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

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

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

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

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Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011

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Penciller(s): photos

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Character(s): George F. Jowett (photo)

First Line: I Will Show You...

Synopsis: Illustrated advertisement from George Jowett, famed body-builder, offering readers five different books on specific aspects of body-building.....25 cents each or all five for a dollar.

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Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated advertisement from George Jowett, famed body-builder, offering readers five different books on specific aspects of body-building.....25 cents each or all five for a dollar.

The Adventure of the Kidnapped Airplane!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Paul (young boy); Anna (Paul's sister); von Klek (villain); Hans (villain); Herr Bubbels (villain)

Synopsis: The Terror Twins are out to rescue an army commission and a secretary that have been kidnapped by the Nazis and rescue a young boy's sister in occupied Poland.

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Pages: 12

Ticker Tape

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Writer(s): Charles S. Strong (credited)

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)

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Genres: crime

Character(s): Donald Morton (son of a stock trader); Mr. Morton (stock trader, Donald's father); un-named Policeman; Spud (villain); Mike (villain)

Synopsis: As Donald sat in his father's library, several ticker tapes began coming out of the machines, while, at the same time, two crooks broke in, captured him, wrote a ransom note, and took their captive out to the old Bailey place. They were surprised when Mr. Morton and the Police appeared.....all due to holes secretly punched into the ticker tape by Donald to pin-point his location!

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Writer(s): Richard Hughes

Penciller(s): Ken Battefield

Inker(s): Everett Raymond Kinstler

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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; Dr. Swann; Casey (Policeman); President Gonzales (death); Lobos (villain, Swann's assistant, death); Herr Breitkopf (villain, death); group of Fascists (villains, all die)

First Line: Watch what happens when modest young druggist Bob Benton, alias the Black Terror, undertakes to deliver a new drug to South America [...]

Synopsis: Bob is commissioned to deliver a new drug to South America and walks right in to a fascist trap. The Terror Twins then use a major South American city, Bola, as a giant arena to battle against tyranny.

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Pages: 13

Blind Man's Bluff

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Writer(s): Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Herbie Johnson

Character(s): Herbie Johnson; Police Officer Brady; a blind man (villain); un-named bank robbers (villains)

Synopsis: On the way to the grocery store, Herbie notices a blind man walking along the street.....a man he had never seen before in the neighborhood. Giving the man 10 cents, he continued to observe the man, who weirdly tapped his cane in a very odd manner while standing in front of the National Bank, so he reported this to a Policeman in the area. This clue of the tapping cane, they soon discovered, was a code to the blind man's fellow bank robbers, who soon hit the bank. Herbie's fast thinking led to their capture.

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Henri Pierre (French scientist); Yvette Pierre (Henri's wife); Renee (member of the French Underground); Raoul (young boy, member of the French Underground); von Jutt (villain); other un-named Nazis (villains)

First Line: A brilliant French scientist languishes in the sordid confines of a German labor camp!

Synopsis: The Terror Twins must rescue a brilliant French scientist from a German concentration camp in order for the man's vital secrets of chemical warfare to be brought to the Allies.

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Pages: 12

Job Number: CC-14

Tumbling Act

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Writer(s): Walt Wilson (credited)

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Genres: western

Character(s): Tom Drake; Jerry Drake; John Drake (Tom and Jerry's Uncle); Slash Harvey (villain); Harvey's men (villains)

Synopsis: Tom and Jerry, acrobatic tumblers, are spending the summer in Arizona on the ranch of their Uncle John, and while they are inspecting fences, wily men approach and grab the trio for ransom.

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The Dorma Concerto

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Penciller(s): August Froehlich ?

Inker(s): August Froehlich ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Feature(s): The Ghost

Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Chance (George's wife); the Eternal Swami; Thomas Winslow; Dr. Volkan (villain); Volkan's gang (villains)

Synopsis: The Ghost must face a Nazi master spy whose Satanic powers threaten to enslave millions.

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Pages: 8

Remove Ugly Blackheads at No Cost

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Notes: Illustrated advertisement from the Dallco Products Company in New York for the Vacutex, a pen-sized instruct that removes blackheads from the skin. Sent out on a 10-day free trial and if the user wishes to keep it, they pay only $1.

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Penciller(s): photos

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Notes: Illustrated advertisement from Dean Studios in Des Moines, Iowa, who offers to enlarge any photograpgh to 5" x 7" in size simply by filling out the provided coupon and sending it in along with a 3 cent stamp.