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Quote1 Like many fathers, mine decreed that I should learn his trade. For many centuries I served apprenticeship with the ministers of war... Quote2
Monstro the Mighty

Appearing in "Educatin' Otto"

Featured Characters:

  • Otto (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • "Pop" (Otto's Father)
  • "Ma" (Otto's Mother)

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Synopsis for "Educatin' Otto"

Five single page stories featuring Otto, his parents, and his music teacher as they go about mundane events in humorous ways.

Appearing in "Daffy and Duffy"

Featured Characters:

  • Daffy (First appearance)
  • Duffy (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Ms. Pilfer (Professor Pilfer's Daughter)
  • Professor Pilfer (First appearance)
  • Mrs. Snatchem (First appearance)
  • Hugo Snatchem (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Slippery Sam (First appearance)
  • "Monster of Scraggly Moors" (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Dr. Slognotti (First appearance)
  • Two unnamed mental patients
  • Slippery Sam's Father (Mentioned) (Deceased)
  • Slippery Sam's Mother (Mentioned)
  • Ronald the Rustler (Mentioned)
  • Unnamed Butler (First appearance)
  • Unnamed Man

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Synopsis for "Daffy and Duffy"

Five single page stories featuring the "super sleuths" Daffy and Duffy who's naivete often makes for terrible investigators.

Appearing in "Introducing Archie the Gruesome"

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  • Big Joe (First appearance)

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Synopsis for "Introducing Archie the Gruesome"

Big Joe tries to muscle in on Archie's street cleaning territory but is defeated at every turn thanks to Archie the Gruesome.

Appearing in "The Coming of the Fourth Musketeer"

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Other Characters:

  • Fourth Musketeer's Horse
  • MPDC
    • Two unnamed police officers
  • Anti-Nazi League
    • Numerous unnamed members

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Synopsis for "The Coming of the Fourth Musketeer"

A musketeer of old rises as a ghost from a grave in France before traveling to the United States of America to battle a Nazi saboteur who is rallying Fifth Columnists to join the side of the Nazis. The Fourth Musketeer ends their plans when he kills the Nazi saboteur Paul Krantz.

Appearing in "Banished To Earth"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • United States Army
    • Major Crash (First appearance)
    • Hook (First appearance)
  • Mars (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

  • Axis
    • Nazis
      • Little Poison (First appearance)
      • Three unnamed agents

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Synopsis for "Banished To Earth"

Monstro the Mighty wakes up after being knocked into the future by his father Mars and travels to the United States of America where his giant form scares everyone as he travels from the Atlantic Ocean into New England.

Meanwhile Major Crash and his mechanic Hook are at an undisclosed army base about to transport a portable decoder when a Nazi spy called Little Poison attempts to steal it at gunpoint but is stopped by Major Crash. Crash, Hook, and Little Poison fly off to deliver the decoder and the the Nazi agent to the proper authorities when they are stopped by Monstro who catches their plane. He informs them that after fighting in numerous wars throughout the ages he's tired of war and that's when his father knocked him so hard he woke up in the future.

While Monstro explains his tale Little Poison retreieves the decoder and a parachute and flees the plane into a parcel delivery building that in actuality is run by Nazi agents. Monstro sends the plane on its way agreeing to help the Americans in order to stop the warmongers that he despises. Crash fights off some of the Nazi agents and with the help of Monstro is able to corner Little Poison.

Appearing in "Believe It or Else...!"

Featured Characters:

  • Super-Snooper Detective Agency (First appearance)
    • Sandy Skinrose (First appearance)
    • Tubby Watts (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Egbert Thimble (First appearance; dream)

Antagonists:

  • "Master Rat" (Dream)

Other Characters:

  • Sherlock Holmes (Mentioned in narration)
  • Unnamed Truck Driver (Dream)
  • Unidentified Police Department (Dream)
    • Unnamed Police Officer (Dream)
  • Numerous unnamed white mice (Dream)

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Items:

  • Egbert Thimble's Bean Shooter (Dream)

Synopsis for "Believe It or Else...!"

The Super-Snooper Detective Agency solves their first case only to realize they had been dreaming the entire time and are still awaiting their first case via their phone.

Appearing in "Crashing the Concentration Camp"

Featured Characters:

  • Victory Boys (First appearance)
    • Kurt (First appearance)
    • Victor (First appearance)
    • Maxie (First appearance)
    • Gus (First appearance)
    • Warren (First appearance)
    • Hans (First appearance)

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Antagonists:

  • Nazis
    • Heer
      • Corporal Breamer
      • Unnamed Captain
      • Numerous unnamed soldiers
    • Adolf Hitler (Mentioned)

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Synopsis for "Crashing the Concentration Camp"

Maxie of the Victory Boys attempts to still some food from Nazi soldier when he is almost caught. Victor, an American, who's father is a member of the Secret Service is scheduled to be executed the following morning and so Maxie recruits Victor into the Victory boys. The two combined with other member Hans, Kurt, Gus, and Warren sneak into the prison Victor's father is located and free him of his captivity. Victor's father tells them they he is needed in the war effort and must leave while Victor decides to stay with the Victory Boys to help in his own way against the Nazi menace.

Appearing in "Back To 1492"

Featured Characters:

  • Kid Columbus (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Alfonso Amigez (First appearance)
  • Alfonso Amigez's Henchmen
    • Numerous unnamed henchmen

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Items:

  • "Black Magic" (Book)

Vehicles:

  • Venturo (First appearance) (Spanish Galleon)

Synopsis for "Back To 1492"

A kid visits the New York Public Library and finds a Haitian book of "Black Magic" that he follows to send himself back in time to the year 1492, Spain. There he meets with King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I and teaches them modern things of the 1940s before he catches the eye of Alfonso Amigez who knocks him out using a tampered drink. He's taken to the dungeons and knocked out yet again after he trys to escape only to wake up on the ship called the Venturo. Now calling himself Kid Columbus, he thinks back to his historic knowledge and knows this ship will go missing.

Appearing in "Wheezy"

Featured Characters:

  • Wheezy (First appearance)
  • Private Breezy (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • United States Army
    • Sergeant Greasy (First appearance; unnamed)
    • Unnamed Captain
    • Numerous unnamed soldiers

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Captain's Dog

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Synopsis for "Wheezy"

Wheezy, Private Breezy's dog, gets the private in constant trouble as he causes mayhem around the army camp.

Appearing in "The Cannonball Pitcher"

Featured Characters:

  • Luther Lemuel "Cannonball" Brown

Supporting Characters:

  • Squirrels
    • Unnamed Player

Antagonists:

  • Donkeys (First appearance)
    • Unnamed Catcher
    • Unnamed Pitcher
    • Unnamed Left Fielder
    • Unnamed Center Fielder
    • Unnamed Right Fielder
    • Buggsy Boodle (First appearance)
    • Boris Bombovitch (First appearance)
    • Numerous unnamed players

Other Characters:

  • Nazis
    • Heer
      • Numerous unnamed soldiers
  • United States Army
    • Two unnamed soldiers
  • Unnamed Umpire
  • Numerous unnamed spectators
  • Freddy

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Synopsis for "The Cannonball Pitcher"

Cannon Ball Brown and the Squirrels face off against the Donkeys who cook up a secret weapon by teaming up with Buggsy Boodle and Boris Bombovitch.

Notes

Publisher Notes[]

  • This issue contains the final golden age appearance of Archie the Gruesome.
  • After this issue, the Educatin' Otto feature moves to Joker Comics, starting with 4.
  • After this issue, the Victory Boys feature moves to U.S.A. Comics, starting with 5.

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