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| Publication | January 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | The Case of the Unlucky Quarter |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Spin Shaw (inset) |
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| Comic Story | The Unlucky Quarter (13 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; "Once More" Charlie (first appearance); Midnight Joe (first appearance, villain, death); Louie (first appearance, villain, death); Prof. Belittle (first appearance, villain, death); Slick Simmons (first appearance, villain, death); Peg (first appearance, villain, death) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | strip reprints |
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| Comic Story | Death to Irving Gershwin (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Irving Gershwin (first appearance, a song writer); Von Brunt (first appearance, villain); his Nazis (first appearance, villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Human Fly (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy |
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| Comic Story | The Death Emerald (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Zero; Vern Hobson (introduction); Ann Hobson (villain, introduction); Death (villain) |
| Notes | Another swipe from Saint-Saens's "Danse Macabre".
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza |
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| Comic Story | The Traitorous Actor (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dianne takes up acting as a hobby and begins appearing in summer theatre productions outside New York. She discovers that one of her fellow actors is a spy, and the Raven steps in to help her nab him. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; Lee (introduction); Matt (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Kismet El Aschid (5 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Rex Smith] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Kismet El Aschid (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains) |
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| Text Story | Death from the Skies (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Perry Scott |
| Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Bungling Buddha (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Blimpy, an ancient Oriental Buddha statue brought to life when young Tabby Tyler spoke the magic words: "Oggle doggie woggle ibbidy bibbidy sibbidy sab, dictionary down the ferry, out goes ipso facto with the floy-floy!" covers his blue skin with coal dust and tries to pass for an African-American. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy [aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] (introduction, origin); Tabby Tyler (introduction); Inspector Sherlock Foo (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | How To Be a Super Salesman (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong]; Wilbert T. Thump (introduction); Kurt Luger (introduction, death); Alfred Krantz (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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