| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Cover | The Man in the Iron Mask |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Wings Wendall (inset); Bozo the Robot (inset); Espionage [Black X] (inset); Archie O'Toole (inset) |
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| Comic Story | Fort Johnson Blown Up (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Black X stops saboteurs from blowing up the Golder Dam. |
| Credits | Pencils: Will Eisner [as Will Erwin, with some help from the shop] (signed) | Inks: Will Eisner [as Will Erwin, with some help from the shop] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Espionage [Black X]; Batu; Frits Moronoff (villain) |
| Notes | Will Eisner created the Espionage feature, and Will Erwin was a pen name used by Will Eisner (Erwin was Eisner's middle name) until he left the feature after 1940. It also became a house by-line as well for future writers. |
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| Comic Story | Chic Covers the Opera (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Carter searches for a phantom killer in an opera house. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Chic Carter; Sgt. Monahan; The Phantom |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery |
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| Comic Story | Murder in the Wings (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Purple Trio: [Rocky Hill; Tiny Todd; Warren]; Sandra Starr |
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| Synopsis | Clip plays baseball for a change, but still runs afoul of gamblers, gets clonked on the head, and has to parachute into the middle of the fifth inning in order to save the team. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Clip Chance; Spud Doyle; Gill Fox |
| Notes | Final appearance. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Final appearance. |
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| Comic Story | Evening in the Oriental Museum (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Kent Thurston; Ruhle; Nolan; Robbins; Betty Robbins |
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| Comic Story | Cadava the Crumbler (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cadava, a once handsome man turned bitter from society's scorn, unleashes a destructive ray on the city, but dies in struggling with the Ray. To help reconstruct the city, the Ray creates a giant form of himself to lift large building materials into place. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Diane; Soo Choo; Cadava the Crumbler (villain, death) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Comic Story | Bobby Feller (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | Final appearance. |
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| Text Story | The Coward (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Jimmy Christian |
| Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | text story |
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| Comic Story | Vulcan Metz (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wings' place is taken by a German spy who hopes to steal an American plane being delivered to the allies. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Wings Wendall; Vulcan Metz; Diane |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Magno [Tom Dalton]; Mike; Bob Green; Weasel (villain); Spatelle (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Shara (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Abdul; Hassan; Princess Shara; Achmed |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost Gang (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Bozo; Hugh Hazzard; Ghost Gang |
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