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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): Bob Davis (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Davis (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Dick Cole

Character(s): Dick Cole; Simba Karno

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Pages: 1

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Ye Editors' Page

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Pages: 1

Notes: On inside front cover.

Letters page, printing five letters from fans with editor responses. Readers were paid $1 for each letter printed.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Davis (signed)

Penciller(s): Bob Davis (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Davis (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Dick Cole

Character(s): Dick Cole; Eddie March; Betty Lee (movie starlet); Nell (a horse); Mr. Malcomb (film director); Simba Karno (villain, reforms after this story); Rayton (villain); three thugs [Pete; others unnamed]

First Line: Dick and Eddie March, having completed a summer sojourn on the Mississippi River...

Synopsis: Dick and Eddie are on horseback heading back towards Farr Military Academy, when they see two unsavory men waylay a blonde on horseback. They step in to stop it, not realizing that the scenario was actually being filmed as a movie. Dick volunteers to do some stunts for the film, then Simba shows up and also volunteers to do a few stunts as well.

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Pages: 11

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ray Gill ?

Penciller(s): Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Inker(s): Malcolm Kildale (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Sergeant Spook

Character(s): Sergeant Spook (unnamed Policeman); Hercules (as a ghost, introduction); various spirit ghosts; a ghost Cyclops (villain)

First Line: Sergeant Spook has come upon a ghost cyclops...

Synopsis: Having blinded a ghost cyclops with a snowball, Spook follows the cyclops back to a cave where various spirit ghosts fulfill his every whim. Spook attacks the cyclops and appears to be in trouble when Hercules comes to his defense.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Script credit by Craig Delich.

In the Painted Desert

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ray Gill

Penciller(s): Mike Roy

Inker(s): Mike Roy

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Twister

Character(s): The Twister [Bob Sanders]; "Shady" Smith (retired gold prospector, introduction); Smut (gold prospector, introduction); Dude (villain, introduction); Dude's men (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: The Twister warns Dude and his men to leave a pair of old time gold prospectors alone.....or else!

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Pages: 7

Notes: Art revision from Paul Gustavson to Roy by Craig Delich.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill O'Connor [as FOS] (signed)

Penciller(s): Ben Flinton [as FOS] (signed)

Inker(s): Leonard Sansone [as FOS] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): The Phantom Sub

Character(s): Jack Damon; Slim Dugan; unnamed ship's Captain; Commander Sooka (villain); Sooka's crew (villains, some die)

First Line: Involuntary 'outlaws,' the Phantom Crew and their super-submarine, the Phantom Sub...

Synopsis: The crew of a damaged ship, needing water and food, asks the crew of the Phantom Sub for a tow to a nearby isle, and when they arrive on this island, they discover Sooka already there and itching for a fight.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Story continued from previous issue and continued in the next issue.

Krisko and Jasper on Sea Horse Island

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ray Gill (credited)

Penciller(s): Jack Warren (illustration)

Inker(s): Jack Warren (illustration)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Krisko and Jasper

Character(s): Krisko; Jasper; unnamed Captain of the "Calamity Jane"

Synopsis: Krisko wraps a radio antenna around the "Calamity Jane" and causes all sorts of navigational problems, resulting in their being put aboard a small two-man boat sent out on their own. They soon make their way toward an uncharted isle.

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Pages: 2

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ray Gill (credited)

Penciller(s): Harold DeLay (credited)

Inker(s): Harold DeLay (credited)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Edison Bell

Character(s): Edison Bell; Jerry; Pat Perry; Pat's aunt; two Germans (villains)

First Line: Edison Bell and Jerry have won a round trip to the South Seas!

Synopsis: Edison and his friends win a round trip to the South Seas, but boredom begins to set in for Jerry, so Pat has an idea to liven things up aboard the ship. However the girls discover two unsavory men aboard who plan to cause destruction to the Panama Canal, and are captured.

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Pages: 3

Notes: Continued in the next issue.

Paper-Tube Periscope!

Activity on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ray Gill [as R. Gill] (signed)

Inker(s): Ray Gill [as R. Gill] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens

Feature(s): Edison Bell

Character(s): Edison Bell

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Pages: 1

Notes: Edison shows the step-by-step method to create a periscope.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bill Brady ?

Inker(s): Bill Brady ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): The White Rider and Super Horse

Character(s): The White Rider [Peter]; Super Horse [Cloud]; unnamed Sheriff; Mr. Batcher (villain); assayer office official (villain); Assayer's partner (villain); Pedro (villain); Juan (villain)

First Line: While hurrying through the sheer walls of Canyon Diablo...

Synopsis: The Rider discovers a fissue in Diablo Canyon and a an old rancher beaten and left for dead, his money taken. The Rider soon discovers that anyone flashing money in town is robbed, so he decides to set a clever trap for the outlaws.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Art credits, though unconfirmed, courtesy of the Who's Who, added by Craig Delich.

Shoot If You Must, This Old Grey Head--But Spare Your Country's Flag!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Henry Kiefer

Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer

Inker(s): Henry Kiefer

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, historical, non-fiction

Feature(s): Old Cap Hawkins' Tale

Character(s): Old Cap Hawkins (narrator); Barbara Frietchie (in flashback); General Stonewall Jackson (in flashback)

Synopsis: As the Confederate Army marched into Frederick, Maryland, Barbara Frietchie dared to fly the United States flag.

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Pages: 2

Notes: Tale told in flashback of a poem written by John Greenleaf Whittier.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alan Mandel

Inker(s): Alan Mandel

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Blue Bolt the American

Character(s): Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish] (origin retold); Kip Parrish (Blue Bolt's brother); Dr. Bertoff (scientist, also in flashback); The Green Sorceress (villain, mention only, in flashback); the Sorceress' men (villains, in flashback); A.C. Ring [Mike; rest unnamed] (villains, citizenship racketeers)

First Line: Being an account of this famous character's reinstatement as an American citizen...

Synopsis: While in London during a violent air raid, Blue Bolt and Kip discover that they are blood brothers, and Fred decides to gain American citizenship....a task easier said than done.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Brotherhood with Kip Parrish revealed. Lead character known as "Blue Bolt, the American" from this story onward.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren]

Penciller(s): Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Krisko and Jasper

Character(s): Krisko; Jasper; Captain of the "Calamity Jane"; First Mate of the "Calamity Jane" (villain); Mr. Gravedigger (villain, Captain of the "Sea Raider)

First Line: Yanh! You're just teacher's pet, you are!

Synopsis: Krisko and Jasper believe that the ship's first mate is actually a 5th Columnist

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Pages: 4

Notes: Continued in next issue.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John Daly

Inker(s): John Daly

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Sub-Zero

Character(s): Sub-Zero; Freezum (introduction, origin, Sub-Zero's sidekick); Corson (death); Klondike Bill (prospector); Travers (villain); Traver's partner (villain)

First Line: Here's a kid with a sense of humor that will send chills up your spine!

Synopsis: Sub-Zero sees a murdered man's body thrown in front of a hotel and diiscovers the man is the partner of a prospector named Klondike. Both men hit a bonanza in Alaska and were in town to celebrate. Sub-Zero agrees to go to Alaska to track down the villain, but soon discovers a young boy with strange powers frozen in an iceberg.

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Pages: 9

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

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Character(s): Thomas Jefferson

First Line: Yes! Really and Truly

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated house promotion advertisement for some art narrative features: "Treasure Island" in Target Comics and "Old Cap Hawkins' Tales" From Blue Boly Comics, featuring the splash pages of both.

Sequence added by Craig Delich.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ?; photos ?

Inker(s): ?; photos ?

Colorist(s): ?; most B/W

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement with several photos from Treasure House in New York, in which readers can orders some special products, such as an electric motor kit for 15 cents, a checker game for 20 cents, an automatic dime register bank for 15 cents, and more. If the reader orders five products, a sixth product is free.

Sequence added by Craig Delich.