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Scanned from a coverless copy: fc+bc from HAG; ifc from darkmark's fiche;
ibc from National #8 fiche
The rest: A freddyfly original!

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Issue: #8
Published: February 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: S. M. Iger
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was On-going Series
Notes: Statement of Ownership: Publisher Comic Magazines, Inc 322 Main St Stamford, CT Editor: S.M. Iger; Business Manager Everett M. Arnold Owners: Clare C. Arnold, Everett M. Arnold, Fred A. Little, Henry P. Martin (Indicia lists publisher address as 1213 W 3rd ST, Cleveland, Ohio) 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)	The Fifth Column Plotters
Featuring:	Neon the Unknown
Credits:	Pencils: Lou Fine ? \| Inks: Lou Fine ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Neon The Unknown [Tom Corbet]

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Power-Stealing Tower
Featuring:	Hercules
Synopsis:	A crime syndicate builds a giant tower that will drain the power from every dynamo in America. They believe only Hercules can stop them, so they resolve to kill him.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Greg Powers] \| Pencils: John Celardo \| Inks: John Celardo
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Hercules

Comic Story (6 pages)	Broadcast of Crime
Featuring:	Betty Bates
Credits:	Script: ? [as Stanley Charlot] \| Pencils: Nick Cardy \| Inks: Nick Cardy
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Betty Bates Joe Spumoni (villain) Freddie The District Attorney

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Haunted House of Spies
Featuring:	The Strange Twins
Credits:	Script: S. M. Iger \| Pencils: Alex Blum ? \| Inks: Alex Blum ?
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Doug Strange Rod Strange Herr Schwitzer (villain)

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Guantanamo Bay Incident
Featuring:	Bob and Swab
Credits:	Script: Klaus Nordling (signed) \| Pencils: Klaus Nordling (signed) \| Inks: Klaus Nordling
Genre:	Adventure Humor
Characters:	Bob Masters Swab Decker Lt. Blemish (villain, Introduction) Nazis

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Forester's Vengeance
Featuring:	Old Witch
Credits:	Script: ? [as Pierre Winter] \| Pencils: George Appel ? \| Inks: George Appel ?
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Old Witch

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Lost TORNADO
Featuring:	G-5 Super Agent
Credits:	Script: ? [as Carey Whyte] \| Pencils: Charles Sultan \| Inks: Charles Sultan
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	G-5 Adm. Von Berg (Introduction, Villain) Adm. Sir James Mawson

Comic Story (6 pages)	Boss Crowsy, Corrupter of Youth
Featuring:	The Red Bee
Credits:	Pencils: Saul Rosen [as B. H. Apiary] (signed) \| Inks: Saul Rosen [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney) Dick Mattens Jimmy Mattens Boss Crowsy (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (4 pages)	Battle with Blitz
Featuring:	Blaze Barton
Credits:	Script: ? [as Ray Talon] \| Pencils: Maurice Gutwirth \| Inks: Maurice Gutwirth
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Blaze Barton Blitz (villain)

Comic Story (1 page)	The Hungry Ghost
Featuring:	Tommy Tinkle
Credits:	Script: Arthur Beeman [as Sandy Klauz] \| Pencils: Arthur Beeman \| Inks: Arthur Beeman
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Tommy Tinkle Sam Snipe (Introduction, Villain)

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Monkeys Muscle In
Featuring:	Lion Boy
Credits:	Script: ? [as Merton Holmes] \| Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Lion Boy

Text Story (2 pages)	The Stolen Name
Credits:	Script: Toni Blum (Toni Boone) \| Letters: Typeset

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Woman and the Bund
Featuring:	Neon the Unknown
Credits:	Script: ? [as Tegor Maroy] (signed) \| Pencils: Alex Blum ? \| Inks: Alex Blum ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Neon The Unknown [Tom Corbet] Sally Sally's Un-named Grandfather Carl (villain, Introduction) Carl's Bundists (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Bashing the Bund
Featuring:	Don Glory
Synopsis:	Boxer Don Glory decides to focus his energies on taking down bundist groups and others infiltrating America.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Lincoln Ross] \| Pencils: Nick Cardy \| Inks: Nick Cardy
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Don Glory (introduction) June Brent Bundists

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