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A Great Action Story

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Genres: science fiction

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

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Pages: 1

Cyanide and Sabotage

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Alan Hale (death)

First Line: Happy is in Washington...

Synopsis: The Ray shows great concern for keeping young Bud out of harm's way after the lad witnesses a shooting. However, Bud places himself in danger afterwards when he seeks help from the Secret Service.

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Pages: 9

The Oil Well Murder

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Genres: adventure, superhero

Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Alice Taylor; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a talking monkey); Hobbs, Chad, Butch; J. A. Carlson; Sgt. O'Toole

First Line: Big City is jubilant!

Synopsis: Big City experiences a boom in oil, and many people invest their savings in building wells. Then the oil mysteriously begins to peter out, and it takes Midnight to discover that an unscrupulous racketeer has hired men to siphon off much of the oil output.

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O Faísca #5 published April 1943
as Homicídio no Poço de Petróleo [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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O Faísca #7 published April 1943
as Homicídio no Poço de Petróleo [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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O Faísca #6 published April 1943
as Homicídio no Poço de Petróleo [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Smoking Will Stunt Your Growth

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Archie "King" O'Toole

First Line: Hey - What goes on here?

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Terry Mills; Mr. Mills; Inspector Mulligan; Scrapper (Lane's dog, introduction)

First Line: As Mulligan tries to instill some "fine points" of the Bureau in Lane's head...

Synopsis: Chuck decides to adopt the dog of one of his ex-foes.

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Pages: 5

Notes: The Quality Companion states that Gustavson created this feature and did it the first two years of its existence.

Last appearnce of Inspector Mulligan.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston]; Zergon [aka Lieutenant Jergens] (villain); Professor Saxon, Miss Saxon

First Line: It is late at night as a car skims down a lonely road along the waterfront...

Synopsis: Lieutenant Jergens and Miss Saxon are attacked on a lonely road. Kent is driving past and helps ward off the assailants, but reasons that it was a set up. Changing to the Invisible Hood he tracks Jergens to the laboratory of Professor Saxon, who is developing a new type of sea craft. Jergens calls in his men and reveals himself to be a spy.

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Pages: 5

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): The Purple Trio [Warren; Tiny Todd; Rocky Hill]; Angela Baker (Dave's date); Curly (villain, introduction); un-named members of Curly's gang (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: Tiny and Rocky are trying to not be jealous of Warren...

Synopsis: Warren makes his entrance into Society, and goes aboard a yacht for a party. Tiny and Rocky follow in a tub and make fun of him, but when Warren dives overboard to pursue a hold-up man, Rocky dives in to help. The trio foil a plot to hold a debutante for ransom.

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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.

Angela is the last girl whom Dave Clark dated.

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Genres: espionage

Character(s): Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Colonel Atwater; Franz Wenzel; Madame Doom (villain); Fritz (villain)

First Line: Treachery walks the planks of every waterfront quay.

Synopsis: Black X allows himself and Batu to be kidnapped and taken to the lair of arms dealer Franz Wenzel.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Originally script credits to Witmer Williams, but he is only 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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Genres: humorous, mystery

Character(s): Wun Cloo, the Defective Detective; Killer (crook)

First Line: It's a nice quiet peaceful day in -- Whoa -- spoke up too soon!!

Synopsis: Wun Cloo finds a murdered man and pursues the killers' car, only to get snagged on the radio aeriel.

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The Midville Orphanage Murder

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Wildfire [Carol Vance Martin]; Silas Raddo (villain, death)

First Line: It is midnight on a lonely country road.

Synopsis: Silas Raddo runs the Midville Orphanage and decides that if he could get rid of the kids he could pocket the endowment money. Therefore he plans a holiday excursion for the kids aboard a ship that he has rigged to go down in flames. Wildfire saves the kids and then dishes out deadly justice, throwing Raddo into a furnace and blowing up the small boat with his henchmen in it.

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Pages: 5

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Genres: adventure, aviation

Character(s): Wings Wendall; Anton Schreck, Karlo; Pete Phillips; Mary Phillips

First Line: The Defense Limited streaks along its shiny tracks...

Synopsis: Wings is assigned to investigate a series of sabotage incidents, thought to be masterminded by international spy Anton Schreck.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Out of costume now.

Jimmy Solves the Hex

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Jimmy Christian

Character(s): Jimmy Christian; Brandon; Mike Minovitch

First Line: Brandon mine seriously flooded...

Synopsis: Jimmy investigates sabotage at the Brandon mine.

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Pages: 1.5

The Daily Star Shakedown

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Rookie Rankin; Rita; Ma Rankin

First Line: Wake up, Rookie. It's almost dark!

Synopsis: Rookie investigates a racket to shake down the Star newspaper.

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Pages: 6

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Akim Topoff (villain, death); Toto (villain)

First Line: Akim Topoff -- I sentence you to 5 years at hard labor --

Synopsis: The evil Topoff and his oriental henchman, Toto, are pursued by Hazzard and Bozo after Toto murders the district attorney using a mystical crucible that allows Topoff to appear and vanish at will.

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Pages: 7