Issue: #22
Published: June 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Published monthly by Holyoke Publishing Co, Inc. 1 Appleton St, Holyoke Mass. Editorial and Executive Offices 52 Vanderbilt Ave. New York City.
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| Table Of Contents (1 page) |
Contents |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Case of the Transformation |
| Synopsis: |
Dan quits the police force and joins up with the U.S. Intelligence Dept. Dan and his new friend Bill Dailey are assigned to sneak into Germany. Dan then proceeds to Berchtesgaden and meets Hitler where he discovers that der Fuehrer is really the Devil in disguise. There the Beetle escapes a firing squad and manages to pull Hitler's moustache. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Mike Mannigan Bill Dailey The Devil (villain) |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
Bagdad 900 Miles |
| Synopsis: |
Having defeated the 40 theives and stolen the treasure, Ali discovers that life at home is not pleasant. He goes off to find more treasure to help pay the income tax. Ali is soon shipwrecked on an island inhabited by a very hungry giant. |
| Genre: |
Humor Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Mrs. Baba Muhrad Harun El-Rashid King Of Sarandib |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Adventures with Live Lions in New York City |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Beware -- This Woman Is Death |
| Synopsis: |
When Kay hooks up with Mike Dolan's gang, her former boyfriend "Ears" is certain she's giving him his future hit list. |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Characters: |
Mike Dolan Kay Ears McGuire |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Boy Patriots Chapter 2 |
| Featuring: |
Wing Lee |
| Synopsis: |
Downed american pilot Bill Anderson needs Wing Lee's help to rescue his father from a Japanese POW camp. |
| Genre: |
War |
| Characters: |
Wing Lee Chin Lau Bill Anderson Ruby Foo Song Kau |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Young Guerilla Girl Fighter |
| Synopsis: |
Vera tells the first person story about how a young teenager becomes a guerilla fighter against the Nazis in the Soviet Union. Her life is saved by supplies dropped by American war relief. |
| Genre: |
War |
| Characters: |
Vera Nikitina |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
A Holiday with Death |
| Synopsis: |
Bug-Eye Bailey is released on parole, which cause Mike much consternation, because Bailey has sworn to kill Dan. So he has Joan start a crusade in the paper to put Bailey back in jail. This gets Mike and Joan in hot water, so they're lucky Dan shows up as the Beetle on the last page to put things to rights. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Mike Mannigan Bug Eye Bailey Joan Mason |
| Public Service Announcement (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Dipsy Doodle |
| Synopsis: |
Dipsy approaches Uncle Sam with a quarter and asks if Sam could use it, and Sam wants to know where he got it. When Dipsy tells him that he got it delivering groceries, then Sam agrees to let Dipsy buy a war stamp with it. |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Dipsy Doodle Uncle Sam |
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