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Issue Details

Issue #77
Published September 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Genre adventure; war
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall

13 page Blackhawk story "The Beast Men"

Characters Luke (first appearance; death); Avery (first appearance; death); Winston Martek (first appearance; death); Gant Martek (first appearance; villain; death); Grombo (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre adventure; war
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Chuck Cuidera
Notes title from cover

6 page Dogtag story "Annual Twenty-Mile Race to Coleville"

Genre humor
Script Bart Tumey
Pencils Bart Tumey
Inks Bart Tumey

6 page Torchy story "The Man From Saturn Gig"

Genre sitcom; adult
Script Bill Ward
Pencils Bill Ward
Inks Bill Ward

6 page Will Bragg story "Tiger Hunt II"

Genre humor
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

1 page Skipper story

Genre Gags

7 page Ezra story "Humphrey Hogarth in A Way With Women"

Genre teen; humor
Script Harry Sahle
Pencils Harry Sahle
Inks Harry Sahle
Notes Humphrey Bogart satire (as if you couldn't guess)

2 page Blackhawk text story "The Century Powder"

Genre adventure; war
Letters typeset

6 page Choo Choo story "The Bumbling Tumbler"

Characters Choo Choo; Cherry; Gascoigne Van Bluebeak; Gloria Gonzales
Synopsis Choo Choo accidentally ends up in the middle of an acrobat act.
Genre Humor
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox
Reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (AC, 1990 series) #[1]