Volume: #1, Issue: #2
Published: August 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Interior; Glossy Cover Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Per information from a December 1941 NY Superior Court hearing, Ace art director, Fred Gardener, stated that Pat Lamar's studio provided all of the artwork for this issue, as well as script, lettering, and coloring.
Lamar was paid on May 2, 1940. Lamar admitted that the only art work he did was corrections.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (13 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
The Old Man of the Volcanoes gives Flash the task of traveling to the Java Sea to retrieve a stolen ruby which will be used to incite the islanders to kick out the westerners who have settled there and run businesses. Once there, he saves the young Rita Van Dyke and overcomes many obstacles to claim the ruby and capture the native Sabbat and his boss, Tiger Man. |
| Characters: |
Rita Van Dyke Sabbat (villain) Tiger Man (also Referred To As Tiger Mask Villain Rita's Uncle) |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Thief Solo Mogart steals money from a gambling joint, but later, when Captain Lash cofronts him Mogart knocks Lash out. The Raven suddenly enters, clouts Mogart, takes the money to hand out to the poor, and hand cuffs Mogart to Lash. Danny's girlfriend Lola remains suspicious of him. |
| Characters: |
Solo Mogart (thief, Villain) |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Ace McCoy and his aide Bill Regan stops saboteur Major Maxim from launching a devastating attack on Brazil's commerce centers and infrastructure. |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Characters: |
Scholz (thug) Major Maxim |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Whiz uses his futuroscope to time-travel to 2040 Switzerland and helps survivors of the Fourth World War to defeat the chief of a marauding army to save civilization in Europe. |
| Characters: |
Jim Hardy Trudy Chief Roab (villain) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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June Evans's father won $50,000 but was killed by thugs who failed to find the money. June finds the hidden money but it is taken by a thug who barely escapes Marvo and Tito, who go after the gang, headed by Spike Devlin. Later, confronting Devlin and his gang, Marvo uses the many illusions at his command to capture the entire gang. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
June Evans (damsel In Distress) Spike Devlin (gangster); |
| Cartoon (2 pages) |
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| Genre: |
Humor |
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