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Issue Details

Issue	#26
Published	April 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Harry Shorten

Cover Details - "Remember Pearl Harbor!"

Characters	Shield; Dusty; Hangman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Irv Novick

13 page Shield story "The Case of William Wayne"

Characters	Shield; Ronson (villain, introduction, death); Brown (introduction, death); Bill Wayne
Genre	superhero
Script	Harry Shorten ?
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Irv Novick

12 page Hangman story "The Menacing Missionary"

Characters	Hangman; The Missionary [John Weems] (villain, introduction); Brother Thomas (introduction); Henry Desnark (introduction); Maude Desnark (introduction)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Woolfolk ?
Pencils	Paul Reinman ?
Inks	Paul Reinman ?

7 page Danny In Wonderland story "The Timid Lion"

Characters	The Timid Lion (becomes a man in this story)
Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	Lin Streeter
Inks	Lin Streeter

8 page Sergeant Boyle story "Japs Raid"

Characters	Sergeant Boyle; Corporal Collins; Japanese (villains)
Script	Virginia Hubbell ?
Pencils	Carl Hubbell
Inks	Carl Hubbell

6 page Jolly Roger story "The Russian Mission"

Characters	Colonel Vodka (introduction); Nazis (villains)
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Ed Smalle
Inks	Ed Smalle

5 page Archie story "Veronica Makes the Scene"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge (introduction); Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Penny Reems (introduction); Betty Cooper (cameo)
Synopsis	Archie meets Veronica and asks her out, not knowing that she's a rich girl with expensive tastes.
Genre	teen
Script	Bob Montana
Pencils	Bob Montana
Inks	Bob Montana
Reprinted	in Archie: His First 50 Years (Abbeville Press, 1991 series) #[nn]; in Archie Americana Series, Best Of The Forties (Archie, 1991 series) #1

Half page Black Hood promo (ad from the publisher)

Characters	Black Hood
Genre	superhero
Notes	House ad for the Black Hood feature in Top-Notch Comics (Archie, 1939 series).
Reprinted	in Archie: His First 50 Years (Abbeville Press, 1991 series) #[nn]

6 page Kayo Ward story "The Bandit King of Sao Paulo"

Characters	Kayo Ward; Louis Liverlip; President of Sao Paulo; Pablo (villain, introduction)
Script	Bob King
Pencils	Lin Streeter
Inks	Lin Streeter

6 page Bentley of Scotland Yard story "Case of the Druid Curse"

Characters	Bentley; Roger Steyne (villain, introduction); Alfred Steyne (introduction, death); McCarthy (introduction, death); Irene Steyne; her fiance; Harold Steyne; Lady Ruth Steyne
Script	Joe Blair ?
Pencils	Sam Cooper
Inks	Sam Cooper