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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Archie the Gruesome

Character(s): Archie the Gruesome

First Line: Aha! At last I've got you when your tough pal ain't around!

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Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: Inside front cover.

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Writer(s): Art Helfant

Penciller(s): Art Helfant

Inker(s): Art Helfant

Colorist(s): ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Educatin' Otto

Character(s): Otto (first appearance); Pop; Ma

First Line: Drop that pin-ball machine...

Synopsis: Pop goes to purchase a cigar and comes home with a pinball machine.

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Writer(s): Art Helfant

Penciller(s): Art Helfant

Inker(s): Art Helfant

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Educatin' Otto

Character(s): Otto; Ma

First Line: Otto, your music teacher is here to give you your first violin lesson..

Synopsis: Otto ends up at a baseball game in lieu of music lessons.

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"Notes" to you!

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Writer(s): Art Helfant

Penciller(s): Art Helfant

Inker(s): Art Helfant

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Letterer(s): ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Educatin' Otto

Character(s): Otto; Pop; Professor

First Line: I want you to practice that piece until you know it backwards!

Synopsis: A neighbor complains about Otto practicing the fiddle.

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Writer(s): Art Helfant

Penciller(s): Art Helfant

Inker(s): Art Helfant

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Educatin' Otto

Character(s): Otto; Pop

First Line: Help! I've been robbed!

Synopsis: Otto goes to the gym; after he is done exercising, Otto finds that his clothes are missing.

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Writer(s): Art Helfant

Penciller(s): Art Helfant

Inker(s): Art Helfant

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Educatin' Otto

Character(s): Otto; Pop

First Line: Lips that touch cigars shall never touch mine!

Synopsis: Pop learns that Otto is smoking his cigars.

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Red Holmdale (signed)

Inker(s): Red Holmdale (signed)

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Feature(s): A Bit of Hocus Pocus

Character(s): Keith Clark

First Line: Silks from Nowhere

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Notes: Keith Clark demonstrates how to perform various magical feats including the "Vanishing Coin," "Silks from Nowhere," and "Sawing a Woman in Half."

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Lou Paige ?

Inker(s): Lou Paige ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Daffy and Duffy

Character(s): Daffy (first appearance); Duffy (first appearance); Dr. Slognotti; Prof. Pilfer

First Line: Come in!

Synopsis: Daffy and Duffy agree to help a man convicted of being a kleptomaniac.

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Writer(s): ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Daffy and Duffy

Character(s): Daffy; Duffy; Slippery Sam

First Line: Sh-h! No noise, Duffy!

Synopsis: Daffy and Duffy catch Slippery Sam. Sam, after being caught, tells Daffy and Duffy why he leads a life of crime.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Daffy and Duffy

Character(s): Daffy; Duffy; Mrs. Hugo Snatchem; Hugo Snatchem

First Line: What's that?? A robbery??

Synopsis: Daffy and Duffy are summoned to the Snatchem residence to investigate Mrs. Snatchem's missing black pearls.

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Writer(s): ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Daffy and Duffy

Character(s): Daffy; Duffy

First Line: Look at this, Duffy!

Synopsis: Daffy and Duffy search for foreign spies in the city.

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Writer(s): ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Daffy and Duffy

Character(s): Daffy; Duffy

First Line: Help!

Synopsis: Daffy and Duffy take on a case involving a monster of Scraggly Moors.

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Introducing Archie the Gruesome

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth ?

Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Archie the Gruesome

Character(s): Archie the Gruesome (introduction); Big Joe; the mayor

First Line: He's only a humble street-cleaner...

Synopsis: Archie fends off attempts by Big Joe to take over his street-cleaning territory.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Only golden age appearance. Next appearance in All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes (Marvel, 2011 series) #1.

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Red Holmdale (signed)

Inker(s): Red Holmdale (signed)

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Feature(s): A Bit of Hocus Pocus

Character(s): Keith Clark

First Line: You now see that I have cut the turban in two!

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Notes: Keith Clark demonstrates how to perform various magical feats including the "Cut and Restored Turban," "Coin in the Handkerchief," and the "Magic Balloon."

The Coming of the Fourth Musketeer

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Don Rico

Inker(s): Don Rico

Colorist(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Fourth Musketeer

Character(s): The Fourth Musketeer (introduction, origin); Paul Krantz

First Line: Amid the smoke and fire of conquered France...

Synopsis: The Fourth Musketeer arises in France and travels to America to fight the Nazi menace.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Probably reworked into the Blue Blade in USA Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5

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

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Writer(s): ?

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Feature(s): Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty

Character(s): Captain America

First Line: We'll win!

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Notes: Ad to join Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty.

Banished to Earth

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Roland Patenaude

Inker(s): Roland Patenaude

Colorist(s): ?

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Monstro the Mighty

Character(s): Monstro the Mighty (introduction, origin); Mars (villain); Major Crash (introduction); Hook; Little Poison

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Pages: 7

Notes: art formerly credited to "Al Gabriele ?".

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Activity on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Red Holmdale (signed)

Inker(s): Red Holmdale (signed)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): A Bit of Hocus Pocus

Character(s): Keith Clark

First Line: The Mysterious Coins

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Notes: Keith Clark demonstrates how to perform various magical feats including the "Mysterious Coins" and the "Famous Fakir's Tree Trick."

Believe It or Else...!

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Character(s): Sandy Skinose; Tubby Watts; Egbert Thimble

First Line: Sandy Skinose was not exactly the smartest...

Synopsis: Egbert hires Sandy and Tubby to determine the cause of mysterious noises in his mansion.

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Crashing the Concentration Camp

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ernie Hart

Inker(s): Ernie Hart

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Victory Boys

Character(s): Victor (first appearance); Victor's father (first appearance); The Nazis (villains); Maxie; Gus; Warren; Hans; Kurt; Cpl. Braemer

First Line: Hungry eyes watch as the Nazi soldiers transfer food supplies into the barracks.

Synopsis: Victor meets a group of young boys and together they sneak into a concentration camp and rescue Victor's father.

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Notes: Next appearance (slightly reworked with costumes) in USA Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5.

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Activity on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Red Holmdale (signed)

Inker(s): Red Holmdale (signed)

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Feature(s): A Bit of Hocus Pocus

Character(s): Keith Clark

First Line: The great appearing and disappearing ball trick---

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Notes: Keith Clark demonstrates how various magical feats are performed including the "Cut and Restored String" and fire-walking.

Back to 1492

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Al Gabriele ?

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Kid Columbus

Character(s): Kid Columbus (introduction, origin, only app.?); Alfonso Amigez (villain, introduction); Ferdinand; Isabella

First Line: Our story opens in the N.Y. Public Library where a young man takes a look around the impressive edifice...

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Reney (signed)

Inker(s): Reney (signed)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Wheezy

Character(s): Wheezy (a dog, introduction); Private Breezy (introduction); Sarge

First Line: Chow!

Synopsis: Wheezy gets kicked out of the mess hall so Private Breezy tries sneaking Wheezy some food.

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Notes: It is highly unlikely that this is Lily Renée as she was first hired by Fiction House in 1943, per Renée in Alter Ego v3#85.
Who's Who lists "Reney" as a pen name for Renée and mentions this feature, but it is not clear if that is based on viewing the art or the Who's Who credit. Renée made no mention of working for Timely in her interview, nor of signing any name other than "L. Renée".

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Reney (signed)

Inker(s): Reney (signed)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Wheezy

Character(s): Wheezy (dog); Captain; the Captain's dog

First Line: Ho! Hum!

Synopsis: Wheezy confronts the Captain's dog and chaos ensues.

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Reney (signed)

Inker(s): Reney (signed)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Wheezy

Character(s): Wheezy (dog); Pvt. Breezy; Sarge

First Line: Bring back a truckload of sand.. an' try to stay out of trouble!

Synopsis: Sarge tasks Pvt. Breezy with bringing a truckload of sand back to base.

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Reney (signed)

Inker(s): Reney (signed)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Wheezy

Character(s): Wheezy (dog); Pvt. Breezy; Sarge

First Line: It's target practice today!

Synopsis: Wheezy wanders onto a shooting range where soldiers are taking target practice.

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Reney (signed)

Inker(s): Reney (signed)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Wheezy

Character(s): Wheezy (dog); Pvt. Breezy; Sarge; Captain

First Line: Look! Fellers! The thumbs-up handshake!

Synopsis: Pvt. Breezy shows Sarge, who then shows the Captain, a thumbs-up handshake which is also called the V for Victory handshake.

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Red Holmdale (signed)

Inker(s): Red Holmdale (signed)

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Feature(s): A Bit of Hocus Pocus

Character(s): Keith Clark

First Line: Hold a coin between the finger and thumb...

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Notes: Keith Clark demonstrates how various magical feats are performed including the "Milk Can Escape" and the "Coin in the Orange."

The Cannonball Pitcher

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Writer(s): Art Gates

Penciller(s): Art Gates

Inker(s): Art Gates

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Genres: sports

Feature(s): Cannon Ball Brown

Character(s): Cannon Ball Brown; Buggsy Boodle; Freddie; Boris Bombovitch

First Line: Kamerad! Kamerad!

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Pages: 6

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Al Gabriele ?

Inker(s): George Klein ?

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Young Allies #3

Character(s): Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]

First Line: Back again!

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Notes: Inside back cover. House ad for Young Allies #3.

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Feature(s): Joker Comics

Character(s): Tessie the Typist; Squat Car Squad; Powerhouse Pepper; Dippy Diplomat; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]; Whitewash Jones

First Line: We don't wish you any harm but you'll die laughing!

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Notes: Back cover. House ad for Joker Comics including a cover reproduction of Joker Comics #2.