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Uncle Sam / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Best wishes to Adolph & co.
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Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith
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Man of War / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You must invade...now!
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Man of War [Clay Carter] (introduction); Mars (a god, in spirit form); Wanda Hall (FBI agent, introduction); General Luko (villain, introduction, death); General Gurk (villain, death); Luko's Army (villains, introduction for all, all die)
Synopsis:
Man of War must tackle the armed forces from an underground Army base in Mexico, whose intent is to attack the city of Los Angeles by land.
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Martan the Marvel Man / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Martan's ship!
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Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; General Pelton; The Spacemen (villains)
Synopsis:
Martan, from the Planet Antaclea, pledges his knowledge of inter-planetary warfare to aid the Americans in their battle along the Jersey shore at the city of Hoboken to repel invaders from outer space.
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Minute Man Meets the Mummy
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Minute Man / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Minute Man [Jack Weston]; The Mummy (villain, death); German agents (villains, all die)
Synopsis:
Private Jack Weston receives a coded message for him to investigate the death of a military intelligence agent in Egypt, whose last words were "The Mummy lives!" before he died. While doing so, he bumps into an Arab who strangely speaks German fluently, and follows him to a secreted Egyptian temple. There he discovers the supposed mummy of Rameses II, who speaks to the faithful and encourages them to support the efforts of the enemies of the American and British invaders. In the end, Minute Man finds out that the mummy is a Nazi in disguise.
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"Double" Trouble
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His Honor and ... The Demon / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; superhero
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The Red Demon [Judge Straight] [aka Reginald Hawkins, butler to Judge Straight] (introduction); James Jenkins (introduction); Imp (villain, imitator, introduction); The Boss [Marline] (villain, a magician, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
James Jenkins is rounded up by the Demon and tried for robbery as a society thug. Then he has second thoughts and decides to portray his own butler and seek out information as the Servant's Club. But he is captured and held prisoner by The Boss and her lacky, Imp.
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Touch of the Leper
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Crimebuster / comic story / 13 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; crime; superhero
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Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Squeeks (a monkey); O'Roarke (prison guard); Barbara (girl who saves Crimebuster, introduction); Carol (Barbara's twin sister, introduction, cameo); Coach Darcy (death); [Darcy] (villain, Coach Darcy's twin brother, introduction); The Leper (German saboteur, introduction)
Synopsis:
Chuck meets up once again with his old coach, Darcy, not realizing that he has a twin criminal brother, who later murders the coach and takes his place as a serviceman while secretly working for the Germans. When Crimebuster is shot by the Leper, but survives, he sets his sights on the Leper and to Darcy, intending to end the sabotage efforts both are involved in.
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Case of the Crooked Clown!
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Yank and Doodle, America's Fighting Twins / comic story / 13 pages

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Paul Norris (signed)
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Paul Norris (signed)
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Paul Norris (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
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Yank and Doodle [Yank [Dick Walters]; Doodle [Rick Walters]]; Uncle Bob Walters; prison warden; Charley (U.S. Assay Office worker, introduction); Funnibone (villain, introduction); Rudolf Schmidt [aka Roger Smith] (villain, Gestapo agent)
Synopsis:
Funnibone helps Roger Smith from being electrocuted in the chair and Smith agrees to aid the criminal in his pursuits of destroying democracy in America if Funnibone agrees to seek out and destroy the duo that put him in the chair to begin with: Yank and Doodle. Funnibone agrees, but pulls a double-cross on Smith, or so it seems.
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Wolves in the Wilderness!
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Captain Midnight / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; aviation; superhero
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Captain Midnight [Captain Jim "Red" Albright]; Icky Mudd; Endicott Tree (phone lineman); Havana McGee (villain); McGee's gang (villains)
Synopsis:
While testing his new invention, the cable car catapult, Captain Midnight is captured by the McGee gang, then Cap is rescued by Icky and McGee is also nabbed. However, the gang successfully stops the Police from reaching Midnight, switching uniforms with the Police and attempting to get McGee back. An alert phone repairman saves the day.
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[Airboy Meets Valkyrie]
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Airboy / comic story / 13 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; aviation; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Is Airboy a coward?
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Airboy [David Nelson II]; Birdie (Airboy's plane); Valkyrie [Leselotte von Schellendorf] (villain, introduction, reforms); Airmaidens (villains, introduction for all, all reform); Oberst (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, introduction for all, many die)
Synopsis:
Valkyrie, whose heart is as black as the ace of spades, more than welcomes the chance to take on Airboy and succeeds in capturing him and Birdie. Not satisfied that she is the better pilot, the air maiden wants to battle Airboy, using his own plane against him. Some of the Airmaidens free Airboy and hide him, but they are later captured and all are sentenced to death. But Valkyrie, in love with Airboy, reforms, and she and her Airmaidens turn the tables on the Nazis and save the day.
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It's Your Move, Uncle Sam!
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Uncle Sam / comic story / 6 pages

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Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; unnamed U.S. general (cameo only); the Japanese (villains)
Synopsis:
A military general informs Uncle Sam that the Japanese have an inside edge on the United States at their base in Marusu, able to get munitions and troops in place while America has to send their troops halfway across the globe to deal with it. The Japanese know it, but also know that a large American force will spell trouble for them, so the high command decides to attack the American forces from behind. Uncle Sam and Buddy willingly let themselves be captured so they can learn enemy plans, then escape to lead U.S. foces against the foe.
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Dynamo / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:As the lone watchman walks his round at the central abutment of the Barrett Railroad bridge,,,
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Dynamo [Jim Andrews]; Mr. Barret; Barret's daughter; Slate (villain, detective, introduction)
Synopsis:
Dynamo must stop the attempt by a detective hired to protect a powerhouse from blowing up the same.
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The Dart / comic story / 10 pages

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Alex Boon (credited) (house name)
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jimmy Dante, adopted son of John Mance, high school principal is the victim of a murderous attack...
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The Dart [Wheeler]; Ace [Andy]; Jimmy Dante; Mr. Mance (death); Miss Tilbury; Blackwell (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
When the watch of Mr. Wheeler is found at the scene of a murder, the Dart must go into action to clear the name of his secret identity.
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[Food Shortage]
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The Face / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Grim and fantastic...
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The Face [Tony Trent]; Babs Walsh (radio station secretary); Tony "Grudge" Grogan (villain); Melissa Sanders (villain, Grogan's secretary); Grogan's gang (villains)
Synopsis:
The Face successfully gathers the information he needs to prove allegations against Tony Grogan of providing poisoned turkey meat to poor asylum children, making them ill, as well as keeping the majority of the money given to the poor.
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Catgirl / comic story / 4 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Everything is ready, gentlemen. Telephone wires will be cut…
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The Barker / comic story / 14 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What them circus fellers won't do to attract attention!
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The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Colonel Lane; Historical Harold (archaeologist); Noodles (villain); Iggie Hootenfritz (villain)
Synopsis:
Carnie brings Colonel Lane's Mammoth Circus to Mexico, but two crooks from the States, on the lam from U.S. authorities, are trying to figure out a way to crack Mexico's gold stash. They convince Colonel Lane and Carnie to use local inhabitants to portray some of the country's Aztec cultural history to get people to the circus. And while people flock to the circus, the evil duo will crack the bank and take the gold.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Best wishes to Adolph & co."]
    Uncle Sam
  2. ["You must invade...now!"]
    Man of War
  3. ["Martan's ship!"]
    Martan the Marvel Man
  4. Minute Man Meets the Mummy
    Minute Man
  5. "Double" Trouble
    His Honor and ... The Demon
  6. Touch of the Leper
    Crimebuster
  7. Case of the Crooked Clown!
    Yank and Doodle, America's Fighting Twins
  8. Wolves in the Wilderness!
    Captain Midnight
  9. [Airboy Meets Valkyrie]
    Airboy
  10. It's Your Move, Uncle Sam!
    Uncle Sam
  11. ["As the lone watchman walks his round at the central abutment of the Barrett Railroad bridge,,,"]
    Dynamo
  12. ["Jimmy Dante, adopted son of John Mance, high school principal is the victim of a murderous attack..."]
    The Dart
  13. [Food Shortage]
    The Face
  14. ["Everything is ready, gentlemen. Telephone wires will be cut…"]
    Catgirl
  15. ["What them circus fellers won't do to attract attention!"]
    The Barker
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