Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	November 1939
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	64
Editing	M.C. Gaines (managing); Sheldon Mayer (executive)

Cover Details - "Starting in this issue Gary Concord The Ultra-Man!"

Characters	Gary Concord the Ultra-Man
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Jon Blummer
Inks	Jon Blummer

6 page Gary Concord, the Ultra-Man story "Origin part 1"

Characters	Gary Concord the Ultra Man (intro, origin); Gary Concord Sr. (flashback)
Synopsis	Gary Concord's father spent years in suspended animation to awake in the far future of 2239AD.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Jon Blummer [as Don Shelby]
Pencils	Jon Blummer [as Don Shelby]
Inks	Jon Blummer [as Don Shelby]
Notes	Continued next issue.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Genre	humor
Pencils	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Inks	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Reprinted	from newspaper strip

1 page Skippy filler

Genre	children; animals
Script	Percy Crosby
Pencils	Percy Crosby
Inks	Percy Crosby
Reprinted	from Newspaper strip

8 page Red, White and Blue story "Saboteurs"

Characters	Doris West; Red; White; Blue
Synopsis	Doris is captured by enemy agents when she discovers a plan to sabotage a new submarine
Genre	military
Script	Jerry Siegel?
Pencils	William Smith
Inks	Stan Aschmeier

4 page Hop Harrigan story "Hauling Nitro!"

Characters	Hop Harrigan; Gerry; Wash; Ikky
Synopsis	Wash and Ikky get a job hauling nitro!
Genre	aviation
Script	Jon Blummer [as John Elby]
Pencils	Jon Blummer [as John Elby]
Inks	Jon Blummer [as John Elby]

2 page Wiley of West Point story

Genre	military
Script	Lt Richard Rick (signed)
Pencils	Lt Richard Rick (signed)
Inks	Lt Richard Rick (signed)

1 page Tippie story

Script	Edwina Dumm
Pencils	Edwina Dumm
Inks	Edwina Dumm
Reprinted	from newspaper strip

1 page Toonerville Folks filler

Genre	humor
Script	Fontaine Fox
Pencils	Fontaine Fox
Inks	Fontaine Fox
Reprinted	from Newspaper strip

1 page Skippy filler

Genre	children; animals
Script	Percy Crosby
Pencils	Percy Crosby
Inks	Percy Crosby
Reprinted	from Newspaper strip

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Genre	humor
Pencils	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Inks	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Reprinted	from newspaper strip

1 page Real Magic activity

Script	Arthur William Nugent (signed)
Pencils	Arthur William Nugent (signed)
Inks	Arthur William Nugent (signed)

1 page Believe It or Not! filler

Genre	fact
Script	Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Pencils	Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Inks	Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Reprinted	from newspaper feature

1 page Daisybelle filler

Genre	humor; children
Script	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Reprinted	from newspaper strip

6 page Adventures in the Unknown story "A Thousand Years a Minute (part 2)"

Characters	Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver; Dr Lazar
Synopsis	Dr Lazar has built a Tempo mobile and dares the boys to travel to the past in it.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Carl H Claudy (signed)
Pencils	Stan Aschmeier
Inks	Stan Aschmeier
Notes	Continued next issue.

1 page Daisybelle filler

Genre	humor; children
Script	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Reprinted	from newspaper strip

1 page Believe It or Not! filler

Genre	fact
Script	Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Pencils	Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Inks	Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Reprinted	from newspaper feature

1 page Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games and Tricks activity

Script	Arthur William Nugent (signed)
Pencils	Arthur William Nugent (signed)
Inks	Arthur William Nugent (signed)

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Genre	humor
Pencils	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Inks	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Reprinted	from newspaper strip

1 page Skippy filler

Genre	children; animals
Script	Percy Crosby
Pencils	Percy Crosby
Inks	Percy Crosby
Reprinted	from Newspaper strip

1 page Toonerville Folks filler

Genre	humor
Script	Fontaine Fox
Pencils	Fontaine Fox
Inks	Fontaine Fox
Reprinted	from Newspaper strip

1 page Tippie story

Script	Edwina Dumm
Pencils	Edwina Dumm
Inks	Edwina Dumm
Reprinted	from newspaper strip

1 page All-American Champs filler

Genre	sports; fact
Script	W. G. (signed)
Pencils	W. G. (signed)
Inks	W. G. (signed)

2 page Popsicle Pete story

Script	Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils	Sheldon Mayer
Inks	Sheldon Mayer
Notes	Pete and his friends plan to build a radio station.

4 page Scribbly story "A Very Funny Cartoon- to the right person"

Characters	Scribbly; Miss Loomis; Mr. Jenkins
Synopsis	Scribbly's cartoon of his teacher accidentally ends up in the paper!
Genre	humor
Script	Sheldon Mayer
Pencils	Sheldon Mayer
Inks	Sheldon Mayer
Reprinted	in The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics (Harry N. Abrams, 2009 series) [nn]

4 page Ben Webster story "Mystery Solved"

Characters	Ben Webster; Prof. Mattik
Synopsis	The Prof sets up a school to reform troubled boys thru niceness alone
Genre	adventure
Script	Edwin Alger
Pencils	Edwin Alger
Inks	Edwin Alger
Reprinted	from newspaper strip

2 page Jimmy Stone text story "Syndicate of Schemes"

Script	George Shute
Letters	Typeset

1 page Skippy filler

Genre	children; animals
Script	Percy Crosby
Pencils	Percy Crosby
Inks	Percy Crosby
Reprinted	from Newspaper strip

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Genre	humor
Pencils	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Inks	Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Reprinted	from newspaper strip

1 page Daisybelle filler

Genre	humor; children
Script	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks	Gene Byrnes (signed)
Reprinted	from newspaper strip

4 page story "The American Way (part 4)"

Genre	soap opera
Script	John Wentworth
Pencils	Walter Galli
Inks	Walter Galli
Notes	adaption of the play by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart

1 page Toonerville Folks filler

Genre	humor
Script	Fontaine Fox
Pencils	Fontaine Fox
Inks	Fontaine Fox
Reprinted	from Newspaper strip