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Issue Details

Issue #43
Published October 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Indicia states "published monthly by National Comics Publications, Inc.".

Cover Details - "The Imp on the Flying Trapeeze!"

Genre Occult
Pencils Bill Ely
Inks Bill Ely
Notes Indicia states "published monthly by National Comics Publications, Inc.".

6 page story "The Man Who Could Read Minds"

Synopsis A mind-reader blackmails several men because he knows all their secrets.
Genre Mystery
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Stan Kaye

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone"

Synopsis Ad for Frontier Fighters featuring Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Tomahawk with covers of each pictured.

1 page Shorty filler "Strange, I see nothing in the crystal ball!"

Characters Shorty
Synopsis Shorty goes to a fortune teller who can't tell his fortune.
Genre Humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff ?

6 page story "The Midget Maker"

Synopsis A criminal "professor" hides criminals after a hold-up by shrinking them, but one of the criminals is actually an under-cover cop.
Genre Mystery
Pencils Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks Ruben Moreira (signed)

Half page Professor Eureka filler "Hmm, let's see -- I'll just add a bit more --"

Characters Professor Eureka
Synopsis Professor Eureka tries to make coffee.
Genre Humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff ?

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "What Are You Getting Out of School?"

Genre Teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Credits from other indexes of this PSA in the GCD.

6 page story "The Master of the Stars"

Synopsis An efficency expert changes the way businesses do business to save them money, and to make them easier to rob, then dresses as a phoney fortune-teller, Centauri, to guide robbers.
Genre Mystery
Pencils Jim McArdle
Inks Jim McArdle

2 page text article "The Mysterious Gypsy Cards"

Synopsis Facts about Tarot cards.
Genre Fact
Script Jack Miller [as Jack E. Miller]
Letters Typeset

1 page Moolah the Mystic filler "The crystal ball says sunny and warm today..."

Characters Moolah the Mystic
Synopsis Moolah's crystal ball and the newspaper don't agree on what the weather is going to be.
Genre Humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff ?

6 page story "The Imp on the Flying Trapeze"

Synopsis Marko, a trapeeze artist who lost his nerve, helps a tree and gains the friendship of a wood elf.
Genre Mystery
Pencils Bill Ely
Inks Bill Ely