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Issue: Lightning Comics #4 Public Domain
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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
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Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Flash Lightning
Flash Lightning; Mary Lee; The Raven [Danny Dartin] (inset); Marvo (inset); Tito (inset); Ace McCoy (inset); X (inset)
With a death-defying swing across the terror hatch Lightning smashed into the pirates.
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Subject Matter
superhero
Flash Lightning
The Old Man of the Pyramid; Flash Lightning; Wagner; Mary Lee; Tom Lee; Cats Romelt
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
Flash is sent to stop river pirates.
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Miscellaneous
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By comparison with the signed cover this appears to be Harry Lucey.
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Subject Matter
superhero
Raven
The Raven [Danny Dartin]; Lola Lash; Jack Tulsa; Tom Anthony; Chief Lash
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.
Lola is arrested for murder.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
X, the Phantom Fed
Davis; X; Betty Dale; Blackie; Mark Gorham
Two super-speed armored trucks, part of a squadron ordered by the U. S. Army have been stolen from a factory in Central City.
X tries to find who stole two armored cars.
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Miscellaneous
10
Last appearance.
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Subject Matter
adventure
Ace McCoy
Ace McCoy; Bill Regan; Madame Z [Dot Baker]; Greeger; Spike
Nothing like taking it easy on this farm we rented for the summer
Ace and Bill are hired by a woman to get a buoy.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Hap Hazard
Hap Hazard; Mr. Rankin; Anne Collins; Zig Zola; Manny; Mike
Gosh!
Copy boy, Hap Hazard, searches for a kidnapped girl.
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Subject Matter
superhero
Marvo the Magician
Marvo; Tito; Virginia White; Monte Bigg; Killer Karlo; Dr. Alter
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
Marvo helps Mayor White clean up the town of Faro City.
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Miscellaneous
8
The Golden Siesta

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Clint Douglas
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typeset
Subject Matter
western
Peter Gilley; Larkin
Prospector Peter Gilley is robbed.
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Whiz Wilson
Whiz Wilson; Alf; Gorok; Frieda
This was once the big South American city, San Marino.
Alf goes to South America of the year 2500 where people have been reduced to the equivalent of cave men.
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Miscellaneous
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The Worm Turns

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
drama
"Softy" Jones, unnamed street gang
"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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Miscellaneous
1
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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