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Issue Details

Issue V2#12 [24]
Published October 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing John Reece?

Cover Details

Characters Yank and Doodle [Yank [Dick Walters]; Doodle [Rick Walters]]
Pencils Jack Binder
Inks Jack Binder

11 page Yank and Doodle story "In previous stories we have deliberately avoided mention of the mother of Yank and Doodle..."

Characters Yank and Doodle [Yank [Dick Walters]; Doodle [Rick Walters]] (origin details revealed); Mr. Walters; Mrs. Walters (Yank and Doodle's mother; in flashback; death); Kraus (villain; introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain!)
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris
Notes Details of Yank and Doodle's origin given, along with their first chronological appearance.

6 page Dr. Frost story "A notorious gangster is to die in the electric chair..."

Characters Dr. Frost
Pencils Ben Thompson
Inks Ben Thompson

10 page Black Owl story "Into a small mining town in the Midwest comes a tall, weird, fantastic creature..."

Characters The Black Owl [Doug Danville]; Funnibone (introduction; villain)
Pencils Jack Binder
Inks Jack Binder

6 page Ted O'Neil story "He who controls the air controls the ground beneath it..."

8 page Frankenstein story "Utter Failure!"

Characters Frankenstein; Bulldog [Denny Dunsan]; The Black Owl [Doug Danville]; Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]; Dr. Frost; Yank and Doodle [Yank [Dick Walters]; Doodle [Rick Walters]]; The General; the Corporal
Script Dick Briefer
Pencils Dick Briefer
Inks Dick Briefer

2 page General and the Corporal story "It looks like you've got something on your mind, sir!"

Genre Humor
Script Ken Browne
Pencils Ken Browne
Inks Ken Browne

8 page Green Lama story "Out of the seething cauldron of the battle of the Pacific..."

Characters Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]
Script Ken Crossen
Pencils Jack Binder
Inks Jack Binder

2 page text story "The Mysterious Eye"

Script Crest Wood
Letters typeset

6 page Buck Sanders story "This is a simple story of simple people..."

Characters Buck Sanders (first appearance)
Pencils Munson Paddock
Inks Munson Paddock

5 page Homer Q. Dott story "A Dott in Time Solves the Crime!"

Characters Homer Q. Dott (first appearance)