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Four Favorites #5

Jun 1942 · Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
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An anthology featuring multiple superhero stories: one story involves a gunboat evacuation and a woman in an orange outfit who shoots at men named Allen and Iris, with planes and warships appearing in the distance; another features a "Were-Wolf" murderer targeting surgeons in alphabetical order, with the killer discovered to be a man named Mike Leweer who transforms into a beast and is eventually caught; and a third story shows Captain Courageous battling a character called R-A-T, with the captain unmasking his opponent to reveal someone named Sinclair.

Contains 5 stories
Fight the Purple Plague
16 pp · Superhero

A mysterious plague-spreader known only as the Purple Plague launches a devastating campaign against America, infecting animals to spread disease to unsuspecting citizens—and now he's working with enemy spies to sabotage a crucial military bomber test. When Doctor Maynard discovers a miraculous bacteriophage cure, the Plague captures him and his fiancée to steal the formula, forcing Magno and Davey to race against time to stop the villain before he unleashes catastrophe on both the home front and the skies above.

The Terror of the Deep
14 pp

When a secret American research station on a remote Pacific island comes under assault by Japanese forces, the Unknown Soldier must race against time to protect Professor Grant, his vital war inventions, and his daughter Iris—who's caught in a web of espionage and deception that threatens everything. As enemy planes, warships, and parachute troops converge on the island, the Unknown Soldier fights to ensure that Japan never lays hands on the super-submarine and classified plans that could turn the tide of war.

Untitled Superhero story
14 pp · Superhero
Lash Lightning [Robert Morgan]the Were-Wolf [Adolf "Wolf" Krimetz] (villain)

When a scorned former cadet transforms into a beast from the waist up, he unleashes a brutal campaign of vengeance on the generals who once mocked him—until the arrival of Lash Lightning forces him to confront not just his enemies, but the fury within.

Untitled story
11 pp
Untitled story
7 pp

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $1,136
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $11,123*
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
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CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $3,697
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $2,502*
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $1,975
CGC 2.5 · 2 in census $1,738
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $1,361*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $1,046*
CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $832
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Full credits

cover pencils, inks Dave Berg

Reprints

Reprinted in Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] (2011), Gwandanaland Comics #1392

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