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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; the Undertaker

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Pages: 1

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Magno, the Magnetic Man

Character(s): Magno [Tom Dalton]; unnamed enemy agent leader (villain)

First Line: We are all helpless until the pilot lands!

Synopsis: When Tom's passenger plane is hijacked en route to Alaska, he defends the home front by uncovering an invasion plot wherein enemy agents are converting American transports into bombers.

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Pages: 4

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

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Elmo; Professor Roberts; Rattler (villain, racketeer); Rattler's mob [Mauler Malone; others unnamed] (villains)

First Line: When ruthless racketeers begin their campaign...

Synopsis: The Rattler and his gang begin a neat little protection racket in order to secure needed funds.

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Pages: 10

Notes: Art credits from Craig Delich.

King of Corpse Cay!

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Genres: historical

Feature(s): Corsair Queen

Character(s): Corsair Queen [Lila Evans]; Monk; Captain Rex (villain)

Synopsis: When their ship begins to flounder, Lila and Monk put into Corpse Cay, which is run by the nefarious Captain Rex, a buccaneer pirate who encouraged piracy for his own profit. Because Lila's father was killed by buccaneers, she has vowed to kill all such men....and Captain Rex will be no different.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Credits from Martin O'Hearn.

Enter: Silk and Her Highness

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Samson (historical character); Silk (villain); Her Highness (villain; introduction)

Synopsis: Kid Eternity's powers are removed by Mr. Keeper when the Kid mis-uses them to transform two ordinary guys into "he-men." However, two crooks witnessed this scene and informed Her Highness of this, and she ordered Silk to capture the men and bring them to her. Mr. Keeper then restored the Kid's powers, and he called upon Solomon to defeat Her Highness' gang so the Kid could restore the he-men to normal.

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Pages: 15

Notes: Script credits suggested by the Who's Who. Pencils credits from Bob Hughes. Inks credit suggested by the Who's Who.

The Curse of the Marshwoods

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Timothy Marshwood (introduction); Mr. Marshwood (flashback, introduction, death, in flashback); Jud Marshwood (villain, Tim's uncle, introduction); Slyme (villain, Marshwood family butler, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Happy has been assigned to cover the waterfront for his newspaper and discovers Timothy Marshwood trying to drown himself. Rescuing him, Tim relates the gruesome family history of family members dying violent deaths, usually by their own hands.....and Happy decides to investigate.

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Pages: 9

Notes: Some of the story is told in flashback.

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Jester [Chuck Lane]; Detective McGinty; Kerry (eatery proprietor, death); Lula (villain, eatery patron); Mr. Molluc (villain, soldier-of-fortune)

First Line: Who killed Kerry?

Synopsis: The Jester investigates the death of a local eatery owner, and when Lulu, a witness to the murder, gives varying descriptions of the killer to Detective McGinty, Chuck Lane smells a rat, two of them.

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Pages: 6

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Mrs. Van Dotage (banquet host)

First Line: We'd be honored to have you as guest of honah...

Synopsis: Lady Luck is invited to a special banquet by the Montrose Alumnae Association to receive an honorary degree. The problem is that the host has taken ill and has decided the Brenda Banks should take over and be the one to introduce Lady Luck.

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Pages: 4

Alliance of Evil

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Genres: historical

Feature(s): Captain Daring

Character(s): Captain Daring; Patch; Sir Mark Drayton (Governor of Illyria); Lady Delores Drayton; Captain Jigg (villain); Captain Foxx [aka the Red Fox)

Synopsis: Capturing the villainous Captain Jigg, Captain Daring is warned by his foe that he will never overcome the Red Fox. Sure enough, through deception, Captain Foxx takes over the island of Illyria and declares himself the new governor. Thanks to the daring of Lady Delores, Jigg and Foxx go at one another, allowing Daring and his men to overcome them.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Inker credit verified by Zakarin in interview with Jim Amash in Alter Ego #27 (August 2003), which reprints the splash page.

Treasure of the Sargasso

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Invisible Justice

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

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 has stolen years before. The Invisible Hood takes over and conquerors the entire crew.

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Pages: 5

Tailored for a Song

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Torchy [Torchy Todd]; T. Bolerini (voice teacher);

First Line: Golly! The backdrop's going up!

Synopsis: Torchy assists a female singer, being trained by Bolerini, with ice cream for her sore throat. Unfortunately, the lady eats so much ice cream, it freezes her vocal cords and she cannot sing at the evening's concert. Bolerini selects Torchy as her replacement, even though she cannot sing a note.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Title from reprint in Bill Ward's Torchy, the Blonde Bombshell (Innovation, 1992 Series) #1

The Venusian Expedition

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Blaze Barton (assistant of Professor Solis); Professor Solis; Betty Solis; Venusians (introduction); The Bat Men; King of the Core-Men (villain); Core-men (villains)

Synopsis: After the Earth has been burned to a cinder, from passing too close to the Subn, Blaze has to face a group of monsters emerging from Earth's core.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Oddity: Blaze was a Flash Gordon type hero who lived in a time after the year 5029 when the Earth's orbit was nearer to the Sun. However, in this one story, the year is 3000.

Roy Talon is a company by-line for the strip and not the name of a real personage.

On Dopi Island

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Woozy

Character(s): Woozy Winks; King Regibald (villain); Reginald's advisors [Ackley; Rook] (villains)

Synopsis: Taking a break from crime busting, Woozy takes a trip to Dopi Island and suddenly finds himself King of the island...an attempt by the true King's advisers to get a pasty to get wasted to let the crooked King off the hook for robbing his subjects blind.

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Pages: 6

Shocking Red Sabotage

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Genres: crime, espionage

Feature(s): T-Man

Character(s): T-Man [Pete Trask]; Manovitch (underground agent); Commissar Karkov (villain); Comrade Zorita (villain, female agent); Leo Vinski (villain, double for Trask); Comrade Tasoff (villain); Comrade Kremski (villain)

Synopsis: Trask learns of a nefarious plot to blow up the Allied capitals of the world after having taken the place of a Russian named Vinski, and his suicidal job is to stop the plan. A fly in the ointment is that Trask's true identity has been uncovered and he is at the mercy of Comrade Zorita.

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Pages: 10

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Betty Bates

Character(s): Betty Bates; Norma (Betty's friend); Dick (Betty's husband); Alice (Betty's acquaintance); unnamed bearded man (Dick's uncle); Dick (villain, Norma's husband)

First Line: When Betty Bates, lady-at-law, caught the bridal bouquet....

Synopsis: District Attorney Betty Bates catches the wedding bouquet at her friend's wedding indicating she'll be the next to get married. However, a strange, bearded gentleman, seeing the departing couple getting ready to leave, announces that it was a "wedding of death" and intimates that the wedding flowers will bring death. Dick thinks the whole thing revolves around the ghost legend of his estate, called The Hallows. It's up to Betty to discover the truth.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur.

The Lady of the Pearls!

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Genres: espionage

Character(s): Black X [Richard Spencer]; Batu; Inspector Beef Burton; Count Morado's daughter; Graspon (villain); Graspon's gang (villains)

Synopsis: Black X and Batu come across two ruffians trying to load a coffin into a truck. The men flee, and the coffin is taken to Black X's apartment where a man named Graspon wishes to buy it for $20,000. When X refuses the offer and Graspon leaves, X opens the coffin to discover the living but unconscious body of a beautiful girl. Graspon meanwhile goes out to hire thugs to forcibly take the coffin and contents away from X.

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Pages: 6

Big Joe Ryan and the Silver Bracelet

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Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Chic Carter

Character(s): Chic Carter; Chic's newspaper city editor; Big Joe Ryan (villain, introduction); Louella (villain, introduction); Blackie (villain, Ryan's chauffeur, introduction)

First Line: Here's the story on Big Joe Ryan!

Synopsis: Chic writes a story on Big Joe Ryan and immediately is confronted by a lady wanting him to go to a certain jewelry store and pick up a silver bracelet, and upon delivery to her, he is to get a cool $500! But Ryan meets up with Chic and somehow the bracelet disappears before Carter can deliver it... and Carter is arrested for robbery. But Chic discovers that he has been played for a sucker with a phony, frozen mercury bracelet, and thus seeks out Ryan.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Last appearance.

Jungle Storm

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Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Samar

Character(s): Samar; Frank (introduction); Jane (introduction); Bill (villain, introduction, reforms)

Synopsis: Samar comes upon a man and woman being attacked by a giant gorilla upon returning to civilization from a gem expedition and saves their lives. But treachery strikes Samar and he goes on the trail of Bill who has forcibly taken the girl. Samar saves both from an elephant stampede and they reunite with Frank and all is well.

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Pages: 5

Notes: John Charles is likely a by-line used at Quality Comics and not a real person.

Madam Fury, Queen of Pirates

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Genres: adventure, war

Character(s): Blackhawk; Blackhawks [Chop-Chop; Chuck; André; Stanislaus; Olaf]; Madam Fury (villain, introduction); Krushkov (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Blackhawks respond to an SOS from a sinking Allied freighter that has been attacked by Chinese pirates, which means that Madam Fury is at work again. After being captured, the Blackhawks suddenly pull out their ace-in-the-hole: "Operation Booby Trap", and round up all the pirates including Madam Fury.

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Pages: 10