Issue: #7
Published: October 1940, Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD, Pages: 68, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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Featuring: |
Kooba |
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Script: ? (ad copy) | Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Mind Transfer Racket |
Featuring: |
Dr. Mortal |
Synopsis: |
Marlene and Gary foil Dr. Mortal's plan to tranfer the minds of older bankers into the bodies of young people. |
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Script: Bert Whitman | Pencils: Bert Whitman | Inks: Bert Whitman |
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Science Fiction |
Characters: |
Dr. Mortal Phideas T. Jordan Marlene Gary Brent Carol Pango |
Text Story (2 pages) |
Human Trees |
Synopsis: |
A policeman investigating the homicide of Mrs. Hamilton Hetherwaite is captured by Dr. Munro. After capturing the policeman, Dr. Munro prepares to treat the policeman with an experimental serum that will turn the policeman into a tree. |
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Script: Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel] | Letters: typeset |
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Science Fiction |
Characters: |
Dr. Munro Dr. Borden Betty Pythor Lt. Burke |
Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Rex Dexter of Mars |
Characters: |
Rex Dexter |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Weird Facts |
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Pencils: Ferguson (signed) | Inks: Ferguson (signed) |
Genre: |
Non-fiction |
Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Kraken vs. the Tarpon |
Featuring: |
Typhon |
Synopsis: |
Typhon has a new submarine, the Tarpon, built. Taking the Tarpon out for the first time, Typhon and crew encounter a monstrous kraken. |
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Pencils: ? (Phillips Judge) |
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Adventure |
Characters: |
Typhon Kelland Mark Brady |
Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Samson |
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Letters: typeset |
Characters: |
Samson |
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