Issue: #2
Published: March 1945, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Newsprint 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, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 1.
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| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Hobo-Ken |
| Synopsis: |
Hobo-Ken plays a prank on a dog, then "rescues" him in order to get a share of the dog's food. |
| Credits: |
Script: Dan Gordon ? | Pencils: Dan Gordon ? | Inks: Dan Gordon ? |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Hobo-Ken |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Officer O'Heck |
| Synopsis: |
Office O'Heck arrests a little kid for biting the arm of a man who was trying to steal his lollipop. |
| Credits: |
Script: Dan Gordon | Pencils: Dan Gordon [as dang] (signed) | Inks: Dan Gordon [as dang] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Officer O'Heck |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Jonathan Gets His Man |
| Featuring: |
Crime Crusader |
| Synopsis: |
Killer Morgan kills a judge and impersonates him to set an ambush for Jonathan Jones. |
| Credits: |
Script: Leon Hartman (credited) | Pencils: ? (illustration) | Inks: ? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Characters: |
Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones] Kewpie O'Toole Killer Morgan |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Hardy of Hillsdale High |
| Synopsis: |
Ted keeps failing because he has no self-confidence. Lizzie takes him to her uncle, a magician, who makes Ted think he has a magical power over baseballs. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles Quinlan [as Chas. M. Quinlan] (signed) | Inks: Charles Quinlan [as Chas. M. Quinlan] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Teen |
| Characters: |
Ted Hardy Lizzie Jones Zelda Horace Miss Prinklepot |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Mussel-Man |
| Synopsis: |
Mussel-Man breaks into an apartment after he hears a call for help, only to find it was just a radio program. |
| Credits: |
Script: Dan Gordon ? | Pencils: Dan Gordon ? | Inks: Dan Gordon ? |
| Genre: |
Satire-parody Superhero |
| Characters: |
Mussel-Man |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Thunderbrand |
| Synopsis: |
Thunderbrand goes to Alexandria in his quest for the scepter that will reveal his identity. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ken Battefield ? | Inks: Ken Battefield ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Thunderbrand Barbarossa Giacomo Ismail Emir Dorena |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Hank the Hero |
| Synopsis: |
A soldier takes everything the Japanese can throw at him without batting an eye, but is hurt when a medal is pinned on him. |
| Credits: |
Script: Dan Gordon | Pencils: Dan Gordon | Inks: Dan Gordon |
| Genre: |
Humor War |
| Characters: |
Hank |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Crash Kid Crashes Through |
| Featuring: |
The Crash Kid |
| Synopsis: |
The Crash Kid breaks up a phony investment scheme aimed at old people. |
| Credits: |
Script: Jim Randall (credited) | Pencils: ? (illustration) | Inks: ? (illustration) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Crash Kid [Rusty Adams] Pook |
| Comic Story (12 pages) |
The Mystery of the Modern Midas |
| Featuring: |
The Crime Crusader |
| Synopsis: |
Two men send Jonathan Jones and Kewpie out west to collect their earnings in a gold mine from Hal Peters . They collect the money easily, but after they accept a case to find a missing mine inspector; Peters suddenly is anxious for them to leave town. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones] Kewpie O'Toole Hal Peters Diane Winters |
| Advertisement (0 pages) |
Birthstone Ring Given Away |
| Featuring: |
Gold Crown Spot Remover |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (0 pages) |
New True-Love and Friendship Ring |
| Featuring: |
Empire Diamond Co. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (0 pages) |
New Enlargement 3¢ Stamp |
| Featuring: |
Dean Studios |
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