Price: 29.95 USD
Pages: 140
On-sale Date: 2018-04-11
Editing: Mark Heike (credited as Mark G. Heike) (publisher and eic); Stephanie Heike (credited as Stephanie S. Heike) (executive editor)
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The Black Terror / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
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The Black Terror [Bob Benton]; Jean Starr
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The Black Terror / comic story / 14 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dabbling in formic ethers, Bob Benton, a timid young druggist…
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Alderman Peters (villain, introduction, death)
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The Finger of Death Points at Silver Streak
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Silver Streak / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Meet the Flag
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Flag / comic story / 16 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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The Flag [Jim Courtney] (first appearance; origin)
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Shock Gibson / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Everything had been arranged with sedulous strategy...
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The Ghost / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What are you going to do with a twenty room house, Betty?
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George Chance [The Ghost]; Betty Morris (George's friend); Peter (George's servant); Yogi Sage (George's otherworldly aide); Nazis; Constable
Synopsis:
Nazis are hiding in an old mansion on Long Island, and are intent upon destroying American ships in a nearby harbor. They capture George and his friends, but the Yogi Sage rescues them. George saves the fleet using his magical powers.
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Favorite!
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Muscle Hedd / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; sports
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Doc Strange / comic story / 14 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Doc Strange [Dr. Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thomson; Baron Krasna (villain, introduction, death)
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Señorita Rio / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:spy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The United States made a gift of our newest type jet planes...
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Villains: Unnamed General; The General's hirelings (Intro for all). Into: Unnamed South American President; President's son
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Fabled Wolves
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  • Genre:non-fiction
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Suicide Smith / comic story / 6 pages

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? [as Capt. A. E. Carruthers]
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  • Genre:adventure; aviation; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Crack-up! In tangled Latin-American jungle, on a tiny, inaccessible plateau, the transport crashed.
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Suicide Smith; Jughead; Mr. Johnson; Michael Shea (Villain, Death); Carlos (Villain, Death)
Synopsis:
Smith and company attempt to rescue the survivors of a plane crash from the Jivaro Indians.
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Airboy / comic story / 15 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; aviation
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Airboy [David Nelson II]
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Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 9 pages

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  • Genre:spy; adventure; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:For years, the military dictators of Europe prepared for a long conflict...
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Black X; Batu; Colonel Atwater; Madame La Coquin (villain, death); the Death Squadron (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
The Pan-American Congress erects "The Caldwell Line," like a seagoing Maginot Line, that parallels the entire eastern coast of the western hemisphere. This is in place in order to blockade the landlocked Axis powers, thus crimping their food supply. So now the Axis Secret Police need to do some sabotage, but first Madame La Coquin invites Black X to a fashionable Washington party, so that she can kill him. Batu uses an illusion to make them think Black X is really dead, allowing the Axis to complete their plans to destroy The Caldwell Line.
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Don Stuart of the Far East Rangers / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:After delivering an important message in Rangoon...
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Don Stuart; Villains: Yama-Kujira (intro); the Tiger Men (intro)
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The Big Rat Race
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Deadly Dozen / comic story / 8 pages

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Deadly Dozen; Sniffer; Iron Jaw
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Nightmare Cruise
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Blackhawk / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; war; aviation; military
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Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Andre; Chop Chop; Olaf; Chuck; Stan]; Callas (villain, introduction); Dino Rossi; Richard Vance
Synopsis:
When an Allied counterintelligence agent is murdered in Italy, the Blackhawks seek out the spy ring he was trying to infiltrate.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Black Terror
  2. ["Dabbling in formic ethers, Bob Benton, a timid young druggist…"]
    The Black Terror
  3. The Finger of Death Points at Silver Streak
    Silver Streak
  4. Meet the Flag
    Flag
  5. ["Everything had been arranged with sedulous strategy..."]
    Shock Gibson
  6. ["What are you going to do with a twenty room house, Betty?"]
    The Ghost
  7. Favorite!
    Muscle Hedd
  8. [no title indexed]
    Doc Strange
  9. ["The United States made a gift of our newest type jet planes..."]
    Señorita Rio
  10. Fabled Wolves
  11. ["Crack-up! In tangled Latin-American jungle, on a tiny, inaccessible plateau, the transport crashed."]
    Suicide Smith
  12. [no title indexed]
    Airboy
  13. ["For years, the military dictators of Europe prepared for a long conflict..."]
    Espionage Starring Black X
  14. ["After delivering an important message in Rangoon..."]
    Don Stuart of the Far East Rangers
  15. The Big Rat Race
    Deadly Dozen
  16. Nightmare Cruise
    Blackhawk
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