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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Uncle Sam

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; Martha Roberts; Prince Ali-Emr (curio collector, introduction, death); Ishkar (Ali-Emr's servant, introduction); Mr. Curio [James Hathaway] (villain, curio collector, introduction, death)

First Line: A world in miniature! This was the dream of the strange man known as Mr. Curio...

Synopsis: Doll Man must put an end to Mr. Curio, who steals collectible miniatures.

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Pages: 11

The Secret of Mouse Malone

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Chuck; Mouse Malone [aka Shorty] (villain); Honest Abe Lavery (villain); Slippery (villain, death); Joe (villain, death); Butch Parker (villain)

First Line: In a private back room..

Synopsis: The Spider must track down a killer who has horribly strangled two of Honest Abe Lavery's men following a poker game. Chuck finally is able to steer the Spider in the right direction to the killer.

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Pages: 6

Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

The Khan

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; The Khan (villain, introduction, death); Petrov (villain); Ileana Kamova (villain)

First Line: Terrill, fly home at once! A big story is going to break here!

Synopsis: Happy is kidnapped by Mongols and taken to Russia, where his plane is shot down, his captor killed, who leaves a map with his plans behind. The Ray discovers a special Russian division called the Flame Troops who have been trained by The Khan, a descendant of Genghis and Kublai Khan, both of whom had great strength and mystical knowledge. The Khan waylays the Ray long enough to lay siege to Moscow, but, when the Ray recovers, he throws the Khan to his doom from the top of St. Basil's Cathedral.

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Pages: 6

The Pumpkinhead Plot

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Black Condor [Senator Thomas Wright]; Dr. Foster; Wendy Foster; Senator Pumpkinhead Hardy (introduction); Jaspar Crow (villain); Elsa Papendorf (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: The role of the Senator Tom Wright having been assumed by the Black Condor...

Synopsis: Wendy is taking a first aid course in school, taught by an Austrian refugee with a "W" scar on his face. He uses the same girl each day to model injuries, bandaging her, but, strangely enough, giving that girl the bandages each day. Tom smells a rat and decides to investigate as the Condor and literally drops into the classroom, feigning injury to get bandaged. The bandages contain secret messages, and the Condor follows the clues to Jaspar Crow himself!

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Pages: 9

Trouble on the Twentieth Century Limited

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; Schultz (villain, introduction); spies [Heinrich; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: The Twentieth Century Limited streaks along its silver tracks…

Synopsis: Darrel and Dr. Roberts speed after a train, attempting to catch up with a foreign spy who has stolen a valuable formula for making poison gas. Doll Man catches up to him only to lose the agent afterwards, but the crafty crime fighter sets a trap to catch all those involved.

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Pages: 9

The Hyena-Men

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Writer(s): ? [as John Charles]

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Genres: jungle

Character(s): Samar; Julie van Mar (daughter of a jeweler); Mr. Van Mar (jeweler); The Hyena-Men (villains, death); Obandi Chief (villain, reforms); Obandi tribe (villains, reforms)

First Line: The throbbing beat of savage drums pulsates throughout the jungle.

Synopsis: Hearing war drums, Samar decides to investigate and asks why the Obandi Chief why his tribe members are doing their war dance. Claiming that evil white men are in the area, a sudden explosion draws Samar to the scene and learns that a group of men are interfering with the appraisal of diamonds by a man named Van Mar, which is inciting the local tribe.

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Pages: 5

Sweet Nothings

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Lucky me! Ahs in love!! Got thet peee-culiar feelin!

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Pages: 1

Mobtown, U.S.A.!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Boss Spring (villain); Spring's gang (villains)

Synopsis: Boss Spring has been elected Mayor of the city by a narrow margin over the reform candidate, and vows that, from now on, things will be different in the city. City services, normally free, now have to be paid for. Police are told what they can do and what they can't. Uncle Sam is elected to step in and take care of the situation, but Boss Spring has him and Buddy arrested.

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Pages: 11

The Sins of Anton Bock

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; Martha Roberts; Caleb (introduction); unnamed Sheriff (introduction); Anton Bock (villain, introduction); Bock's spy ring [Butch; unnamed others] (villains, introduction for all, one dies)

Synopsis: Professor Roberts has perfected a powerful gas, a gas too dangerous to sell or even use, so he decides to destroy it. Before he can do so, he is kidnapped from his lab. Later, Darrel and Martha track his movements to the waterfront, where there are strange lights of red, blue and green, as well as mysterious noises. Doll Man steps in to corner the crooks and save Professor Roberts.

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Pages: 9

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Writer(s): ? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (credited)

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts; two unnamed Nazi painters (villains); the Nazis (villains, some die); Japanese servant of Dr. Roberts (villain)

First Line: While walking along the street, Darrel and Martha hear the shrieking whine of a siren…

Synopsis: Darrel and Martha are walking along the street when air raid sirens go off, and they take shelter in a subway tunnel. Two painters are also in there and Darrel notices something strange about them, so he turns into Doll Man and tracks them. Doll Man is puzzled that the Nazis are so accurate in their bomb runs until he sees the painters painting the tops of building (later bombed) with luminous paint.

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Pages: 11

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Genres: humorous

First Line: Somebody's swiped m' dough!

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Pages: 1

It's Thrilling - Savage - Bloody

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Quicksilver; Captain Zenzo Shimizu (villain, death); the Japanese (villains, all die)

Synopsis: While patrolling the Aleutian Islands, Quicksilver decides to land on Kattu Island looking for Japanese soldiers, and he finds them. Taken prisoner, the Japanese decide to allow Quicksilver to battle their Captain, a Ju-Jitsu black belt champion.

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Pages: 7

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Lala Palooza

First Line: Here's the only picture we have of Vincent...

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Python the Brain Thief

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Python (villain, introduction, death); Professor Kreeper (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: Headless bodies are discovered along the banks of a lonely river…

Synopsis: When the Police discover headless bodies along the river, The Doll Man must use all of his cunning and wits to prevent the Python from stealing his brain!

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Pages: 9

Raid in Holland

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Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Tor [Jim Slade] (press photographer); Jim's unnamed newspaper editor; Dutch Van Meer (introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, many die)

First Line: Those commandos can really fight!

Synopsis: Jim is given the tough assignment of photographing a British commando unit in action during a raid in Holland. He teams up with commando Dutch van Meer. When Dutch is killed during the raid, Jim assumes his magical identity of Tor and fills in for him.

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Pages: 5

The Poison Gas Formula

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Police Captain Kane (cameo); Benny (airfield mechanic); Heizer (villain, introduction); foreign spy ring (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: While pursing thieves who had stolen a secret military poison gas formula, the Clock leaps from his airplane and lands on another below. The crooks use the gas on him, but he is unaffected, and he theorizes that his mask must have been wet and prevented the gas from penetrating.

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Pages: 5

Treasure of the Sargasso

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Invisible Justice [aka Invisible Hood] [Kent Thurston]; Professor Clark; Sanchez (villain, ship's captain, introduction)

First Line: A small schooner sails smoothly along...

Synopsis: Kent and Professor Clark make their way to the Sargasso Sea on a scientific expedition to go down in a diving bell nearly a mile to see what the area looks like. On the way, the ship's captain and crew take over the voyage and make the dive themselves, recovering an old iron chest full of jewels and money that Sanchez and his partner had stolen years before. The Invisible Hood takes over and conquerors the entire crew.

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Pages: 5

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain Triumph [Lance Gallant; Michael Gallant]; Kim Meredith; Biff; executives of a brokerage company [J.H.; P.C.]; [The King [King Costain] (villain, author, actor, magician, introduction, death); Costain's valet (villain, introduction); Riddy Ropton (villain, city boss, introduction, death); Dopey (villain, Riddy's aide, introduction)

First Line: Lay off! You’re after the wrong guy!

Synopsis: Lance meets Kim and Biff marveling over the news that former resident and well known celebrity, King Costain, is returning for a visit to town. Lance is suspicious of just why he is coming to town, but soon enough a criminal called The King moves in to take over the rackets, and Captain Triumph vows to learn the truth of what is going on.

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Pages: 15

El Diablo Blanco

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Writer(s): ? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed)

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Martha Roberts; El Diablo Blanco (horse descended from Montezuma's own horse); Wampum (an Indian, introduction, Professor Robert's friend) Cortez (introduction, flashback); Montezuma (introduction, flashback); Tod Gunther (introduction); Quincy Gregg (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: Look, Darrel, there’s someone waiting for us!

Synopsis: Doll Man hides himself behind El Diablo Blanco to give the impression that the steed can talk, an act which helps Wampum save his land. The horse is then tamed by Doll Man and used to pursue his enemy right off a cliff.

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Pages: 9