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Issue: Lightning Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #4 of 10 Issues
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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: 10/03/1941
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Aaron A. Wyn
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 522418.
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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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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lash Lightning
Character(s): Lash Lightning [Robert Morgan]
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Pages: 1
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): "Lash" Lightning
Character(s): "Lash" Lightning [Robert Morgan]; Mastermind (villain)
First Line: A streamlined train carrying munitions for Canada speeds toward the international bridge..
Synopsis: "Lash" Lightning saves a munitions train from crashing off a bridge damaged through sabotage. Who is behind this dastardly plot?
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Mooney signs his artwork twice, on both first and final panels.
First line changed to the first line of the story rather than the first line of the introductory blurb which is included in many of the "Lightning" stories.
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Genres: crime, superhero
Feature(s): Raven
Character(s): The Raven [Danny Dartin]; Lola Lash; John Grimm (villain)
First Line: In the home of John Grimm, racketeer
Synopsis: The Raven is convinced an innocent man has been framed for murder, he seeks to find the truth before the death sentence is carried out.
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Pages: 10
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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Dr. Nemesis, Rx
Character(s): Dr Nemesis [Jim Bradley]
First Line: Let's go, he has had enough.
Synopsis: Dr Nemesis investigates a number of suspicious killings linked to insurance payouts.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Changed first line to reflect first line of the story rather than of the introductory blurb present in many of Dr Nemesis' stories.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Marvo the Magician
Character(s): Marvo the Magician; Tito (monkey); Joan Trevor; Jasper Fennel (villain)
First Line: It looks as if we were in for a quiet day, Tito.
Synopsis: Marvo and Tito set out to retrieve jewels stolen by a gang of thieves.
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Pages: 8
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Valley of Vango

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Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Congo Jack
Character(s): Congo Jack; Mike Farrell; Rau (villain)
Synopsis: Jack helps Mike Farrell restore the rightful priests of Vango.
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Genres: adventure, crime
Feature(s): Hap Hazard
Character(s): Hap Hazard
First Line: The city is tense with excitement!
Synopsis: Hap helps a famous actress who has been kidnapped.
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Pages: 6
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The Lobo Locksmith

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Synopsis: Two outlaws discuss how to remove handcuffs, but not all is as it seems.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The Fiction Magazine Index site states that Cliff Howe is a house pseudonym of Lester Dent, however that same site states that this story first appeared in the pulp magazine Western Trails dated May 1938 written by Frank Carl Young. It appears that the house name Cliff Howe may have been used in this case even though written by Young.
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Whiz Wilson
Character(s): Whiz Wilson; Dr. Elijah Stone (villain)
First Line: Doctor Malin! They've caught him...
Synopsis: Whiz travels to the future to find a cure for plague released on Earth.
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Pages: 7
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