Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1942-09-01
Editing: Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent Sullivan) (editor)
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[no title indexed]
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Sparky Watts / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Heil Hitler!
Characters:
Sparky Watts
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.

[Sally's Screen Test]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Pencils:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Inks:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Joe and Knobby arrive in Hollywood after surviving a plane crash...
Characters:
Joe Palooka
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[Toep Lao]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Devildog / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:From Australia to the coasts and steaming tropical jungles of Borneo...
Characters:
Toep Lao (introduction); Captain Hank Steele

[Halfpint vs. Slap Happy]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Sparky Watts / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Boody Rogers (credited)
Pencils:
Boody Rogers (credited)
Inks:
Boody Rogers (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, Sparky, now maybe we'll have some peace and qu----
Characters:
Sparky Watts; Slap Happy; Halfpint
Reprints (0)
  • from Sparky Watts daily (Frank Jay Markey Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[Incident in Iraq]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:war; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:With two great nations of the west locked in a death struggle...
Characters:
Captain Dick Forbes (introduction); Colonel Bartlett; (introduction); his daughter (introduction); Rocky Ryan

[The Search for the Hawk: Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Charlie Chan / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Alfred Andriola (credited)
Pencils:
Alfred Andriola (credited)
Inks:
Alfred Andriola (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hurrying to the railroad station to say good-bye to his father...
Characters:
Charlie Chan
Reprints (0)
  • from Charlie Chan daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[The Boy Scouts and the Nazi Spies]
(Table of Contents: 6)

The Cloak / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Good scouts! He would have shot me to a sieve!
Characters:
The Cloak [Jeff Cardiff]

Indexer Notes

last appearance

Little Chen Strikes Back
(Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

[The Plot of Basil Lisk]
(Table of Contents: 8)

The Skyman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
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  • Genre:superhero; adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:America's cloud-striding hero...
Characters:
Basil Lisk (villain, introduction); Skyman

[Dixie Researches Love: Part 1]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
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  • Genre:drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dixie's new assignment is to research love!
Characters:
Dixie Dugan
Reprints (0)
  • from Dixie Dugan daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[Chinese Obligation]
(Table of Contents: 10)

The Face / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (credited)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In far off South China, Tony Trent...
Characters:
The Face [Tony Trent]

[no title indexed]
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Mortimer the Monk / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:- Hey Mortimer!!
Characters:
Mortimer the Monk

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Heil Hitler!"]
    Sparky Watts
  2. [Sally's Screen Test]
    Joe Palooka
  3. [Toep Lao]
    Captain Devildog
  4. [Halfpint vs. Slap Happy]
    Sparky Watts
  5. [Incident in Iraq]
    Rocky Ryan
  6. [The Search for the Hawk: Part 2]
    Charlie Chan
  7. [The Boy Scouts and the Nazi Spies]
    The Cloak
  8. Little Chen Strikes Back
  9. [The Plot of Basil Lisk]
    The Skyman
  10. [Dixie Researches Love: Part 1]
    Dixie Dugan
  11. [Chinese Obligation]
    The Face
  12. ["- Hey Mortimer!!"]
    Mortimer the Monk
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