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Genres: superhero

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Realm of the Ghosts!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Hooded Wasp [Bob]; The Wasplet [Jim Martin]; Pierre (towns person); The Mask [Winston] (villain, introduction, death); Dundril the Dwarf (villain)

Synopsis: While the town of Marshall is celebrating in the streets, a light goes on in the mysterious Old Ghost Mansion, and, to some, it is an omen of certain death.

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Pages: 12

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Bruce Carter I (the III's ancestor); Joan; Jim Hibbon (salvage company owner/operator, introduction); Davis (salvage diver, introduction); Henry Galwood (villain, introduction); Madden (villain, introduction); Schwert (villain, introduction)

First Line: The lap of the sea against a swaying ship...

Synopsis: A salvage operator feels that his ship and operations are jinxed, as he attempts to salvage a ship that was recently torpedoed and supposedly is carrying blueprints aboard for a new radar device.

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Pages: 11

The Clown Comes Back

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Magno the Magnetic Man; Davey; Johnny; Goliath the Killer Ape (death); The Clown (villain)

Synopsis: Convinced that their avowed enemy, the Clown, is dead, Magno and Davey decide to take in the local circus. Meanwhile, in his underground laboratory beneath a cemetery, the Clown is very hard at work and decides to visit the circus in order to see a killer ape that has been stricken with epamonia, a rare jungle malady. Creating a diversion, the Clown kidnaps the beast in order to draw his blood and attempt to create a serum of death to humans as part of his mad plan to rule America.

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Pages: 15

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Skyman; The Red Signet (spy)

First Line: Out of the air in the spring of 1940...

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Pages: 9

The Midnight Killer

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Feature(s): His Honor and ... The Red Demon

Character(s): The Red Demon [Straight] [aka Frank Full] (a judge, origin told); Habriel Geatter (radio announcer); Joe Monsi; Monsi's wife; Stefano Brothers (villains, mention only); Bull Brewster (villain, death); The Eel (villain)

Synopsis: The Red Demon sits on a throne in parts unknown, musing over the circumstances that turned Judge Straight into the crime buster, The Red Demon. A gangster, Boss Brewster, is killed at a masquerade party and one Joe Monsi is arrested for the crime and sentenced to die for it. However, a remark from Monsi's wife somehow rings true to the judge, who decides to go out among the criminal element to see how the other half lives. In doing so, he tracks down the Brewster Gang, and as The Red Demon, brings them to justice, and clears Monsi's name.

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The Master of Treachery

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Genres: adventure, aviation, war

Character(s): Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Olaf; Chuck; Hendrickson; Stan; Chop Chop]; Colonel Duprez; Sidi Savarr (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Blackhawks travel to Morocco to help the French forces against a bandit financed by the Communists.

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Pages: 7

Acapulco Attack

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Character(s): Joyce; Commander Alex Thompson (Joyce's uncle); Riesland (villain); Hans (villain); Juan (villain); other ex-Nazis (villains, introduction for all, some die)

Synopsis: Joyce's uncle invites Joyce and Dick along to an assignment of his in Mexico only to have a group of ex-Nazis kidnap Joyce, convinced that she knows something about her uncle's mission in country. They believe it is all about building a secret airbase near Acapulco. Pyroman ferrets out the criminal's island stronghold and deals with them post haste.

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Pages: 11

Oily Boid

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Feature(s): Sniffer and Iron Jaw

Character(s): Sniffer; Satin; Egg-Head; Lily (Sniffer's girl friend); Dr. Retson (plastic surgeon); Iron Jaw [aka Mr. Steele] (villain)

Synopsis: Iron Jaw visits the plastic surgeon who fixed his face in a rather horrible way and demands that he fixes his face nicely this time around. Once done, Iron Jaw seeks out Sniffer to get revenge by convincing Sniffer that his wealthy uncle left him an oil well, then getting Sniffer to sell him the well. Sniffer agrees and Iron Jaw scams the lad with fake money. To make matters worse, Iron Jaw's new face charms Lucy into falling for him!

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Greg Gilday and the Martians

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Dr. Greg Gilday (introduction, origin, doctor); Joan; President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Synopsis: The U.S. Cruiser "Brooklyn" spots a weird, flying metal object and radios authorities with information. But the mysterious object blows the ship to pieces as well as the S.S. Aurentic which was sent to investigate. The mysterious craft then appears over Washington D.C. and shoots down every airplane sent to intercept it, then disappears. The President's Cabinet decides to turn the matter over to the dying Dr. Gilday. He travels to his lab to finish work on his Atomic Supervitalizer anyway and accidentally falls into it, gaining tremendous powers and abilities, and vows to take on the craft.

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The Man Who Didn't Know His Own Strength

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): His Honor and ... The Demon

Character(s): The Red Demon [Judge Straight]; Judge Francis Fragelet (death); unnamed little girl; "Blinky" Bruin (villain, death); Bruin's gang ["Needles" Sullivan; other unnamed] (villains)

Synopsis: While writing his memoirs, retired Judge Fragelet muses over sentencing a criminal named Bruin to jail, when suddenly he is killed from behind by escapee Bruin. When Judge Straight reads of this in the morning paper, he, as The Red Demon, searches the late judge's home and discovers a clue to the killer: a peanut shell, which leads The Demon to Bruin and to trial. However, "Blinky" escapes on the way to court, and The Demon once again must track him down to bring justice. By a twist of fate, "Blinky" saves the Demon and a little girl, displaying the fact that there is good in everyone.

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Daredevil vs. the Claw

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Tonia Saunders; The Claw (villain); Lucifer the Genii (villain, introduction); Genii's monsters (villains, many die)

Synopsis: Frustrated by defeats at the hands of Daredevil, the Claw ventures to the inferno to seek Lucifer's aid against Daredevil. Lucifer agrees with one condition: if Daredevil wins again, then the Claw will be banished into Asia forever.

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Pages: 9

The Giant's Dagger

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Joan; Mike (a Policeman); The Giant's Dagger [Tom Patten] (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: The Beetle comes up against an opponent who carries a giant dagger around in a violin case and, in the end, discovers that the Giant is actually Tom Patten, who had murdered his wife for valuable jewels, then was sent to prison, but escaped during a fire which horribly disfigured his face.

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Pages: 15

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Genres: espionage, superhero

Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Judge Vasquez; Vasquez's sister; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; Baron Grimm (villain)

First Line: Federal court -- in New York City -- where the infamous Baron Grimm...

Synopsis: Baron Grimm stands trial for espionage but is found not guilty, and Spy Smasher smells a rat. He follows Grimm to Lisbon and discovers that Grimm has the judge's sister held prisoner. Battling terrible odds and near death, Spy Smasher rescues her, although Grimm succeeds in escaping.

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Pages: 9