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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Gill Fox

Inker(s): Gill Fox

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Ray

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

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Pages: 1

Mitch Mouldin

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Reed Crandall [as Electron] (signed)

Inker(s): Reed Crandall [as Electron] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Ray

Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Mitch Mouldin

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Pages: 9

Notes: Art credits per article/interview with Gill Fox in Alter-Ego #12 (January, 2002). The splash page for this story was reprinted in B/W.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): John Devlin

Penciller(s): John Devlin

Inker(s): John Devlin

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Archie O'Toole

Character(s): Archie O'Toole

First Line: The national treasury is lower than the seat of a midget's pants!

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Pages: 1

Liver-Lip McGaw

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]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Liver-Lip McGraw (villain)

Synopsis: Doc Wackey creates a new invention he calls the Visoscope, with which he could survey any part of the city......an invention useful to Midnight in locating a nefarious villain.

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Pages: 5

Captain Krawl

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: aviation

Feature(s): Wings Wendall

Character(s): Wings Wendall; Spinner Benson; Captain Krawl

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Pages: 6

Notes: Wears costume in this story

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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): Kent Thurston; Phineas Barr; John Thorp; Joan Thorp; Tom Slade

First Line: A hazy terror of the glens brings chilly fears to those of Oakwood...

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Pages: 5

Sabotage at the Navy Yard

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): The Jester

Character(s): The Jester [Charles Lane]; Mulligan

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Pages: 6

Notes: People often assume Gustavson wrote all of his material, and this is not so according to Jerry Bails and the Who's Who. Paul often wrote his filler strips, rarely, if ever, anything else.

Basil's Gang

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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; Colonel Atwater

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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).

First Night

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Arthur F. Peddy [as Kenneth Julian] (signed)

Inker(s): Arthur F. Peddy [as Kenneth Julian] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Rookie Rankin

Character(s): Rookie Rankin (introduction); Ma Rankin; Sgt. Burns; Nightstick Kane; Jimmy

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Pages: 6

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jack Cole

Inker(s): Jack Cole

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Jack Cole

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Feature(s): Wun Cloo

Character(s): Wun Cloo (detective)

First Line: Pardon, pal, but could you tell me what that says about me?

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Pages: 1

Introducing Wildfire

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Robert Turner (signed)

Penciller(s): Jim Mooney (signed)

Inker(s): Jim Mooney (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Wildfire

Character(s): Wildfire (Carol Vance Martin); Frank Vance (Carol's father, death); Marie (Carol's maid); Lord of Fire; Mr. John Martin; Mrs. Martin; Senator Raymond; Heinrich (villain); Dolph (villain); Green Masked Bund (villains)

Synopsis: Young Carol Martin is given wondrous powers by the Lord of Fire, which she uses to combat the un-American activities of a group which has kidnapped a famed U.S. Senator, trying to get him to admit to the newspapers that America will not come to the aid of other democracies.

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In Content Item: Flag

Men of Mystery Comics #82 published June 2010
as Introducing Wildfire [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Divas, Dames & Daredevils #[nn] published January 2013
as Introducing Wildfire [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 5

The Pall of Terror

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: 2

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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]

First Line: Monkey shines can sometimes prove very serious business...

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Pages: 6

Notes: 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)

Credits

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): Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Clive Dow; The Clown (villain)

First Line: Clive Dow, prominent attorney, returns home after a quiet week-end at his country estate --

Synopsis: Bozo faces a super-powered villain called The Clown, who kills with the aid of a poison. He leaves a card bearing his white-faced visage at the scene of the crime, with his sights set on taking over organized crime. Hazzard and Bozo track him down, but the Clown, by sheer brute force, throws the robot into the river. However, Bozo quickly recovers and tracks the Clown to his hideout and delivers a beating to the villain, then turns him over to the Police.

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Pages: 7