Issue: #74
Published: December 1947, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 352.
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| Comic Story (4 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Lady Luck is invited to a special banquet by the Montrose Alumnae Association to receive an honorary degree. The problem is that the host has taken ill and has decided that Brenda Banks should take over and be the one to introduce Lady Luck. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Lady Luck [Brenda Banks] Mrs. Van Dotage (banquet Host) |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Big Bee Business |
| Featuring: |
Midnight |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Superhero Adventure |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Bubble Gum Blues |
| Synopsis: |
In a bubble gum bubble-blowing radio contest, Spunky and Pug cheat by using a hot air hose to blow a huge bubble. The contest sponsor gives Spunky two boxes of bubble gum to practice for the next night's show. The next night, on the air, Spunky hands the announcer a note saying he practiced so much he has lockjaw. |
| Genre: |
Humor Teen |
| Characters: |
Spunky Curly Marge Pug Marge's Father Marge's Mother Radio Announcer Irwin Dubble |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Lady of the Pearls! |
| Synopsis: |
Black X and Batu come across two ruffians trying to load a coffin into a truck. The men flee, and the coffin is taken to Black X's apartment where a man named Graspon wishes to buy it for $20,000. When X refuses the offer and Graspon leaves, X opens the coffin to discover the living but unconscious body of a beautiful girl. Graspon meanwhile goes out to hire thugs to forcibly take the coffin and contents away from X. |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Characters: |
Black X [Richard Spencer] Batu Inspector Beef Burton Count Morado's Daughter Graspon (villain) Graspon's Gang (villains) |
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