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| Where are the indicia? What is the date of this book? This looks more like a Holyoke book than a Fox book. |
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| Great storys like the Blue Beatle, how the flyer did not know that the guy who helped him was the blue beatle, but that's the comic book super hero bizz. |
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| There's a good reason why the 30's and 40's are considered the golden age of comics. I love how whimsical the characters are, such as Neje, the woman who fights Nazi scum while wearing wooden shoes. Quite frankly, comics today aren't as fun as they used to be. |
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| George Tukel goes from lifting Milton Caniff in "French Girl" to appropriating Will Eisner in "Case of the Empty Envelope." An equal opportunity swipist. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | [1944] | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | All Out for Offense! |
| Content | Characters: Blue Beetle |
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| Comic Story | Deception (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan Garret sneaks into Japan by convincing the enemy he's a Gestapo agent and helps a captured American pilot escape. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Larry Connor |
| Notes | Blue Beetle's name varies from Garrett to Garret from one story to the next. In this story it's one T.
Art credits suggested by Bob Hughes - compare to "Pen Starr" art in Pep #38. We formerly credited Bill Everett. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Little Willie |
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| Comic Story | The Devil's Highway (3.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Story of how American settlers crossed the Superstition Mountains in Arizona to reach California despite having to face hostile Indians. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Francisco Salazar |
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| Comic Story | Victory Garden (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ali Baba plants a victory garden, but the Nose steals all his produce so Ali buys a mechanical bloodhound to track him down. |
| Content | Characters: Ali Baba; The Nose |
| Notes | 2/3 of final page taken up with an activity featuring Ali-Baba. |
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| Comic Story | Caught by Dusty Hands (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A police man captures a saboteur by noticing emery dust on his hands. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime |
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| Comic Story | Air Pirates (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brody and White rob banks and use an airplane for their getaways. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Brody; Harry White; Roberts |
| Notes | Next issue blurb removed from final panel. |
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| Text Article | Putting Planes Through Their Paces (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Article | Animals at War (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Left Handed Killer (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Military Intelligence loans Dan to his old town's police force for a few days to help solve a murder. A left handed killer has murdered a wealthy widow and her jewels have disappeared. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Manigan; Billy the Con; Joan Mason; the Ferret |
| Notes | Garret misspelled Garrett in several panels. |
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| Comic Story | Escape of a French Girl (11 pages) |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Empty Envelope (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Peter Brave; Jimmy Buck |
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| Comic Story | The D's to the Rescue (3 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War |
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| Comic Story | Netje, the Little Dutch Girl (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A Dutch child works for the underground. |
| Content | Genre: Children; War | Characters: Netje |
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| Featuring | Jungle Jake |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Jungle | Characters: Jungle Jake |
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