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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Daring Mystery #1 (89)
Publication Date: January 2008
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
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Volume: 1
Pages: 280
ISBN: 9780785124771
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Price: $95.99 CAD
$59.99 USD
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43 (34 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Reprints Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 Series) #1-4. Volume 89 in the Marvel Masterworks Library.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7.25" x 10.5"
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover; Dustjacket; Sewn bindings
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Alex Schomburg
Alex Schomburg
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Subject Matter
superhero
Fiery Mask
Fiery Mask [Jack Castle]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Alex Schomburg
Alex Schomburg
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Subject Matter
superhero
Purple Mask [Dennis Burton]
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1
Characters from the cover of Daring Mystery Comics #3 (Marvel, 1940 Series).
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Credits / Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Ronin Ro
typeset
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2
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Daring Mystery Comics #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Alex Schomburg
Alex Schomburg
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Subject Matter
superhero
Fiery Mask
Fiery Mask [Jack Castle]
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The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Simon
Joe Simon
Joe Simon
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Joe Simon
Subject Matter
superhero
The Fiery Mask
Fiery Mask [Jack Castle]; Captain Benson
Doctor Jack Castle begins investigating the disappearance of eight men and the appearance of living corpses, bent on serving a mad scientist whose avowed aim is conquering the world.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Larry Antonette [as Dean Carr] (signed)
Larry Antonette [as Dean Carr] (signed)
Larry Antonette [as Dean Carr] (signed)
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Subject Matter
war
Soldier of Fortune, John Steele
John Steele (introduction); Marie
While the allies are throwing back the enemy in a terrific battle...
Steele helps a nurse, whose life he has just saved, through a series of perilous encounters with the Nazis, in order to get a vital message to the General.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Ben Thompson (signed)
Ben Thompson (signed)
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Subject Matter
western
The Texas Kid, Robin Hood of the Range
Texas Kid; Humboldt; Wells; Luke; Comanche; Trent
Riding the ridge trail above Red Rim Canyon,...
The Kid goes after a gang of raiders that are burning the cabins and stealing the cattle of property owners whose mortgage is coming due.
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The Menace of Mr. Muro

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Larry Antonette (signed)
Larry Antonette (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Monako, Prince of Magic
Monako (introduction); Josie; Al; Mr. Muro; Tashu
Monako agrees to help Josette's brother Al, who has just perfected a new powerful explosive for the government, from falling into the hands of the evil Mr. Muro.
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The Thundering Terror of Gold Creek

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Ray Gill (signed)
Al Anders [ as Anders] (signed)
Al Anders [ as Anders] (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Wade Duncan; Mr. Hastings; Hank Walls; Spud Clark
A radio-controlled herd of wild, mad horses destroy the town of Gold Creek, sent on that mission by a gang of criminals from Chelsa City, who had been trying to buy out that town for some time.
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The Football Fixing Scheme

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Bob Wood (signed)
Bob Wood (signed)
Bob Wood (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Flash Foster at Midwestern
Flash Foster (introduction); Connie Hodges; Nick Bruno; Shorty; Pat
Nick Bruno kidnaps the girl of the star of the Midwestern College football team in order to win big money on that game and to prevent Midwestern from being invited to the Rose Bowl.
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Case of Perrone

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Phantom of the Underworld
Phantom of the Underworld [Doc Denton] (introduction); Nurse Andrus; Inspector Flynn; Perrone
In order to get inside information on crime boss Perrone, Detective Denton takes over the offices of a local doctor so that he'll be in a position to treat Perrone.
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Wartime Wonders

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Harry Francis Campbell ?
Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
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Subject Matter
non-fiction
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Interesting facts are illustrated, such as: some steel used in England's new battleships was scrapped from German ships sunk in WW1; none of the planes currently used in WW2 will be in existence after 20 days of war; the mystery of a new explosive made from wood and air; a pilot thrown from his plane actually fell back into it; and several others.
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The Rotterdam Run

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Charles Pearson [as Chas. Pearson] (signed)
Charles Pearson [as Chas. Pearson] (signed)
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Subject Matter
war
Barney Mullen, Sea Rover
Barney Mullen (introduction)
Barney takes on the dangerous assignment of transporting a shipment of gold filigree into the war zone of Rotterdam.
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Daring Mystery Comics #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Alex Schomburg
Alex Schomburg
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Phantom Bullet
Phantom Bullet [Allen Lewis]
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Daring Comics' Free $25 Prize Contest!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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The editor of Daring Comics announces a contest offering $25 in cash prizes, asking readers to select their favorite feature in Daring and tell why. 1st place wins $5, 2nd place $2 and 3rd to 20th prize winners get $1 each. Deadline for entries is January 30, 1940.
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Voyage to Sunev

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Cal Cagno (signed)
Fred Schwartz (signed)
Fred Schwartz (signed)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Zephyr Jones
Zephyr Jones (introduction); Corky Grogan; King Bolo; Princess Tonka; General Roudo
Scientist and inventor, Dr. Morrison Jones, died before his rocketship could be completed so that he could realize his dream of making the first trip to the planet Mars. His son Zephyr, however, vows to live out his father's dream!
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Origin of the Phantom Bullet

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Simon (signed)
Joe Simon (signed)
Joe Simon (signed)
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Joe Simon
Subject Matter
superhero
The Phantom Bullet, Scourge of the Underworld
Phantom Bullet [Allen Lewis]; Benny; Rafael Case; Nelson Glaven; Gloria Francis; Alvarez Monez
Reporter Allen Lewis is baffled by the death of a wealthy man who cluitches a feather in his hand, but soon learns of a mysterious race of "bird-men" that seemed to be involved. Given the secret for a gun that shoots ice pellets by a soon-to-be murdered scientist, Lewis adopts a costumed identity to track down the bird-men at any cost.
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King of the Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed)
Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed)
Joe Simon [as Gregory Sykes] (signed)
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Joe Simon
Subject Matter
jungle
Trojak, the Tiger Man
Trojak (origin); Edith Alton; Balu
Trojak, raised in the jungle by a native tribe after his father was killed by hostiles, is encouraged to find his own people and leave the jungle. However, he discovers that the ways of his people are not to his liking, and returns to the jungle to fight off hostile savages attempting to kill a girl who has be-friended him.
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Six-Gun Dynamite

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Russell A. Bankson (signed)
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Subject Matter
western
Ozias Wilkins; Mattie Wilkins
Mattie insists that the silver mine Ozias is working is worthless, and insists she will leave him if he continues to work it.
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Introducing K-4

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Jack Alderman ?
Jack Alderman ?
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Subject Matter
aviation
K-4 and his Sky Devils
Sky Devils [Captain K-4; Lieutenant Rene D'Auvergne, Lieutenant Ronald Wolverstone-Clodd] (introduction); Major Von Lutz
Captain K-4 is assigned to assume the disguise of a Gestapo agent, infiltrate and help to destroy the ammunition depot located at the Nazi seaport of Kurtzberg.
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Who In Reality Is Mr. "E"?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Cal Cagno (signed)
Al Carreno
Al Carreno
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Subject Matter
adventure
Mr. E
Mr. E [Victor Jay]; Betty Snead; J. P. Snead; Vampire
Mr. E, enemy of the underworld, sees the connection in the recent deaths of several "captains of industry", knowing all four were silent partners in the Snead Oil Company, but unaware at the same time that his old enemy, the Vampire, is behind it all.
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Enter the Laughing Mask

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Will Harr (signed)
Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed)
Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Laughing Mask
Laughing Mask [Dennis Burton]; Lester Deeks
Dennis Burton becomes the next member of his family to beconme involved in law enforcement as District Attorney, bent on uncovering the plot behind the recent destruction of passenger trains.
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Daring Mystery Comics #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Alex Schomburg
Alex Schomburg
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
The Purple Mask
Purple Mask [Dennis Burton]
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The Escape of Red Corker

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Phil Sturm (signed)
Gus Ricca ?
Gus Ricca ?
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Subject Matter
crime
Dale of the F.B.I.
Dale; George Dean; Helen Dean; Red Corker; Joe Burns
Red Corker escapes from prison and reunites with his old gang, having planned dozens of jobs while housed in jail. Ace investigator, Dale, is dispatched from Washington D.C. to Dream Island in San Francisco to try and rescue Helen Dean, daughter of oil magnate George Dean, who has been kidnapped by Corker.
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The Miracle City

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Jack Binder
E. C. Stoner
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Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
Breeze Barton
Breeze Barton (introduction, origin); Ann Barclay; Zanoba; Mubahn
While on a scouting expedition in 1945 in South Africa, Breeze discovers a Japanese Army marching toward British territory, but is shot down. Making his way to Miracle City, a young girl escorts him to a scientist named Zanoba, who is later captured by the Demon People, and Breeze heads out for the rescue.
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Mystery of the Swabert Mansion

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Will Harr (signed)
Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Purple Mask
Purple Mask [Dennis Burton]; Commissioner Herrick; Frederick Swabert; Cassidy; Renard; Mr. Bellos
The Purple Mask investigates an attempt to force Frederick Swabert to reveal the hiding place of his father's fortune or risk being killed for refusing to do so.
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Laughing Mask name changed to Purple Mask.
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The East Side Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Robert O. Erisman [as ROE] (signed)
Sam Cooper (signed)
Sam Cooper (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Phantom Reporter
Phantom Reporter [Dick Jones] (introduction); Max
Cub reporter Jones is assigned a case in which seven families on the east side of town have been wantonly beaten, resulting in three deaths. He soon discovers, as the Phantom Reporter, that the Park Commissioner, Police Chief and the publisher of several newspapers were behind it all... each having vested interest in the property on the east side, and hoping that the crime wave would get people to vacate their property so they could pick it up cheaply!
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Powdersmoke Showdown

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
James P. Olsen (signed)
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typeset
Subject Matter
western
Bick Deems; Hardwinter Smith; Widow Ames; Sam Hala
Bick and Sam, once the best of friends, get into a shooting match over a widow woman.
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The Devil Beast and the Nazis

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Simon (signed)
Joe Simon (signed)
Joe Simon (signed)
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Joe Simon
Subject Matter
jungle
Trojak, the Tiger Man
Trojak; Balu; Edith Alton
The native villagers tell Trojak of a strange beast that sneaks into their village every morning and takes one their tribal members away. After dealing with that menace, he then has to rescue Edith from the Nazis.
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The Origin of Marvex the Super-Robot

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Hal Sharp ?
Hal Sharp
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Subject Matter
adventure
Marvex the Super-Robot
Marvex (introduction, origin); Clara Crandall; Bolo; Von Crabb
Weird creatures of the 5th Dimension create a super robot in order to send him to Earth to capture human beings to become slaves in that dimension. But Marvex retaliates against his masters, and, by means of an explosion, is blown out of the 5th Dimension to Earth.
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Ali Hassan and His Desert Pirates

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Harry Fisk ?
Harry Fisk ?
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Subject Matter
adventure
Captain Strong of the Foreign Legion
Captain Bob Strong (introduction); Major Renald; Lieutenant Dupuy; Ali Hassan
Bob Strong, a member of the French Foreign Legion, is ordered to stop the plundering of caravans by the evil Ali Hassan.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Joe Beck ?
Otto Eppers ?
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Subject Matter
humorous
The Medicine Man
Dr. Hokom
It's a sure cure for what ails you!
The traveling medicine man is selling his "Palsy Walsy" tonic with no success.
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Daring Mystery Comics #4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Alex Schomburg
Alex Schomburg
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?
Subject Matter
crime
Don Gorman
Don Gorman
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Busting a Banker

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed)
Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Purple Mask
Purple Mask [Dennis Burton]; Whalen
A daring bank robbery leads the Purple Mask after the gang responsible and he discovers that the bank's President is involved with the crime.
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The Zeppelin Attack

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
aviation
K-4 and His Sky Devils
Sky Devils [Captain K-4; Lieutenant Ronald Wolverstone; Lieutenant Rene D'Auvergne]
K-4 and his assistants are assigned the job of tracking down an enemy zeppelin that is being used to drop mines by parachute over vital installations.
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On the Trail of Muro

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Larry Antonette (signed)
Larry Antonette (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
Monako Prince of Magic
Monako; Josie; Mr. Muro; Tashu
Monako must go up against his old enemy, Muro, who is attempting to gain control of the Pacific and west coastal areas of the Americas, specifically the Panama Canal.
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Mars Attacks

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Fletcher Hanks
Fletcher Hanks
Fletcher Hanks
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Fletcher Hanks
Subject Matter
science fiction
Whirlwind Carter of the Interplanetary Secret Service
Whirlwind Carter (introduction); Brenda Hale
Carter rescues an Earth girl, Brenda Hale, who is agent of the Space Army, Women's Division, 7th Regiment and whose ship has been grounded by the Martians, and he learns that Mars intends on invading the Earth to make it one of her colonies.
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The Spike Green Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Hal Sharp
Hal Sharp
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Marvex the Super Robot
Marvex; Jim Hansen; Clara Grandall; Spike Green
Marvex looks into the troubling case of a man sitting on death row awaiting execution for a crime in which witnesses in his favor disappeared mysteriously before the trial.
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The Missing Airliner Fleet

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Gus Ricca ?
Gus Ricca ?
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?
Subject Matter
aviation
G-Man Don Gorman
Don Gorman; Betty Nestor; Anson Dictor; Chestor Orsen
Foreign agents attempt to steal the secret super-charged engine invented by test pilot Don Gorman, an invention allowing airplanes to achieve speeds over 1000 mph!
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The World of Savages

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure, aviation
Breeze Barton
Breeze Barton; Ann Barclay; Frenchy
Breeze has made good his escape from Miracle City with Ann and enter into the civilized world, where they are informed by Frenchy that civilization as they knew it had been destroyed by the War of 1945.
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Outlaw-Buster

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Rex Evans (signed)
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?
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typeset
Subject Matter
western
Sheriff Holcolm; Cougar Karns; Morgan
Sheriff Holcolm intends on cleaning out the criminal activities in Ambush Canyon.
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The Secret Soldier

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Simon
Joe Simon
Joe Simon
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?
Subject Matter
jungle
Trojak the Tiger Man
Trojak; Balu; Edith Alton; Jerry Alton
Edith's brother, a member of the Nazi forces, convinces Edith to keep Trojak out of their invasion attempts, not knowing it's all a plan to capture Trojak.
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