Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1943-04-17
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor); Bernard Breslauer (actual editor)
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Slay 'Em with Flowers
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

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Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

The Big Eight
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Slay 'Em with Flowers
(Table of Contents: 3)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
H. L. Gold (credited as Horace L. Gold ?)
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  • Genre:superhero
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Jason Johnson; Ames (Johnson's chauffeur); Percy Fillmore; Joker's henchmen (villains)
Synopsis:
After taking over ownership of a flower shop, the Joker and his men use the pretty posies to perpetrate crimes against the wealthy.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

The splash page pretty much replicates the cover.

[no title indexed]
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Popsicle Products / advertisement / 1 page

The Invasion of America
(Table of Contents: 5)

The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages

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?
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  • Genre:adventure; war
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The Boy Commandos The Newsboy Legion Kid Commandos [Sally Noonan; Slats McGuiness]; Doktor Gruenigg (villain); Heinrich (villain); August (villain)
Synopsis:
The Boys are sent on a good will tour of the US as representatives of "four great nations united for the liberation of the world." But the Nazis think it would be a great propaganda victory to kidnap them right in the middle of their celebration.
Reprints (3)

The Case of the Lollipop Crimes
(Table of Contents: 6)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Jack Lehti (signed)
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Jack Lehti (signed)
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?
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Charlie Jones; Jerry the Mule; Carson; The Weazel (villain)
Synopsis:
Gangsters use a candy store to transmit messages to each other.

Energy Is Ammunition!
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

Decks of Doom!
(Table of Contents: 8)

Spy / comic story / 5 pages

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?
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?
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?
  • Genre:adventure; spy; detective-mystery
Characters:
Bart Regan

The Man Who Talked His Crimes!
(Table of Contents: 9)

Air Wave / comic story / 7 pages

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Static (Air Wave's parrot); Brown (prison guard); The Talker (villain); Slugger Watts (villain)

Mountain Invasion
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text story / 1.67 pages

Script:
Dan Wallace (credited) (house name)
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typeset
  • Genre:adventure

Model Planes
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The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. / advertisement / 0.33 page

The Bashful Bandits!
(Table of Contents: 12)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Shorty Morgan

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Wonders of Science Simplified / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Slay 'Em with Flowers
    Batman and Robin
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. The Big Eight
  4. Slay 'Em with Flowers
    Batman and Robin
  5. [no title indexed]
    Popsicle Products
  6. The Invasion of America
    The Boy Commandos
  7. The Case of the Lollipop Crimes
    The Crimson Avenger
  8. Energy Is Ammunition!
    Baby Ruth
  9. Decks of Doom!
    Spy
  10. The Man Who Talked His Crimes!
    Air Wave
  11. Mountain Invasion
  12. Model Planes
    The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
  13. The Bashful Bandits!
    Slam Bradley
  14. ["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
  15. [no title indexed]
    Wonders of Science Simplified
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