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Genres: superhero

Character(s): (clockwise from top left) The Spider Queen; Wildfire; Lady Fairplay; Miss Victory

Synopsis: Four heroines swing or run into action on a neutral background.

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Notes: It's possible there are different artists for each character. Stephanie Heike is a contemporary artist and may have composited clips from golden-age issues. The Spider Queen published by Fox; Wildfire published Quality Comics; Lady Fairplay published by Progressive Publishers; Miss Victory published by Quality Comics (costume updated here to a red mask and a V emblem).

Women (Men) of Mystery

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

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The Case of the Swindling Eye!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Amazona (introduction, origin); Blake Manners (newspaperman, explorer, introduction, only appearance); Hennigan (Blake's newspaper Editor, introduction); unnamed cab driver (introduction); gang of jewel robbers (villains, introduction for all, most die)

First Line: In the vast cold reaches of the far north lives Amazona...

Synopsis: Amazona and her people, the last survivors of a super race that perished during the last ice age, live in the far north reaches of the Arctic. They are visited by Blake, the only survivor of an exploratory expedition. Wanting to return to America, a land Amazona know nothing about, Blake finds himself accompanied on the trip by Amazona, who is bored with her true home.

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First Line: Aboard a yacht...

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Character(s): The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; Linda Lytell (actress); Perry Knight (actor); Tinker (actor, death); Inspector Cavenaugh; unnamed Police Commissioner; Mike (Policeman); The Black Death [Weber] (villain, theatre owner, introduction)

First Line: In the dressing room of Linda Lytell, a noted actress…

Synopsis: When Perry Knight, supposedly as the Black Death, murders an actor on stage, he is arrested by Inspector Cavenaugh. At the same time, his leading lady, Linda Lytell, is kidnapped. The Woman in Red enters the case to track down the real killer, posing at The Black Death.

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The Plot to Capture Hawaii

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Writer(s): ? [as Achmed Zudella] (signed)

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Madame Strange (introduction); Bonza (villain, Japanese, introduction, death); Bohlog (villain, introduction); Pedro (villain, introduction, death); Dingo Bill (villain, introduction); Mato (villain, introduction)

First Line: Mysterious, beautiful and cloaked with an unknown identity, Madam Strange matches[…]

Synopsis: As Madam Strange walks the streets of a Hawaiian island, she is shot at, but is able to capture one of the felons, and learns that Bonza, the kingpin of Axis agents, is behind it. If he is successful in overthrowing the island's government and execute its leaders, it means millions to Bohlog.

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Notes: Madam Strange in an expert knife thrower.

Story line continued next issue of Great Comics.

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Genres: science fiction, superhero

Feature(s): Magician from Mars

Character(s): Magician from Mars [Jane Gem35] (introduction, origin); Jane Faro [Gem35] (Earth woman, mother of daughter Jane); Jarl Gem35 (Martian man, father of daughter Jane); Dr. Clinton (introduction); Jane's Aunt (guardian, introduction)

Synopsis: The daughter of a Martian father and human mother is accidentally exposed to the rays of a cathode tube by her nurse which gives her extraordinary powers and advanced mentality. However, her Earthly heritage of affection for blood relatives is her one weakness.

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Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Fantomah

Character(s): Fantomah; Fury (a leopard); Horus (Captain of the Guards); The Mzilis (an African tribe); Ghazia (villain, Priestess of Nekbi); Koba (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: Fantomah and her stalwart captain of the guards leave the lost city of Khefra...

Synopsis: Ghazia continues to plot to seize Fantomah's throne, so Fantomah calls on the vulture goddess to save her and Horus from being burned at the stake.

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Character(s): Miss Victory [Joan Wayne]; General Conover; Black Zagar (villain); Zagar's gang [Marlowe; rest unnamed] (villains)

First Line: Not even Joan Wayne, in her powerful identity as Miss Victory, could stem the tide...

Synopsis: A nationwide crime wave and the authorities inability to combat it draw Miss Victory into the fray when asked by General Conover. She discovers that the crime wave was only a decoy while a sly gang robbed the Federal Reserve Bank.

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Spider Queen

Character(s): The Spider Queen [Shannon Kane]; Detective Mike O'Bell; group of racketeers (villains)

First Line: A band of vicious racketeers, by means of threats, torture, and kidnapping, is forcing small store keepers...

Synopsis: Spider Queen must battle a vicious group of racketeers who, by means of threats, torture and kidnapping, is forcing small store keepers to sign over their shops.

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Blue Lady

Character(s): The Blue Lady [Lucille Martin] (novelist, introduction, origin); Larry Grant (Lucille's sweetheart, introduction); Lotus (faithful maid of Chin Liang, introduction, death); unnamed banker (introduction, death); Sing Thang (introduction); Chinese gangsters [Lee; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: Lucille Martin is the name of an adventurous novelist, who is on a homeward voyage from China…

Synopsis: Novelist Lucille Martin is on a boat headed home from China where she was getting proper atmosphere for her new novel, when the maid of Chin Liang informs her that she is carrying a valuable jade idol to New York for her master, and that three enemy agents are on board to stop her. The maid, soon to die, gives Lucille a "Bluebird" ring and the idol to deliver to America. Once home, Lucille finds her home ransacked and the idol missing. When she accidentally drops the ring and steps on it, a mysterious gas is emitted which gives Lucille Martin super-powers, which she uses to retrieve the idol.

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Genres: adventure, science fiction

Character(s): Connie Kurridge; Jack Brown; Dr. Chrono; Ko Lin (villain); Ko-Wai-Kong (villain, torturer)

First Line: Connie has been captured by Ko Lin and taken to the yellow flagship…

Synopsis: Connie, commander of the United Military Forces, has been captured by the nefarious Ko Lin and sent to the torture chamber. Jack and Dr. Chrono succeed in freeing her from her captors, but are quickly followed in space ships...which Chrono manages to hurl back into time with his time machine.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): USA; unnamed U.S. Secretary of War (introduction); Linden (villain, government draftsman, introduction); Unger (villain, introduction); unnamed spies (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: The plans of the U.S. defenses are closely guarded...

Synopsis: A corrupt government draftsman attempts to steal the plans of U.S. defenses, but USA throws a monkey wrench into that plan.

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Genres: jungle

Character(s): Camilla; unnamed tribal woman (introduction); Trader Davis (old friend of Camilla's, introduction); Toyo (villain, a monkey, introduction); The Renegade (villain, introduction); Renegade's gang (villains, group of bandits, introduction for all)

First Line: Camilla, queen of the jungle, sets out to visit an old friend...

Synopsis: Camilla saves her old friend, Trader Davis, from a water buffalo. She learns a native tribe, led my a white man, has attacked his trading post, stealing guns and ammunition with the purpose of stealing a village's ivory and its men. Camilla rescues the the men and recovers their ivory.

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Genres: adventure, war

Character(s): Pat Parker; Fritz (villain, death); unnamed Nazi leader (villain); the Nazis (villains)

First Line: As the city of London sleeps -- slinking invaders prepare an insidious disease...

Synopsis: Hearing the words of a dying patient in a London war hospital spurs Pat to head to a hidden cove on the English coast, where she spies a German sub surfacing. She follows the Nazis to London's water supply and notes they are about to pollute the water with cholera germs. She destroys them with fire, then follows the sub towards Germany, and captures it single-handedly.

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Genres: adventure, fantasy

Character(s): Invisible Scarlet O'Neill; Paul Itch (Ivan's twin brother); Ivan Itch (villain); Shiltz (villain); Iltz (villain)

First Line: Scarlet entered the apartment unseen...

Synopsis: Shiltz and Iltz come to see Ivan and discover that the two plan to destroy the aeronautics plant where Iva's twin brother is stationed. They plan for Ivan to take Paul's place at the plant and destroy it from within, but Scarlet invisibly follows them and is unknowingly knocked into a well.

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The Case of the Photo Crimes

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick (newspaperman); unnamed Naval Lieutenant (introduction, death); Greenway (villain, film director, introduction, death); female movie extra (villain, introduction, death); unnamed stdio electrician (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Filming on Linda Turner's latest film is halted until the arrival of a Naval officer, who happens to be carrying a briefcase of photos and secret gun emplacements. Later, when Linda and Rick discover the officer dead and papers stolen, the Black Cat goes into action to track down the culprits involved.

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Lady Fairplay

Character(s): Lady Fairplay [Mary Lee] (school teacher); Clem Jones (old man); Emmy Jones (old man's wife); the Loathers (villains); Loather's servant (villain)

First Line: The incredible feats of Lady Fairplay during the past few weeks...

Synopsis: Mary is out for a drive after classes were over when it starts to rain. As she puts up the convertible top on her car, she sees an old man reeking of alcohol who says that he has escaped from a nearby home run by the Loathers. When he tells her that there have been six mysterious deaths at the home due to various accidents, Mary decides that Lady Fairplay should look into the matter, discovering that the Loather's were arranging accidents on their clients to collect their insurance.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Tim Healy (of the FBI); The Moth (villain, introduction, death); Moth's gang (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: Joan Dale, (Miss America) endowed with the magical powers of the Statue of Liberty...

Synopsis: Miss America faces a non-costumed silk thief who uses cards that burst into flames when thrown.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Wildfire [Carol Vance Martin]; Mickey Keene (movie star); kidnappers [Slippery; Red Coles; others unnamed](villains)

First Line: When her parents died in a great forest fire Carol Vance was given the power to use flames…

Synopsis: Criminals try to kidnap young movie star Micky Keene and Carol Martin in Snow Valley to hold them for ransom, but Wildfire foils their plans.

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Genres: fantasy

Character(s): The Queen of Evil [Nagana] (villain, sorceress); Kalkor [The Avenger of Wrongs]; Sir Henry Booke; Karknov (scientist, death); Athor the Egyptian (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: What hideous hands of death came clutching at the throats of those...

Synopsis: Sir Henry tells his fellow scientists that Nagana can restore the evil Athor to life, but she warns that they might not be pleased with him. Rising from the dead, Athor displays the sacred ruby, which one of the scientists wants badly, and it costs him his life. When Kalkor appears and fights with Athor, the ruby falls to the floor; Nagana grabs it and vanishes, an act that will unleash a terrible demon unless the ruby is returned to Athor.

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, superhero

Character(s): Lady Satan [Marietta Chesler]; The Shadow People; three unnamed children; werewolf (villain, death)

First Line: Perhaps I am the only person in the world today who is a master of the art of black magic…

Synopsis: Lady Satan encounters three children that are under the control of a werewolf who turns them into werewolves and who attack her. She fends them off using her Xanda Powder, the calls up the Shadow People to lead her to the madman responsible so that she can end his reign of terror.

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Hollywood Sabotage

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios]; Delznic (movie producer); Keef (guard on the set); Mr. Reynolds (Boy Scout leader); Walter Mills (villain, actor); Fritz Haubner (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: War! Paramount in the minds of men today…

Synopsis: Miss Patriot is invited on set to watch a new war movie being made called "Fight to Die," and meets the star of the movie, who has fallen for her. However, little does Pat know that the star of the film is in on a Nazi plot to sabotage the nearby aircraft plant.

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Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Sorceress of Zoom; Tom; Janice; The Stranger

First Line: Zoom is a magic city that appears and disappears at the will of its ruler...

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