Issue: #17
Published: July 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver 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, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
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| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Corruption of Carl Jensen |
| Synopsis: |
Using the sinister name Iola and dressing in a slinky dress, Madam Satan lures Carl Jensen away from his true love, Anita, and is soon completely in the toils of the creature of the netherworld, beginning a mad and expensive orgy of merrymaking. All too soon, he is goaded into a life of crime, being asked by "Iola" to shower her with expensive gifts, even if he had to steal them. After beating up his father and shooting Anita, Carl comes to her senses....then sees "Iola" as she really was: her face a grinning, green skull! |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Carl Jensen, Anita Lewis Mr. And Mrs. John Jensen (Carl's Parents) Brother Sunbeam Satan (villain) Madam Satan [Iola] (villain) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
On his wedding day, Kayo's face is badly burned. Ashamed of his scarred face, he flees and becomes a hobo. While on a train he befriends a man who has tuberculosis. To get money to have him treated, Kayo fights a local fighter in a small town. |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Characters: |
Kayo Ward [Eddie Ward] Slug (villain) Rip |
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