Issue: #21
Published: June 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Cover; Color Interior Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 456272.
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| Comic Story (9 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Nelson and Kodi of the Space Patrol are dispatched to Jupiter in response to a call from Raxun, a tribal chieftan. His people gather rare Jurta berries and extract from them the powerful and costly Jurta drug. But recently sixty berry harvesters have been murdered and their crop stolen. The lawmen expose a gang of balloon men from the Jovian jungles. |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Nick Nelson Kodi Raxun Haggur (villain) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Chapter 5 |
| Synopsis: |
Tippy has completed the quest set upon him by the wizard and is wondering how to return to the underground castle, when Mr. Doaks, a giant winged bird of his acquaintance appears and flies him there. Using the three artifacts brought back by Tip, the wizard males up a formula to inject into his inanimate robot creations and thereby bring them to life. The creation of multiple robots continues, but one, a female named Electra, forments revolution within the robot ranks. |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Tippy Taylor Mr. Doaks The Wizard Electra |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Routing the Racketeers |
| Synopsis: |
Larry agrees to work with his old boxing friend Curly at his training camp, in preparation for his attempt at becoming the World Heavyweight Champion. New York gambling racketeer Antone Spiro intends putting in the fix and betting on Curly's opponent, so sends his gang to the camp to kidnap Curly. Larry hears the commotion and pursues the crooks on a motorcycle, shortly catching up with and disposing of them. |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Characters: |
Larry Kane Curly Meade Antone Spiro (crook) Muggsie (crook) Maxie Mann |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Bill, Davey and Jamaica Jones are still stranded on a desert island, but decide to put to sea in a small masted boat. At the end of the fourth day a lugger passes nearby and rescues them. By pure chance Bill and the captain are old mates. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Bill Bilson Davey Jamaica Jones Mr. Crump Cap'n Sharp Malabar McGruffe |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
The Case of the Cop Killer |
| Synopsis: |
Hassam, an East Indian, is killing beat cops with darts from a blow gun. After the fifth such murder, Reel decides to try and solve the mystery. Shadowing a pair of officers, he tussles with the culprit, but is overcome. The following day Speed hears of Reel's disppearance on the radio and flies off to investigate. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Speed Centaur Reel McCoy Officer Torpey Officer Schmidt Officer Foley Hassan |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Haakonland is being forced into an unjust war over refusal to allow the aggressor to establish a seaport. Selkirk and his group of Inner Circle agents join with the Haakonand forces to fight the enemy in the frozen wastes in the north of the country. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
George Selkirk Knute Colonel Colin |
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