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The Secret of the Bar-L Ranch!
Characters
- Etta Candy
- Diana Prince (mainstream Universe)
- Wonder Woman (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
Never Miss - Do You, Champ?
"We simply couldn't get along without you or your snaps!"
Characters
- two fellows
Story Notes
Inside front cover ad for Kodak's Brownie Reflex Synchro model camera.
The Secret of the Bar-L Ranch!
"The lowing of long horn steers, the resounding rumble of..."
Storyline
Wonder Woman and Etta head for Etta's father's ranch to view a rodeo competition, the prize to the winner being title to adjoining lands.
Characters
- Etta Candy
- Diana Prince (mainstream Universe)
- Wonder Woman (mainstream Universe)
- Hard Candy (Etta's father)
- the Holliday Girls
- Oscar Sweetgulper
- Daredevil Dix (villain, ranch owner, introduction)
- Dix's men [Lariat Lou
- Buster Ben
- rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
- Script: Joop Bonarius
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
Story Notes
Script credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Dave Ferriss
"But how about our slugging average?"
Characters
- Dave Ferriss (baseball pitcher, b. 1921 d. 2016)
Jack Treddle Gets Hero's Medal
"It was mighty lucky the troop decided to hike that day..."
Storyline
Jack, running faster in P-F canvas shoes, saves the town of Haddonfield from a dam about to collapse.
Characters
- Jim Wise
- Jack Treddle
- Fred
Story Notes
This ad ran in several July and August 1947 cover dated comic books.
Yearning for Learning!
"People enjoy books for a great variety of reasons."
Storyline
While gathering books for a hospital charity, Toughy discovers stolen pearls hidden inside a carved out poetry book.
Characters
- Little Boy Blue
- Tommy Rogers
- Herb Simms
- Toughy
- Tubby
- Ma Morton (landlady)
- "Muscles" Lewis
- "Frisky" Fallon
Credits
- Pencils: Frank Harry
- Inks: Frank Harry
Kid Pep Rescues a Steeplejack!
"Look! The steeplejack's caught in his rope!"
Storyline
A worker is caught in his rope and hangs upside down on a church steeple.
Characters
- Kid Pep
- steeplejack
- waiter
- policeman
"Lay off the Wildroot Cream-Oil, Sam-"
Storyline
Sam cracks the Davis murder case.
Characters
- Sam Spade
- Effie
- police officer
- unnamed murderer
"I'm a swell tuxedo, Willy... wear me!"
Storyline
Both Sam and Willy are being hounded to get new tuxedos for upcoming formal social events.
Characters
- Sam Nilly
- Martha Nilly
- Willy Nilly
- Betty
- tailor
Credits
- Pencils: Frank Harry
- Inks: Frank Harry
Ace Pilots
"Yes sir! Knowing the traffic rules of the air..."
Characters
- Captain Ormond M. Gove (famous TWA pilot)
Story Notes
Mail order ad for 'Guide to Cycling Rules of the Road' from Columbia Bicycles, Box 26, Church Street Station, New York 8, New York.
Threat to the World?
"It was the most valuable -- and potentially the..."
Storyline
A gang has been following Sargon and have stolen his Ruby of Life and replaced it with a fake.
Characters
- John Sargent
- Sargon
- Maximillian O'Leary
- Beak Trask
- two of Trask's thugs
Credits
- Pencils: Paul Reinman
- Inks: Paul Reinman
Learn Inside Baseball from Big League Stars
"You'll star on the bases - be the envy of your team -"
Characters
- George Henry "Snuffy" Stirnweiss (baseball player, b. 1918, d. 1958)
Story Notes
Mail order ad for the book 'Circling the Bases' from A. G. Spalding & Bros., Dept. B, 19 Beckman Street, New York 8, New York.
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
A list of advocates which includes Dr. Lauretta Bender, Josette Frank, Dr. C. Bowie Millican, Dr. W. W. D. Sones and Dr. S. Harcourt Peppard. Followed by a list of 26 current DC comic book publications. W. W. D. Sones is also credited with scripting numerous 'Picture Stories from American History' for DC and EC comics publications.
The Impresario of Crime!
"Standing room only for the hit of the year..."
Characters
- The Flash (mainstream Universe)
- Jay Garrick (mainstream Universe)
- Carter Hall (mainstream Universe)
- Hawkgirl
- Hawkman (mainstream Universe)
- Shiera Sanders
- Joan Williams
- The Impressario (villain)
Credits
- Pencils: E. E. Hibbard
- Pencils: Joe Kubert
- Inks: E. E. Hibbard
- Inks: Joe Kubert
Story Notes
Preview/promotion for Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) number 85, July 1947.
The Song of Doom
"Now that Ben Larkin's songs were making a big hit on..."
Storyline
Ben accepts an invitation from a rival that turns out to be a deadly trap.
Characters
- Ben Larkin
- Mark Graham
- two policemen
Credits
- Script: Albert Benjamin Thompson
Outwitting the Kidnappers
"When they find that ransom note, I'll be sittin' pretty..."
Storyline
Upon hearing a police radio flash about a kidnapping, "U. S." Royal sets up a traffic jam trap to catch the kidnappers.
Characters
- "U. S." Royal
- two boys of the Elm City Bike Club
- two kidnappers
- kidnapped girl
- two policemen
Credits
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
The Terror of Stone Mountain!
"As heavyweight champ of the world, Ted Grant..."
Storyline
During a title prize fight, everything goes haywire as a super-villain unleashes a wave of magnetism that sends everything magnetic to Stone Mountain.
Characters
- Ted Grant (mainstream Universe)
- Wildcat (mainstream Universe)
- Stretch Skinner
- unnamed challenger
- referee
- blonde-haired woman
- unnamed masked super-villain
- several thugs
Credits
- Pencils: Mort Meskin
- Inks: Mort Meskin
Ready Now... Your Own Circus!
"Wow, what a show you can give with a home circus like this!"
Story Notes
Mail order ad for a die-cut lithographed durable cardboard circus for ten cents and one Grape Nuts box top from Post's Cereals Circus, Box 259-A, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Dapper Jack's Dream
"Out of the story-packed sports past..."
Storyline
Dapper Jack loses the fight while day-dreaming about winning the fight.
Characters
- Thom McAn
- Dapper Jack
- unnamed current champ
- coach
Story Notes
A fictional story based remotely on "Dapper" Jack Johnson (b. 1878), an African-American boxer. The "Dapper Jack" in this story is white.
Get This Handy 128 Page Daisy Handbook Pronto, Partner!
"You'll receive a comic book plus a popular..."
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: Fred Harman
- Inks: Fred Harman
Story Notes
Inside back cover mail order ad from Daisy Air Rifles, Daisy Manufacturing Company, 807 Union St., Plymouth, Michigan
Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party
"C'mon, gang! Let's drop into the gym an' see how the cooking class is doing with their set-up for the school party!"
Storyline
Kids from a rival school try to ruin an award sock hop party by stealing the ice cream and Tootsie Rolls. Captain Tootsie tracks them down and saves the ice cream and also replaces the Tootsie Rolls the thieves had eaten.
Characters
- Captain Tootsie
- Rollo
Credits
- Pencils: C. C. Beck
- Inks:
- Letters: Pete Costanza (uncertain)
Story Notes
Back cover.