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Issue: Champ Comics #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #17 of 15 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Champ Publishing Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (12 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
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
Character(s): Human Meteor; Toby
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Pages: 1
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Genghis Khan Strikes at Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Meteor [Duke O'Dowd]; Toby; Genghis Khan (villain); Wah Le; Admiral Kent
Synopsis: The Human Meteor again battles the giant Genghis Khan who threatens our merchant fleet in Eastern seas. After defeating the giant, Duke O'Dowd sinks the entire eastern fleet.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: According to Pulpartists.com, in an article on Leo Greenwald, Edwin Wald was a house name created from the name Edwin Leo Greenwald, the company owner. That same site had quotes from Joe Simon as the artist for the Human Meteor.
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The Bundsmen's Secret Arsenal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Barry McKay]
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Liberty Lads [Skip; Chuck]; The Little Feuhrer (intro, villain); Sen. Phipher (intro, villain); Wheelbergh (introduction, villain); Otto (intro, villain); Bundists (intro, villains); Lee Hunt
Synopsis: The Liberty Lads infiltrate a Bund meeting and rescue FBI agent Lee Hunt.
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Pages: 8
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The Mine-Layer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Bart Ellis]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Skip Battle; Claude Bartell (intro); Kay Bartell (intro); Nazi spies (intro, villain)
Synopsis: Millionaire Claude Bartell turns his yacht over to the government to use as a patrol boat. But when Steve and Kay go fishing they run into undersea mines and spies.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Steve Battle" feature.
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Episode Twelve

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dash Dolan; Dr. Ying; Nalya Randolph; Herr Feund (intro, villain); Nazis (intro, villain)
Synopsis: Dr. Ying must sell the priceless Dragon's Teeth to finance a free Chinese army.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Dragon's Teeth" feature.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Starr Fynder]
Penciller(s): ? [as Starr Fynder]
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Movie Champs
Character(s): Tony Martin; Norma Shearer; W.C. Fields
First Line: Norma Shearer can walk on her hands!!!
Synopsis: Facts about movie stars.
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Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 0.33
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Murder by Twilight

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Leopold
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ted Benson; Mark Benson; John Clinton; Claude Sykes
Synopsis: Ted attempts to find the real killer when his father is wrongly arrested for murder.
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Pages: 2
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The Airplane Dope Formula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Champ; Henry; Charley Bruce (intro); Mr. Magnus (intro, villain;) Mr. Magnus's gang (intro, villain)
Synopsis: Charley Bruce invents a new formula for airplane dope, but spies try to steal it from him.
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Pages: 9
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Gosh]
Penciller(s): ? [as Gosh]
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I dropped a penny over here a while ago...
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Pages: 1
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Action on the Iceland Coast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Speed Mason]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Character(s): Flyin' Flynn; Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Flyin' Flynn" feature.
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Trapped by Poachers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as S. Maxwell]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Jungleman; Harve (intro, villain, death); Paul (intro, villain, death)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Jungleman" feature in Champ Comics. The feature appears next in Spitfire Comics (Elliot, 1944 Series) #132 (August 1944).
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Fury on the Freighter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Johnny Fox
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Johnny Fox" feature.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Ima Twist]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Champ Puzzler
First Line: Connect these dots.
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Pages: 1
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The Black Pearl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Neptina; Brad; Skapo (intro, villain); Dorsam (intro, villain)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Final appearance of the "Neptina" feature.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult, superhero
Character(s): Dr. Miracle; Gunner Kelly (introduction, villain); Dr. Brown (introduction); Johnny Brown (introduction)
First Line: On a busy street, a quack sells his wares.
Synopsis: Dr. Miracle helps a discredited doctor extricate himself from the control of mob boss Gunner Kelly and regain his license.
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Pages: 7

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