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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published July-August 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Cover Details

Characters Glen Miller
Genre fact; bio
Pencils Phil Berube?
Inks Phil Berube ?

5 page story "The Fighting Band Leader"

Characters Glen Miller; Mel Powell; Ray McKinley; Trigger Alpert; Bing Crosby; Don Haynes
Genre bio
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Jon Small ?
Inks Jon Small ?

3 page Wonders of the World story "The Indianapolis Speedway"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Phil Berube ?
Inks Phil Berube ?

1 page Jim Wise; P-F Flyers activity "Jack Treddle Gets Hero's Medal"

Characters Jack Treddle; Jim Wise
Genre sports
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

4 page story "Sky Writers"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Jon Small ?
Inks Jon Small ?

1 page Kid Pep; Pep Cereal advertisement "Kid Pep Rescues a Steeple Jack"

Pencils Creig Flessel ?
Inks Creig Flessel ?

2 page Just Imagine story "If The Moon Fell"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Virgil Finlay
Inks Virgil Finlay

1 page Junior Journal filler

Characters Billy Joe Simons; Shirley Dinsdale; Roger Oetting; Bobby Cunningham; Jack Hast
Genre bio
Script Stookie Allen (signed)
Pencils Stookie Allen (signed)
Inks Stookie Allen (signed)

5 page story "The Man Who Raised the World"

Characters Elisha Graves Otis
Genre bio
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Win Mortimer [as Winslow Mortimer]
Inks Win Mortimer [as Winslow Mortimer]

2 page Pictures to Remember filler

Genre fact
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos

3 page Quiz Corner activity

Characters H. M. Stanley; Lowell Thomas; William Beebe
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small

1 page You Tell Us! letters page

Synopsis Jerry's letter asks for bios of the creators of the Justice Society of America.
Script Jerry Bails [as Jerry Baik]; others
Pencils Whitney Ellsworth
Inks Whitney Ellsworth
Letters typeset

2 page story "The Lost Secret"

Characters Orffyreus of Saxon; Isaac Newton
Synopsis Orffyreus demonstrates perpetual motion
Genre bio
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Curt Swan ?

1 page Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Creme Oil advertisement "The Davis Murder"

Characters Sam Spade; Effie
Genre detective
Notes The art is not by Lou Fine, as has been suggested.

3 page Hobbyland text article "The World's Largest Hobby Show"

Genre fact
Letters typeset

4 page story "Backseat Driver"

Characters Mildred McKay
Synopsis Mildred McKay starts the first driving school.
Genre bio
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby ?

1 page U. S. Royal; US Royal Bicycle Tires advertisement "Outwitting the Kidnappers"

Genre adventure
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

4 page story "Airwave Adventurer"

Characters Ben Grauer
Genre bio
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Jack Lehti ?
Inks Jack Lehti ?

1 page Famous Sports Flops; Thom McAn advertisement "Dapper Jack's Dream"

Characters Thom McAn; Dapper Jack
Genre sports
Pencils Al Plastino ?
Inks Al Plastino ?

1 page Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll story "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party"

Characters Captain Tootsie; Rollo
Genre superhero; ad
Pencils C. C. Beck (signed)
Inks Pete Costanza (signed)