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Penciller(s): Gill Fox ?

Inker(s): Gill Fox ?

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Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Bozo the Robot

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

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Pages: 1

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Penciller(s): Reed Crandall [as E. Lectron] (signed)

Inker(s): Reed Crandall [as E. Lectron] (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Ray

Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Vera; Wonder Horse; The Great Ivan; Pietro

First Line: Who killed the Great Ivan, master of trapeze art at Farnum's Circus...or was it an accident?

Synopsis: The Ray and Bud temporarily join the circus after saving some aerialists from attack. In the process, they discovered an FBI agent is also there to take down Vera, the equestrienne.

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Pages: 9

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Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Archie O'Toole

Character(s): Archie O'Toole

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Pages: 1

The Circus Mystery

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]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Alice Taylor (Dave's girl); Alonzo Schtunk (villain)

Synopsis: A circus performer uses monkeys as pickpockets, which draws Dave away as Midnight from his date for the evening. He is in the process of busting up the racket when Doc and Gabby come on the scene, intent on using the doctor's new mind-reading invention on the gang.

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Pages: 5

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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 [Warren; Tiny Todd; Rocky Hill]; Garry Bore

First Line: When crime takes the theatre as a refuge, the Purple Trio, Rocky the Strongman, Warren the ventriloquist and Tiny the midget, become a three-man crusade...

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Pages: 6

Notes: Alex Blum's gloomy faces are not to be mistaken.

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 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): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: aviation

Feature(s): Wings Wendall

Character(s): Wings Wendall; Spinner Benson; The Bullet-Plane; Lorner

First Line: Army headquarters are thrown into utter confusion.

Synopsis: Wings dons the costume worn by the enemy spies to sneak into their Invisible Sky-Base.

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Pages: 4

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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

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

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Feature(s): Wun Cloo

Character(s): Wun Cloo; Killer Diller

First Line: Today is Killer Diller's birthday!

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Pages: 1

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Writer(s): Paul Gustavson

Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson

Inker(s): Paul Gustavson

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Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Jester

Character(s): Jester [Chuck Lane]; Mulligan; Frisco Finley; Nick Perselle (villain)

First Line: Frisco Finley, alias Slippery Sam, Fingers Finn, petty larceny...pickpocket...and forgery!

Synopsis: Nick Perselle tries to frame Mulligan for murder.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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

Penciller(s): Witmer Williams

Inker(s): Witmer Williams

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Espionage Starring Black X

Character(s): Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Alex Durham; Osaki; Kali; Madam Doom (villain)

First Line: The new order in Asia reaches its treacherous tentacles toward American interests, only to meet failure when the famed espionage agent, Black X, interferes with the daring scheme.

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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).

The Face

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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)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Invisible Justice

Character(s): Kent Thurston; Chac Mool; B-7; Chima

Synopsis: Thurston battles spies intending to sabotage the Panama Canal.

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Pages: 5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)

Penciller(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)

Inker(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): The Scarlet Seal

Character(s): The Scarlet Seal [Barry Moore]; John Culver; Henry Wilson; Judy Wilson; Kuber (villain)

First Line: John Culver, special agent, is fighting the protection racket...

Synopsis: Barry meets his heart throb, Judy Wilson, while protecting her brother from mobsters.

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Pages: 5

The Hunted Castle [sic]

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ? (header)

Inker(s): ? (header)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jimmy Christian

Character(s): Jimmy Christian

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Pages: 1.25

Notes: Story across two pages, with 1/4 of a page of ads on the first page and 1/2 of a page of an ad on the second.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed)

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

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

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Abdul the Arab

Character(s): Abdul; Hassan; the queen

First Line: Huzzah! Huzzah! The Prophet of the Sands!

Synopsis: Abdul is shipwrecked on a mysterious island and sentenced to be sacrificed to the fire god

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Pages: 4

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Vernon Henkel

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel

Colorist(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: mystery, superhero

Feature(s): Chic Carter: The Sword

Character(s): Chic Carter as The Sword (intro); Bull Hennessey; Sgt Monahan; One Thumb Hogan; Egghead

First Line: The silence of a peaceful night is suddenly shattered by pistol shots from the apartment of Bull Hennessy, gang czar of all New York!

Synopsis: Framed for murder, Chic Carter dons a mask to evade the police.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Next appearance in Police Comics #1

Credits suggested by the Who's Who.

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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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Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Bozo the Robot

Character(s): Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Gus; Gyp; Commissioner Hunt; Devlin; The Headless Men (villains)

First Line: Dusk -- and the weary body of a small man enters a door beneath a desereted pier --

Synopsis: Hazzard and Bozo face a group of weird mobsters who wear special suits to make themselves look headless in order to scare their victims to death.

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Pages: 7