Issue Details

Issue	#62
Published	April 1944
Cover Price	$0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Claude Lapham (Editor); S.M. Iger (Art Director)
Notes	First 52-page issue. Claude Lapham replaces John Byrne as editor.

Cover Details - "Valley of Golden Death"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	Art Saaf
Inks	Art Saaf
Notes	First 52-page issue. Claude Lapham replaces John Byrne as editor.

12 page Sheena story Valley of Golden Death ["There's a safari ahead, Bob! Let's see where..."]

Characters	Villain: Bronson; Ligao; Creeper; another crook (Introduction, Death for all). Introduction: Zagula (Death); Zagula's daughter
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	? (shop)
Notes	The title is taken from the cover.

6 page ZX-5 Spies In Action story "Inside a mountain hangar in occupied Holland, a..."

Characters	Introduction: Mr. Grynn; Miss Grynn. Villain: Oberleutnant Krager; Kapitan Mueller (Introduction, Death for both)
Genre	spies
Script	? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils	Arnold Hicks
Inks	Arnold Hicks?; ? (shop)

6 page The Hawk story "In a private room of a noisy pub..."

Characters	Introduction: Captain Snyde; Miss Snyde. Villain: Captain Morg; Thomas (both Introduction, Death)
Genre	period
Script	? [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	Ann Brewster?; ? (shop)

5 page Stuart Taylor story "A burly minion of the law gives time..."

Characters	Introduction: Sir Robert Peel; Sir Clarence
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils	Robert Webb?; ? (shop)
Inks	? (shop)

5 page Midnight The Wild Black Stallion story "From a nearby knoll Midnight's herd mills around..."

Genre	western
Script	? [as West Erner]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	? (shop)

4 page Inspector Dayton and the Creep story "Inspector Dayton! There's Olson, the town character with..."

Characters	Introduction: Olson; James (Death). Villain: Lawson; Lawson's secretary (Introduction for both)
Genre	detective
Script	? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils	Arnold Hicks
Inks	Arnold Hicks?; ? (shop)

2 page text story "Star Spangled Bundle"

Genre	war
Script	Toni Blum? [as Tom Alexander]
Letters	typeset

9 page The Ghost Gallery story "Howard Ross. Chicago. That spring night of so..."

Characters	Introduction: Howard Ross; Thelda (Death); Leila D'Adorr; Sen. Payne; Baldy Dana (latter three are ghosts); other ghosts
Script	? [as Drew Murdoch]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum?; ? (shop)