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Issue: #12
Published: July 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Lev Gleason
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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. 3.
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| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Join Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade! |
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Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade |
| Synopsis: |
Illustrated promotional advertisement for Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade, the Defenders of American Democracy! Readers are to mail in the attached Boy's Brigade coupon with 10 cents, and they will receive the membership card and official badge in the mail. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Binder | Inks: Jack Binder | Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle] |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Treasure Hunters |
| Featuring: |
Dickie Dean The Boy Inventor |
| Synopsis: |
Dickie and Zip are on summer vacation from school and decide to visit Zip's fisherman Uncle Tod, who can't understand why the fish have been dying......fish he needs to catch for a living. Dickie turns the Sky-Sub into a walking submarine, and he and Zip go underwater to investigate. They find the reason why the fish are dying and spot the mast of an old treasure ship......a ship that one of Uncle Tod's rivals is interested in. |
| Credits: |
Script: Dick Briefer ? | Pencils: Dick Briefer ? | Inks: Dick Briefer ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Dickie Dean Zip Todd Tod (Zip's Uncle) Cranky Andy (villain, Death) Andy's Gang (villains) |
| Activity (1 page) |
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Can You Solve These? |
| Synopsis: |
Various illustrated activities for the readers to solve include a animal cross-word puzzle, the dwarf's problem, and two brain teasers. The solution to all of these is provided. |
| Credits: |
Script: David B. Icove | Pencils: David B. Icove | Inks: David B. Icove |
| Characters: |
Joe Leo Eddy |
| Activity (1 page) |
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Can You Answer These? |
| Synopsis: |
Readers are asked to take a Quick Quiz of six questions, plus find the answers to nine illustrated posers, such as: what makes a baseball curve, what state has more than 10,000 lakes, and so on. Answers are provided. |
| Credits: |
Script: David B. Icove | Pencils: David B. Icove | Inks: David B. Icove |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Forbidden Valley of Ka-Zor |
| Featuring: |
Lance Hale |
| Synopsis: |
Lance decides to explore the forbidden Valley of Ka-Zor, surrounded on all sides by steep cliffs, and never explored by man. There he meets a cave-man and his family, saving them from various prehistoric creatures. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Letters: Fred Guardineer ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure Jungle |
| Characters: |
Lance Hale Un-named Cave-man And His Family |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Chubby Chump |
| Synopsis: |
In a baseball game, with the manager threatening to trade him to another team, Chubby hits a long ball and rounds all the bases, sliding into home for an apparent home run. That is, until the ump tells him that he had yelled foul ball on the play! |
| Credits: |
Script: David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed) | Pencils: David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed) | Inks: David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor Sports |
| Characters: |
Chubby Chump Un-named Umpire |
| Text Story (3 pages) |
Boomerang! or The Bandit's Thwarted Revenge: Part 5 |
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The Silver Scout and His Horse Lucifer |
| Synopsis: |
The Scout and Lucifer answer to the screams of a young school teacher from Roaring Falls, kidnapped and being abused by the renegade bandito from Mexico, Rodrigo, but is promptly captured by the outlaw's men. They head for the bandit's camp on the American side of the border before journeying on to Mexico the next day and get roaring drunk. During the night, Rose is freed by a woman whose son was killed by Rodrigo, who then frees the Scout, who rounds up the bandit and his cut-throats. |
| Credits: |
Script: Carl Formes (signed) | Pencils: Jack Binder (Illustrations) | Inks: Jack Binder (Illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
The Silver Scout [originally Known As The Silver Ranger] Lucifer (the Scout's Horse) Rose (school Teacher) Manuel's Wife Un-named Sheriff Rodrigo (villain, Renegade Bandit) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Tolarian Kidnappers |
| Featuring: |
Cloud Curtis and His Golden Bullet |
| Synopsis: |
Cloud's friend, Lem, has invented a new type of bomb and Cloud agrees to test it, and if it is worthy, he'll talk to the Army about it. Before he can take off in the Golden Bullet, a news reporter informs Cloud that the U.S. Defense Co-ordinator has been kidnapped by the Tolarians, and Cloud is the only one to get him back safely without anyone being the wiser. |
| Credits: |
Script: Carl Formes (signed) | Pencils: Jack Binder (signed) | Inks: Jack Binder (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure Aviation |
| Characters: |
Cloud Curtis Lem Anderson "Crusher" McCoy "Pop" Whistler Mike (news Reporter) Co-ordinator Of Defense [Kutsden] Tolarians (villains) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Captain Blooze's Whaler Scam |
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The Pirate Prince |
| Synopsis: |
The Prince runs across Captain Blooz again, who tries to convince him that he no longer a slave-runner, but a whaler. But a fire aboard Blooz's ship reveals hidden slaves, and Blooz is captured and handed over to the slaves, who are returned to Africa by the Prince. As for Blooz, he becomes a slave to the ex-slaves. |
| Credits: |
Script: Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed) | Pencils: Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed) | Inks: Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure War |
| Characters: |
The Pirate Prince Captain Blooz (villain, Slave-runner) |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Capture of Simon Girty |
| Featuring: |
Dan Dearborn |
| Synopsis: |
Dan is saved from torture by the Indians by Sam Girty, leader of the dreaded "White Savages", but discovers that Jerry has followed Dan and has been nabbed by Sam. He is able to save the boy and turn the tables on Girty's "White Savages" and they are captured.....but Sam somehow escapes. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walter Galli | Pencils: Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed) | Inks: Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Historical |
| Characters: |
Dan Dearborn Jerry Scar-Face Dykes (villain, Mentioned Only) Simon Girty (villain) The Indians (villains) |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Here's Captain Battle! |
| Synopsis: |
Illustrated promotional advertisement, assuring readers that the good Captain himself will visit their neighborhood soon. But, in the meantime, they are to go to their local newsstand and pick up the newest issue of Captain Battle Comics, on sale June 27, 1941. Also, readers are asked whether or not they have joined Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Binder | Inks: Jack Binder |
| Characters: |
Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle] |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Daredevil Comics |
| Synopsis: |
Illustrated promotional advertisement asking readers to pick up the newest issue of Daredevil Comics (#2), on sale June 20, 1941. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles Biro ? | Inks: Charles Biro ? |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Daredevil [Bart Hill] |
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