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In this issue, Boy King and Giant--now assisted by the king's long-lost twin Richard aka "Muggsy" and his gang--return to what they do best: fighting Nazis!

( 'Precious records kept on the backs of living men!!' )

In the previous issue, Hitler ordered the construction of a mechanical T. rex to stop the Giant and wreak havoc on New York, and dispatched the Crane to pilot it. It seems Giant has met his match. Or...has he?

( 'Well--taste THIS chicken's wing!' )

When we left off, the accordion-armed Nazi agent Crane had just tossed a bomb at our heroes. Now on with the story...

( In which Boy King proves himself better at fighting than thinking )

At last we come to the final story in the public-domain Clue Comics #1 (Hillman, Jan. 1943), starring a monkey-costumed superhero and his sometimes-sapient, sometimes-not parrot sidekick. No relation to sparkly vampires of any sort.

( 'I'm a little leery about takin' orders from a crackpot in a monkey suit...' )

Look, in Clue Comics! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...lighter?

( Not THAT Zippo, stupid Alice. Get off the stage! )

Many Golden Age superhero, adventure and/or crime comics included a short humour feature every issue for a change of pace. This might be a "funny animal," "mischievous little kid(s)," or "generic goofball" story. Today's offering from Clue Comics #1 (Hillman, Jan. 1943) is the latter, but it's also a parody of the superhero genre, much like the Bugs Bunny short Super-Rabbit released a few months later.

( 'Now looka here youse fellas!' )

The other night, I was looking through the first issue of Clue Comics (Hillman Periodicals, Jan. 1943) for a particular story, when I found that all the stories caught my fancy to some extent or another. So because it's in the public domain, I'm gonna post the whole thing! (Minus the text story, ad pages, etc.) Over the next few days, wonder at the exploits of costumed crimefighters Nightmare and Sleepy, the bumbling but patriotic Stupid Manny, the high-tech (for the 40s) masked avengers Micro-Face and Zippo, the plucky Boy Rangers, and the proto-furry superhero Twilight!

But that's not all! Because all of the above features lasted five issues (and a few lasted longer), when I'm done with Issue #1, you get to vote on which feature you'd like to see more posts of. Ain't that swell? Yes.

( So let's get started with the lead story... )