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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published March 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Harry Shorten

Cover Details

Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Irv Novick

13 page Shield story "Fate Is a Spider"

Characters V: Duke Moran and his gang (I for all), Slinky (I, D); GA: J. Edgar Hoover; I: Mrs. Vanasterbilt
Script Harry Shorten?
Pencils Irv Novick
Inks Irv Novick

11 page Hangman story "The Walrus's Prison Break"

Characters V: The Walrus
Script Bill Woolfolk?
Pencils Rudy Palais?
Inks Rudy Palais?

7 page Danny In Wonderland story "The Boogy-Woogy Balloon"

Characters GS: The Boogys, the Woogys
Script Harry Shorten
Pencils Lin Streeter
Inks Lin Streeter

8 page Sergeant Boyle story "Battle In Tobruk"

Characters V: The Fascists; I: Prof. Tuttle
Script Virginia Hubbell?
Pencils Carl Hubbell
Inks Carl Hubbell

6 page Jolly Roger story "Radio-Free Germany"

Characters V: The Nazis
Script Joe Blair
Pencils Ed Smalle
Inks Ed Smalle

6 page Archie story "Archie's Taxi Service"

Characters I: The Riverdale High principal (probably NOT Mr. Weatherbee--unless he gained weight!)
Script Bob Montana
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Bob Montana
Reprinted in Archie Americana Series, Best Of The Forties (Archie, 1991 series) #1

6 page Kayo Ward story "Action In Sao Paulo"

Characters I: Louis Liverlip, Louis Burpo; GS: President of Sao Paulo
Script Harry Shorten
Pencils Art Seymour
Inks Art Seymour

6 page Bentley of Scotland Yard story "The Case of the Poisoning Monkey"

Characters V: Mary (I); I: James, Duke of Ashwold (D), Anne Ashwold, William Ashwald, Leland, Roger Burton, Gerald
Script Joe Blair?
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman