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Issue Details

Issue #[nn]
Published December 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indexed from a scanned copy.

Cover Details - "Soldiers, Fortuneteller, and Girl"

Notes Indexed from a scanned copy.

1 page advertisement "Candid Camera"

Synopsis Ad for a camera from the Illinois Merchandise Mart in Chicago.
Notes Inside front cover. Also includes the indicia "Zoom Comics, published and copyrighted, Dec. 1945, by Carlton Publishing Corp., 42 5th Ave., N. Y. C., N. Y."

9 page Dr. Mercy story "The Deadly Cap Pistol!"

Characters Dr. Mercy; Brick
Synopsis Brick, of the kid gang called the Wasps, gets involved over his head in a shooting.
Pencils Nina Albright (signed)
Inks Nina Albright (signed)

6 page Captain Milksop story "You have probably been biting your nails, waiting anxiously for the return of Captain Milksop."

Characters Captain Milksop [Mortimer]
Synopsis Captain Milksop's secret identity, Mortimer, gets appointed as Mr. Safety of 1944 by an insurance company, but a group of con-men at another insurance company have other plans.
Genre Superhero; Humor
Pencils Charles Voight
Inks Charles Voight
Notes Charles Voight credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Comic has red band at the bottom of the page, same as in Red Band Comics. Band and date of 1944 (even though this was published at the end of 1955) hints that this might be leftover inventory from Red Band Comics.

8 page Satanas story "So cruel, so wicked that he was barred from his own dark planet, Pluto..."

Characters Satanas
Synopsis Satanas comes from Pluto to destroy humans. He uses vibration to first destroy a building and then destroy a bridge.
Genre Monster
Pencils Kane ?
Notes Kane ? from added info in scanned copy. Unsure if info meant Gil Kane or another Kane. Comic has red band at the bottom of the page, same as in Red Band Comics. Band hints that this might be leftover inventory from Red Band Comics.

2 page Bogeyman text story "Bogeyman Deals the Cards"

Characters Bogeyman; Captain Warren; Crollen; Jeans; Burr; Lieutenant Flaherty
Synopsis Bogeyman decides to solve the murder of Captain Warren and only has a handful of playing cards to go by.
Genre Mystery
Letters Typeset

7 page King O'Leary story "Did you ever sit through one of those gory, graveyard chiller-dillers..."

Characters King O'Leary; Mamie Titefunt; Mike Mogul; Kitty; Nephew Titefunt
Synopsis Rich Mamie Titefunt agrees to sit through a midnight movie for $50 but is killed by an injection into her arm. Kitty, who was there to photograph the event, and King O'Leary figure out who the murderer was.
Genre Mystery

1 page advertisement "3 Big Values in One"

Synopsis Ad for a billfold with a built-in change purse from Illinois Merchandise Mart in Chicago.
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Captain Marvel; Mechanix Illustrated advertisement "Do You Know What Magazine I Read?"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr.; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny
Synopsis Ad for subscriptions to Fawcett Magazine's Mechanix Illustrated.
Notes On back cover of comic.