informers

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Paul Parker (signed)
Paul Parker (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
Scott Hunter of the C.I.D.
Scott Hunter; Mr. Zin; Tong; Yang; Courtland Palmer Broadstreet; Poppy; Limey; Lotus Lee; Tommy Ming; Quid
When an oriental woman is killed on his doorstep C.I.D. Scott Hunter tracks down and arrests Mr. Zin and his gang.
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Alternate story title: Scott Hunter of the C.I.D. Meets Mr. Zinn - the Hatchet Killer.

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The Killer Behind the Killer

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crime
John Paul Chase; Mr. Clancy; Fatso Negri; Jimmy Burnett [Baby-Face Nelson]; Helen Nelson; Mr. Green
John Paul Chase moves up in the underworld until he is part of Baby-Face Nelson's gang.
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Poison Claw Killer

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Subject Matter
crime
Rice of the New York Homicide
Tom Rice; Bentley; Dr. Watson; Mrs. Black; Doctor Ogden
Tom Rice helps his friend find out of Mrs. Black died naturally or was killed for the insurance money.
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They Tricked the Schoolgirl's Killer!

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Charles Quinlan
Charles Quinlan
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Subject Matter
crime
The Case-Book of Crime
Raymond Stormer (detective); Neumann (detective); Frank Heideman (killer); Black Ace (suspect)
Detectives are shadowing a killer to get his confidence and make him confess the murder of a school girl.
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Quinlan has faces with prominent noses and some narrow eyes, and art here similar to his signed stories in Cat-man Comics #2.
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The Magic of Murder!

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Vernon Henkel (signed)
Vernon Henkel (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
"Ace" High Private Eye
"Ace" High; Adeline; Asmodeus (magician); Mrs. Lormond; Guts Leonard
"Ace" High is hired to recover jewels that were stolen during the murder of Adeline's father.
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Manhunt #1

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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Inspector Kirk
Inspector Kirk
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The Case of the Hobbyhorse Homicide

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Paul Parker (Signed)
Paul Parker (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure, mystery
Inspector Kirk
Inspector Ronald Kirk; Cynthia; Cecil Blake; Eddie; Marta; Anne
Inspector Kirk must find out who killed Cecil Blake.
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The Puzzle of the Picture

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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Undercover Girl
Starr Flagg; Baba LaFleur; Larry; Hank; Chuck
Starr Flagg must stop enemy agents who plan to sell the Alaskan Defense Plans to another country.
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[untitled]

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Fred Guardineer
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Space Ace
Jet Black; Prism Pirate; Tel Han; Jak Tal
When the atomic bomb exploded in the face of a stunned world...
The Prism Pirate has a prism that concentrates cosmic rays, which he uses to attack Space Patrol ships.
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The Girl and the Gold

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L. B. Cole (signed)
L. B. Cole (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Red Fox
Red Fox; Barbe Toutain; Tinpan Jackson; Sourdough Sam; Marie LaFrance; Black Tonte
Tinpan and his partner Sourdough strike gold, but both are killed shortly afterward. Red Fox is assigned to find the killer.
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The House on the Dotted Line

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Fred Guardineer (signed)
Fred Guardineer (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
Fallon of the F.B.I.
James Fallon; Lady Satan; Apples Hardin
James Fallon tracks down Lady Satan and her gang.
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Manhunt #2

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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Undercover Girl
Undercover Girl
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The Robbers of the Road

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
Fallon of the F.B.I.
Jim Fallon; Husk; Grelton; "Rats" Poogle
Fallon stops a gang responsible for hijacking long-haul truck drivers.
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The Fangs of Folly

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L. B. Cole (signed)
L. B. Cole (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
The Red Fox
Red Fox [Sergeant Jeffrey Fox]; Barbe Toutain; Homer Trevor; Blackhair; Chinook Joe
Barbe Toutain comes to ask Red Fox to help find the spirit that is robbing her family's traps.
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The Dagger of Death

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Paul Parker (signed)
Paul Parker (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
Kirk of Scotland Yard
Walter Waverly; Inspector Ronald Kirk; Ebenezer Noren; Babs Vaughn; Elva Kaster; Rick Farr; Mrs. Swalahami; Annie
Walter Waverly is murdered during a seance and Inspector Kirk is called in to solve the case.
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The Being in the Box

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Fred Guardineer (signed)
Fred Guardineer (signed)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Space Ace
Space Ace [Jet Black]; Jak Tal; Por Tan; Viceroy Farragut; Myrrl
A strange black box comes from outer space to take over the minds of everyone on Mars except for Space Ace and Jak Tal.
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The Man Who Was Yesterday!

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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
espionage
Undercover Girl
Undercover Girl [Starr Flagg]; Ernst Kruver; Bryan Flobbly
Starr Flagg must rescue an atomic scientist who is captured by foreign agents.
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Manhunt #3

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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure
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The Horror of the Hearse

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Paul Parker (signed)
Paul Parker (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
Kirk of Scotland Yard
Inspector Ronald Kirk; Gaye Kaily; Jaime Mendoza; Carlotta Sorollas; Hodges
Inspector Kirk must stop Mendoza from taking his revenge on the last of the Sorollas family.
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The Man With the Right Hand!

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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
Fallon of the F.B.I.
Jim Fallon; Homer Lawson; Mrs. Lawson; Geek Thomas
Jim Fallon is called in when Homer Lawson is kidnapped.
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[untitled]

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Fred Guardineer (signed)
Fred Guardineer (signed)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Space Ace
Space Ace [Jet Black]; Jak Tal
Somewhere off the Mars-Jupiter run...
Space Ace goes on a mission to locate the secret hideout of a band of space criminals.
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First line: "Somewhere off the Mars-Jupiter run...a body hurtles from the air-lock..."
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The Saga of Shaggy

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L. B. Cole (signed)
L. B. Cole (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure, nature
Red Fox
Shaggy (dog); Umshluk; Red Fox; King (dog); Jeff; Barbe Toutain
Red Fox saves Shaggy as a puppy from Umshluk. When grown, Shaggy helps Red Fox capture Umshluk when he goes rogue.
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Jeopardy in Jade!

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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure, espionage
Undercover Girl
Undercover Girl [Starr Flagg]; Ming Lee; Lu
Undercover Girl must find Ming Lee's ring which contains the formula for a device that will detonate atomic bombs over a hundred miles away.
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Manhunt #4

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Fallon of the F.B.I
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cover based on text story
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The Secret of the Statue

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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
espionage
Undercover Girl
Undercover Girl [Starr Flagg]; Thomas Jones-Farr; Boris Orrski; Sergei; Alexis
Undercover Girl must keep a statue with the location of uranium deposits from Russian agents.
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[untitled]

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Fred Guardineer (signed)
Fred Guardineer (signed)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Space Ace
Space Ace [Jet Black]; Mark Treak; Fan San; Jak Tal
In the Marsador, a new hot spot...
Space Ace must catch the criminal that has stolen the Neverfade Emeralds.
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The Faery and the Fireplace

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Paul Parker (credited)
Paul Parker (credited)
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Subject Matter
crime
Kirk of Scotland Yard
Inspector Ronald Kirk; Sir Kenneth Menkie; Sir Ian MacClaymore; Peg; Anne; Shepherd
Sir Menkie is killed while in a locked room in the home of his hated rivals, the MacClaymores.
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Credit lines reads "by Paul Parker"
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The Adventure of the Fur Robbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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L. B. Cole (signed)
L. B. Cole (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
Red Fox
Red Fox; Raoul Metis; Chief Cornstalk; Heavyhand; Barbe Toutain
Red Fox stops Raoul Metis from stealing Chief Cornstalk's tribes furs.
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The Girl and the Gorilla

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
Fallon of the F.B.I
Jim Fallon; Mike Makle; Bill; Letty
Agent Fallon follows killer Mike Makle into the swamps to capture him.
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Manhunt #5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
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Jeopardy in the Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Gardner Fox
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
espionage
Undercover Girl
Undercover Girl [Starr Flagg]; Bakka (gorilla); Marie; Tanya Darkova; Alexis Pauloff
Undercover Girl travels to the jungle to steal a formula from a scientist and a Russian spy.
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The Man Who Fished for Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Paul Parker (signed)
Paul Parker (signed)
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Subject Matter
espionage
Kirk of Scotland Yard
Inspector Ronald Kirk; Connie Gregg; Jason Reel
A mad scientist is kidnapping people to experiment on to create a race of water-breathing humans.
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The Adventure of the Invisible Pirates

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Gardner Fox
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Fred Guardineer (signed)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Space Ace
Space Ace [Jet Black]; Jak Tal; Nev Ran
Jet Black and Jak Tal fake a fight, causing the Invisible Pirate gang to take Jak Tal into their confidence.
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The Enemy Within!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Gardner Fox
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
espionage
Fallon of the F.B.I.
Agent Jim Fallon; Ned Falkirk; Myrrl Russel; Jan Umberly; Masque
Agent Fallon infiltrates a communist cell trying to take over the maritime unions.
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The Voice of the Petrel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Gardner Fox
L. B. Cole (signed)
L. B. Cole (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
The Red Fox of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Red Fox; Nano-Lak; Martin Gander
Martin Gander uses ventriloquism to convince the Eskimo natives that he is the god Petral and has them rob for him.
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Killers #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
crime
The Assassins
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The Secret of the Assassins!

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Subject Matter
crime, historical
The Assassins
Hassan Ibn Sabah; Nizam Al Mulk; Sultan Malikshah; Sultan Sinjar
Hassan Ibn Sabah creates an assassin cult.
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Dying! Dying! Dead!

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Ogden Whitney (signed)
Ogden Whitney (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
Rice of the New York Homicide Squad
Tom Rice; Ben; Hoppy Harry
A chest full of heroin puts Tom Rice on the trail of narcotics peddlers.
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The Killer on the Loose

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Frank Bolle
Frank Bolle
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Subject Matter
crime
Scott Hunter of the C.I.D.
Scott Hunter (detective); Portland Palmer (lawyer); Mr. Zin (killer); Madame Wu Leng; William Phifer
A brutal escaped killer is trailed by Scotland Yard throughout London.
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Art similar to Bolle's work in all Tim Holt Comics, compare #12. Special lips in sideview, baggy clothes and much bold lines.
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Murder in the Mine

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Vernon Henkel (signed)
Vernon Henkel (signed)
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Subject Matter
crime
"Ace" High
Ace High (detective); James van Allwin (mineowner); Nostrand; Ciucci
Ace is hired by Mrs. van Allwin to find the killer her husband, the mineowner.
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Signed Henkel in first panel.
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The Mask of Mabu Bhu!

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Subject Matter
crime, jungle
Drums of the Jungle
Chief Naka-Naka; Deputy Commissioner Jan Drums; M'abu Bhu
Jan Drums enters the jungle to find the tribe that wiped out a gold expedition.
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