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Issue: Man of War Comics #2
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Corporation of America
On Sale Date: 11/10/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Hardie
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 cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Man of War [Clay Carter]; Fire-Man [Jim] (inset); Liberty Guards [Smokey; Skipper; Strut] (inset); Ferret [Cal Dalton] (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Man of War [Clay Carter]; Mars god of war; Man of War imposter (villain)
First Line: Come you masters of Earth, rip yourselves asunder!
Synopsis: A Man of War imposter plans on leading troops into a trap.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Man of War can disappear into and appear out of fire or explosions. Man of War can fly but I am not really sure what other powers he has. The story does not explain much about him and he does not take every opportunity to use his powers.

Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.

Next appearance in The Protectors #1 (Malibu).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Liberty Guards
Character(s): The Liberty Guards [Smokey; Skipper; Strut]
First Line: Steamer Vorka Sunk
Synopsis: The mystery raiders must be found.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Smokey is the brilliant scientist, Skipper is the great sailor, and Strut the daring young ace.
last appearance.

Inker credit courtesy of The Who's Who.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ferret [Cal Dalton] (Police Commissioner, introduction); Hank (worker in Police Commissioner's office, introduction); Gail (worker in Police Commissioner's office, introduction); District Leader Bertan (villain, O'Leary Gang boss, introduction); O'Leary (villain, introduction); O'Leary Gang [Dutch, others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: The Ferret...known as Cal Dalton in private life...
Synopsis: The O'Leary Gang has been dumping one milk truck after another so that vital institutions fail to receive their supply. Commissioner Dalton is beside himself as the gang keeps getting put on bail every time they are arrested, so he decides to set a trap as The Ferret.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "The Ferret...known as Cal Dalton in private life has been elected police commissioner by honest citizens committee! Certain political groups and racketeers oppose his efforts and suck the life blood of the people! As the Ferret Cal mysteriously appears and battles gangsters on their own grounds! He posseses strange powers! The exploits of the Ferrett are known by all the underworld but his true identity is a secret kept from everyone, including his most intimate friends!"

Only Golden Age appearance.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Red Riley of the Harbor Police
Character(s): Red Riley of the Harbor Police; Herr Lutz
First Line: Red Riley--hard-hitting, straight-shooting ace...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Ghost Spies

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Turner
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Tom Blake; Dick Carter
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dave Doolittle, The Dizzy Detective
Character(s): Dave Doolittle
First Line: I ain't such a dumb business man, either!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fire-Man
Character(s): The Fire-Man [Jim] [aka Mr. Smith]; Police Chief; Nancy Smith (Police Chief's secretary, aide to the Fire-Man); a living torch (death); Professor Books (villain, death); Smitty [Book's chauffeur] (villain, death)
First Line: Pretty smart of the boss to ship his dough this way!
Synopsis: The Fire-Man must discover just who is behind the mysterious burning of vehicles, so he gets Nancy to go undercover for the Acme Agency as an orphan needing a job and place to live. But she is discovered by the professor, and he demonstrates to Nancy how he uses a gas to turn a man into a living torch, which is used to destroy vehicles that are carrying large amounts of cash.
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Reprint Notes: in Super Weird Heroes (IDW, 2016 series) nn (November 2016)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sentinel
Character(s): The Sentinel
First Line: In one of the camps for America's new drafted army...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: "Created by the Spirit of America - The Sentinel's mission on Earth is to combat the evil forces of destruction at work in the United States"

Last appearance.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dopey Danny Day
First Line: Mister Danny Patrick Day...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: "Mister Danny Patrick Day commonly known as 'Dopey Day' is star reporter of the 'Daily Flash'...But how he gets the scoops no one knows...Not even Dopey himself!"
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Goofy-Gags

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: 4 gag cartoons
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Is A. S. L. Brodsky Sol Brodsky?
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vapo-Man
Character(s): Vapo-Man [Bradford Cole]
First Line: A balloon barrage has been ordered set up....
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: "Vapo-Man, Bradford Cole in private life, has discovered the chemical secret of expanding or dissolving substances at will. He is able to contract or expand his body into a vapor and it is with the aid of these powers that he combats the sinister menace threatening our hemisphere defense..."

Varnell credit suggested by the Who's Who.

Last appearance.

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