Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
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Major Victory / cover / 1 page

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Major Victory
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

There is no date on this issue, not even a copyright date. Indicia:

Major Victory Comics. Vol. 1, No. 1. Published by H. Clay Glover Co., 101 West 31st St., New York 1, N. Y.

The Man with the "Grashopper Mind"
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Pelman Test Course / advertisement / 1 page

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Major Victory / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A lone sentry paces his post
Characters:
Major Victory (introduction; origin); Father Patriot (introduction)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Major Victory's outfit is yellow in this reprint instead of white as it was in Dynamic Comics #1. Numerous other color mismatches are present, but of less significance.

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K-9 / comic story / 7 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:His master killed by a murderous saboteur
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K-9 (a police dog); Tip Starr; Dick Starr (death); Black Terror (villain; death)
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Red Herring / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Who was the hungry ghost that haunted Mildew Mansion?
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Red Herring; Pop Herring; Flash; Mr. Beck; Patrolman Barry

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Serg't Bell / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Her engines broken by a murderous saboteur on board
Characters:
Sergeant Bell; Dr. Krant (villain; death)
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Unholy Three / comic story / 7 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Introducing a happy-go-lucky trio
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The Unholy Three [Dale (introduction); Pearl (introduction); Flash (introduction)]; Breen (villain; introduction)
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Indexer Notes

Splash page lists feature as "The Unholy 3"

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Spider Woman / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A web of mystery shrouds the weird figure who dwells in the Ozark wilds.
Characters:
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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Indexer Notes

The Spider Woman outfit includes a mask and over-sized claw gloves designed to make her look like a giant hideous spider.

This story is definitely not a reprint.

Only appearance.

Story occurs in the Ozarks of Missouri.

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You're in the Army Now / cartoon / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How d'ya like the way she rides, Major?

Indexer Notes

Might be a reprint, but no obvious corresponding source. But it may have been omitted from early indexes as filler.

5 one-panel gag cartoons with military themes.

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Scoop Daley / comic story / 7 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A piercing scream at midnight on a deserted street in occupied France
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Indexer Notes

Currently indexed as "Scoop Dalry" in Scoop Comics #2 and 3, and apparently "Scoop Daily" in Scoop Comics #1, but definitely Scoop Daley in the splash panel in this issue.

Here They Come!
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The Lionel Corporation / advertisement / 1 page

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Knickerbocker Pub. Co. "Fun for Boys" / advertisement / 1 page

"2 years' subscription to Our Dogs magazine free!"
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H. Clay Glover Co., Inc. Capsule package / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Major Victory
  2. The Man with the "Grashopper Mind"
    Pelman Test Course
  3. ["A lone sentry paces his post"]
    Major Victory
  4. ["His master killed by a murderous saboteur"]
    K-9
  5. ["Who was the hungry ghost that haunted Mildew Mansion?"]
    Red Herring
  6. ["Her engines broken by a murderous saboteur on board"]
    Serg't Bell
  7. ["Introducing a happy-go-lucky trio"]
    Unholy Three
  8. ["A web of mystery shrouds the weird figure who dwells in the Ozark wilds."]
    Spider Woman
  9. ["How d'ya like the way she rides, Major?"]
    You're in the Army Now
  10. ["A piercing scream at midnight on a deserted street in occupied France"]
    Scoop Daley
  11. Here They Come!
    The Lionel Corporation
  12. ["Wow! This is what I want"]
    Knickerbocker Pub. Co. "Fun for Boys"
  13. "2 years' subscription to Our Dogs magazine free!"
    H. Clay Glover Co., Inc. Capsule package
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