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Issue: Superworld Comics #2
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #2 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagKomos Publications
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Komos Publications Inc
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mitey Powers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Zaggar-/X, the Madman of Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mitey Powers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Zaggar's name is actually followed by a slash in a box and an X in a box, but we have no way to reproduce that here.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Buzz Allen
Character(s): Buzz Allen; Will Lawrence
First Line: All cars to Seventh and Broadway!
Synopsis: Buzz and Will rush to the scene of a bank robbery, where criminals with ray guns make their escape in an ambulance.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Hornig claims Lesser as his pen name in the book "Partners of Wonder" (1999). Due to similarities in names, Ray Burley is often confused with Ray Burnley.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hip Knox the Super Hypnotist
Character(s): Hip Knox; Eric Mac Fadden; Mike O'Leary
First Line: Hip Knox was the adopted child of Professor Knox...
Synopsis: Mac Fadden kidnaps Knox.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: There is a space between Mac and Fadden throughout the whole story.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Macery (signed)
Penciller(s): John Macery (signed)
Inker(s): John Macery (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smarty Artie
First Line: Now, anybody who makes a mess...
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Pages: 3
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Junior Inventor
First Line: Key chain
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inventions by readers (who get $1 for each invention). Inventions by Billy Jedlicka (Long Island), Jocelyn Gernsback (NY), Emilio Rey (Philippines), Leroy Bau (Pa), Larry Birman (NY), Ronald Tepper (NY), Wm Kadlecek (Col), Vivian Blackstone (NY), Emeterio Rodriguez (Puerto Rico), Joe Miller (CA), illegible - Ha ----wright, (England)

Not mentioned in the text, Joselyn Gernsback was the daughter of the publisher, Hugo Gernsback.
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Learn While You Sleep

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Case of the Sleeping Death!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Detective Crane
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvo 1-2 Go+
First Line: Marvo 1-2 Go+ super boy of the future!
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Introduction: Marvo 1-2 Go+
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Cut glass with scissors!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Unbelievable, But True!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 12 odd science experiments, with request for readers to send more
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Little Nemo in Dreamland
Character(s): Little Nemo; Impie; Flip; Princess of Slumberland; Doctor Pill
First Line: Is Nemo up yet, Angelus?
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Reprint Notes: from Little Nemo in Slumberland Sunday (New York Herald) 1908.11.01, 1910.03.13, 1907.06.16, 1906.08.26
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Alibi Alice - She Fibs!
First Line: Alice! Whatever happened to you?
Synopsis: After rescuing a lion cub, Alice is taken to be tested by a lie detector.
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Pages: 3
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Too long

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Coo Koo Nuts
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Readers sent in rebus puzzles and get a dollar. Rebuses by G.E. Jones (Pa), A. Harrison (Canada), W.T. Baldwin (Va), Don Coleman (Ohio), R.A. Coe (Ga), W. Gunn (NY), A.V. Allison (Wash.), Gladys Holland (Canada),
M.E. Rich (NJ), Sadie E. Fay (Mass.), Ben Rosen (Manitoba), Aaron Glasser (NY)
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dream of the Mince Pie Fiend
First Line: So that's the little village of New York.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (New York Evening Telegram) 1905.01.07, ?, ?, ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4

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