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February 1945; paper; ctc; my scan

Issue: #9
Published: February 1945, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Copyright information was found in the Library of Congress online archive for this issue. The copyright date is listed as December 12th 1944. The cover date is listed as February 1945.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The Black Terror
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed) \| Inks: Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Terror [Bob Benton] Tim [Tim Roland] The Japanese

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Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (11 pages)
Featuring:	The Black Terror
Synopsis:	Herr Schmutz has been broken out of prison in order for him to use his scientific knowledge to improve on the distance and range of the Electro-Destroyer, which can project electricity to kill enemy troops.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Terror [Bob Benton] Tim [Tim Roland] Jean Starr Schmulz (villain, Introduction, Death) Four Fellow Nazi Prisoners (villains, Introduction For All)

Text Story (1 page)	Keys to Crime
Synopsis:	Wilbur is at his father's detective agency, guarding several sets of keys when a thug enters with a gun, takes a set of keys, and forces the young boy to accompany him......but not before the boy left a clue for his Dad.
Credits:	Script: Charles Roberts (credited) \| Pencils: ? (spot illustrations) \| Inks: ? (spot illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Wilbur Daly Arthur Daly (private Detective, Wilbur's Father) Butch Maynard (villain) Maynard's Men (villains)

Comic Story (11 pages)
Featuring:	The Black Terror
Synopsis:	Bob is commissioned to mix-up and deliver a bottle of a special drug to a Dr. Jennings that is supposed to be a sure cure for typhoid fever.
Credits:	Script: Richard Hughes
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Terror [Bob Benton] Tim [Tim Roland] Dr. Jennings Jean Starr Karl (villain, Introduction) Fritz (villain, Introduction) The Nazis (villains, Some Die)

Text Story (1 page)	Rustler Showdown
Synopsis:	Having just received a genuine rattlesnake hat band from foreman Dave, 13-year-old Marty joins a trail herd taking some cattle to market twenty miles away. He didn;t know it then, but that hat band would later save the day!
Credits:	Script: Tex Mumford (credited) \| Pencils: ? [as HP] (signed) (spot illustration) \| Inks: ? [as HP] (signed) (spot illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Marty Thorn Dave Norton (ranch Foreman) Chief (villain) Gang Of Rustlers (villains)

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	The Black Terror
Synopsis:	The Terror Twins must locate General Hobart, whose knowledge of a new code would give the Japnese tremendous advantage against the Americans.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Terror [Bob Benton] Tim [Tim Roland] Jean Starr General Hobart (death) Admiral Carwell Hanura (villain, Introduction) The Japanese (villains)

Text Story (1 page)	Boy General
Synopsis:	Clinton had learned from his father the use of sandbox models to work out real military problems, and that knowledge is put to use when German agents enter his home to search for valuable documents his father may have kept there.
Credits:	Script: Charles S. Strong (credited) \| Pencils: ? (spot illustration) \| Inks: ? (spot illustration) \| Letters: Typeset
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	General Jerry Monahan (Clinton's Father) Clinton Monahan (military School Cadet Commander) Curt Mannheim (villain) Un-named German Agents (villains)

Comic Story (12 pages)
Featuring:	Thunderhoof
Synopsis:	Two outlaws return to their old haunts after shooting a soldier at Fort Summit, but fear that they will be found by the sheriff and his possee, who are out looking for some rogue killer wolves.
Credits:	Script: Richard Hughes \| Pencils: August Froehlich \| Inks: August Froehlich
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Thunderhoof (a Black Stallion) Stardust (a White Stallion) Shawnee (a Painted Stallion) Don Purcell (young Boy) Don's Mother Un-named Sheriff Zeb (possee Member) Pete Kenton (villain) Kelly (villain) Grey Fang (wolf, Villain, Introduction, Death) Grey Fang's Mate (wolf, Villain, Introduction, Death)

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Featuring:	Volto from Mars; Post Grape-Nuts Flakes
Synopsis:	A young boy and his Professor friend nearly miss the train if it were not for the magnetic powers of Volto!
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Volto Un-named Professor Young Boy

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Credits:	Pencils: ? (photos) \| Inks: ? (photos) \| Letters: typeset
Characters:	J. E. Smith (company President, Photo) John Jerry (photo) Hollis F. Hayes (broadcasting Station Chief Operator, Photo) A. J. Froehner (photo)

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Credits:	Letters: typeset

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