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The Maze of Murder!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Al Bryant

Inker(s): Al Bryant

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Doll Man

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Lala Palooza (inset); Mickey Finn (inset)

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Pages: 1

The Merry Maze of Murder

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich

Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Doll Man

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Conroy (first appearance; villain); Merry Hart (first appearance); Ned Byrd (first appearance)

Synopsis: Merry Hart spends fortunes building practical jokes and tricks to shock or scare her guests.

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Pages: 13

Notes: Tilting figures with long upper body and awkward way of standing and walking, some wild eyes, and also broad shoulders and narrow head on stretched neck are all pointing to Zolnerowich. He is credited on both pencils and ink on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but inking vary, so uncertain.

Cannibal Cuisine

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Al Stahl (signed)

Inker(s): Al Stahl (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Blimpy

Character(s): Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; T. Abercrombo Gitch (villain, introduction); Throckmorton (villain, introduction)

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Pages: 7

Notes: No documentation is extant that indicates that Stahl was anything but an artist on the features that he did.

Musical Sheriff of Murder Gap

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Feature(s): Swing Sisson

Character(s): Swing Sisson; Jem Hawkins (first appearance); Pistol Pete Martin (first appearance; villain)

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bernard Dibble

Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble

Inker(s): Bernard Dibble

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Lala Palooza

Character(s): Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza

First Line: Lala asked me to invite a service man home to dinner--

Synopsis: Vince, told to bring a "service man" home for dinner, picks up an attractive WAC (Women's Army Corps). Lala isn't happy and is even less so when the "WAC" admits she's a chorus girl appearing in "G.I. Jane's Musical Show!"

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bernard Dibble

Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble

Inker(s): Bernard Dibble

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Lala Palooza

Character(s): Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza; Chauncey Chuckle

First Line: It sounds silly, Lala...

Synopsis: Lala says her fiance Chauncey told her he has "an extra fine cellar" for Vincent. Vincent thinks it's a wine cellar, but it's just a regular cellar where Vincent can sleep on a cot and tend the furnace.

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bernard Dibble

Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble

Inker(s): Bernard Dibble

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Lala Palooza

Character(s): Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza

First Line: Remember, we're leaving Southern Beach today...

Synopsis: Vincent admires the bathing beauties on the beach and chooses one at random to say "Hello" to--he's arrested as a "beach wolf," having picked the "only lady cop on duty."

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The Land of Poker

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Sid Lazarus

Penciller(s): Sid Lazarus

Inker(s): Sid Lazarus

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Perky

Character(s): Perky; The Joker (first appearance)

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Pages: 6

Notes: The Joker is not the Batman villain!

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Lank Leonard (signed)

Penciller(s): Lank Leonard (signed)

Inker(s): Lank Leonard (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Mickey Finn

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Pages: 4

Notes: strip reprints

Old Eric's Ghost

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Perry Scott

Character(s): Perry Scott

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Pages: 2

The Super Dooper Jeep

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gill Fox

Penciller(s): Gill Fox

Inker(s): Gill Fox

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Poison Ivy

Character(s): Poison Ivy

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Pages: 1

A Battle over Silk Stockings?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Irving Tirman

Inker(s): Irving Tirman

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: aviation

Feature(s): Spin Shaw

Character(s): Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Sugi San (first appearance); another girl (first appearance); Admiral Shanso (first appearance; villain); the Japanese (villains)

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Pages: 5

Notes: Heads in 3/4 backview with streched neck and the jawbone going back behind the ear, even in side view, is peculiar. This can be found in his credited "Mike Gibbs Guerilla" story in Adventure Comics #88. Most probably him on this story.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bernard Dibble

Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble

Inker(s): Bernard Dibble

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Big Top

Character(s): Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs

First Line: Butch, the daughter of an old pal of mine wants a job in our living statue group...

Synopsis: Assigned to greet a new circus employee, Butch imagines her to be a slim beauty. Instead, the young woman is brawny and better suited to driving tent stakes than posing in scanty attire.

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bernard Dibble

Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble

Inker(s): Bernard Dibble

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Big Top

Character(s): Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs

First Line: The boss said to bring this important document to his club!

Synopsis: Butch's exaggerations ruin Jeff's chance to secure some wealthy investors in the circus.

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Pages: 1

The Japanese Hypnotist

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bill Quackenbush

Inker(s): Bill Quackenbush

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, childrens, espionage

Feature(s): Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers

Character(s): Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; unnamed hypnotist (villain, introduction)

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Pages: 7