Issue: #8
Published: August 1947, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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| Comic Story (12 pages) |
Death From Fangs of Stone |
| Featuring: |
Rulah |
| Synopsis: |
Explorer Will goes in search of the buried city of Tahoo, allegedly guarded by sorcerer Nisba. Rulah rescues Will from a lion-monster sent by Nisba and advises him to leave, but Will refuses. Rulah and Will are captured by Nisba, who tosses them in his lion pit, but Rulah tricks the monsters into killing their own master. The lion-monsters return to their stone form, the curse of Nisba broken. |
| Credits: |
Script: Manning Stokes ? | Pencils: Matt Baker | Inks: Matt Baker |
| Genre: |
Adventure Fantasy Jungle |
| Characters: |
Rulah [Jane Dodge] Will Worth Nisba |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
African Adventure |
| Credits: |
Script: Jim Regan | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Elephants |
| Featuring: |
Natural Science |
| Synopsis: |
Facts about elephants. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Nature |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Green Menace From Voluta |
| Featuring: |
Rick Evans |
| Synopsis: |
Rick, Astra and Stringbean discover Polar City is under attack by King Aludino and his Volutans. Astra deduces that an element present in ice can destroy the Volutans, so Rick tows a giant iceberg into space and uses it to save the Earth. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Stan Ford] |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Rick Evans Stringbean Professor Astra King Aludino |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
One Round Hogan |
| Synopsis: |
Boxer Hogan prevents his wartime pal Eddie from committing suicide. Eddie, an ex-Marine, got into debt and embezzled funds from a bank. After Hogan and Eddie defeat some hold-up men, Hogan's manager Spigot gets the idea to promote Eddie as a boxer too. He arranges for Eddie to knock out Hogan while sparring, and the ensuing publicity makes it possible for Eddie to get a contract that allows him to pay off his debt. Spigot thanks Hogan for taking the dive but Hogan says "That sock was on the level!" |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Jo Logan] | Pencils: Al Zere | Inks: Al Zere |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Characters: |
One Round Hogan Eddie Burns Spigot Barnett Blimp |
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