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Issue: The Eagle #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #4 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
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On Sale Date: 11/05/1941
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Feature(s): The Eagle
Character(s): The Eagle [Captain Bill Powers]; Buddy
First Line: Before the Nazis could open fire on the Red Cross caravan, the Eagle and Buddy were upon them!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signature in the bottom-right section, consistent with the signature on the cover of the previous issue.
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The Killers That Satan Hired!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, war
Feature(s): The Eagle
Character(s): The Eagle [Captain Bill Powers]; Buddy; Baron Der Skenk; Mustafa; Scarecrow; Sally Caldwell; Lem
First Line: As sabotage strikes its most deadly blow--
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Script accreditation assumed based on writer of the other Eagle stories in this issue.
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The Monster of the Tropics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Eagle
Character(s): The Eagle [Captain Bill Powers]; Buddy; Lem; Conley
First Line: From the black depths of steaming African jungles a ghastly death stalks American workers engaged in defense projects!
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Pages: 10
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Defenders to the Rescue!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Eagle
Character(s): The Eagle [Captain Bill Powers]; Buddy; The Young Defenders [Archie; Jerry; Various Unamed]; Mr. Willis; Ken Willis; Fritz (villain)
First Line: Beginning with a quiet treat in a corner drug store---
Synopsis: Mr. Willis, an expert in codes, is kidnapped by Nazi agents to decode a message.
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Pages: 6
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The Demon of the Quicksands

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Eagle
Character(s): The Eagle [Captain Bill Powers]; Buddy; Scarecrow; Major Hackett; Beck; Lem; Sally Caldwell
First Line: Dripping murder stalks in a U.S. Army construction camp!
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Scripter based on authorship of other Eagle stories.
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spider Queen
Character(s): The Spider Queen [Shannon Kane]; Mike O'Bell (detective); Judge Brindow; The Noose (villain)
First Line: A hasty phone call in the night...
Synopsis: Mike informs Shannon that the Noose has broken jail and sworn revenge on all who played a part in sending him up the river. The Spider Queen stops the villain from killing the judge in the case, so the Noose swears that he will kill the Spider Queen and ends up killing the wrong girl.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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False Alarm

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Rider (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: military
Character(s): Les Barton; Herman; Rudolph
First Line: Les Barton, a young radio engineer who'd just finished college, busied himself at his drawing board...
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sam Walters (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Joe Spook
Character(s): Joe Spook [Joe Devaney] (a ghost; last appearance); Nicky the Boy King; Von Zuppe; Gutzel; Fritz; Otto
First Line: Joe Spook has saved King Nicky once..
Synopsis: Von Zuppe and Gutzel continue to plot together on how to get Nicky to abdicate the throne of Luzano.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Nicky was spelled Nickie in Eagle Comics #3. Gutzel was referred to as Sutzel in Eagle Comics #3.

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