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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]

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Pages: 1

High Priest of Evil

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Samson; David; Arpor (villain, introduction); Arpor's followers (villains, introduction for all, all die); Kali (villainous stone god, destroyed)

First Line: What a funny looking truck outside here…

Synopsis: Encountering a strange truck, Samson and David follow the criminals to a building rigged up to counterfeit coins from every nation. After Samson destroys the machinery and throws the whole building into the ocean, a single survivor warns him that a high priest of evil was out to destroy him.

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Pages: 13

The Atom Ray Saboteurs

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Dynamite Thor

Character(s): Dynamite Thor [aka The Explosion Man] [Peter Thor]; Glenda (Thor's fiance); Mr. Quinn (aircraft company head, death); The Blue Diamond Gang [Groot; Gordon; Nick; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all, all die)

First Line: Blasting the rackets to atoms comes Dynamite Thor…

Synopsis: The threat to U.S. wartime munitions plants draws the attention of Dynamite Thor who then comes face to face with the Blue Diamond Gang

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Pages: 10

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Writer(s): ? [as Jerome Peters] (signed)

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Black Lion [George Davis]; The Cub [Larry Davis] (George's nephew); Linda Dale (villain, introduction); Blitz (villain); Kurt Grun (villain, introduction)

First Line: The Atlas Powder Company is mysteriously blown up!

Synopsis: An explosion at a powder company draws the Black Lion and the Cub to the scene, where they are waylaid by the sinister Blitz and Grun.

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Pages: 8

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Mike Hannigan (policeman); unnamed pawn shop worker; Spike (villain, introduction); Spike's gang [Joe; Red (death); unnamed members] (villains, introduction)

First Line: A gang of thieves are about to rob a pawn shop...

Synopsis: A gang of thieves rob a pawn shop, nearly knocking out Policeman Hannigan, who whistles an SOS, which the Blue Beetle overhears and heads out to capture the crooks.

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Pages: 8

The Stardust Sixth Column

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Genres: science fiction, superhero

Character(s): Stardust; The Stardust Sixth Column Club; Fifth Column (villains, racketeers, all die)

First Line: Stardust, whose vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived...

Synopsis: Stardust gives the members of his Sixth Column Club uniforms and super abilities so that they can defeat Fifth Column invaders.

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Pages: 8

The Stolen Battleship Plans

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Writer(s): ? [as Alex Boon] (credited)

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Samson; David; Letty Hale (introduction); Franz Mann (villain, Nazi Bund leader, introduction); Ingrid (villain, introduction); other Nazi spies (villains, introduction for all, some die)

First Line: Samson! Look! A man falling from that building!

Synopsis: Samson and David look into the theft of stolen battleship plans by a Nazi Bund.

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Pages: 13

The Undersea Tanks

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Genres: war

Feature(s): Navy Jones Underseas

Character(s): Navy Jones; Princess Coral; Captain Nemo; Dictator of Europe (villain, introduction); General Von Rothmann (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: A delicate undersea operation has re-created Navy Jones into a waterman...

Synopsis: After having a delicate undersea operation, allowing him to become a waterman, Jones and his companions must find a way to battle a large fleet of underseas Army tanks advancing on the U.S. off the Florio Coast.

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Pages: 4

The Stuffed Fish Smugglers

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Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Lt. Drake of the Naval Intelligence

Character(s): Lt. Drake; Inspector Stevens (cameo); gang of smugglers (villains)

First Line: A wave of smuggling of orientals into America has spread…

Synopsis: Lt. Drake is assigned the task of capturing the men responsible for smuggling orientals into the United States.

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Pages: 5

The Meeting That Death Attended

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): V-Man, for Defense of Democracy

Character(s): V-Man [Jerry Steele]; Mickey (leader of the V-Boys Defense Corps); Ginger Dare; Clarkson (a pilot, death); Father Duroc (guest-star); Professor Schnell (villain, introduction, death); Herr Baron (villain, introduction); Von und Zu Schutz (villain, introduction); Countess Talya (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: V-Man must go up against a villainous group of Nazis intent on discovering the location of Father Duroc, the man who created V-Man and the leader of the European V-Groups.

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Pages: 15

Notes: Half of the last page is an illustrated ad which asks readers to enlist in the Boys Defense Corps.

Space Pirates

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Writer(s): ? [as Hank Christy] (credited)

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Space Smith; Diana (Smith's partner); Bill Harding (death); John Davis (villain, head of the Interplanetary Insurance Company, introduction, death); Squint (villain, introduction, death); Spunk (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: A terrific blast shatters a space rocket to bits…

Synopsis: Smith's friend, Bill Harding, is accompanying some valuable securities to Mars, and Space and his friend Diana decide to follow him. They are captured by Squint and sent to "take a swim" in a local volcano.

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Pages: 6

Cursed Wealth

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Writer(s): ? [as Dennis O'Casey] (signed)

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Banshee [Jim O'Donnell]; Father Jessup (introduction); Mr. Carron (introduction); Joan; Agatha (villain, introduction); Sam (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Father Jessup hears the confession of a very ill man who, years before, took a great deal of wealth from others, but now vows to return it. However, Carron's "staff" decide that will definitely not happen, and the Banshee intervenes.

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Pages: 6

The Butcher's Maniacal Murders

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Writer(s): ? [as Walter Frame] (credited)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Green Mask

Character(s): The Green Mask [Michael Shelby] (origin); Mary Morgan; unnamed mayor; unnamed police chief; The Butcher (villain, introduction); the Butcher's gang (villains, introduction)

First Line: Janet Royce’s body was found in a sewer

Synopsis: The Green Mask must track down and stop a maniac murderer who is targeting debutantes, whose tenth and eleventh victims were Janet Royce and Elizabeth Blankett.

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Pages: 8

Suicide for Sale!

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Writer(s): ? [as Otis] (credited)

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan Mason; Margy Parks (death); Mr. Miller (candy store owner); Mr. Barker (President of a bank); Mildred Barker (wife of the bank President); Mrs. Ross (villain); Ross' thugs (villains)

Synopsis: The Blue Beetle looks into a series of women jumping to their deaths to find a connection.

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Pages: 10

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Writer(s): ? [as Godfrey Clarke] (signed)

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Dr. Mortal

Character(s): Gary (Mortal's nephew); Marlene (Mortal's niece); Policemen (many die); Dr. Mortal (villain, scientist); Ulan (villain, Mortal's assistant, introduction, death)

First Line: Dr. Mortal, brilliant scientist and enemy of mankind, carries on his death feud…

Synopsis: Because of his death feud against the world, Police officers are sent out to bring the evil Doctor Feud in: dead or alive. When they fail to do the job, Gary and Marlene take on the task.

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Pages: 8

The Disintegrator

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Genres: espionage

Feature(s): D-13, Secret Agent

Character(s): D-13 [Captain Richard Anthony]; Robert [Bob] Simms; Susan Florenz (villain); Rico (villain, introduction); Diego (villain, introduction); Hans (villain, introduction)

First Line: Cruising the waters of the south Atlantic, a deadly raider of the seas…

Synopsis: Agents Bob and D-13 are captured and placed aboard a pocket battleship of the enemy which is stopping Allied ships at sea, taking the crew off and then sinking the vessel in question.

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Pages: 7.5

The Rudite Crystals

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Writer(s): ? [as James T. Royal] (credited)

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Genres: adventure, jungle

Character(s): Marga; Ted Grant; Professor Reid; Mr. Brunt (villain); glacial savages (villains, some die)

First Line: Marga… A lovely white girl inoculated with the traits of a black panther…

Synopsis: Marga, Ted and Mr. Brunt set out to fly to the Arctic regions to find a supply of rudite, a rare mineral that helps improve alloys for government guns.

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Pages: 8