Issue Details

Issue	#20
Published	October 1938
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Pencils	Leo O'Mealia
Inks	Leo O'Mealia

6 page Speed Saunders story "The Jade Buddha"

Characters	V: Mandarin Hapsu (I); I: Ming Toy (D)
Genre	detective
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer

6 page Larry Steele story "The Island of Wanatoba: Part 2"

Characters	V: En Rico (D)
Genre	detective
Script	Will Ely
Pencils	Will Ely
Inks	Will Ely

6 page Buck Marshall story "The Door of Death"

Characters	V: Bogdan (I)
Script	Homer Fleming
Pencils	Homer Fleming
Inks	Homer Fleming
Notes	story in black and white

8 page Spy story "Saving Senator Barkley"

Characters	I: Senator Barkley; V: A gang of spies (I)
Genre	adventure
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Joe Shuster

4 page Dr. Fu Manchu story "The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu: Part 4"

Genre	adventure
Script	Sax Rohmer
Pencils	Leo O'Mealia
Inks	Leo O'Mealia
Letters	typeset
Notes	strip reprints; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer

2 page text story "Give and Take"

Script	Gardner Fox (Paul Dean)
Letters	typeset

6 page Bruce Nelson story "The Song of Death [Part 1]"

Characters	V: Mrs. Warren (I)
Genre	detective
Script	Gardner Fox?
Pencils	Tom Hickey
Inks	Tom Hickey

6 page Crimson Avenger story "Block Buster"

Characters	I: The Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis; 1st chron. appearance, and origin, in SECRET ORIGINS (3rd series) #2), Wing; V: Myron Block, Joe Marko (I for both)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jim Chambers?
Pencils	Jim Chambers
Inks	Jim Chambers

6 page Cosmo story "Boat Race of Doom"

Characters	V: Jim Larrabee (I)
Pencils	Sven Elven
Inks	Sven Elven
Notes	story in black and white

13 page Slam Bradley story "The Magician"

Characters	V: Pete Hanson, Muscles, Langley, O'Brien, and Mysto (I for all)
Genre	detective
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Joe Shuster
Notes	Slam Bradley gains magic powers for this story only