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Storm

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; Martha Roberts; un-named town Mayor; Pluvius (villain, introduction); Daya (villain, introduction)

First Line: Storm was his stock in trade!!

Synopsis: Doll Man must battle the evil Pluvius, who has invented a terrible rain-making device and is seeking to blackmail towns in order to get the rain to stop.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Phantasmo [Phil Anson]; Whizzer McGee; Jerry (Whizzer's cousin); Captain Oaku (villain, death?); the Japanese (villains, many die)

First Line: A swift strato-liner wings westward with Phantasmo...

Synopsis: Phantasmo and Whizzer make their way to California to visit Whizzer's cousin, who has been hearing strange noises from underneath his house.

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Atomic Man

Character(s): Atomic Man [Adam Mann]; Dr. Mendez; Dr. Fletcher; Group of Fascists [Ramon; others un-named] (villains)

First Line: An assassin's bullet strikes down a leading Latin-American liberal...

Synopsis: A group of Fascists in a South American town seriously wound a doctor who, they believe, is selling them out to the Americans. Atomic Man stops an assault on a power plant providing the power to the hospital where Dr. Mendez is being operated on.

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Pages: 8

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Writer(s): ? [as Cliff Dubois]

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Genres: espionage

Character(s): Phantom Falcon [Clipper Kirk]; Marie (introduction); Steve; Otto (villain, introduction, death); Kurt (villain, introduction, death); Karl (villain, introduction, death); other un-named enemy agents (villains, introduction for all, all die)

First Line: The symbol of Nazism was a cross...

Synopsis: Enemy agents in Latin America plan to create a 4th Reich in Germany after the war, and they strike by downing Flight Nine which has the Phantom Falcon on board.

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Pages: 7

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton]; Bob; J. P. Darbun (villain, introduction)

First Line: Death steals the show of the Great Darbun Circus!

Synopsis: Spider Widow investigates a series of mysterious but fatal accidents at the local circus, and discovers the owner, dressed as a clown, is responsible. It seems he owed his performers two years back wages, and, because he couldn't pay them off (and was going to lose ownership of the circus), he decided to murder the acts one at a time!

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Writer(s): ? [as G. Ellerbrock]

Penciller(s): ? [as William Kent]

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; The Martians (villains)

First Line: Look, Vana, we're leaving the continent...

Synopsis: Martan and Vana land their magic plane in the heart of war-torn Europe and disgustedly want to destroy them all, but they realize that their own race on Antaclea went through the same thing before they learned to forsake war for peace. Leaving Europe and landing in America, the pair attend a performance at a local theater where news is announced that Martians have invaded the Earth.

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Penciller(s): ? [as Gregg Powers]

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hercules [Joe Hercules]; two un-named monument works employees; Mr. Clinton (owner of the monument works); Sledge (villain, foreman at monument works); Ferret (villain, manager at monument works)

First Line: America’s number one strong man finds trouble in a tombstone plant…

Synopsis: Joe helps out a couple of workers attempting to move a heavy tombstone then notices large welts on their backs. Investigating, Hercules discovers the foreman and manager at the monument works are treating the employees like slaves, taking half their earnings, all unbeknownst to the owner.

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Professor Supermind and Son

Character(s): Professor Supermind [Professor Warren]; Son [Dan Warren]; gang of kidnappers (villains)

First Line: Look, Dad, another kidnap case.

Synopsis: Professor Supermid uses his amazing invention, the Televisoscope, to help the authorities crack a kidnapping racket.

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The Magic Grail of Gwyllyn

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; un-named Yogi Master; Professor Fenton (villain); Stahl (villain)

First Line: In the Ghost's study...

Synopsis: The Ghost and Betty go back to 1st Century Wales to prevent the evil Fenton from getting his hands upon the Magic Grail.

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Pages: 8

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Dr. Miracle; Ralph Billmore (villain, Hollywood millionaire); Vulchur (villain, death)

First Line: At the show place home of Ralph Billmore, Hollywood millionaire

Synopsis: Dr. Miracle is approached by Super Pictures Studio, who wants him to make a movie demonstrating his remarkable magic...all proceeds going to charity. The magician does not realize this is a ruse to kill him by using a camera which emits radium rays, which slowly eat away at Miracle's tissues!

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The White Streak Smashes the Green Tie Society

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The White Streak

Character(s): The White Streak [Danny Sanders]; Agent Hook (of the FBI); Dr. Sears; Green Tie Society (villains); Korn (villain, introduction); Rensen [also spelled Renson] (villain, death); Jackson (villain, introduction); Captain Jenkins (villain, Captain of the "Jenny Lynn")

First Line: And it’s these Fifth Columnists and saboteurs that we must be on guard against!

Synopsis: The White Streak, on the trail of Fifth Columnists and saboteurs, realizes that his face is known to the criminal element, so he asks Agent Hook to provide a means of giving him a new face. Once that is accomplished, the Streak joins the Green Tie Society in order to learn how best to stop the group's unpatriotic activities.

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The Human Zoo

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Hooded Wasp [Bob]; Wasplet [Jim Martin]; Babe (introduction); Dr. Zandricks (villain, introduction, death); Zandrick's animal men (villains, introduction for all, some die)

Synopsis: While out of a date, Wasplet's girl is kidnapped by a mysterious cat-like creature and taken to the laboratory of Dr. Zandricks, who injects her with a serum he has created that can turn people into animals. But when the Wasp makes an ally of a "beaver-man," the creatures that hate the doctor turn on him and kill him.

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It's a Case of Mistaken Identity!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Sub-Zero; Freezum; the Japanese (villains, some die)

Synopsis: While Sub-Zero is inside a government facility conducting business, police suddenly approach Freezum and take him away to a temporary concentration camp, claiming that he is Japanese. But that is fortunate because, inside, Freezum learns from other Japanese prisoners that an invasion is coming soon to free them from American captivity.

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Genres: mystery, superhero

Character(s): The Mouthpiece [Bill Perkins]; Don Conroy (Boy Scout); Big Joe Gabul (villain); Moko (villain)

First Line: Boy scout, Don Conroy, busy at his task of collecting papers for national defense...

Synopsis: Scout Don Conroy accidently hears a big time crook call an associate named Moko to meet him at Southard Park in order to turn over stolen plans for a new cannon.

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Writer(s): ? [as Mack]

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Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Tabu

Character(s): Tabu; Chief Nayika; Fajelus (African tribe); Azali; Landor (villain, magician); Marvella, the Priestess of Life

First Line: The name of Marvella, the-woman-who-could-not-die, traveled faster than the pulsing sound of the drum...

Synopsis: Chief Nayika has invited Marvella, the woman who cannot die, to visit his tribe. Marvella and her assistant, after a display of stage magic, demand tribue from the Fajelus. Tabu senses trickery afoot and, in seeking to stop it, accidentally wounds a boy, unwittingly falling into a well-laid trap set by the magicians. Tabu quickly learns the error of his ways and exposes the tricks of the magicians and chases them into the jungle with his illusions.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fearless Flint [Jack Bradley]; Ruth Parsons; Dr. Lee Fang (villain); Gargoyles (villains)

First Line: Jack Bradley, the famous Flint Man, after offering his services to the owners of Martian Towers...

Synopsis: Dr. Fang sends his vicious gargoyles out to kidnap Jack and they bring him to the vacant Martian Tower, the scene of mysterious activity for which Jack has been hired to look into. He is thrown into a cell with Ruth Parsons, the daughter of one of the owners of the tower, and must transform himself into Fearless Flint in order to save her from being thrown off the tower by one of the gargoyles. However, the two are once again captured by the creatures and returned to the doctor's lair.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Ghost of Flanders ["Rip" Graves] (introduction, origin); Fritz (villain, death); Carl (villain); Rudolf (villain); Eric (villain, death)

First Line: In 1918 -- 15 year old Rip Graves enlists in the army and leaves for combat in the First World War...

Synopsis: Supposedly dead in the First World War, "Rip" Graves operates as a superhero from a crypt beneath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In this tale, a group of Fifth Columnists seek to secure some important defense plans from Fort Brigg.

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Zero; Dr. Winters; Hiram (farmer, death); Gloria (Hiram's daughter); John (villain, Hiram's stepson, death); Hiram's un-named housekeeper (villain)

First Line: Spirits and evil spectres hold no fear for the famous...

Synopsis: Zero is asked search the remains of a wealthy farmer in order to obtain a locket that contains the location of the farmer's hidden fortune, but stepson John wants to beat Zero to the punch. John is killed and Zero discovers that Hiram's body is missing from the vault.

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Statue of Doom!

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bronze Man

Character(s): Bronze Man [Major Randy Ronald]; Judge Buzz Smith (Rand's father); Rand Ronald Smith, Jr.; Bull Gambos (villain); Gambo's gang (villains, all die?)

Synopsis: Randy gets off the train and spots a statue named after him in appreciation for saving the life of the local judge years back, and he visits the courtroom where the judge is sentencing a criminal to prison. While seated there, Randy overhears a threat to the judge's life and tries to follow the plotters, but instead sees the judge's son kidnapped. He discovers that the statue is loaded with explosives, timed to go off during a citizen's committee speech to be given by the judge.

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The Plague Year Murders

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Flying Fist and Bingo

Character(s): The Flying Fist [Freddy Tapps]; Bingo [Junior Tapps]; Carl Rick (practical joker, death); Gabble (actor); Van Lunce (villain, play producer)

First Line: Betty is at North Point Airfield waiting for a friend in from Chicago...

Synopsis: The Tapps decide to secure a walk-on role in a new production based on the horrific plague that occured in 1557. After their scene is over, they retreat to the balcony to watch the rest of the play and notice that the bald heads of orchestra members spell "DEATH"! As the Flying Fist and Bingo, they investigate the situation and discover that a person, dressed as the astrologer in the play, is the killer of one of the actors.

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