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Stories and art by Ogden Whitney, Ham Fisher, Kermit Jadiker and Charles Zerner (credited as Paine), Elmer Wexler, Frank Tinsley, Alfred Andriola, J. P. McEvoy, John Striebel, Frank Beck and Mart Bailey. Big Shot featured reprints of McNaught Syndicate humor and adventure strips, alongside original characters like Skyman and The Face. On a dangerous winding road, Charlie Chan faces the beautiful Zara and The Master, the spies behind the terrorist bombings. Sparky Watts travels with Slap Happy to visit Slap's parents, who haven't seen him since his feet were mutated to gigantic size by cosmic rays. Dixie Dugan and Mickey dress as nurses to cheer up Mickey's ailing uncle, in a story with some good-girl art by John Striebel. Vic Jordan; Sparky Watts; Charlie Chan; Captain Yank; Joe Palooka; Bo; Dixie Dugan; The Face; Skyman; The Ashes of Mr. Acropolis. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ned L. Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Richard Hughes, Morley Burroughs, and Tex Mumford. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Thunderhoof and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ned L. Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Charles S. Strong, Richard Hughes, Ken Battefield, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Donald Bayne Hobart, Walt Wilson, and August Froehlich. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as the Ghost and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Ned L. Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Charles Roberts, Richard Hughes, Tex Mumford, and August Froehlich. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Thunderhoof and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Ned L. Pines. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Ed Moritz, Ed Hamilton, Charles S. Strong, and Charles Stoddard. Action-packed tales featuring such characters as Japanese and Indian villains and the Black Terror, a super strong super-hero. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

In addition to the regular issue, some copies of no. 5 were manufactured with different interiors from other comics. Please see individual item notes to see if a particular copy of this issue has a variant interior. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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The Adventure of the Crumbling Skyscraper, art by E. C. Stoner; German saboteurs blow up a building and leave evidence that the Beetle is responsible. Peril In the Pacific; Dan Garrett is given the assignment of protecting Col. Denton who is delivering information of the utmost importance. They Came to Destroy America text story. The Whistling Death; Joan Mason solves the mystery of a Broadway booking agent's murder. The Very Salty Tale of the O'Brine Twins, script and art by Jack Farr; after being declared 4-F by the draft board, the O'Brine twins join the Merchant Marine. Coxwell and Glaisher fact page. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Tom Gill. Stories and art by Ray Gill, John Jordan, Jim Wilcox, Henry C. Kiefer, Harold DeLay, Milt Hammer and Tom Gill. Sometimes listed as Blue Bolt #46. Former superhero Blue Bolt soars as an aviator hero in WWII. A female reporter stows away on Blue Bolt's plane, just before he gets the most dangerous assignment of his career. Sergeant Spook gets an imprisoned gangster to reveal the location of a counterfeiting outfit. Cap Hawkins tells the true story of Commander Guy Gibson, the bomber pilot who led the famous "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, and became the most highly decorated British soldier of the era. Dick Cole; Fearless Fellers: At Sea On A Raft!; Cap Hawkins Tales: Commander Guy P. Gibson; Edison Bell; Edison Bells Model Log Cabin; Sergeant Spook; A Piece of History; Krisko & Jasper; Blue Bolt; Sniffy; Bluebolts & Nuts. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Wood, Norman Maurer, Bob Wood, Dick Briefer, Carmine Infantino, and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Russian soldier Ilya Kuzin battles Nazis despite a disabled leg, in a true story with early art by comics legend Carmine Infantino. Mysterious criminal mastermind The Veiled Lady returns to vex Young Robin Hood. Yankee Longago meets Pocahontas and Capt. John Smith, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Crimebuster; Young Robin Hood: The Killer's Brothers; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil: Sweeney Learns a Lesson; Swoop Storm; Little Dynamite: East Side, West Side, All Around the Town; Yankee Longago. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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World War II cover. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. Assignment in Arrawa Atol, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]. The Magic Kite starring Grandpa Peters, script and art by Tom McNamara. A Tale of Sherwood Forest, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]; Brooklyn retells the story of Robin Hood his way. The Man Who Laughed At Horror, art by Louis Cazeneuve [ghosting for Jack Kirby]. Han Von Mutter is an old crazy man living in Jitters Jeep two-pager by Jack Farr. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Herman C. Browner, Robert Turner, Jack Alderman, C. R. Schaare, and Charles Quinlan. Sometimes listed as Captain Aero Comics Vol. 3 #9. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" The evil Mr. Axis tries to prevent the signing of a rubber agreement crucial to America's wartime supply. Flagman and Rusty battle a gorilla (with a swastika on its chest) especially trained by the Axis to kill them. Plus comics biographies of Allied military leaders General MacArthur and General Wainwright. Captain Aero: Token for Tokio; Alias X: Three Little Devils; Commandos of the Devil Dogs; The Red Cross; Hammerhead Hawley; Law of the Wild; Our Fighting Generals; Captain Aero's Sky Scouts: The Mystery of the Incendiary Bomb; Miss Victory; Flagman: Killer Gorilla. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Herman C. Browner, Sylvan H. Stein, Jack Alderman, C. R. Schaare, Jack Grogan, Mack Borgatta and Charles Quinlan. Sometimes listed as Captain Aero Comics Vol. 3 #10. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Captain Aero's Sky Scouts take action when enemy agents attack a helpless old man and his daughter. Alias X tracks kidnappers who are abducting children for Nazi slave labor. Flagman and Rusty protect a French underground newspaper from the Nazis. Captain Aero: The Jerks of Japan; Alias X; Commandos of the Devil Dogs: Shalna of the Islands; The Red Cross: Those Who Never Came Back; Counter Spy; Yellow-Belly; Bongo the Wizard; Captain Aero's Sky Scouts; Miss Victory; Flagman. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by L. B. Cole, Carmine Infantino, Jack Katz, Truman L. Harrison, Mark L. Borgatta, Charles Quinlan and Alex Schomburg. Sometimes listed as Captain Aero Comics Vol. 4 #2. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Attacked by Japanese fighters, Miss Victory sets out to destroy an Axis air base. Captain Aero's Sky Scouts track down a war profiteer who's cornered the market on black-market gasoline. Plus early stories by legendary artists L. B. Cole, Carmine Infantino, and Alex Schomburg. Captain Aero: The Nipponese Nemesis; Miss Victory: Warido; Frank Luke, Balloon Buster; First Blood; Commandos of the Devil Dogs; Suicide Squadron; Tweedy Triumphs!; Simon P. Buckner; Captain Aeros Sky Scouts: The Black Market Gasoline Baron; The Red Cross: The Story of Hill 613; The Lucky Avenger. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Nina Albright, Rudy Palais, John Giunta, Manny Stallman, Charles Quinlan and Tom Van Buren. Issues #18-20 do not exist, or are part of other series. A patriotic WWII aviator hero whose motto is "Keep 'Em Flyin'!" Miss Victory faces an aerial dogfight against female Japanese pilot Susu Menka. Masked avenger Red Cross confronts the ghosts of a dead bomber crew. Plus non-fiction stories about the Civil Air Patrol and how to identify warplanes from the ground, hot topics on the home front during WWII. Cover by legendary artist L. B. Cole. Captain Aero: Japanese Sandman; Miss Victory: The Scheming Susu Menka from Tokyo; Next Door to Death; Song of the Moon; The Mighty Mite; Know Your Warplanes; Flying Minute Men; Captain Aeros Sky Scouts: The Red Badge of Courage; The Red Cross; Fighting Allies. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The Terror of the Green Mist, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Murder! starring Human Torch, art by Al Bellman; Loose Lips text story; The Mystery of the Locked Door--Let's Play Detective by Bellman; The Canal of Lurking Death, Pencils by Sid Greene; and The Coughing Killer, Pencils by Al Gabriele, Inks by Vince Alascia. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; Castle of Doom, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; Murder For Profit starring Human Torch, Pencils by Al Avison, Inks by Al Bellman; Frozen Death, Pencils by Don Rico, Inks by Al Gabriele; The Sarge's Song text story; The Peril of the Past, Script by Otto Binder, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; and The Mystery of the Coin—Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Includes: Syd Shores cover art; The Jester of Death, Pencils by Syd Shores, Inks by Vince Alascia; The Bloody Assassin starring Human Torch; Auction of Death; Periscope Ahead text story; The Mystery of the Floating City, script by Otto Binder; and The Murder of Brenda Kane--Let's Play Detective, art by Al Bellman. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Includes: Alex Schomburg cover art; The Killer Beasts of Notre Dame, art by Vince Alascia; Berlin's Mistress of Death Human Torch, pencils by Al Bellman; Defense Witness text story; The Murder Brain, Pencils by Alascia; The Case of the Hit and Run Monster--Let's Play Detective, art by Bellman; and The School of Horror, Pencils by Vince Alascia, Inks and Al Gabriele. 60 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Gabrielle. Stories and art by Frank Borth, George Mandel, Jay Diger, Nathaniel Nitkin, Dennis Neville, Jack Warren and Don Rico. There was no issue #4; this issue features reprints of Captain Battle (1941) 1st Series #1. WWI veteran John Battle uses his advanced tech to battle fascism in WWII Europe. Undercover Man uses his talent for disguise to track and capture criminals. A lab accident transforms Yugoslavian scientist Basil Brusilof into the superhero Blackout. Captain Battle Conquers the Nazi Terror; Savior of Chungking; The League of Hooded Men; Drums Over Africa; Undercover Man; Gunner and Gupey; Avenger of the War Victims. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Don Rico. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Jack Cole, Kane Miller, Bob Wood, and Don Rico. Aviator hero Captain Battle Jr. carries on his father's battles against fascism in WWII Europe. The Green Claw returns with an army of robots to conquer the Earth, in a story by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle follows a lead, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Ranger Bill Wayne, better known as the Texas Terror, rides after cattle rustlers. The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts!; Behind the Enemy Lines!; Code in Blood!; Scoop Scuttle; Slow Drawin' Fool; The Green Claw; Bill Wayne. Final issue of the series. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Al Liederman and unknown. Shazam! Billy Batson speaks the word of power and it's Captain Marvel to the rescue! Captain Marvel stars in: "At the Circus" with story by Otto Binder and inks by C.C. Beck; "The Radio Racketeers"; "The Warrior of Wai"; and "The Strange Orders from Washington" with art by Pete Costanza. Also in this issue: Captain Kid in "The Swamp Smugglers" by Al Liederman; 2-page text story "Coffins Are for Corpses"; and Famous Blitzkriegs of the Past 1-pager "Xerxes"! 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dave Berg. Stories by Marc Swayze, Otto Binder, Al Liederman and unknown. Art by Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza and Al Liederman. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "Henry's Grandmother" by Marc Swayze; "The Unwilling Toys" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; "Nippo Meets His Nemesis" with art by Pete Costanza; and "Captain Marvel, Detective" with art by Pete Costanza. Also in this issue: Captain Kid in an untitled tale by Al Liederman. And: 2-page text story "Wolfhound of the Sea" by Nathaniel Nitkin. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Captain Midnight loses his cool when Axis agents target Red Cross workers. Civil air patrol cadet Johnny Blair is gets a new instructor, "Hangar Harry," in a series that features real-life flight education. When Icky's alter ego Sgt. Twilight gets swindled by phony "Hollywood producers," Captain Midnight has to make sure Icky's dreams of stardom are realized. Plus a PSA on wartime paper rationing featuring Midnight's comic-relief sidekick, Sergeant Twilight. Sergeant Twilight Speaks His Piece!; The Double Crossed Red Cross!; Sergeant Twilight Goes Hollywood!; Red Skye: Mr. Ikito Is Ill; Dance of Death; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Peril at the Aerial Crossroads. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. In a meta kind of story, Axis forces are enraged by the inventions in the Captain Midnight Your Invention pages, so they decide to kidnap a Captain Midnight reader and take him to Tokyo to work for the Axis! As WWII winds down, Capt. Midnight must move an entire orange grove by airplane to help a disabled veteran start over. A rival inventor wants Captain Midnight's latest invention, a "robot infantryman." Plus a PSA on wartime paper rationing. Blueprints for a Better World!; Captain Midnight in Tokyo!; Return to Peace; Red Skye: Valley of Death; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Your Invention Page; Captain Midnight and the Robot Infantryman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Midnight breaks the sound barrier a decade or so early and decides to mount a raid on Tokyo itself. CM's dopey sidekick Icky gets into an argument with his own reflection and takes on a job without Captain Midnight's help. Captain Midnight's latest invention, a sort of radar device, is sought by the "Dictator of Crime." Target Tokyo; Icky, The Lone Wolf; Red Skye: Photograph of Doom; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Captain Midnight vs. The Dictator of Crime. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Leonard Frank and others. The comics incarnation of a beloved radio hero, aviator "Red" Albright uses his inventions, including an early wingsuit, to fight evil as Captain Midnight. Midnight investigates bombs that seem to aim themselves, and discovers Axis robot planes. Johnny Blair gets a lesson in parachuting, and so does the reader of this educational strip. A tiny man is an inventor ignored by the tall world, so he invents a tiny plane and becomes CM's latest foe, The Flea. The Bomb That Never Missed; Your Invention Page; Sergeant Twilight's Totem Pole; Red Skye: Booby Trap; Johnny Blair, in the Air; Captain Midnight Fights the Flea. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Within the Temple Waits...Death!" The Raiders go to Indochina to disrupt a supply of rubber. Includes fan letter by Comics Journal president Gary Groth. Script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Syd Shores. Cover by John Severin. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Charles Quinlan, Horace Wallace, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #14. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood tracks a saboteur who wears a distinctive yellow cape and targets defense plants. Mastermind McGinty faces one of his toughest cases yet: helping a ghost gain self-confidence. Electric-powered hero Volton sets a trap for the city's crimelords, in an early story by legendary artist Joe Kubert. Cat-Man and Kitten; Black Friday; All in Fun; The Deacon: The Case of the Sleepy Frog; Rag-Man; Volton: Underworld, Inc.; Frank Fairplays Rescue; The Pied Piper; Mastermind McGinty; Little Leaders; The Hood. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sol Brodsky, Charles Quinlan, Horace Wallace, Ed Murphy, Ernest Wernininck, Oliver Ashford, Hardy Austin, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #4. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. A plane is hijacked by Nazis; luckily, Cat-Man and Kitten are passengers as David and Katie. The Hood faces The Vulture's Claw, an air ace with a hook-hand shaped like a vulture's claw. Kitten and Mickey Matthews, young sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon, stumble on a Nazi hideout concealed in the heart of an American city. Cat-Man and Kitten: The Mystery Passenger; Phantom Falcon: The Enemy Falcon; The Deacon: The Two Crossed Circles; Blackout: Gestapo Search; Rag-Man: Chopper; Frank Fairplays Touchdown; Little Leaders: Nazi Hideaway; Our Fighting General: General Joseph W. Stilwell; The Hood: The Vultures Claw; Rip Van Winkle Tried to Kill Me; Wolves Nearly Got Me. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Don Rico, Herman C. Browner, Jack Grogan, Jack Alderman, and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #13. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood investigates the wealthy and corrupt Baron of Nazi-occupied Monte Carlo. The Deacon and Mickey encounter ghosts, Nazis and a miracle worker at the haunted Waverly mansion. Blackout faces the female Nazi air ace called Valkyrie (no relation to the Airboy character). Cover by legendary artist Alex Schomburg. Cat-Man & Kitten: Bombs Below!; The Deacon: The Man Who Could Work Miracles!; Tag, - You're It!; Divide by Two; The Hood: The Baron of Monte Carlo; Corny Cobbs: The Lost Suspenders; Blackout: The Valkyrie!; The Odd Job Boys; One-Man Army. 56 pages, Full Color. Note: 4 issues between #23 and #27 were not numbered, except for the Volumes and Numbers. Two issues are numbered 26. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Simon. Stories and art by Art Peddy, Ed Wheelan, Al Bryant, A. W. Nugent, H. C. Kiefer, Alex Blum and Art Helfant, plus PSAs by Martin Branner, Al Capp, Bill Holman and Rube Goldberg. Harvey makes an early entry in the superhero adventure genre with this anthology. The Human Meteor travels to France to aid resistance fighters against Nazi forces. A special promotional section for War Bonds (a WWII fundraising drive) features comic-strip characters Smokey Stover, Winnie Winkle, a Rube Goldberg character and the Li'l Abner cast, all illustrated by their regular artists. Magic superhero Dr. Miracle must save Dolores Dolora from Mat Mahata and his army of zombies. Plus a PSA for War Savings Stamps from FDR's Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. Human Meteor; Dr. Miracle; Twinkle Twins; Padlock Homes; Slim Jim and the Force; Liberty Lads; Champ; Liberty Limericks; Flags of the 28 United Nations; Daffy Drafty; Snooky; Champ Confusers. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sam Glanzman. Stories by Paul S. Newman and others. Art by Sam Glanzman and others. Dells Combat series differed from most war comics in sticking to the actual facts of various battles, rather than merely using them as a backdrop against which fictionalized stories were told This issue focuses on The Battle of Saipan. A three-part, issue-length story retells the key military battle that resulted in greater access to the Japanese mainland, and a sure sign that the Axis were losing the war. The Struggle for Saipan; Pay the High Price; The Cave Kid; Escape: Double Escape. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bernard Klein, Bob Wood, Frank Volp, Carl Hubbell, Bob Montana, Lin Streeter, Sidney M. Elias and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. As World War II heats up, masked crimefighter Daredevil joins the Army Air Corps, the precursor to the Air Force. Pat Patriot puts on a wartime defense benefit at the upscale Diamond Room, but all is not as it seems. Two stories with early art by Archie creator Bob Montana, including a superhero tale and a comedy short. Daredevil: War; Thirteen and Jinx: Mystery of the Everglades, Ch. 1; Sniffer; Crimebuster: New York Under Fire; Houdonnit the Great; Real American #1; London; Pat Patriot; Whirlwind; Stamps: The Niagara Falls; Claw: Death To the Allies! 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Alan Mandel, Carl Hubbell, Basil Wolverton, and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil's sidekicks the Little Wise Guys set up their base on operations at the Herendeen mansion to help him solve crimes. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle thinks a city councilman has murdered Mayor Mushmap, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Teen inventor Dickie Dean sets out to steal his lightning machine back from the Nazis, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Daredevil: Doom; Thirteen and Jinx: Welders Disappear; Sniffer; Dickie Dean; Scoop Scuttle; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Squeeks Goes Nuts; The Claw: The Claw Is Dead? 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Alex Schomburg. The Nazis Take Little America, art by Allen Simon; Sub-Mariner returns to his people and finds that Nazi subs have located them and have been dropping depth charges on them; He tracks them to a base in the Antarctic and has his men bomb them. The Nazi Wolf starring the Human Torch, art by Jimmy Thompson. Messengers of Satan starring Sub-Mariner, art by Allen Simon. The Bloody Butcher of Istanbul starring the Human Torch, pencils by Al Gabriele. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Alex Schomburg. Death From the Unknown, art by Allen Simon; A criminal steals a spaceship and travels to Venus; He returns with some of the population and attempts to steal the wealth of a West Indian island, but Sub-Mariner kills him. Horror Rides the Rails starring the Human Torch, pencils by Al Gabriele. The Devil's Doorway! starring The Angel. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.