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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Gill Fox

Inker(s): Gill Fox

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, superhero

Feature(s): Midnight

Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); The Ray [Happy Terrill] (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); Wings Wendall (inset); Rookie Rankin (inset)

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Pages: 1

Who Is Monsieur Le Rat?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Lou Fine

Inker(s): Lou Fine

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Ray

Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill] (war correspondent); Bud; Sue Saunders (newspaper woman); Monsieur Le Rat (villain, surveilance device)

Synopsis: In Syria, Happy and Bud meet Sue Saunders of a rival newspaper, and uncovers a French surveillance device disguised as the giant Monsieur le Rat.

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Pages: 9

Notes: After Happy becomes a war correspondent, he couldn't afford to take Bud with him on his adventures. Astonishingly, Bud threatens to reveal the Ray's true identity to the world if Happy refuses to take him along....so Happy caves in.

Burly Monahan

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Arthur Peddy (signed)

Inker(s): Arthur Peddy (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Rookie Rankin

Character(s): Rookie Rankin; Ma Rankin; Burly Monahan; Sgt. Burns; Riley

Synopsis: Burly Monahan is out on parole and gunning for Rookie.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): John Devlin

Penciller(s): John Devlin

Inker(s): John Devlin

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Archie O'Toole

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Jester

Character(s): The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective McGinty; Caraso

First Line: The wail of police sirens echo through the canyons of Manhattan as police cars and wagons roar uptown...

Synopsis: The Jester shuts down an illegal gambling joint masquerading as a charity.

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Pages: 5

Snow Valley

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Robert Turner [as Bob Turner] (signed)

Penciller(s): Jim Mooney (signed)

Inker(s): Jim Mooney (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Wildfire

Character(s): Wildfire [Carol Vance Martin]; Mickey Keene (movie star); kidnappers [Slippery; Red Coles; others unnamed](villains)

Synopsis: Criminals try to kidnap young movie star Micky Keene and Carol Martin in Snow Valley to hold them for ransom, but Wildfire foils their plans.

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Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #2 published November 2003
as Snow Valley [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 5

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Penciller(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Inker(s): Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Invisible Justice

Character(s): Kent Thurston; Rogar; Jane Watson; Yar

First Line: Ach! The F.B.I!

Synopsis: Rogar wants to know where Prof Watson's lab is, so he kidnaps Jane in order to blackmail the professor.

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Pages: 5

The Transmutation Machine

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Penciller(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Cole (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, superhero

Feature(s): Midnight

Character(s): Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Mortimer Wackey; Gabby (a monkey); Spade (villain); Weasel (villain)

Synopsis: Doc's latest invention can transmute matter from one element to another.......just the thing Spade and Weasel are looking for.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Lane French ? [as Erwin] (signed)

Penciller(s): Witmer Williams

Inker(s): Witmer Williams

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Espionage Starring Black X

Character(s): Espionage [Black X]; Colonel Atwater; Batu; Madame Doom (villain); Herr Klotz (villain)

First Line: Black X and his chief are on the trail of a mysterious radio station.

Synopsis: Klotz and his spies occupy a secret floor in the Cronin Building.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name), but it also became a house by-line after Eisner's tenure after 1940. Lane French wrote the feature in 1941, followed by Toni Blum (1942) and Otto Binder (1942-43).

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Feature(s): Wun Cloo

Character(s): Wun Cloo

First Line: Wun Cloo!! I've been robbed!

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)

Inker(s): Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): The Purple Trio

Character(s): The Purple Trio [Rocky Hill; Warren; Tiny Todd]; Bull Karten (villain)

First Line: When the Purple Trio hit Camp Craig, the boys get more of a show than they expect...

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Pages: 5

Notes: Alex Blum's gloomy faces are not to be mistaken. Compare sample in Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

S. M. Regi was a pen-name sometimes used by Jerry Iger, but also by others as a house by-line. Jerry Iger did not write this feature, but that Alex Blum, under this pen-name or by-line, did draw the strip.

The Monster

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Jimmy Christian

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Pages: 2

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: aviation

Feature(s): Wings Wendall

Character(s): The Red Menace; Wings Wendall; Diane Westcott

First Line: You'll never take the United States, Red Menace!

Synopsis: The Red Menace has a deadly atomic bomb with which he plans to conquer the world.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Brenner ?

Penciller(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Inker(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Bozo the Robot

Character(s): Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Kurt; Eric; Alan Hall

First Line: The protecting shadows of night grow deeper as the people of Center City slumber --

Synopsis: Hugh and Bozo track down two spies who shot a security guard in a defense plant. They kidnap an American scientist and force him to make a new explosive.

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Pages: 7