Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1951-11-12
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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Suicide Tower!
(Table of Contents)

Doctor Thirteen / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Doctor Terry Thirteen

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Some data provided by Craig Delich.

Loads of Fun Ahead with Gifts Like These
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Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page

Suicide Tower!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Doctor Thirteen / comic story / 7.67 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Leonard Starr (signed as Starr)
Inks:
Leonard Starr (signed as Starr)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Doctor Terry Thirteen; Marie Leeds; Joe Martinez (death); Pete Clay (death); Carol Deeds
Synopsis:
An ancient Aztec curse seems to compel anyone that climbs Suicide Tower to hurl themselves to their deaths, and even Doctor Thirteen nearly succumbs until he figures out the truth of the "curse."
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]
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Necco Wafers / advertisement / 0.33 page

What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

Jim Prentice New Amazing Electric Football
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Electric Football [Jim Prentice] / advertisement / 0.5 page

Operation "Escape"!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Robin / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jim Mooney (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Jim Mooney (signed as Bob Kane)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Champ Trask (flashback)
Synopsis:
Robin delivers a lecture to a class of police recruits on how he escaped from a seemingly impossible situation when captured by Champ Trask's gang.
Reprints (8)

"Phoo on Goo!" Says Bert Parks
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Vitalis Hair Cream / Vitalis Hair Tonic / advertisement / 0.33 page

Now's the Time to Ask for a Schwinn
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Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

The Writers Who Went to Sea!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Captain Compass / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
Characters:
Captain Mark Compass; Jerry Van Horn; Paul Clark; Dennis Johnson
Synopsis:
The Captain is convinced to pilot a pleasure cruise for the Ace Crime Writers Club because they fear trouble, but they really want him for the publicity value. However, it's good he's there when one of the writers is murdered and the killer is clearly on board.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Boys! Girls! Hurry!
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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page

What Sparks a Champion Sparks You
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Wheaties / advertisement / 0.33 page

Soldiers in White
(Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Raymond Perry (illustration)
Inks:
Raymond Perry (illustration)
Colors:
? (illustration)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
Historical article on military nurses.

A Trap for Tomahawk!
(Table of Contents: 15)

Tomahawk / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:historical; western-frontier
Characters:
Black Fox
Synopsis:
Dan is captured by a band of Mohawk outlaws and tricked into revealing his comrade's whereabouts, but Tomahawk has planned a ruse of his own to stay safe and free Dan.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Art layouts look like Bob Brown.

[no title indexed]
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Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page

Superboy Says "Share with Others!"
(Table of Contents: 17)

Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy; superhero
Characters:
Synopsis:
Superboy helps some teens in Smallville organize a charity to buy shoes for poor people in foreign countries.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

New Double Gift Idea!
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Suicide Tower!
    Doctor Thirteen
  2. Loads of Fun Ahead with Gifts Like These
    Kodak Cameras and Film
  3. Suicide Tower!
    Doctor Thirteen
  4. ["What has a bed but never sleeps..."]
    Necco Wafers
  5. What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
    Wheaties
  6. ["Here comes the matador!"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  7. Jim Prentice New Amazing Electric Football
    Electric Football [Jim Prentice]
  8. Operation "Escape"!
    Robin
  9. "Phoo on Goo!" Says Bert Parks
    Vitalis Hair Cream / Vitalis Hair Tonic
  10. Now's the Time to Ask for a Schwinn
    Schwinn Bicycles
  11. The Writers Who Went to Sea!
    Captain Compass
  12. Editorial Advisory Board
  13. Boys! Girls! Hurry!
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  14. What Sparks a Champion Sparks You
    Wheaties
  15. Soldiers in White
  16. A Trap for Tomahawk!
    Tomahawk
  17. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  18. Superboy Says "Share with Others!"
    Superboy
  19. New Double Gift Idea!
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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