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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Dick Cole
Pencils:
Bob Davis (signed)
Inks:
Bob Davis (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Letters page, printing five letters from fans with editor responses. Readers were paid $1 for each letter printed.
Characters:
Dick Cole; Simba Karno (becomes supporting character hereafter); un-named coach for Farr Academy; Eddie; Major Farr; Tate (villain, Melrose quarterback); two un-named gamblers (villains); Dr. Karno (villain, Simba's guardian); un-named foreign spy (villain)
Synopsis:
Wanting to make sure that Melrose defeats Farr in the upcoming game, several gamblers attempt to kidnap Dick Cole. However, the attempt fails and Dick is saved by Simba, and, together, in the game, both give the Melrose team all it can handle.....and more! Unfortunately, after the game, when the evil Dr. Karno convinces Simba to steal plans from Major Farr's desk, he and Dick find that they have another job to do.....on the doctor!
Pages:
11.000
Script:
Bob Davis (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Davis (signed)
Inks:
Bob Davis (signed)
Characters:
Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish]; Lois Blake (introduction, un-named in story); A.C. Ring [Mr. Zarbe; others un-named] (villains)
Synopsis:
At deportation headquarters, Blue Bolt is faced with what to do with a large number of illegal aliens, in this country on forged papers, all obtained from the evil A.C. Ring. He decides to pose as an illegal and try to get papers, all to discover who is behind the plot and hopefully break it up.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
Alan Mandel
Inks:
Alan Mandel
Title:
The Phantom Sub Takes to the Air!
Characters:
Jack Damon; Slim Dugan
Synopsis:
The crew of the Phantom Sub converts it into the largest amphibian as well beginning the transformation process to make this vessel an air worthy machine. Once completed, the vessel is taken on its first test flight, during which they shoot down an enemy aircraft.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Bill O'Connor
Pencils:
Ben Flinton
Inks:
Leonard Sansone
Characters:
Cap Hawkins (retired mariner); Joey; President Thomas Jefferson; Joan of Arc (death); General George Washington; Marquis de Lafayette; Napoleon Bonaparte; Uncle Sam (cameo)
Synopsis:
Cap tells his pal Joey about the French spirit, today under the control of Nazi Germany, but a nation which has traditionally had to struggle for its freedom and independence, and will do so again.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Henry Kiefer
Pencils:
Henry Kiefer
Inks:
Henry Kiefer
Characters:
The White Rider [Peter]; Super Horse [Cloud]; un-named foreman (villain, head of the bushwackers)
Synopsis:
After helping a cattleman lead his herd across a swollen river, White Rider accepts a job with him to help rid the frontier of the ruthless bushwackers that inhabit the region.
Pages:
6.000
Title:
Krisko and Jasper on Sea Horse Island: Part II
Synopsis:
Krisko and Jasper deserted to doomed "Calamity Jane" in a boat that hits a submerged object, throwing the duo in the air. As they look up from the water, they see a giant sea horse in the cove, and decide to mount it. They are soon flung off and they wonder in amazement as they see the cove full of these beasts. However, a ship appears and rescues them, and its captain tells the pair he and his crew will find a larger boat tro sail on from there.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Art Gates (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Warren ?
Inks:
Jack Warren ?
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Artist credits added by Craig Delich 2012-11-23.
Characters:
Edison Bell; Jerry; two un-named girls; un-named German agents (villains)
Synopsis:
Eddie discovers that the two little girls accompanying them on their cruise to the South Seas have been captured by German agents, who plan to blow up the Panama Canal with a time bomb when the ship passes through.
Pages:
3.300
Script:
Ray Gill ?
Pencils:
Harry Ramsey
Inks:
Harry Ramsey
Notes:
Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-11-23.
Characters:
Sergeant Spook (un-named Policeman, origin re-cap); Doctor Sherlock; Major Goodall; the Prehistoric Cavemen (villains, cameo); Jesse James (villain, in spirit form, cameo); The Cyclops (villain, cameo)
Synopsis:
Returning to Ghost Town after defeating the Cyclops, Sgt. Spook is convinced by Dr. Sherlock to go to the mortal world and assist in stopping those who would do anything to halt defense efforts. His first mission is to defeat those agents who wish to steal an American tank.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Ray Gill
Pencils:
Malcolm Kildale (signed)
Inks:
Malcolm Kildale (signed)
Notes:
Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-11-23. No doubt the fort in this story was named after the writer, Ray Gill.
Characters:
Krisko; Jasper; un-named Captain of the Calamity Jane; Mr. Gravedigger (villain)
Synopsis:
Mr. Gravedigger, who has turned out to be a spy in the pay of the enemy, throws the Captain of the ship, Krisko and Jasper into the bilge. Soon the ship is attacked and sunk, but all three prisoners are re-captured and put to work as oarsmen until land is sighted and Gravedigger and friend cast the prisoners adrift back into the ocean.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)
Inks:
Jack Warren [as Jack A. Warren] (signed)
Characters:
The Twister [Bob Sanders]; unnamed High Priest of Thor (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
The Twister battles a servant of the ancient god Thor, who, speaking for Thor, uses a hypnotic vibration device on the workers of an airplane plant, which brings them under hypnotic control. Their task is to destroy that airplane plant and others because they are a perceived threat to Thor.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Ray Gill
Pencils:
Mike Roy
Inks:
Mike Roy
Notes:
Art credits revised from Paul Gustavson to Roy by Craig Delich 2012-11-23.
Synopsis:
Returning from their Alaskan adventure, Sub-Zero and his Eskimo friend Freezum are passing through a suburb when they hear screams coming from a nearby cottage. Breaking into the home, they discover the owner dead, stabbed in the throat by a midget. Captured, the midget reveals that he, Cragg, and Harris had pooled their efforts to steal the circus receipts, then Harris ran off with all the money.
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
NG
PG
CVR
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CGCxJSA
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
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