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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; the Nazis

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Pages: 1

Notes: Black Terror and Tim wear no masks on this cover.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ?; photo

Inker(s): ?; photo

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Joe Bonomo (photo)

First Line: Boy! Oh! Boy!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated advertisement, with photo of bodybuilder Joe Bonomo, for his Power Plus Course, all for the amazing price of $2.95! With coupon for ordering.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Richard Hughes

Penciller(s): ?

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Captain Jackson; Anton (villain, dress shop employee); un-named lady employee in dress shop (villain); un-named Nazi spies (villains); un-named Japanese spies (villains, many die)

First Line: Here's the most amazing dual role in history...

Synopsis: A fortune telling and weight machine in the Benton Drugstore eeriely tells correct fortunes, resulting in Jean disappearing in a dress shop.

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Pages: 14

Notes: Oddity: On page 2, panel 3, Tim, having gotten wet, is told by Bob Benton to change into his Terror outfit, which he does and is shown in it in panel 4. Yet, in panel 5, he is back in civilian clothes again!

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Harry (young boy); Jim (Policeman); Herr Belz (villain, death); Nazi thugs (villains, some die)

First Line: Here comes America's champion of champions...

Synopsis: As Bob, Tim and Jean watch an Army armored parade, the tanks suddenly start falling apart, and Tim discovers that a group of Nazi saboteurs are responsible. Upon closer investigation of the remains of the tank, Benton discovers termites which have been given human blood and are drugged to work on metal!

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Pages: 14

Reindeer Trail

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Chuck Stanley (credited)

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)

Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)

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Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Character(s): Olaf Knutson; Carl Knutson (Olaf's father, fur trapper); Sergeant Tracy (Military Policeman); Big Lawton (villain, fur thief)

Synopsis: With his father away, Olaf sees a man with a rifle approaching him, demainding the furs his father has collected. Olaf then goes to the Army Camp at Tanana to see help from Sgt. Tracy.

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Pages: 1

Notes: A story of Alaska.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Axis gang (villains)

First Line: Total war grips America...

Synopsis: The Terror Twins head for Mexico to seek out stolen hemisphere defense plans.

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Pages: 14

Guilty Color

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Michael O'Brien (credited)

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)

Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): Allan Maynard; Peter Maynard (famed artist, Allan's father); Lester Comstock (villain)

Synopsis: Allan is kidnapped and is being held for ransom, When the kidnapper asks the lad to write a letter to his father, attesting to the fact that he was being held prisoner, he asks to make a drawing to accompany his note. The kidnapper never realizes, until it's too late, that the scene drawn by Allan matches a painting once done by his father, and that is how the villain was tracked down.

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Richard Hughes

Penciller(s): Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)

Inker(s): Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Feature(s): The Crime Crushers

Character(s): The Crime Crushers [Steve Barry; Ploopie Carr]; Jackie Nester; Ancil (Jackie's Uncle); Mr. Streeter (death); George Sansom (villain, Streeter's business associate); Helen (villain, Streeter's secretary)

First Line: Pull in your ears and grab your hat...

Synopsis: Steve and Ploopy are hired to watch a young "brat" and it embroils them in a murder plot that may end their careers.

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Pages: 12

I Will Train You at Home For Vital Jobs Now Open in Radio

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): photos

Inker(s): photos

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): J. E. Smith (President, photo); A. J. Froehner (photo); John Jerry (photo); un-named Lieutenant in the Signal Corps (photo); Hollis F. Hayes (broadcasting station chief operator, photo)

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated advertisement from the J. E. Smith Company for a free 64-page booklet titled "Win Rich Rewards in Radio" that would train civilians to become radio technicians and operators.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Boys! Free 5 Power Telescope

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Illustrated advertisement by the Illinois Merchandise Mart, offering readers a new Commando Krak-a-Jap Machine Gun for just $1.98 (plus postage and C.O.D. charges). Any reader ordering one automatically gets a free 5 Power telescope.