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Issue Details

Issue V4#1
Published January 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Aaron A. Wyn
Notes Data for this issue is from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Comic Books Index.

Cover Details - "Pounding Excitement Packed Into Every Page!"

Characters Magno; Davey; The Sword; The Lancer; Mr. Risk; Dr. Nemesis; Hap Hazard
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Lou Ferstadt ?
Inks Lou Ferstadt ?

13 page Magno the Magnetic Man story "Death Is Never Rationed"

Characters Magno; Davey; The Clown (villian)
Synopsis The Clown tries to steal a formula to turn metal into gold
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Ferstadt
Inks Lou Ferstadt

8 page Dr. Nemesis story "The Blood Bank Massacres!"

Characters Dr Nemesis
Synopsis A Japanese agent infects US soldiers with leprosy.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Turner
Pencils Earl Da Voren
Inks Earl Da Voren
Notes Last appearance. One indexer lists art credits as Louis Ferstadt.

6 page Hap Hazard story

Characters Hap Hazard
Synopsis Hap goes on an office picnic, gets sprayed by skunks & finds a couple of German sailors.
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Louis Ferstadt
Inks L B Cole

13 page The Sword story

Characters The Sword;The Lancer; Merlin; The Goth; The Hun; Fay Morgana
Synopsis The Goth & The Hun join Fay Morgana to stir up prejudice against foreign workers in a war factory.
Genre superhero
Pencils Louis Ferstadt
Inks L B Cole

7 page Mr. Risk story "The Cougar"

Characters Mr. Risk; The Cougar (villian)
Synopsis The Cougar (a blackmailer) kills one of a pair of twins to protect his identity.
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Bill Savage?
Inks Bill Savage?

2 page text story "The Gold Dust Kid"

Script Cliff Howe
Letters typeset

7 page Paul Revere Jr. story "Fats to Fry the Axis"

Characters Paul Revere Jr & his gang
Synopsis German agents try to sabotage the waste fats campaign
Genre adventure
Pencils Louis Ferstadt
Inks Louis Ferstadt
Notes Ist page is signed "Lou"