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February 1941; paper; missing ibc; scanned by bhcomics
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Volume: #2, Issue: #2 (5)
Published: February 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Superhero

Comic Story (12 pages)	The Dictonian Menace
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Bosch, Wolke (villain, Introduction, Death) Dictonians (introduction)

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Murder of Colonel Sanders
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Don Davis Colonel Sanders (introduction, Death) Arthur Henson (villain, Introduction, Death) Major Pierce Samuel Peters Carney (henchman)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Invisible Gangsters
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Serle (villain, Introduction) Flood (villain, Introduction) Dr. Morgan Sheila Morgan

Comic Story (6 pages)
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	G-Man Bob Dalton Jim Grimes (villain, Introduction) Major Trent Captain Haythorne Gloria Haythorne

Comic Story (5 pages)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Toni Stark Sir Francis Drake (guest-star) Queen Elizabeth (guest-star)

Text Story (1 page)	The Crime Chase
Featuring:	Herbie Johnson
Credits:	Pencils: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Inks: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Herbie Johnson Officer Kelly

Comic Story (8 pages)
Synopsis:	Following up on what are reported as the ravings of polar explorer Bob Andrews, Biff and Marcia fly to an island kept warm by volcanoes and populated by elephants, tigers, and other beasts. Biff defeats Benson, from the rival Trans-American Circus, and brings back one of the stranger beasts for the Carson Circus.
Genre:	Adventure Jungle
Characters:	Tom Carson Biff Powers Benson (villain, Introduction, Death) Bob Andrews Hank Crosby (villain, Introduction) Marcia Beale

Comic Story (7 pages)
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Randall Hoot Pringle (villain, Introduction, Death) Ann Belden Pepper (crook)

Text Story (1 page)	Ambush Bullets
Featuring:	Jimmy Blue
Credits:	Pencils: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Inks: ? (2 spot illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Jimmy Blue Mr. Barton

Comic Story (7 pages)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Detective-Sergeant Burke Al Carlo (villain, Introduction) Tom Dugan (villain, Introduction, Death)

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