Volume: #2, Issue: #9
Published: September 1939, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Joe Hardie
Color: Color Cover; Color Interior Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 427061.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
Amazing Facts about Pioneer American Homes |
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Letters: typeset | Editing: Joe Hardie |
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Speed Centaur The Masked Marvel |
Text Story (2 pages) |
Rocketship Race |
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Tom was determined to win the Rocketship Derby Race, even though his competitor, Regie Saunders, was known for not sticking to the rules! |
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Script: Lloyd Jacquet [as Lloyd Victor] (credited) | Pencils: George A. Fish [as G. A. F.] (signed) (spot illustration) | Inks: George A. Fish [as G. A. F.] (signed) (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
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Science Fiction |
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Thomas Piper Mac (Piper's Mechanic) Riginald Saunders |
Comic Story (8 pages) |
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Speed Centaur |
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To try and catch up with the Jack Pott gang, Speed assumes the disguise of a true horse and he and Reel follow one of the gang's torpedo's into town. Speed then uses his voice to convince the thug that he is a talking horse, and the thug buys the horse from Reel and takes it and Reel to the gang's hideout. |
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Pencils: Malcolm Kildale (signed) | Inks: Malcolm Kildale (signed) |
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Superhero |
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Speed Centaur Reel McCoy Jack Pott Gang [Jack Pott (leader) Jim "Droopy" Raws Rest Un-named] (villains) |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Daredevil Barry Finn |
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Zaroff visits an English scientist who has invented a process for enlarging any insect to any size that he wishes. Seizing upon the opportunity, Zaroff kills the scientist, seizes the machine for his own purposes, and meets with leaders from the major warring powers, offering (for a price) the use of this invention. Then, accompanied by Dacia, Zaroff sails to New York, planning to release a horde of the giant insects upon the United States, bringing disease, plague and death. |
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Pencils: Tarpe Mills (signed) | Inks: Tarpe Mills (signed) |
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Adventure |
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Barry Finn Joan Hart Professor Walton (scientist, Death) Sulla (villain, Zaroff's Assistant) Dr. Zaroff (villain) Dacia Zaroff (villain, Zaroff's Daughter) Joseph Stalin (villain, Cameo) Adolf Hitler (villain, Cameo) Benito Mussolini (villain, Cameo) |
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Letters: typeset |
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