Issue: #1
Published: August 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Aaron A. Wyn
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: This issue's index was completely updated by Chris Launder.
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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| Cover (1 page) |
Introducing The Unknown Soldier, Defender of Liberty. |
| Featuring: |
Unknown Soldier |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Art Saaf | Inks: Art Saaf |
| Genre: |
Superhero War |
| Characters: |
Unknown Soldier |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Suicide Signature |
| Featuring: |
Fowler Wilson |
| Credits: |
Script: Ralph Powers | Letters: Typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
Hijacked |
| Featuring: |
Kay McKay, Air Hostess |
| Synopsis: |
Highjackers force the pilot of the plane on which Kay is working to land in a remote field. She and the crew are locked up, but she cuts her bonds with a nail file she carries. A rescue plane arrives and pursues the spies in the hijacked plane. When the pilot is shot by a spy with a rifle she flies the plane to a successful landing. When the spies take off she stows away and forces them to land. Finally she captures them after a hectic car chase and recovers the stolen documents. |
| Credits: |
Script: George Wilson [as Geo. Wilson] (signed) | Pencils: George Wilson [as Geo. Wilson] (signed) | Inks: George Wilson [as Geo. Wilson] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Introduction: Kay McKay (next Appearance In BANNER COMICS #3, Ace Magazines, September 1941) Ned Jackson (pilot) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Nibsy |
| Synopsis: |
Nibsy is seen behind the wheel of a car, philosophizing upon the nature of true, unstinting friendship, and wondering where he would be without true friends. The punchline is in the final panel, where three of his friends are shown pushing the car up a hill. |
| Credits: |
Script: Ray Houlihan (signed) | Pencils: Ray Houlihan (signed) | Inks: Ray Houlihan (signed) | Letters: Ray Houlihan |
| Genre: |
Humor Teen |
| Characters: |
Nibsy |
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