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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Tom DeAngelo [as TDA] (signed)

Inker(s): Tom DeAngelo [as TDA] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Sparky Watts

Character(s): Sparky Watts; Adolph Hitler

First Line: Ouch!--Please, Sparky, vot are you doink mit mine mustache?

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Pages: 1

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ? (photograph)

Inker(s): ? (photograph)

Letterer(s): typeset

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First Line: Piano playing so easy it's really amazing!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a piano course by Dave Minor.

Herr Schmutz's Spy Ring

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Writer(s): Boody Rogers

Penciller(s): Boody Rogers

Inker(s): Boody Rogers

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Feature(s): Sparky Watts

Character(s): Sparky Watts; Herr Schmutz (introduction, villain); the Eye (introduction, villain); Burton; Doc Static; General Powers; Senator Smutherline; Slap Happy

First Line: Sparky, this special delivery letter just came for you!

Synopsis: General Powers and Senator Smutherline use Sparky as bait to lure out a Nazi spy ring.

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Pages: 10

More Army Life

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Ham Fisher

Penciller(s): Ham Fisher

Inker(s): Ham Fisher

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, war

Feature(s): Joe Palooka

Character(s): Joe Palooka; Jerry Leemy

First Line: That raiding party ought to be back.

Synopsis: Jerry volunteers to search for a raiding party that's overdue to report; when Jerry fails to report within two hours, Joe offers to go in search of Jerry and the raiding party.

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Ham Fisher

Penciller(s): Ham Fisher

Inker(s): Ham Fisher

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, military

Feature(s): Joe Palooka

Character(s): Jerry Leemy; Joe Palooka

First Line: Got th' racin' form?

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Ham Fisher

Penciller(s): Ham Fisher

Inker(s): Ham Fisher

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, war

Feature(s): Joe Palooka

Character(s): Joe Palooka; Jerry Leemy

First Line: Joe and Jerry are now in enemy territory, but before they...

Synopsis: A captain and a sergeant are impressed when they witness Jerry's feats on the field - not realizing that Jerry is motivated by a bee inside his pants.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Ham Fisher

Penciller(s): Ham Fisher

Inker(s): Ham Fisher

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Joe Palooka

Character(s): Little Max

First Line: Poor lonesome Little Max.

Synopsis: Little Max finds a way to do his part for the war effort.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Ham Fisher

Penciller(s): Ham Fisher

Inker(s): Ham Fisher

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, war

Feature(s): Joe Palooka

Character(s): Jerry Leemy; Joe Palooka

First Line: Look, Jerry--that's a signal corpsman.

Synopsis: Jerry hams it up in front of a cameraman filming a battle.

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Pages: 1

The Synthetic Rubber Formula, Part 4

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Tinsley

Penciller(s): Frank Tinsley

Inker(s): Frank Tinsley

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Captain Yank

Character(s): Dr. Lin; Wing; Capt. Yank; Wong; Chu-Ling

First Line: Eluding the pursuing Jap armored cars, Yank, Wing, and Dr. Lin reach...

Synopsis: Capt. Yank and his companions join a group of traveling pilgrims to sneak past Japanese soldiers to reach Hangchow.

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Pages: 4

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The Pet Show

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Frank Beck

Penciller(s): Frank Beck

Inker(s): Frank Beck

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Bo

Character(s): Bo (a dog); Junior; Mr. Brown; Wilfred; Bertram

First Line: The day of the pet show draws near.

Synopsis: The day before a pet show, Bo spends the night chasing after cats leaving him tired and lethargic at the competition.

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Pages: 6

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The Hydraulic Boomerang, Part 5

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Alfred Andriola

Penciller(s): Alfred Andriola

Inker(s): Alfred Andriola

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Charlie Chan

Character(s): Charlie Chan; Admiral Rudley; Sparks; Gina; Capt. Recker; Hans; Otto; Zara; J. Edgar Hoover; Kirk

First Line: The enemy submarine Atlantis has been hit by torpedo fire, upsetting a...

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Pages: 4

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The Redwood Forest, Part 5

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): J. P. McEvoy

Penciller(s): J. H. Streibel

Inker(s): J. H. Streibel

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dixie Dugan

Character(s): Dixie Dugan; Mickey; Bud Hale; Mr. Wood; Mr. Wolfe; Rellini

First Line: Rellini's henchmen leave Dixie and Mickey miles from camp...

Synopsis: After preparing an "accident" for Dixie, Mickey, and Hale, Wolfe and Rellini coerce Wood into signing away his timberland.

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Pages: 6

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The Coastal Plan

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage, war

Character(s): Wilhelm Von Glick; Private Glauber; Lt. Lasser; Thomas McBride; Johan Stevennson

First Line: Reichswehr Colonel Wilhelm Von Glick knew he must be seeing things.

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Pages: 2

The Submersible Aircraft Carrier

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]

Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inker(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: aviation, war

Feature(s): Skyman

Character(s): Skyman; Admiral McGuire

First Line: As American might strikes harder and ever closer to the heart of Japan, the...

Synopsis: Skyman discovers that the Japanese are using a submersible aircraft carrier as a base of operations to strike at targets.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Signed by Ogden Whitney on the third panel of story page #6.

The Exposure of Major Koenig

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Wexler

Penciller(s): Paine

Inker(s): Paine

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Vic Jordan

Character(s): Vic Jordan; Adrienne; Godfrey Hawks [Capt. Koenig]

First Line: Vic's suspicions of Lt. Hawks are well grounded...

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Pages: 4

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Frank Beck

Penciller(s): Frank Beck

Inker(s): Frank Beck

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): All in a Lifetime

First Line: If you'll give me the stick of gum first, I'll chew it and then put it on...

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Pages: 1

Flat-Top Floogie

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gardner Fox

Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney (Mart Bailey)

Inker(s): Ogden Whitney

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Face

Character(s): Flat-Top Floogie; Face [Tony Trent]; Lt. Haroll; Jinx Jenton

First Line: Flat-Top Floogie was the hard luck kid...

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Pages: 8

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)

Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): National Radio Institute

Character(s): J. E. Smith (photo)

First Line: I will train you at home for vital jobs now open in radio

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): MoToR's Auto Repair Manual

First Line: Now you can lick every auto repair job!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover.