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National Comics #34 (1943)
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Contains 10 stories
Big John Fales
Uncle SamBuddy [Buddy Smith]Big John Fales (villain, introduction, death, but comes back as a ghost)
Watson
Sally O'NeilTonelli [Watson] (first appearancevillaindeath)
Untitled story
The Case of the Timid Librarian
Chic CarterHomer Weeks (first appearance)Lefty (first appearancevillain)
A Dream of Mars
The UnknownVictory (introduction, a goddess)Victory's talking pigeon (introduction)Mars (villain)Adolf Hitler (villain)the Nazis (villains)
In "A Dream of Mars," the Unknown, a mysterious figure caught in the shadow of war, receives a cryptic summons from the goddess of Victory herself. When Mars—god of war—appears in Hitler’s dreams, the balance of fate shifts, and the Unknown is freed to turn the tide in ways no one could predict.
The Protest
Windy Breeze
Captain Eddie Hickens Down at Sea
Lt. Commander Harvey BlakeCapt. Eddie Hickens (first appearance)The Japanese (villains)
The Living Dummy
Kid PatrolA living dummy (first appearance)Dr. Revalis (first appearancevillaindeath)
Sweating Out the Japanese
Quicksilver [Max]the apanese (villains)
#8: The Case of Death in a Crowded Room
G-2 [Captain Don Leash]Governor Tweed (introduction)Spana (introduction)Senator Hutton (introduction)King Spy (villain, introduction)other Nazi spies (villains, introduction for all)
