Issue: #1
Published: January 1953, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 203.
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| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Power of the Purple Claw |
| Synopsis: |
The first two pages relate how in 1943 Dr. Weir told an African witch doctor how to combat malaria and in gratitude was given the Purple Claw. The main story tells how Dr. Gool uses a radioactive fluid to raise the dead, who obey him. He tells Dr. Weir of his evil plan to conquer the world. The undead, and Dr. Gool, are easily defeated by the Purple Claw. |
| Characters: |
Dr. Gool (villain, Death) Tom Bradley (undead) Alice Bradley |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Doorway to Darkness |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Problems of Space Travel |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
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