Issue: #12
Published: October 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format:
Notes: Proper sequence order supplied by Gary Watson, February 2007.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1944 Periodicals, page 371.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Bouncer |
| Credits: |
Pencils: E. C. Stoner ? | Inks: E. C. Stoner ? |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Bouncer |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Clown Who Played Satan |
| Featuring: |
Bouncer |
| Synopsis: |
Mr. Lucifer, a clown who says he's Satan, holds a parade but it is just a distraction so he can steal radium. Bouncer, Anteas Jr. and Penny are captured by the criminals but escape and justice is done. |
| Credits: |
Script: Robert Kanigher ? | Pencils: Louis Ferstadt? | Inks: Louis Ferstadt? |
| Characters: |
The Bouncer Zeus Anteas Anteas Jr. Nan Douglas Jessie Douglas Penny Mr. Lucifer Vulto |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
One Round Hogan |
| Synopsis: |
Hogan returns to boxing to make money so he can help an old army buddy Tom and Tom's destitute mother. Manager Spigot Barnett gets Hogan a bout, but the boxer discovers it's with Tom, who isn't well. Hogan forfeits the fight against Tom and gives up the money, but then agrees to fight 12 other men at the same time, and wins. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Al Zere | Inks: Al Zere |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Characters: |
One Round [Tim] Hogan Blimp Spigot Barnett Mrs. Horan Spike Tom Horan |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Bet |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Rocket Kelly |
| Synopsis: |
Kelly and Wacky spot an Allied bomber on the ground in the jungle and land their rocket-powered aircraft nearby. Wacky is captured by natives, led by white queen Manta, who tortures him and the captive crew of the other plane. Kelly frees the airmen and takes Manta hostage, but as the story ends, they still haven't escaped danger. |
| Genre: |
War |
| Characters: |
Captain Patrick Kelly Wacky Takoa Manta |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
Promo encouraging readers to send in their photo and an essay explaining why they'd like to appear in a future Bouncer story. |
| Characters: |
The Bouncer |
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