Issue: #43
Published: January 1946, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover, Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
The Black Terror |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed) | Inks: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Black Terror [Bob Benton] |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
The Black Terror |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
Can the black forces of evil be embodied as a living creature? |
| Featuring: |
Kara, the Jungle Princess |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Al Camy [as Camy] (signed) | Inks: Al Camy [as Camy] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Fantasy Jungle |
| Characters: |
Targala (villain) |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Shoplifter |
| Credits: |
Script: Bob Stanwood | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
When Peter Ward, famed young archaeologist... |
| Featuring: |
The Scarab |
| Synopsis: |
Peter learns from his Uncle Joab that the Scarab's enemy, Ramon Royale, who had tried to kill the Scarab in order to obtain a Scarab statuette, has escaped from his cell in Cairo, Egypt, thanks to the efforts of a German criminal gang. This gang tells him that they are attempting to turn the Egyptian people against the United States, and they want him to obtain the Scarab statuette from Ward at all costs. They do, but Ward follows them to Cairo, confronts and overcomes them, and ends Royale's attempt to arouse the Egyptian people against the U.S.. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ken Battefield | Inks: Ken Battefield |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Scarab [Peter Ward] (archaeologist) Ach-Tu-Men (Scarab's Pet Cat) Joab (Peter's Uncle) Unnamed British Colonel Ramon Royale (villain) Group Of German Criminals (villains) |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Out of an empty sky hurtled fire-spurting rocket bombs! |
| Featuring: |
The American Eagle |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Badmen's Trail |
| Credits: |
Script: Donald Gray | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
What would you do if you found yourself the prisoner of a Jap suicide squad? |
| Featuring: |
Sergeant Bill King |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Maurice Gutwirth | Inks: Maurice Gutwirth |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
"No one knows why the Sargasso Sea..." |
| Featuring: |
History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
His Marvelous Magnetic Powers Save the Town from a Flaming Meteor |
| Featuring: |
Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes |
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