He's a Kid Named Paul Revere Jr who hangs out with Betsy Ross and Patrick Henry!
...so you know he's gonna be running around looking for Enemies of America to battle during the dark days of World War II!
Wow!
They certainly wound up this story fast!
I suspect there's at least a full page cut from this tale, including the whole battle against the "werewolf".
The next-to last panel with its' huge word balloon certainly ain't normal for any comic!
As it is, the empty space at the bottom of the final page here originally-featured the Statement of Ownership with the circulation figures for the year...which usually takes up half a page!
(It was barely legible, so I omitted it!)
You may well ask, who's responsible for this fascinating, never-reprinted, mess of a story from Ace's Super-Mystery Comics V3N3 (1943)?
The writer is, sadly, unknown, but the artist (who did both pencils and inks) trying to emulate Golden Age Jack Kirby is none other than future legend Harvey Kurtzman!
Hey, ya gotta start somewhere!
In fact, Harvey drew this and two other features (Lash Lighting, and Mr Risk) along with the cover!
And this was his second published comic!
Good thing he gave up trying to mimic The King and go his own stylistic way!
The Paul Revere Jr strip had a fourteen-story run beginning in 1942 in Ace's Banner Comics, which became Captain Courageous Comics, then got cancelled!
He moved over to Super-Mystery Comics, where he remained until mid-1945, when he ended his term of service, never to be seen again!
Next Week:
The Golem Returns...in the 1970s, battling Nazis alongside a one-shot super-hero in that character's third issue!
Confused?
Be here next Monday to see how it actually does make sense!
