Issue: #22
Published: September 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Leon Harvey; Alfred Harvey (president)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Liberty Lads; Human Meteor |
| Public Service Announcement (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
Facsimile of a letter from U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. encouraging the "Boys and Girls of America" to purchase U.S. War Savings Stamps. |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
The Human Meteor |
| Synopsis: |
Toby is kidnapped by Japanese agents to be used as leverage against the Human Meteor. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Human Meteor [Duke O'Dowd] Toby |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Champ |
| Synopsis: |
After the Champ and Henry witness the killing of a G-Man, a mysterious women leaves a note with an address and a request to meet her at that adddress. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
The Champ Henry Hans Muller (villain) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
Flossie's dog slips out of its leash and the dog catcher offers to help find it. |
| Genre: |
Humor Children |
| Characters: |
Flossie Dog Catcher |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Story Behind the Cover |
| Featuring: |
The Human Meteor |
| Synopsis: |
The Human Meteor agrees to locate a women's daughter who has gone missing in Burma. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Human Meteor (Duke O'Dowd) Toby Helen |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Slim Jim and the Force |
| Synopsis: |
Slim Jim relates to a number of children a dream he had where he escapes from The Force by using a pelican to transport him away. |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Slim Jim |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Slim Jim and The Force |
| Synopsis: |
Slim Jim tells of how he escaped from The Force while in China. |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Slim Jim |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Twinkle Twins |
| Synopsis: |
Dan and Diane visit the Mayor just as he is being kidnapped, after a fight the kidnappers get way with the Mayor. The twins try and find out where he has been taken. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Dan Twinkle Diane Twinkle Elijah Truth |
| Text Article (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Military Mirth |
| Synopsis: |
Jokes with a military theme. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Humor Military |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
K.P. Jones |
| Synopsis: |
K.P. is tasked with obtaining some dummy shells to use for target practice. |
| Genre: |
Humor Military |
| Characters: |
K.P. Jones Sarge |
| Activity (1 page) |
Can You Do It? |
| Featuring: |
Champ Confusers |
| Synopsis: |
Multiple puzzles and word games. |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Help America Win the War! |
| Synopsis: |
Contest offering 100 War Savings Stamps for the best answer to the sentences "I buy War Savings Stamps because..." and "The Best Hero in this magazine is..." |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Now on Sale |
| Synopsis: |
House ad for Champ, Speed, Green Hornet, and War Victory comics. |
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