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Issue: The Simon and Kirby Library #[nn]
Publication Date: October 2010
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Title: Superheroes
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Publisher: FlagTitan
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Indicia Publisher: Titan Books
On Sale Date: 10/2010
Volume:
Pages: 488
ISBN: 9781848563650
UPC/EAN: 978184856365054995
Price: $62.00 CAD
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$49.95 USD
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Content Items: 88 (59 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: 7.75" x 11.5"
Paper Stock: bond
Binding: hardcover with dust jacket
Publishing Format: collected editions
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Stuntman Battles a New Menace on Terror Island

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Stuntman Crowns a Jungle Lord

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Character(s): Ozzie Meeker
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[untitled]

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Introduction

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The 1940's. War & Peace

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The Whistler

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Owl [Doug Danville]; The Whistler (first appearance; villain); Arnold Goodrich (first appearance); Excalibur (first appearance; King Arthur's sword)
Synopsis: Black Owl gains full costume.
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The Return of the Whistler

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Owl [Doug Danville]; The Whistler (villain; death)
Synopsis: Excalibur is lost at sea.
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The Menace of Madame Mystery

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Character(s): The Black Owl [Doug Danville]; Madame Mystery (first appearance; villain); Barney Dunn (first appearance)
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Killer in the Big Top!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Alfred Babcock (intro); Maxwell Forbes (intro); Flying Apollos (intro and death); Ian Spine (intro); Felix Black (villain, intro, death)
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The Crime On Cauliflower Row

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Herman Glassjaw (intro); The Fisticuff Fraternity
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Pages: 9.67
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Don't Miss the Next Big Issue of ...

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Disclose Notes: Advertising Stuntman (Harvey, 1942 Series) #2 (June-July 1942).
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House of Madness

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Character(s): Dr. Chalker (villain, intro)
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Curtain Call for Death

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Gil Golden (villain, introduction, death); Wendell Spencer (Death); Anton Thorax
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The Rescue of Robin Hood

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Will Stout (intro); John Granger; the Mysterious Elves of the Woodland (a lodge)
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Rest Camp For Criminals

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The Diamond's Curse

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Stuntman Battles a New Menace on Terror Island

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Character(s): the Panda
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Stuntman Brings to Justice the Evil Sons of M. LeBlanc

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): the Rapier; the Lash; the Tumbler
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Stuntman Crowns a Jungle Lord

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ozzie Meeker
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Pages: 13
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Trapped in Wax

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Vagabond Prince
Character(s): The Vagabond Prince; Chief Justice; Boss Tweed
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Disclose Notes: Previously unpublished story possibly intended for Boy Explorers Comics (Harvey, 1946 Series) #2. Text in final frame reads: "If you live to be two thousand years old ... you will never read a more mysterious and startling story than "The Madness of Doctor Altu" with the Vagabond Prince and Roger ... in the next big issue of Boy Explorers Comics!"
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The Madness of Dr. Altu

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Feature(s): Vagabond Prince
Character(s): Vagabond Prince; Dr. Altu (villain, introduction)
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Death-Trap De Luxe

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Feature(s): Vagabond Prince
Character(s): Mr. Magna (Intro, Dies, villain); Vagabond Prince; Chief Justice; The Jester
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Disclose Notes: Looks like the cover for an issue of Fighting American (Prize, 1954 Series), but none issued look like this one.
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The 1950's. Fighting Americans

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The Man from the World of D

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Character(s): Cat People (villain; introduction)
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The Menace of the Living Dolls

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Character(s): Tigra (villain); Cat People (villain)
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Iron Hat McGinty and His Destruction Gang

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Character(s): Iron-Hat McGinty (introduction; villain)
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First Line: Who is the Fighting American?
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Break the Spy Ring!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martha Von Lohded; Mary Stewart; Peter Piper
Synopsis: Nelson Flagg's older brother, Johnny, is killed by enemies of America. The Army transfers Nelson's brain into Johnny's body to create the Fighting American, who tracks down and captures Peter Piper and his gang.
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Track Down the Baby Buzz Bombs

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Von Feygel
Synopsis: Speedboy helps the Fighting American stop Von Feygel from attacking Johnny Flagg with miniaturized remote controlled buzz-bombs.
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Duel to the Finish Line!

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Character(s): Mary Grady; Gnortz; Bohltz; Dan Grady
Synopsis: Enemy agents kill race car driver Dan Grady before the big European race but the Fighting American takes his place and wins the auto race.
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First Line: Throw them down the sky well!
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The League of the Handsome Devils!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Big Deal [Sleppinger] (first appearance, villain); the Handsome Devils (first appearance, villains); Mike Malone; Adam Sanfield
Synopsis: The Fighting American and Speedboy battle a group of muggers who kill their victims and are only identified as "handsome devils" by eye witnesses.
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Find the King of the Crime Syndicate

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doubleheader [Casper Dewberry] (first appearance, villain); Mary Stewart
Synopsis: Doubleheader has created a device to fling energy which he uses to fix various sporting events and to help him win at gambling. The Fighting American and Speedboy put an end to his criminal enterprise.
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Investigate the City of Ghouls

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Character(s): Mary Stewart; Gen. Dragonin (first appearance, villain, death); Blaggart (first appearance, villain, death); Ghosts of Shasta (first appearance, villain, death)
Synopsis: The Fighting American and Speedboy, along with Mary, are captured by Reds and taken to Mount Shasta where a battle ensues between the Reds and the Ghosts of Shasta. Both sides are destroyed when Fighting American calls in an air strike.
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Character(s): Hotsky Trotsky; Poison Ivan
First Line: Don't laugh -- they're not funny -- "
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The Man Who Sold Out Liberty!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Square-Hair Malloy (first appearance, villain, death)
Synopsis: The Fighting American and Speedboy battle Square-Hair Malloy on top of the Statue of Liberty.
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Stranger from Paradise

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Feature(s): Speedboy
Character(s): Vladimir and his family (first appearance)
Synopsis: A boy in a communist country writes Speedboy a letter.
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Poison Ivan and Hotsky Trotski

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Character(s): Poison Ivan (villain); Hotski Trotski (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis: Poison Ivan and his companion Hotski Trotski spread anti-American propaganda to neighborhood children.
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Z Food!

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Character(s): John (first appearance, villain); Marsha (first appearance, villain); Rammerhead (first appearance, villain); Schwartz; Fodrick; Nutwelder J. Cloudball; Crawlby Wormwood; Comrade Farkriminisch
Synopsis: Scientists have created "Z Food" which turns the eater into what they think they are. The Fighting American and Speedboy must keep it out of communist hands.
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Character(s): Rhode Island Red; Yuscha Liffso
First Line: Listen, Rhode Island Red!
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Tokyo Run-Around!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ginza Goniff (first appearance, villain, death); Massamuttin (first appearance, villain); Madame Butterscotch (first appearance); Togo (first appearance); Uncle Samurai (first appearance)
Synopsis: An American pilot is shot down in the ocean by a communist submarine. The pilot makes his way to Tokyo where he is caught between Japanese mobsters and communist secret agents, but the Fighting American and Speedboy are there to rescue him.
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Home-Coming Year 3000

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Character(s): Starman Zero; Kleeter
Synopsis: Johnny Flagg goes to sleep and dreams of the future, when Starman Zero returns from a distant planet telling tales of the strange aliens he met there.
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Johnny and Dan do not appear as the Fighting American or Speedboy in this story but only as their civilian selves.
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Operation Wolf!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rimsky (first appearance, villain); Korsakoff (first appearance, villain); Doraymirio Wolfirosoff (first appearance, villain); Rhode Island Red (first appearance, villain); Count Yuscha (first appearance, villain); Sawdoff (first appearance, villain); Geegee La Swill
Synopsis: Rhode Island Red and her gang use Doraymirio Wolfirosoff to swindle rich single females out of their money to help fund their communist plots.
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Jiseppi the Jungle Boy

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Character(s): Jiseppi (first appearance); Sir Cedric Hardwhack; Pamela Hardwhack; Pastrami (tiger); Fat Maria
Synopsis: Fighting American and Speedboy travel to India to find a jungle boy who has stolen a hydrogen bomb from the communists.
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The Year Bender

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Character(s): Prof. Dyle Twister (first appearance); Gregory
Synopsis: Speedboy rescues Gregory, a scrawny kid who is being picked on by bullies. Gregory's grandfather has invented a time machine that accidentally takes them all 3000 years in the past.
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Invisible Irving, the Great Nothing!

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Character(s): Invisible Irving (first appearance; villain); Freddy Fowlup
Synopsis: Invisible Irving escapes from Alcatraz and sets up a racket brainwashing people and getting them to steal from their employers.
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Disclose Notes: Story swiped from Starman story in Adventure Comics #77, per Harry Mendryk's blog at the Kirby Museum.
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Character(s): Ali Ghazam
First Line: Zoot! Fighting American and Speedboy are putty in the hands of the great Ali Ghazam!
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Deadly Doolittle

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Icy-Fingers McTouch; Stumblebaum; Stickpin; Iggy; Marilyn Biltrite; Deadly Doolittle; Munneybelt; Hooley
Synopsis: Marilyn Biltrite steals Munneybelt's diamonds but the mob is on her tail. Fighting American saves her and gives her a chance to turn her life around.
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Super-Khakalovitch...

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Character(s): Super Khakalovitch; Charity Bizarre
Synopsis: Communists send their "superman", Super Khakalovitch, to America to kill Fighting American but once he arrives in America he decides he likes it better than his homeland.
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Character(s): Professor
First Line: Look, Fighting American! The horses have sprouted wings!
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Sneak of Araby

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Little Abdul (first appearance, villain); Col. Flopkin (first appearance, villain); Scarlet O'Haircut (first appearance, villain); Ali Bubu; Shishkabob the Sorcerer; Shashlik; Alikhan
Synopsis: A genie takes Fighting American and Speedboy to Kishmir on the Desert, in the Middle East, to stop the communists from getting the oil owned by Little Abdul.
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Three Coins in the Pushcart

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Character(s): Skudnik; Yakfoot; Grummel; Gorgeous Georgia [Gloria Swandive]
Synopsis: Communists send three agents, dressed as the Fighting American, to sabotage his reputation.
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Disclose Notes: Carl Wessler script per Robin Snyder, via Wessler's record books.
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About Space-Face

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Character(s): 20-20 (first appearance, villain); Skurvee (first appearance, villain); Space-Face (first appearance, an alien); Mister Sharp; Lucy Liverwurst
Synopsis: Someone is stealing government secrets and the prime suspect is the alien Space-Face.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Round Robin
First Line: Look out! It's Round Robin!
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Round Robin

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Character(s): Round Robin (introduction); Yakima Fuldoon; Floyd Dragnet
Synopsis: Police chief Floyd Dragnet calls on Fighting American and Speedboy to help capture the crook Round Robin.
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Roman Scoundrels

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Character(s): Commissar Yutz (villain, introduction, death); Shepard Shoestring (introduction); Rupert Blatzbier (introduction); Theda Barracuda (introduction); Eric Von Junkheap (introduction)
Synopsis: Fighting American and Speedboy travel to Hollywood to be in a motion picture but the movie is being directed by communists who want to kill them.
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The Secret of Yafata's Moustache

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Viva Yafata [Harvey Nibble] (villain, introduction); Bosworth Nibble; La Mombo; El Ropo (villain, introduction); Jispers
Synopsis: Bosworth Nibble contacts the Fighting American to ask him to go to Mexico to find his son, Harvey Nibble, who he believes has been captured by bandits.
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The Beef Box

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Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
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The Mad Inker

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Mad Inker [Inky]
Synopsis: Inky, the inker of the Fighting American comic book goes on a crime spree.
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Meet Lancelot Strong, The Man with the Double Life

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The Double Life of Private Strong

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Character(s): The Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Professor Malcolm Fleming; Roger Fleming; Agent Four; Abel Strong; Martha Strong
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Spawn of the "X" World!

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Character(s): The Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Spud; Johnson
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Sneak Attack

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Mystery of the Vanished Wreckage

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Character(s): The Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Spud; Agent Four; Abel Strong; Martha Strong; Klaut
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The Menace of the Micro-Men!

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Character(s): The Shield [Private Lancelot Strong]; Sergeant Griper; Georgia Smith; Colonel Smith (Uncle); Doctor Diablq; micro-men
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The Strange Case of Lovable Lou the Toy Master

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Character(s): The Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Toy Master [Lovable Lou]; General Smith
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The Ultra-Sonic Spies

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The Strange New World of the Fly

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The Fly Discovers His Buzz Gun

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Come into My Parlor

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Character(s): Spider Spry (first appearance)
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Tim O'Casey's Wrecking Crew

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Character(s): Tim O'Casey
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Marco's Eyes

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Character(s): Mister Marco; Dolly; Slats Dillon; J.B. Bascombe
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The Hideout

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Tim O'Casey's Wrecking Crew!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Tim O'Casey; Bertrand; Drews; Finn MacCool; Mr. March
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Disclose Notes: Joe Simon may have pencilled and/or inked pages 1;3-4, with Ayers/Reinman on the remainder. Info per Nick Caputo, May 2013.
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Bonus Gallery

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Disclose Notes: Reproduction of three covers and one lead page. Includes unused covers for Stuntman (Harvey, 1946 Series) #2, and Thrills of Tomorrow (Harvey, 1954 Series) #22.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby worked in ...
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Coming Soon

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Stuntman Crowns a Jungle Lord

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[untitled]

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First Line: Here you'll see stories and characters ...
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Disclose Notes: Back cover of dustjacket.

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