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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]

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Will You Wear This Lovely 2-Way Jumper...

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Penciller(s): ? (photo)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated advertisement from Bonnie Gaye Fashions in Chicago, soliciting women to buy their new jumper for $7.98 on a 10-day approval period.

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Dr. Inch (villain, introduction); Inch's gang (pseudo-villains)

First Line: Mild-mannered druggist Bob Benton is really none other...

Synopsis: The Terror Twins battle a miniature criminal that has invented a machine that robs people of their wills, which he uses to provide himself with a gang......among them The Black Terror!

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Pages: 10

Job Number: CC-560

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Penciller(s): Graham Hunter (signed)

Inker(s): Graham Hunter (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop

Character(s): Pepsi; Pete (a Policeman); Bozo (villain, a gorilla)

First Line: Help! Help!! Bozo's escaping!

Synopsis: An escaped gorilla threatens to cause havoc until Pepsi downs a Pepsi-Cola and gives him the strength and wits to defeat his foe.

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Zilch

Character(s): Zilch; Martin (a Scout)

First Line: Don't ask me again, Martin!

Synopsis: Zilch tries to teach a rookie Scout how to make a fire without matches.

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Job Number: AC-412

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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; Police Inspector Mullins (introduc tion); Willmott (villain, introduction); Willmott's gang (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: One of the Army's most guarded weapons...

Synopsis: Bob is hired by the government to take their highly secret chemical and find a way to convert it to peacetime use. But the gas has a highly unusual effect on the crooks after the secret: it makes them as hard as statues.

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Pages: 10

Job Number: CC-565

The Hotel Robbers

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Writer(s): Gerald Devers (credited)

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Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): Jimmy Doyle; Bob Doyle (State Police trooper, Jimmy's brother); bank robbers (villains)

Synopsis: While playing with his postcard projector, 12-year-old Jimmy Doyle suddenly has two visitors: bank robbers, who plan to hide out at his home. But Jimmy turns the tables on them with his projector!

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Jolly Tolly

Character(s): Tolly; un-named salesman

First Line: A life on the ocean wave...

Synopsis: Tolly is taking a bath when the doorbell rings, and he tries to make his way to the door. But a soap bar impedes his journey.

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Job Number: AC-420

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Black Terror

Character(s): The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Tim [Tim Roland]; Jean Starr; Mr. Brant (newspaper editor); Fred (newspaper reporter); un-named Police Sergeant; Dunkel (villain, introduction); Rafferty (villain, introduction)

First Line: The Nazis didn't have a chance to use the Tremorade...

Synopsis: Bob is asked to study a captured German weapon, whose secret depends on a breakdown of a mysterious enemy gas that powers the machine.

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Pages: 10

Job Number: CC-576

Ice Cream Pie

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): Jerry Callan; Mike Daly (ice cream and dairy plant owner); Joe Dillon (ice-cream truck driver); hold-up men [Frank Walsh; others un-named] (villains)

Synopsis: Jerry was working in the dairy plant packaging ice cream pies when he noticed a trio of hold-up men making off with the company payroll. But his swift thinking pulled the rug out from underneath the crooks who were easily captured.

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Writer(s): Richard Hughes

Penciller(s): August Froehlich

Inker(s): August Froehlich

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Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Thunderhoof

Character(s): Thunderhoof (a black stallion); Stardust (a white mare); Red Spear (Indian, introduction, death); Mr. Latham (ranch oner); Ann Latham (Latham's daughter); Tex Gowan (villain, introduction, death); Jed (villain, introduction)

First Line: Few but the oldest settlers will remember...

Synopsis: Two vicious criminals beat an Indian to death in order to learn the source of the gold he carried.

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Pages: 9

Job Number: CC-178

Trapper's Son

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Writer(s): Sylvester Joyce (credited)

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Subject Matter

Genres: crime

Character(s): Billy Parker; Tom Parker (Billy's father, fur-trapper); Martin Lance; Joe Kerry

Synopsis: Two strangers visit the cabin of the Parkers and turn out to be fur thieves. But it is a mountain lion pelt that saves the day for father and son.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Don Christiensen ?

Penciller(s): Don Christiensen [as Don Arr] (signed)

Inker(s): Don Christiensen [as Don Arr] (signed)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Buttin' Button

Character(s): Button (a ram, introduction); Wilbur's wife; Wilbur

First Line: Hmmm--my turnips are doing better than I expected!

Synopsis: The ram keeps attacking Wilbur, no matter what he wears. But he turns the tables on that tricky ram!

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Pages: 2

Job Number: AC-426

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Speedy Wheeler; Schwinn Bicycles

Character(s): Speedy Wheeler; Aunt Polly; Uncle Jim; un-named doctor

First Line: Hello Aunt Polly and Uncle Jim...

Synopsis: Speedy visits his Aunt and Uncle's farm and volunteers to do some chores. But a freak storm causes serious injury to his Uncle, and only Speedy's bike can save the day.

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Notes: Found on the back cover.

The final 1/4 of the page is an illustrated advertisement from Arnold, Schwinn and Company for their free Movie Star Bicycle folder.