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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