Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	January 1939
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Genre	detective
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer
Letters	Fred Guardineer

6 page Speed Saunders story "The Ski Murder"

Characters	V: A murderer (I); I: Margot Lee
Genre	detective
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

6 page Larry Steele story "The Corpse in the Car Trunk"

Characters	V: Baron Pakloff (I); I: Lord and Lady Ashley
Genre	detective
Script	Will Ely
Pencils	Will Ely
Inks	Will Ely
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

6 page Buck Marshall story "Nuggets of Lead"

Characters	V: Spencer (I)
Script	Homer Fleming
Pencils	Homer Fleming
Inks	Homer Fleming
Notes	story in black, white, and red
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

6 page Crimson Avenger story "The Zombie Killers"

Characters	V: "The Boss" and his zombies (I for all)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jim Chambers?
Pencils	Jim Chambers
Inks	Jim Chambers
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

6 page Bruce Nelson story "Gambler's Waterloo"

Characters	V: The XYZ Gang, Big Pete Rines (I for all)
Genre	detective
Script	Gardner Fox?
Pencils	Tom Hickey
Inks	Tom Hickey
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

2 page text story "Railroad Riddle"

Script	Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

8 page Spy story "The Celebrity Deaths"

Characters	V: Dr. LaForge (I)
Genre	adventure
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Joe Shuster
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

2 page Dr. Fu Manchu story "The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu: Part 7"

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
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

1 page Kops and Robbers filler

Script	Bob Kane
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Bob Kane
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

6 page Cosmo story "The Many Murder Attempts of McQuade"

Characters	V: McQuade (I)
Pencils	Sven Elven
Inks	Sven Elven
Notes	story in red, white, and black
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

13 page Slam Bradley story "In Two Billion A.D.: Part 1"

Characters	I: Prof. Kenton, a bird-man, and an orange man; V: A flower-man (I)
Genre	detective
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Shuster Shop
Inks	Shuster Shop
Notes	Slam and Shorty go to the year 2,000,000,000 A.D.
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

1 page Puzzles activity

Script	Arthur W. Nugent
Pencils	Arthur W. Nugent
Inks	Arthur W. Nugent
Notes	may be out of order in this book
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]

1 page Crime Never Pays filler

Notes	may be out of order in this book
Reprinted	in All-American Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1939 series) #[nn]