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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Terry is the one cop who can stop Chad Ludwig and his mob, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, the Mounties go after outlaw James J. "Make-a-Million" Milton, otherwise known as "the red-bearded rogue." Vic Flint takes a vacation to the lake with an old Marine buddy and stumbles on a blackmail plot. Cover by Baker. Crash-dive of a Crime Career; Midwest Cops Smash the Crimson Gang!; Vic Flint: The Case of Lake Mystery; The Case of the Red Bearded Rogue. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Inspector Joe Ballard tracks a diamond-smuggling ring, in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Cop Vince takes a dangerous undercover assignment to get inside the waterfront crime gangs. Private eye Vic Flint knows that gangster Nifty Felix has fixed Battler Denver's next fight, but how can he stop it? Cover by Baker. The Killer Who Trapped Himself!; Diamonds, C.O.D. (Care of Death); Vic Flint: The Fight Fix; Police Smash Waterfront Crime Gangs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Ray Osrin, Enrico Bagnoli, Ralph Lane and Michael OMalley. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. Bad girl Molly Stamm is the brains behind an international market in stolen "wonder drugs," in a story with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. A major gang figure who was going to testify to a Senate committee is murdered in broad daylight on Millionaire Beach by men in scuba gear wielding spearguns. Private eye Vic Flint is hired to find out who is blackmailing wealthy industrialist AJ Mogul. Cover by Baker. Trapping the Triangle Gang; Death on Millionaires Beach; Vic Flint: Blackmailers at Work; Racketeering in Drugs. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Antonio Canale, Edd Ashe, Ken Landau, George Olesen, Bernard Sachs, Enrico Bagnoli, Michael O'Malley¸ Ralph Lane, and Bill Molno. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. 100-page giant. Holdup man "Lefty" reveals the secrets of his past to a reporter as he's on the way to Alcatraz. Private eye Vic Flint goes to a fancy dinner and gets a lead on a cold murder case, in the evocatively titled "Hell-Bent for the Hot Squat." Nate is released from prison after five years and immediately picked up by his ex-partners, who want to know where he stashed the loot. Gunmans Gamble; Full Dress Shakedown; The Killer Quartet; The Push-Button Murder; Kingpins in Crime; The Short Beer Kid; Boomerang Booty; Ticketed for Murder; Escape by Night; Too Dumb to Be Dangerous; Guns for Gangland!; Vic Flint: Hell-Bent for the Hot Squat; Comedy Column; Gag Bag; Mr. Bluebeard Takes Wife No. 13. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Volcano of Vengeance, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Tod Sloane, field man for the North American Museum, investigates Mount Pataxo, located in a small Central American country; In this volcano, an age-old but benign cult of godlike "goatmen" has survived. The Lady was a Tiger, art by Ken Rice; Bonita Jackson, wife to big-game-hunter Stuart, falls ill in the jungles of Western India and is brought to mysterious Dr. Zander, the only help available; Zander is mad and injects tiger blood into the veins of the unsuspecting woman; The lady turns into a tiger and runs off into the jungle. Terror in the Coal Pits, pencils by Gene Colan. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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A Game with Lucifer, art by Lou Cameron; Grandmaster Barry Archer plays chess with the Devil. Scourge of the Kentucky Hills, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; A dying doctor becomes a werewolf after his assistant gives him the transplanted heart of a wolf. Back from an Unhallowed Grave, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Count Ricco unwittingly unearths the body of a vampire (his niece). The Mummy's Curse text story. Terror Beneath the Tides, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Newspaper publisher refuses to print his reporter's story about a murderous monster from the sea. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Bride's Borrowed Time, pencils by Lou Cameron, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Husband becomes curious about the lifelike male dolls kept by his beautiful young wife -- and why one of them talked to him; Lucretia is a witch dabbling with the secrets of the "Australian bush country head-hunters." Baffling Mysteries #7; One spring day in 1912, Richard Wentworth an American business man, checked in at a well-known hotel in London ...; The ghost of a burning man warns Wentworth that the hotel is on fire. Jungle Idol's Vengeful Rage; Professional hunters in northern India stalk a black panther guided by Ra-La, goddess of destruction; Stealing Ra-La's ruby eyes, the hunters flee to London. At the Sound of Airi's Drum, pencils by Lou Cameron, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Yama's Fiery Fury, art by Chic Stone; Explorers in Sumatra encounter a race of belligerent lava-men. They can be rendered harmless by contact with water, of course. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jim McLaughlin. Appointment in Hades, art by Gene Colan; Soldier Heath drowns while deserting his unit's fight on a beachhead; He returns to life, but is marked by the devil. Step into my Grave!, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; On a plantation in Louisiana, a man stumbles upon a voodoo queen and her horde of zombies; The man's undead brother warns him, but all perish in a final show down ritual. Red Talons of Lupercalia, art by Louis Zansky; A mother and daughter travel to Czechoslovakia, where the daughter is to meet her future husband, count Falco Lupercalia; The count and his father are both vampires, who can also transform into werewolves. Sinister Return of the Priestess of Baal, art by Chic Stone. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Dead Are Never Lonely, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; Actress Nolita is killed in an argument with her husband; She flees the crypt, hoping to escape death. Prowl of the Stalking Terror; A surgeon believes in vampires; To prove his theory he drags his uncle from the crypt who was a vampire; the bloodthirsty vampire rampages through the hospital and infects his nephew. Beware the Graveyard Clay, pencils by Charles Nicholas; The sculptor Clatrow forms voodoo dolls out of graveyard clay; Ridding himself with this mystic power of his mentor, Clatrow plans to marry the daughter of the house. Slaves of the Orchid Goddess, art by Howard Larsen. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Maze Master, art by Lou Cameron; Victor Rarlo is a sadist who loves puzzles and lets people perish in his fiendish mazes; Being challenged by a strange mystic, Rarlo travels into psychedelic mind-mazes and gets irreversibly caught in the maze of his own mind. Tune of the Zombie Queen, art by Louis Zansky; Washed-up dancers Ferdie and Doris take over a stage act from a genuine voodoo queen in New Orleans; They have to pay a price though--and turn into zombies. Hostage of the Unearthly, art by Ken Rice; Demons from the "half-world" invade our "earth-plane" through a pathway opened by radiation experiments. When Voodoo Drums Rumble, art by Jim McLaughlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Sculptress of Doom, art by Ken Rice; The evil-minded Corella is a sculptress who can capture her model's souls in her statues; Her husband George finds out about it and has to decide between his wife and his life. Curse of the Condemned Gypsy, art by Jay Scott Pike; A violin is charged with a gypsy curse: the person who plays it, will commit a murder. Over My Dead Body, art by Lou Cameron; In a scheme to get his insurance money, struggling painter Ben Ober agrees to a fake burial of his comatose body. The Amulet of Terror, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Roy Krenkel and Harry Harrison. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Martin Smith, Paul S. Newman, Leo Hagler, Richard Kahn, Al Gordon, Jesse Merlan and Harry Harrison. Pre-Code horror comics from Trojan Magazines. Sometimes listed as Beware (1953 Trojan) #14. A human is abducted by aliens for their gladiatorial games, but even his victory may hold disaster. Edward hates cats, but they seem to follow him everywhere - and what is their connection to the mysterious beautiful woman? According to the Table of Contents, the last story has the charming title Give Me Back My Head. It is described thusly: "Strange and horrifying are the mysterious happenings in the looming darkness of the jungle. Sorcery or not, Dr. Carter learned a terrible lesson when his greedy eyes rested on the jeweled crown of the Ugarnos." No improving on that. Also, a severed hand avenges its owner's murder. The Uninvited; The Clutching Hand; Death Trap; Revenge of the Dead; Give Me Back My Head. 36 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #14 March on cover (actual #2 in series). Cover price $0.10.

Cover by William Zeller. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Martin Smith, Paul S. Newman, Leo Hagler, Richard Kahn, Al Gordon, Jesse Merlan and Harry Harrison. Pre-Code horror comics from Trojan Magazines. Sometimes listed as Beware (1953 Trojan) #16. Shipwrecked sailors encounter giant spiders on a deserted island. A mummy rises, or as the Table of Contents has it: "Woe be to him who deprives ancient pharaoh Ak-Ahmen of his mate! Only a live girl, shivering in terror, will placate the wrath still churning in the mouldering bones." Whew! A hunter stalking the rare Blue Gorilla learns that it is also stalking him. The cover by William Zeller is a variation of Howard Parkhurst's cover of Spicy Mystery (February 1941), a pulp also published by Trojan. The Web of Doom; The Mummy's Bride; Kill No More; Eyes of the Dead; The Murderous Presence. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #16 July on cover (Actual #4 in series). Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Al Tyler, John Belfi, and Myron Fass. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines really gets into gear with this issue. In fact, this issue was used for an illustration in the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent (illo #12, with caption, "Children are first shocked and then desensitized by all this brutality."). A mad scientist builds a robot and programs it to think, then is surprised when it attacks him with a yen for taking over the world. In one of the more original "poetic justice" horror stories, a man murdered in a paper pulper returns from the grave to avenge his murder through paper products. Hugo seeks revenge on those who have slighted him. Plus a grisly article about real-life decapitations and what happens after. The Thing from Beyond; Almost Human; The Paper Ghost; Life After Death?; The Phantom of the Moor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Frank Frazetta and Sid Check. Stories and art by Henry Kiefer, Art Gates, Sid Check, and Jay Disbrow. Pre-Code horror comic from Trojan Magazines. Treasure hunters seeking lost pirate gold find skeleton pirates still guarding it, even underwater. A hanged man seeks revenge on those who framed him, in a story that may feature inks by Wally Wood or Frank Frazetta. Scientists seeking the secrets of life and death encounter a zombie. Early cover by art legend Frank Frazetta. The Bell Tolls Death!; Man with the Broken Neck!; The Thing in the Fens; Out of the Grave…; The Spell of Doom! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

September, 1948. Cover by Peter Stevens. Detective and mystery stories by H. H. Stinson "Murder is a Pleasure", D. L. Champion, John H. Knox, R. M. F. Joses, John D. MacDonald "The Case of the Carved Model", Terry O. K. Burleson, and Barry Cord. 7" x 9 1/2"; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.

March, 1950. Detective and mystery stories by Fred Lane "Slayer at Sea", Frederick C. Davis, Dean Evans, Hank Searls, Walter Snow, Bryce Walton, and John P. Foran. 7" x 9 1/2"; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Edited by Ned Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Sheldon Moldoff, Ralph Mayo, and Bob Oksner. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Miss Masque and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ned Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg (as Xela). Stories by Sheldon Moldoff, Ralph Mayo, Frank Roslyn, Frank Frazetta, Charles Stewart, and Jules Steiner. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as the Crime Professor and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ned Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg (as Xela). Stories by Mort Meskin, Jerry Robinson, Charles Stewart, Vic Prezio, Oliver Buchanan, Stan Aschmeier, and Jules Steiner. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as the Space Speedsters and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ned Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Mort Meskin, Jerry Robinson, William McClellan, George Roussos, Ralph Mayo, Chuck Stanley, and Donald Boyne Hobart. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as the Crime Professor and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude [as Pat]. The Case of the Burning Death, art by Al Carreno; Drug manufacturer Leo Sugar murders his partner when he won't let him use his new drug for crime. The Corpse Who Walked, art by Al Carreno; Marcus Hook attempts to falsify his death and almost kills Dr. Franz in the process. Curtain Call For Death; Scribbler is busy forging checks. The Monster of the Swamp, art by Al Carreno; a fake monster hijacks trains by running them into an abandoned mine. The Gorilla and the Gangsters; a mysterious half-human half-gorilla kills Renard and takes over his gang. The Wonderful Wish starring Davy the Wish Master. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude [as Pat]. Claws of the Cat, art by Al Carreno; The Star Diamond is on exhibit at Bufany's, a temptation for many thieves, including the Cat, a man with a claw instead of a hand. The Octopus of the Underground, art by Al Carreno; An insane gangster called the Octopus has an undersea hideout where the Blue Beetle and Joan almost die, until Mike rescues them. The Dead Don't Kill, art by Louis Cazeneuve; a series of murders are planned to gain control of an inheritance. Cargo of Doom, art by Louis Cazeneuve; Judith Carthy's life is in danger because she has papers that proved Felland is head of an organization that stole army secrets. The Devil's Magic Wash Tub starring Davy the Wish Master. King of the Chess Killers starring the Gladiator, pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Victor Fox. Cover by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. Stories by Ramona Patenaude, Gene Rider, and Klaus Nordling. Tales of daring-do, with such colorful characters as Black Fury, Spark Stevens, and Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. Blue Beetle battles Dr. Alex Tortel, Pete Sleever, and Bohn. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Jack Kamen. Cover by Jack Kamen. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle. The Blue Beetle faces the female killer Black Lace, featuring a terrifically lurid cover by EC legend Jack Kamen; A beautiful blonde is actually a Nazi agent; Reporter Joan Mason encounters a man who contains the terrifying new power of an atomic bomb. The Adventuress Called Black Lace; Murder and the Blitzkrieg Blonde; Joan Mason: The Walking Atomic Bomb. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Mocking Maniac Who Struck at Midnight," "Satan's Circus," and "Material For the Morgue!" Jack Kamen cover and art. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by J.L. Keene and Paul Parker. Art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth and Jack Kamen. Cover by Jack Kamen. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle. The main witness to a crime is strangely hirsute; A dead man crosses the finish line. Featuring another deliciously lurid cover by EC legend Jack Kamen. Also featuring a back-cover ad for a Genuine Dick Tracy Wrist Radio (only $3.98!). The Hairy Informer; Inspector Roc's Felony Files: The Bloodless Corpse; Murder Clue; The Ambitious Bride; A Corpse Won a Race; Minit Mystery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Victor Fox. Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories by Robert Webb, Jack Kamen, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, and Otis. Blue Beetle in "The Shady Lady," "The man Who Murdered Midas," and "The Cunning Corpse!" Tales of daring-do starring Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. The Shady Lady; A female gang leader uses electricity black outs and darkness to rob banks. The Man Who Murdered Midas; Professor Midas invents a drink that turns living tissue into pure gold. The Cunning Corpse; Joan Mason gets into trouble investigating criminals stealing corpses. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Ed Lane and others. Art by Jack Kamen and others.. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle. A Blue Beetle Christmas story; The Blue Beetle tells the true story of the organized crime gang Murder Incorporated. Featuring an action-packed bondage cover by an unknown artist. The Fiddling Crooks!; Twas the Night Before Christmas; Murder O'Clock; Sadie Krum, Girl Bandit; Murder Incorporated. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Joe Adder and others. Art by Jack Kamen and others.. Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle. The Beetle gets involved in a film shoot and winds up making an underwater rescue; The Blue Beetle investigates a series of women jumping to their deaths; The Beetle tells the true story of gangster "Legs" Diamond. Featuring another lurid cover by an unknown artist, as the series transforms into one of the era's many crime comics. Murder on Strange Street; Suicide for Sale!; Rat Poison; Homicide Diary: The Case of the Lethal Christmas Package; True Crime Case: Jack Legs Diamond, Scorpion of Crime. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Fox Feature Syndicate presents the first series featuring the original version of the Blue Beetle, which by this time was becoming one of the era's many crime comics. The Beetle investigates after a model disappears; The Beetle tells the true story of cop-killer Victor Gelson. Featuring the most lurid cover yet, by an unknown artist, one that was reproduced in Seduction of the Innocent. (Note the possibly erroneous missing bra-straps - visible in the woman's reflection - that make the cover even tawdrier.) The Vanishing Nude; House of a Thousand Corpses; The Deadly Three; Tropical Topics; True Crime Story: Victor Gelson, the Murdering Showoff. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Victor Fox. Stories by Robert Webb and Jack Kamen. Tales of daring-do starring Blue Beetle, a super-hero who wears a special bulletproof costume and takes "Vitamin 2X" which gives him super-energy. The Counterfeit Co-Ed; Gangster Lushy Lemond hides out by pretending to be a college girl. The Anonymous Atom; Blue Beetle battles Red Donahue. Carlo Barone the Human Vulture; a story narrated by Blue Beetle. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

March 1950 issue. No issue number. Cover price $0.25.

May 1950 issue. No issue number. Cover price $0.25.

July 1950 issue. No issue number. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Dale Messick. Stories and art by Roy D. Stropes and Dale Messick. Numbering continues from Daffy Tunes Comics (1947) #12. Sometimes listed as Brenda Starr Vol. 1 issue #1. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda agrees to date convict Silky Flowers in exchange for an interview, never dreaming that he'll escape from prison. Brenda attends a masquerade ball to get the goods on Baron de Mullet and his gang of jewel thieves. Reporter Steve Ayers investigates after a beauty contestant is murdered on stage in front of thousands of witnesses. Assignment Preferred; Invitation to a—Dance?; To Share Alike; Destiny Unknown; Steve Ayers: Murder at Gotham Garden! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Jack Kamen and Dale Messick. Sometimes listed as Brenda Starr Vol. 1 issue #2. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. The combination of a famous cover and few surviving copies makes this a particularly rare book. Brenda investigates a murder committed during a stage performance with dozens of witnesses. Reporter Steve Ayers investigates after a bride is targeted during her wedding. Classic bondage cover, possibly by Jack Kamen. The Lady Vanishes; A Close Shave; The Final Curtain; Destiny Unknown; Steve Ayers: Wedding of the Bullet-Proof Bride! Final issue under this title; numbering continues with Brenda Starr Vol. 2 (1948 Four Star) #3. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dale Messick. Stories and art by Dale Messick and others. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda is kissed by a handsome stranger on New Year's Eve, just before she leaves on a vacation. Brenda, Larry and Flurry investigate a mysterious lodge in the country owned by Professor Squell. A master violinist uses his touring as a cover for his crimes. Silver Lining in Sun Valley; Adventure Unlimited; The Crying Corner; Brenda a Bride?; Reward!: The Case of the Fatal Fiddle! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories and art by Jack Kamen and Dale Messick. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. The cover is mentioned in the text in the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, pg. 21, as "unmistakably sadistic." Brenda finds love and mystery in Washington DC. A Western story with art possibly by EC legend Al Feldstein. Heaven Can Wait; Washington Merry-Go-Round; Love's Labor Not Lost; Grim Guns of Death! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories and art by Jack Kamen, Jerry Betts and Dale Messick. The adventures of Dale Messick's fearless comic strip hero, redheaded reporter Brenda Starr. Brenda investigates when an imposter masquerades as Inspector Traverts. Blonde reporter Daphne puts herself in harm's way while trying to scoop her rival Brenda. Gambler Frank Stillwell runs afoul of an angry gunslinger, in a Western story with early art by EC legend Jack Kamen. The Washington Story; Decision Deferred; Lovely Night; Saint or Sinner; Dopey Don: Arithmetic Lesson; True Western Justice: His Deal Was Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ray Bailey and Jerry Betts. Ray Bailey, former assistant to legendary cartoonist Milton Caniff, creates his own aviator strip, with freelance pilot Bruce meeting bad guys and beautiful women in equal measure to Caniff's Terry and the Pirates. Bruce hasn't even landed in South America before a beautiful woman has slipped him a note that leads to adventure. Bruce captures Greazo, who caused the airliner crashes, but he wants the villain behind it all. Toni Lane, owner of a small airport, tries to rescue her handsome but dumb partner when he's skyjacked by a beautiful woman. Featuring plentiful good girl art and a classic cover. Adventure In Cordillera; Clue To A Crime; Death Guards A Treasure; Baiting A Trap; Toni Lane: The Ladies And The Loot! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kamen. Stories and art by Ray Bailey, Lane Beverly and Al Feldstein. Ray Bailey, former assistant to legendary cartoonist Milton Caniff, creates his own aviator strip, with freelance pilot Bruce meeting bad guys and beautiful women in equal measure to Caniff's Terry and the Pirates. Canada's Superior takes over the publishing with this issue. Bruce arranges a flying lesson for the beautiful Eden Cortez to learn all she knows about the Del Norte airline saboteurs. Bruce and Eden are stranded after their plane crashes, but lovely Holiday Hill arrives at their remote outpost. Bartender Frank Leslie terrorizes Tombstone, in a violent pre-Code Western with art by EC legend Al Feldstein. Featuring plentiful good girl art and cover. Alone Together; "Holiday" Delight; Black Magic--and White; Truckin' and Jive; True Western Justice: The Butchering Brute. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Summer 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Captain Future's Challenge"), Raymond Z. Gallun, John Russell Fearn, and David H. Keller. Illustrations by H. W. Wesso. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Spring, 1941. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Star Trail to Glory"), Gawain Edwards, Eando Binder, and Will Garth. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 4, Issue 2 - Summer, 1942. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("The Comet Kings"), Jack Williamson, Williamson Morrison, and Manly Wade Wellman. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 4, Issue 3 - Fall, 1942. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("Planets in Peril"), Jack Williamson, Nathaniel Nitkin, and Henry S. Lewis. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Summer 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Brett Sterling ("The Star of Dread"), William Morrison, Jep Powell, and Oscar J. Friend. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 6, Issue 1 - Winter, 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Brett Sterling ("Magic Moon"), William Morrison, and Henry Kuttner. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Spring 1944. Final issue. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Brett Sterling ("Days of Creation"), Ross Rocklynne, Nathaniel Nitkin, and Fredric Brown ("Nothing Sirius"). Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.