Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1944-02-15
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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Valentine Villainy!
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Superman / cover / 1 page

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    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Reprints (3)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. Indexed with the help of Mike Shawaluk.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Valentine Villainy!
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Superman / comic story / 12 pages

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    Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dan Cupid draws a bead on Jimmy Olsen...
  • Keywords:Valentine's Day
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Betty Roxmore; the Count; Spike; Leek; Paddy
Synopsis:
Superman and Jimmy have much the same problem: what to buy their respective girlfriends for Valentine's Day.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947). Blue S on cape.

The Cave's Secret
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Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Clancy the Cop / comic story / 1 page

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    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's the bank's alarm!
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Clancy the Cop

Alias Mr. Sunshine!
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Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages

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    Genre:adventure; superhero; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You never knew The Rainbow Man had a helpful streak...
Characters:
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Rainbow Man [Count Fogge] (introduction, villain); Shakes (introduction, villain); Dictionary (introduction, villain); Wilkins; Mrs. Lukers; Mrs. Vandervan
Synopsis:
The Rainbow Man escapes from jail and creates a Count persona for himself. Mingling in society he chooses his next victims, deciding on a we-fix-it agency. One of his men walks the dogs of a Society dame, and steals her valuable jewels. The Vigilante and Stuff pursue the villains and are captured. The Dummy substitutes forgeries for priceless paintings. Finally they run down the gang and return them to behind bars.

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

The Weird and Eerie Mystery of Ghastly Gables
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Super Sleuth McFooey / comic story / 4 pages

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    Genre:humor; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, - Shut my big ol' mouth...
Characters:
Super Sleuth McFooey

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper into War Weapons!
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Superman / public service announcement / 1 page

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    Genre:advocacy; superhero
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Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis:
Superman puts on a special show with 100 pounds of waste paper as the admission price to demonstrate to the kids how that much waste paper can be transformed into 115 cardboard boxes which can hold ten 20mm shells.

Indexer Notes

Paper drive feature, art identification by Jerry Bails.

Desert Danger!
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Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages

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    Genre:adventure; drama; jungle
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Congo Bill; Hitchins; Lightning (cheetah); Askut; Ben Azaar; Ali Habeel
Synopsis:
Bill helps his Egyptologist friend Hitchins get a ancient Egyptian anklet out of the midst of feuding clans.

[no title indexed]
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World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Mission for Freedom!
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Americommando / comic story / 7.67 pages

Script:
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Bernard Baily (signed)
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Bernard Baily (signed)
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?
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    Genre:adventure; war; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A daring American submarine rests quietly and watchfully at the bottom of Tokyo Bay!
Characters:
Americommando [Tex Thomson]
Synopsis:
As they are about to be executed, Americommando frees a group of American servicemen from a Tokyo prison camp.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails.

[no title indexed]
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public service announcement / 0.33 page

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    Genre:advocacy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We have friends in America...
  • Keywords:War Bonds

Best in the House
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Ted Udall (signed)
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:adventure

[no title indexed]
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Clancy the Cop / comic story / 0.75 page

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    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This new uniform just set me back sixty dollars...
Characters:
Clancy the Cop

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

Superman's Secret Message
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Supermen of America / in-house column / 0.25 page

The Idol on the Island!
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Zatara / comic story / 8 pages

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    Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:On a sunny island an old stone image stands...
Characters:
Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Taos; Grog; Big Hank Hope (crook)
Synopsis:
Zatara is on an unknown island where site a statue of the god Meke-Meke. Local pearl divers come to pray for a good harvest of pearls, but among them Grog seems always to find the greatest haul. In fact, in collusion with Big Hank Hope, Grog gets his pearls from a chest in a chamber below the statue. Zatara magically brings the statue to life and frightens the villains into a confession.

[no title indexed]
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Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines / advertisement / 1 page

How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame
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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Valentine Villainy!
    Superman
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["Look for this trade-mark whenever you buy comics!"]
  4. Valentine Villainy!
    Superman
  5. The Cave's Secret
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
  6. ["That's the bank's alarm!"]
    Clancy the Cop
  7. Alias Mr. Sunshine!
    Vigilante
  8. ["We're gonna play Nazi torture-chamber..."]
    Wheaties
  9. The Weird and Eerie Mystery of Ghastly Gables
    Super Sleuth McFooey
  10. Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper into War Weapons!
    Superman
  11. Desert Danger!
    Congo Bill
  12. ["You prisoners'll just hafta wait..."]
    World's Finest Comics
  13. Mission for Freedom!
    Americommando
  14. ["We have friends in America..."]
  15. Best in the House
  16. ["This new uniform just set me back sixty dollars..."]
    Clancy the Cop
  17. Superman's Secret Message
    Supermen of America
  18. The Idol on the Island!
    Zatara
  19. [no title indexed]
    Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines
  20. How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  21. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
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