| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every other month |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Princess Pantha |
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| Comic Story | Diamonds of Death (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | At their African encampment, Pantha hears a drum message announcing a celebration among the Mogambi tribe. She and Dane journey to the village and learn that the son of the chief has just returned from being educated in the west. He proves to be a vicious and arrogant man, and, spotting children playing with diamonds, he forces some of the natives to collect them for him. His schemes are thwarted when he encounters a safari whose leader steals his diamonds. Pantha and Dane save him and he has a change of heart, announcing he will use the diamonds to improve the quality of life of his people. |
| Credits | Job #: B5-46-9-122? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Princess Pantha; Dane Hunter; Chief Bombi; Bobo; Mike |
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| Text Story | Cards on the Table (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset | Job #: B-149? |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Will Delaney; Grady; Jim; Great Delaney (Will's father) |
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| Credits | Job #: CC-1014 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Looie Lazybones; Clarabelle |
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| Text Story | The Smiling God (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset | Job #: B-243? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle |
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| Featuring | Zippie |
| Credits | Job #: CC-1079 |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Uppity Thieves (11 pages) |
| Credits | Job #: C-826 |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Commando Cubs; Ace; Pokey |
| Notes | The Commando Cubs appear next in AMERICA'S BEST COMICS #27. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of Portuguese Mike (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Stories from the D.A. File |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | first appearance |
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| Comic Story | Thrilling Facts |
| Synopsis | various facts about animals and people |
| Credits | Job #: B-139? |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Thomas Edison |
| Notes | bottom half of page is statement of ownership and management |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | Never Be Too Sure (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Complex Corpse! (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Publisher Havens goes to see a friend of his, Edgar White, in a sanatorium and is told that he had been in an accident. When Havens gets to see his friend, White tells him that the sanatorium is trying to kill him, just as three other patients mysteriously died. Although Havens doesn't believe him, he does the next day when he learns that White "committed suicide", so he contacts the Phantom Detective via the red beacon light. The mystery man dons a disguise and has himself entered as a patient in the sanatorium to investigate. |
| Credits | Job #: CC-1178 |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: The Phantom Detective [Richard Curtis Van Loan] [aka Mr. Spencer]; Frank Havens (Clarion publisher); Edgar White (Frank's friend, death); John Cartwright (cameo, death); Joseph Tedder (cameo, death); George Adams (cameo, death); Dr. Blake (villain, sanatorium director); Milligan (villain) |
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