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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Howard Purcell

Inker(s): Howard Purcell

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Spectre; The Flash; The Green Lantern

Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]

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Pages: 1

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Creig Flessel (The Sandman); Bernard Baily (The Spectre); Everett E. Hibbard (The Flash); Martin Nodell (Green Lantern); ? (logo)

Inker(s): Creig Flessel (The Sandman); Bernard Baily (The Spectre); Everett E. Hibbard (The Flash); Martin Nodell (Green Lantern); ? (logo)

Letterer(s): ?; also typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan] (upper body view); The Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (upper body view); The Flash [Jay Garrick] (upper body view); The Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (upper body view)

First Line: Attention!

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Sacrifice for Yum-Chac

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Credits

Writer(s): Gardner Fox

Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)

Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Shelly] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Hawkman

Character(s): Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Chet Norris (Aztec specialist); Irene Norris (Chet's sister); unnamed Sheriff of Itza; Nyola (villain, death); "The Indian" (villain, associate of Nyola); Yum-Chac medicine man (villain)

Synopsis: While flying over the city one evening looking for a hint of crime, Hawkman spots the Police leaving a suburban home. Investigating, he discovers the body of a woman inside who appears to have drowned, and a glass knife near her body. Taking the knife with him, as Carter Hall he researches the knife and finds that it was involved in Aztec ritual involving Yum-Chac, their rain god. Carter decides to visit an Aztec specialist about it and discovers he has been tied up, and learns that his sister has been kidnapped to be sacrificed to the Aztec god. Immediately Hawkman heads out to rescue her.

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Pages: 8

The "Robot" Men

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Finger

Penciller(s): Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)

Inker(s): Martin Nodell [as Mart Dellon] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Green Lantern

Character(s): The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The "robot" men; Baron von Zorn (villain)

Synopsis: Throughout many U.S. cities, hoards of men: vagrants, hobos and tramps, have disappeared, but then are suddenly pillaged by troops of wild-eyed, robot-like figures. Alan Scott, reading of these crimes, visits the morgue where bodies of some of these robot-men are found and examines a sample of their blood, recognizing a drug in their systems that paralyzes the human nerve cells. Scott disguises himself as a bum, is taken into captivity with other such men, then changes into the Green Lantern to clean up this evil plot by Baron von Zorn and restore the others to their sanity.

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Pages: 7

Notes: The last panel features an illustration of the Green Lantern and readers are told that his further adventures can be found in All-American Comics each month.

The Curse of Kulak

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Siegel (signed)

Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)

Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bernard Baily

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

Feature(s): The Spectre

Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; un-named Police Chief; unnamed museum curator; Benson (museum guard); Kulak (villain, High Priest of Brztal, introduction, presumed death); The Legions of Brztal (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: Jim Corrigan investigates the theft of an ancient manuscript so old that it had to have belonged to a lost civilization. The guard on duty the night of the theft was in shock and could only say "Kulak! Kulak!" The Spectre takes over, materializes a vision of the stolen parchment, reads it, and then comes face-to-face with Kulak, who warns the Ghostly Guardian to lay off or else! Kulak brings several plagues upon the city, which the Spectre eliminates, then he comes face to face with Kulak for the final battle engagement.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Vs. Kulak 1st (next in All Star Squadron #20).

The Glowing Globe

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gardner Fox

Penciller(s): Creig Flessel

Inker(s): Chad Grothkopf

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Chad Grothkopf

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Sandman

Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sir Basil Lorimer (medical doctor, death); unnamed detective; Sir Basil's brother (villain, death)

Synopsis: Wes Dodds is visiting a noted medical man, Sir Basil, when the radio blares a story of mysterious deaths in which lives were taken by an unknown force. Changing to the Sandman, he discovers Sir Basil dead, but is then over-come by a strange glowing globe known as the "Life Stealer". Fortunately he recovers and sets a trap for the yellow-faced villain, who, in turn, knocks out Sandman and discovers his true identity, then submitting Dodds to the Life Stealer again. Dodds recovers, oversomes the glowing orb, and finally subdues the villains, who commits suicide.

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Pages: 8

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Hawkman [Carter Hall] (inset); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

First Line: All you need in comic magazine reading...

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Pages: 2

Notes: 2-page center spread, spotlighting the covers of new and soon to be on sale comics from DC Comics: Flash Comics #10, All-American Comics #19, Action Comics #29, Superman #7, Batman #2, Adventure Comics #55, More Fun Comics #60, Detective Comics #44, and All-Star Comics #2.

Invisible-Ink Gas

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Siegel

Penciller(s): William Smith

Inker(s): William Smith

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Red, White and Blue

Character(s): Red Dugan; Whitey Smith; Blooey Blue; Doris West; unnamed Fire Chief; unnamed Street cleaner (death); Sherm (G2 chemist); unnamed G2 building superintendent; unnamed G2 clerk; Truck Bieler (villain); Rusty (villain, Bieler's accomplise); Professor Leaman (villain)

Synopsis: Red Dugan and Doris are walking along the street when a fire truck races by them, and they follow it to the fire. Checking the building over with an arson investigator, they discover a body in the rubble, and gas tanks. Red picks up a badge at the scene and investigates how it could have gotten there. With the help of Whitey and Blooey, they discover a plot by someone to use a peculiar gas to make the writing on important government documents disappear, then steal them to obtain the secrets.

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Comic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942
as The Smell That Spelled J-A-I-L [Story on Interior Page(s)]modified

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Pages: 8

The Darling Apartment

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): John B. Wentworth

Penciller(s): Stan Asch

Inker(s): Stan Asch

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Johnny Thunderbolt

Character(s): Johnny Thunder; The Thunderbolt [Archibald]; Daisy Darling (Johnny's girl); Herman Darling (real estate businessman); Mr. Throstle; Hiram Crooker (villain, political boss); Faber (villain)

Synopsis: Herman Darling has just bought up some property in order to build apartment houses, but when he goes over to that property, the former owner refuses to leave. Johnny decides to help his girl friend's father, so he goes over to do the job of throwing the former owner out...but he gets thrown out himself! Through a series of mis-adventures, and the help of the Thunderbolt, Johnny accomplishes the task.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Thunderbolt is shown only a a red bolt of lightning.

The final panel blurb informs readers to follow further adventures of Johnny in Flash Comics.

The Invisible Star

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Evelyn Gaines (credited)

Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)

Inker(s): ? (spot illustrations)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Ric Martin; Gus Henchard (Ric's pal); Lona; Lona's mother

Synopsis: Ric Martin, U.S. Ambassador to Mars, is very concerned about a Martian military build-up as a precursor to war. A sign of trouble was that Earth's temperature, in the dead of winter, had reached 125 degrees plus and rising, and the body count was mounting. To Ric, the only solution was to move Earth's population to another planet because of a new star that had appeared (yet invisible) that was causing the rising temperatures. The mission was accomplished just before the planet Earth blew up.

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Pages: 1.5

Notes: Story takes place in February of 2450.

For Swell Vacation Reading, Don't Miss These Two!

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Penciller(s): various

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics; Mutt & Jeff

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mutt; Jeff

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Illustrated promotional advertisement, with covers, for two new DC comics now on sale: New York World's Fair Comics 1940 Issue and Mutt & Jeff #2.

Here's How You Can Get the Next Issue of All-Star Comics Free

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Amazing Combination Offer

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): photos

Inker(s): photos

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Remington Rand

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Illustrated advertisement (with photos of a typewriter and desk set) from Remington Rand, Inc., alerting readers to some great offers. If they purchased a new typewriter, they could buy a nice desk for only $1.00 (at a cost total of a good-will deposit and about 10 cents a day). There was also a special typewriter case available as well. Coupon provided.

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Dr. Morte, Spiritualist

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Ken Fitch

Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)

Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bernard Baily

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Hour-Man with Minute-Man Martin and the Minute Men of America

Character(s): The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Mr. Bannerman (Rex's boss); Minute Man Martin [Jimmy Martin]; The Minute Men of America [Thorndyke; other member unnamed]; Robert T. Davis (mine owner, Mr. Bannerman's brother-in-law); Clara Davis [nee Clara Bannerman] (Robert's wife, death); Dr. Morte (villain); Longo (villain)

Synopsis: A fake spiritualist, Dr. Morte, cons people out of their money by convincing his victims he can make contact with their dead loved ones. Rex Tyler decides to get Minute Man Martin and the Minute Men involved in investigating the situation, while he, as the Hour-Man, tracks down Morte himself.

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Pages: 6

The One-Man Newspaper

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Credits

Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Gardner F. Fox] (credited)

Penciller(s): Everett E. Hibbard [as E. E. Hibbard] (credited)

Inker(s): Everett E. Hibbard [as E. E. Hibbard] (credited)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Flash

Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Bill Jackson (mention only); Joan Williams; Anne Baxter; Mr. Baxter (Editor/owner of the Daily Column, Anne's father); The Boss (villain); The Boss' gang (villains)

Synopsis: Jay Garrick decides to visit a friend, Bill Jackson, at the Daily Column newspaper office, but is shocked to find the building absolutely empty of people! As the Flash, he decides to go ahead and publish an edition of the newspaper to see if those responsible for the staff's disappearance will be curious enough to come over to the newspaper office and investigate. They do and Flash starts rounding the gang up, one by one, to the Police. But The Boss threatens to kill the owner of the paper if he doesn't sell off the newspaper to him.

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Pages: 8

Notes: The final panel blurb at the end of the story, with illustration of the Flash, tells readers that they can follow the Scarlet Speedster's further adventures in Flash Comics.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.

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Notes: Inside back cover.

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.

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Notes: Back cover.

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