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The Purple Tigress / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero

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Madame Strange / comic story / 9 pages

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Jean Press (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Yellow Peril reaches greedy claws for America's far eastern outposts...
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Madame Strange (American girl reporter); Perry (U.S. Navy's ace spy chaser); The Octopus (villain); Octopus' gang (villains)
Synopsis:
Madame Strange seeks to stop the evil plans of The Octopus, who has decided now to seize American planes for his Emperor.
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Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

Last panel blurb alerts readers to look for the next Madame Strange story which will reveal if The Octopus survived from drowning. However, this was the last story and that outcome never was published.

[Who Is the Purple Tigress?]
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The Purple Tigress / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty Brown (credited) (house name)
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Who is the Purple Tigress? A whole city is piqued...
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The Purple Tigress [Ann Morgan] (introduction); Sally; Thorne (villain, introduction); Stella (villain, introduction); Thorne and Stella's gang (villains, introduction for all); Mrs. Alstyne
Synopsis:
Ann Morgan, the richest girl in town, changes into The Purple Tigress to stop jewel thieves at a party.
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Miss Espionage / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery; spy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Out of the smoke and flame of war...
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Miss Espionage [daughter of Mata Hari] (introduction; origin, villain that has reformed); Major Smithson (introduction, intelligence officer); Mati Hari (villain, spy, death, cameo); Count von Bruno (villain, Mati Hari's teacher, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Allied HQ inside Germany assigns Major Smithson the task of locating the modern Mati Hari, who has stolen the plans of Allied occupation armies. In the end, Smithson tracks her down, but she escapes, vowing revenge against the Nazis who used her for their own purposes.
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A Miracle Takes Place
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Nelvana of the Northern Lights / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Famine stalks the Arctic, threatening to exterminate the Eskimo race!
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  • Nelvana
    (Koliak's daughter, secret agent)
Koliak (god of the northern lights); John Keene; King Rano (ruler of Glacia); Prince Targa (son of King Rano); Vultor (villain); "one-ear" (villain, cameo)
Synopsis:
Nelvana and John Keene, R.C.M.P. officer, head to Etheria to convince the people there not to attack Earth due to it's use of radio waves. Once there, they find it is under the power of Vultor who plans on taking over Glacia. A war ensues and Glacia is destroyed, but so are the Etherians. Vultor escapes.
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Madame Strange / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In a murky Singapore cabaret...
  • Keywords:Singapore
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Madame Strange; unnamed British ship captain; Lum Soong (Chinese cabaret owner); two enemy agents [Fritz; other unnamed] (villains, both die); Shango Sinu (villain, spy gang leader); Bonzar's spy ring (villains, all die); Sharkskin (reformed villain, death); Nike (villain, radio operator, death)
Synopsis:
Madame Strange hits the trail to locate a negative to some film indicating the location of American defense forces, which was photographed, and now spells doom to Singapore if not recovered.
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The Purple Tigress / comic story / 10 pages

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Betty Brown (credited) (house name)
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  • Genre:adventure; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Purple Tigress, scintillating nemesis of crime...
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The Purple Tigress [Anita Morgan]; Anita's faithful beaux [Reggie; Henri; Butterball]; Tony Cavoli (baritone); The Flasher (villain, thief, introduction)
Synopsis:
Accompanied by her faithful beaux, Anita attends the production "Faust" when the Flasher suddenly intervenes and begins taking valuable jewels from attendees. Escaping the clutches of the Purple Tigress, Flasher strikes at several other events before the Tigress manages to capture him.
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The Black Orchid / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Glamorous Dana Dawn, District Attorney Richard Day’s secretary…
Characters:
The Black Orchid [Diana Dawn] (Richard Day's secretary); Richard Day (District Attorney); Captain O'Reilly (mention only); Killer Orbit (villain, image only, death); Doctor Marvane (villain, mention only, death); Doctor Arso (villain, death); Wisp (villain, Dr. Arso's assistant, death); unnamed assistant to Dr. Arso (villain, death)
Synopsis:
Glamorous Diana Dawn, District Attorney Day's secretary, masquerades as the mysterious female sleuth the Black Orchid and solves crime with the aid of her Orchid Ring, which releases paralyzing black vapors.
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Grandmother of Terror!
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The Spider Widow / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All set, Diane?
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The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton](wealthy debutante); Bob Ableson; Madam Largossi (villain); Jo-Jo (villain); Tohoto (villain)
Synopsis:
Spider Widow uses her spiders to suss out an evil Japanese collaborator, Madam Largossi, and bring her and her gang to justice.
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The Riddle of the Radio-Death
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Undercover Girl / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; spy
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Floyd Armitage (newscaster, death); Dick; unnamed Police Inspector; Lily (carnival performer); "Miss Murder" [Lala] (villain, sword swallower)
Synopsis:
Starr begins an investigation to discover by famed newscaster, Floyd Armitage, was killed during a news broadcast just as he was about to reveal information that would have made history: that a certain nation was going to invade an oil rich nation.
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Black Venus / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:superhero; aviation; spy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Black Venus is about to take off...
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Black Venus [Mary La Roche]; Captain Owens (U.S. airman); three unnamed American aces; Nijo (villain); Nijo"s henchmen (villains)
Synopsis:
Black Venus heads toward a Japanese-infested island to rescue three downed American airmen.
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Panther Woman / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; jungle; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Treachery, panthers and a vicious woman...
Characters:
Ken Barry; Jim Barry; Hendrick van Door; Baku (van Door's servant); Black Panther [Gora] (villain, death); Gora's black panthers [Dinga; Kabong] (both die)
Synopsis:
Jim and Ken Barry arrive in Java to investigate trouble on the van Door tea plantation. The new headwoman of the village uses her black panthers, Dinga and Kabong, to prevent the harvest of van Door's tea.
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Spider Woman / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A web of mystery shrouds the weird figure who dwells in the Ozark wilds...
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Spider Woman [Helen Goddard] (daughter of the late Dr. Goddard, introduction); Jimmy (introduction); Jimmy's mother (introduction); unnamed Sheriff (introduction); Earl Parker (villain, introduction); Parker's gang [Gopher; Jack; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
A quiet Missouri town is suddenly threatened by violence as the Parker gang has robbed a store, killed its cashier and kidnapped a young boy named Jimmy to facilitate their getaway. However, Helen Goddard witnesses the event, changes to Spider Woman and chases after the gang. She rescues the boy and her costume scares the gang silly into turning themselves over to the law.
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The White Death
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Veiled Avenger / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:crime; superhero
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Veiled Avenger [Ginny Spears] [aka Cornelia Velvet] (secretary for the District Attorney); unnamed District Attorney; Darlene Riker (death); Skipper; J. A. Rockweilder (President of the Great Central Railroad); Dr. Claude North (death); Abner Gatthold (villain, bio-chemist, death); Blasto (villain, death); Trigger (villain, death)
Synopsis:
The Veiled Avenger begins to smell a rat when a young lady passes away from so-called anemia. The president of a railroad nearly suffers the same fate as do many more patients being admitted to hospitals. The Avenger takes on an alias to see if she can get the criminals involved in the scheme to take the bait. They do and she discovers that the crooks are affecting the health of only very rich patrons in order to take their money."
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The Black Angel / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:aviation; war; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A children’s war in the skies between British and Nazi planes made entirely of scrap…
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The Black Angel [Sylvia Manners]; Lady Lawton; Sir Stafford (of the British Air Ministry, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); unnamed Nazi Baron (villain, death); the Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis:
The Black Angel takes to the skies in order to deal with the Nazi Air Force that has been attacking the city of London. But in Berlin, the Fuhrer is complimenting young German lads, known as the Scrap Korps, for their collection of airplane scrap to be used in building more planes. So the Angel decides to try and break the morale of the young kids in the Korps, by enlisting the aid of British children to do the same, as a way of dealing with the situation.
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Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Heh-heh! The sun's beating down hard on the front steps!
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Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Ned Finagle (villain, blackmailer, death); Gadfly Murdock (villain)
Synopsis:
Through an act of cleverness, Ned Finagle has discovered Lady Luck's true identity, and agrees to keep if secret IF she agrees to kill someone for him, one named Murdock, who is trying to cut in on Finagle's racket. Finagle even calls the Police to let them know that he know's Lady Luck's true identity and that she intends to kill Murdock. When the Police find Murdock dead on their front steps, Lady Luck must discover who the true murderer is.
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[Hollywood Sabotage]
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Pat Patriot / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:War! Paramount in the minds of men today…
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Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios]; Delznic (movie producer); Keef (guard on the set); Mr. Reynolds (Boy Scout leader); Walter Mills (villain, actor); Fritz Haubner (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Miss Patriot is invited on set to watch a new war movie being made called "Fight to Die," and meets the star of the movie, who has fallen for her. However, little does Pat know that the star of the film is in on a Nazi plot to sabotage the nearby aircraft plant.
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Sun Valley Treachery!
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Black Cat / comic story / 8 pages

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Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Rick Horne; Brenda Lane (actress); Tim; C. B. de Pille (movie director); unnamed crook (villain); Sally Frome (actress)
Synopsis:
Linda is on site, having the lead role in "Annie Oakley", and the director announces that the cast and crew will go to Sun Valley for a weekend rest. But Linda notices a rather tough looking character following her father and Rick around, so she switches to Black Cat to investigate.
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The Slaves of Babylon!
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Tygra / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; jungle
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Tygra [Lynn Thomas]; Terry; Kokuri Chief; Kokuri's Chief's brother (death); the Assyrians (villains)
Synopsis:
Tygra and Terry come upon the dying form of the Kokuri's Chief's brother and learn from the Chief himself that his bride to be has been abducted, but he blames the pair for the foul deed as well as the disappearance of hundreds of his warriors. Tygra discovers an underground area where Assyrian warriors have the kidnapped Kokuri, using them as slave laborers.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Purple Tigress
  2. ["The Yellow Peril reaches greedy claws for America's far eastern outposts..."]
    Madame Strange
  3. [Who Is the Purple Tigress?]
    The Purple Tigress
  4. ["Out of the smoke and flame of war..."]
    Miss Espionage
  5. A Miracle Takes Place
    Nelvana of the Northern Lights
  6. ["In a murky Singapore cabaret..."]
    Madame Strange
  7. ["The Purple Tigress, scintillating nemesis of crime..."]
    The Purple Tigress
  8. ["Glamorous Dana Dawn, District Attorney Richard Day’s secretary…"]
    The Black Orchid
  9. Grandmother of Terror!
    The Spider Widow
  10. The Riddle of the Radio-Death
    Undercover Girl
  11. ["Black Venus is about to take off..."]
    Black Venus
  12. ["Treachery, panthers and a vicious woman..."]
    Panther Woman
  13. ["A web of mystery shrouds the weird figure who dwells in the Ozark wilds..."]
    Spider Woman
  14. The White Death
    Veiled Avenger
  15. ["A children’s war in the skies between British and Nazi planes made entirely of scrap…"]
    The Black Angel
  16. ["Heh-heh! The sun's beating down hard on the front steps!"]
    Lady Luck
  17. [Hollywood Sabotage]
    Pat Patriot
  18. Sun Valley Treachery!
    Black Cat
  19. The Slaves of Babylon!
    Tygra
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