Issue Details

Issue	#42
Published	September 1955
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth
Notes	Indicia states "published monthly by National Comics Publications, Inc."

Cover Details - "The Talking Toys of Lost Valley!"

Genre	Horror
Pencils	Bill Ely
Inks	Bill Ely
Notes	Indicia states "published monthly by National Comics Publications, Inc."

1 page Wilson Chemical Company advertisement "Judy and Jim Defy Savage Gorilla!"

Synopsis	Comic strip style ad for selling salve door-to-door.
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Ray Thompson [as R.T.]
Inks	Ray Thompson [as R.T.]

6 page story "The Stranger From Out There"

Characters	Mr. Cosmo
Synopsis	A stranger comes to a town that has cut itself off from the world and he appears to be from outer space.
Genre	Mystery
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Charles Paris

Half page Quick Quiz filler "Why do some folks consider black cats... ill omens?"

Synopsis	Four questions and answers.
Genre	Fact

6 page story "The Ink That Mastered Men's Minds"

Synopsis	A man accidentally gets ahold of magic ink that will command anyone to do whatever he wants them to.
Genre	Occult
Pencils	Creig Flessel?
Inks	Creig Flessel?

Half page Moolah the Mystic filler "I see great things for you in the future... next client!"

Characters	Moolah the Mystic
Synopsis	Moolah's wife demands a new fur coat.
Genre	Humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff ?

Half page Professor Eureka filler "Come, Doctor, I want to show you something!"

Characters	Professor Eureka
Synopsis	Professor Eureka's atom smasher is used for cracking walnuts.
Genre	Humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff ?

Half page Wildroot Cream-Oil; Fearless Fosdick advertisement "Gangway, Fosdick!!"

Characters	Fearless Fosdick
Synopsis	Crooks bust out of jail, but come back once they hear the Fearless Fosdick has Wildroot Cream-Oil.
Script	Al Capp (credited)
Pencils	Al Capp (credited)
Inks	Al Capp (credited)

6 page story "The Voice From 2,500 Years Ago"

Synopsis	Archeologists dig up an ancient temple in Greece with a statue that knows everything that has happened.
Genre	Occult
Pencils	Jim McArdle
Inks	Jim McArdle

2 page text article "The Mystery of Dreams"

Synopsis	Stories of famous people who solved puzzles in their dreams.
Genre	Fact
Script	Jack Miller (credited)
Letters	Typeset

6 page story "The Talking Toys of Lost Valley"

Synopsis	A man steals the plans to small toys that can act as though they are humans but he has trouble bringing the toys to market.
Genre	Occult
Pencils	Bill Ely
Inks	Bill Ely

1 page Charles Atlas advertisement The Insult that Turned a "Chump" into a Champ