Issue: #2
Published: December 1939, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, 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 from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 431785. Produced by Chesler Publications for the fledgling M.L.J Magazines, Inc. Louis H. Silberkleit is recorded as editor on the first published Statement of Ownership for October 1st, 1939. Abner J. Sundell was working as editor for Louis Silberkleit's pulp publications and could have acted as editor on the early M.L.J comic books.
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| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Platinum Asteroid |
| Synopsis: |
Barnes asks Carter for his daughter Gloria's hand in marriage, he's rebuffed because he's middle-aged and poor. Carter is more interested in a meteorite that he's convinced is made of platinum and he sends Barnes and Dan Hastings to stake a claim. Barnes calls upon Jan Crissman to help him ambush Hastings and steal the ore. Hastings fights both off, and Crissman abandons Barnes and flees. Barnes comes to his senses, and confesses all to Hastings. He even proves his reformation in saving both Hastings, himself and the ship when Hastings falls unconscious after destroying Crissman and his ship. |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Dan Hastings Dr. Carter Bob Carter Gloria Carter (Dr. Carter's Daughter) Crissman (villain, Introduction, Death) Arnold Barnes (villain, Introduction) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Knight Off |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Text Article (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
Smoking, football and ukulele. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Alfred Langevin |
| Text Article (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Activity (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Brain-Teasers |
| Text Article (1 page) |
Your Second Helping |
| Featuring: |
Just a Moment |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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