Issue Details

Issue	#39
Published	January 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Rod Reed

Cover Details - "A Nazi in Utopia"

Characters	Captain Marvel
Genre	superhero
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	Pete Costanza?

1 page filler "Contents Page"

15 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel Finds Utopia"

Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Marc Swayze?
Inks	Marc Swayze?

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Framing of Jim Brant"

Genre	western
Pencils	Harry Parkhurst
Inks	Harry Parkhurst
Notes	First line: "The awful shadow of false guilt hangs over an innocent man's head!"

6 page Colonel Porterhouse story "Colonel Porterhouse Rides Again"

Characters	Colonel Porterhouse
Genre	humor; satire
Pencils	George Storm
Inks	George Storm
Notes	Parody of this issue's Golden Arrow story; last Colonel Porterhouse story; artist George Storm appears in background of panel 5 on last page.

1 page Mad Artist story "Buys a Bond"

Genre	gag
Notes	contents page title

2 page text story "Jungle Raid"

Script	Claude Dunnagan
Letters	Typeset

9 page Spy Smasher story "The New Year's Eve Plot"

Characters	America-Smasher (villain)
Genre	spy; superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Notes	Story takes place Dec. 31, 1942-Jan. 1, 1943.
Reprinted	in Spy Smasher Comics (Anglo-American Publishing Company Limited, 1942 series) #v2#7 [script only]

8 page Lance O'Casey story "South China New Year's"

Characters	America-Smasher (Villain)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Clem Weisbecker
Inks	Clem Weisbecker
Notes	Story takes place December 31, 1942-January 1, 1943. First line: "New Year's Eve in South China - a night for revelry and celebration!"
Reprinted	in Lance O'Casey [Mighty Midget Comic] (Samuel E. Lowe & Co., 1943 series) #12

10 page Ibis the Invincible story "The Slave of the Lamp"

Characters	Slave of the Lamp (Villain; Intro; a genie)
Genre	occult; superhero
Pencils	Bob Hebboa?
Inks	Bob Hebboa?