Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-05-03
Editing: Bill Parker (editor)
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[no title indexed]
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Hurricane Hansen / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:war

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Indexer Notes

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 452941.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Diamond Jack / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Diamond Jack's magic gem, source of all his power, is sought by an angry god from the Devil-Temples of the East.
Characters:
Diamond Jack (origin, details); Khor (villain, introduction, death); Evil Priest of Khor (introduction, death); Lura; Evil Priest's warriors
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[The Pell Street Mystery]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Jim Dolan / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
Characters:
Jim Dolan; Villain: The Dragon [Jones] (Introduction)

Indexer Notes

Pencil & ink credits provided by Jean-Paul Gabilliet (October 9, 2004) based on a page of original art from this story. Original pencil & ink credits given to: Gus Ricca.

[The Wild Man and the Wolves]
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Lucky Lawton / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Gechner (villain, introduction, death)
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[Captured By Von Grech]
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Hurricane Hansen / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; war
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Von Grech (villain, introduction)
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Murder In the Circus
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text story / 2 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:detective-mystery

[The Land of the Pharaohs]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Mark Swift and the Time Retarder / comic story / 9 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
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Queen Hatasu (villain, introduction)

[Baron Brunt's Flying Fortress]
(Table of Contents: 7)

War Bird / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:aviation
Characters:
Baron Bruht (villain)

[The Safari of Dr. Scott]
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Lee Granger, Jungle King / comic story / 9 pages

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  • Genre:jungle
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Deep in the heart of darkest Africa, among the ancient Gelka ruins guarded by...
Characters:
Dr. Scott; Doris Scott; Lee Granger; Jabor
Synopsis:
The Scott safari braves the Kolu and a gorilla to find the Gelka ruins. Lee has to rescue them.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Hurricane Hansen
  2. ["Diamond Jack's magic gem, source of all his power, is sought by an angry god from the Devil-Temples of the East."]
    Diamond Jack
  3. [The Pell Street Mystery]
    Jim Dolan
  4. [The Wild Man and the Wolves]
    Lucky Lawton
  5. [Captured By Von Grech]
    Hurricane Hansen
  6. Murder In the Circus
  7. [The Land of the Pharaohs]
    Mark Swift and the Time Retarder
  8. [Baron Brunt's Flying Fortress]
    War Bird
  9. [The Safari of Dr. Scott]
    Lee Granger, Jungle King
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