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Variety Comics (1944 Rural) comic books 1944

  • Issue #1
    Variety Comics (1944 Rural) 1

    Cover by Marvin Stein. Stories and art by Leo Bachle and others. Humor and adventure comics from Rural Home Publishing. Actor Bruce Barton is dressed as a superhero for a stage play when the theater payroll is stolen by gangster Buttons O'Connor, so he decides to become Captain Valiant for real. Female police detective Terry Temple investigates juvenile delinquents and stumbles on a counterfeiting ring. A strange tale of a disfigured ex-convict who creates a terrible weapon to end all war, and his gangster brother who decides to use it for profit. Captain Valiant; Gabby Grayson, Radio Reporter; Terry Temple, Woman Investigator: Mystery of the Green Paint; It's True; Marty Moore: The Case of Marty's Mischief; Commander Neil Nelson; Goonie Gus; Variety Humor; The Mystery Master: The Web. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.