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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?