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Issue: Lightning Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1940
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Issues: #4 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAce Magazines
Brand: An Ace MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Ace Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Formerly SURE-FIRE COMICS.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Flash Lightning
Character(s): Flash Lightning; Mary Lee; The Raven [Danny Dartin] (inset); Marvo (inset); Tito (inset); Ace McCoy (inset); X (inset)
First Line: With a death-defying swing across the terror hatch Lightning smashed into the pirates.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Flash Lightning
Character(s): The Old Man of the Pyramid; Flash Lightning; Wagner; Mary Lee; Tom Lee; Cats Romelt
First Line: In mystic Egypt the Old Man of the Pyramids bestowed upon Flash Lightning all the speed, strength and power of lightning with which to go out in the world and fight on the side of justice and right
Synopsis: Flash is sent to stop river pirates.
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: By comparison with the signed cover this appears to be Harry Lucey.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Raven
Character(s): The Raven [Danny Dartin]; Lola Lash; Jack Tulsa; Tom Anthony; Chief Lash
First Line: Secret and silent as a shadow, the Raven wages war on the world of crime, and returns their ill-gotten gains to the poor and needy.
Synopsis: Lola is arrested for murder.
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Pages: 10
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): X, the Phantom Fed
Character(s): Davis; X; Betty Dale; Blackie; Mark Gorham
First Line: Two super-speed armored trucks, part of a squadron ordered by the U. S. Army have been stolen from a factory in Central City.
Synopsis: X tries to find who stole two armored cars.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ace McCoy
Character(s): Ace McCoy; Bill Regan; Madame Z [Dot Baker]; Greeger; Spike
First Line: Nothing like taking it easy on this farm we rented for the summer
Synopsis: Ace and Bill are hired by a woman to get a buoy.
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Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Hap Hazard
Character(s): Hap Hazard; Mr. Rankin; Anne Collins; Zig Zola; Manny; Mike
First Line: Gosh!
Synopsis: Copy boy, Hap Hazard, searches for a kidnapped girl.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Marvo the Magician
Character(s): Marvo; Tito; Virginia White; Monte Bigg; Killer Karlo; Dr. Alter
First Line: Wandering over the highways and byways of the country in search of adventure, Marvo, master of magic, and his amazing monkey, Tito, come to Faro City - the most corrupt and wicked city in the midwest
Synopsis: Marvo helps Mayor White clean up the town of Faro City.
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Pages: 8
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The Golden Siesta

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Clint Douglas
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Peter Gilley; Larkin
Synopsis: Prospector Peter Gilley is robbed.
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Pages: 2
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Whiz Wilson
Character(s): Whiz Wilson; Alf; Gorok; Frieda
First Line: This was once the big South American city, San Marino.
Synopsis: Alf goes to South America of the year 2500 where people have been reduced to the equivalent of cave men.
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Pages: 7
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The Worm Turns

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): "Softy" Jones, unnamed street gang
Synopsis: "Softy" Jones buys a copy of Super-Mystery Comics and fights off a gang of street kids who try to take it from him.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The art is by multiple hands, but the face of the hero looks like an older Billy Batson. Probably inked by Beck himself.

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