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Issue Details

Issue #71
Published November 1947
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer; [Robert Kanigher (assistant)]

Cover Details - "Invasion of the Sun Warriors"

Genre superhero
Pencils Harry G. Peter (Signed)
Inks Harry G. Peter

12 page Wonder Woman story "The Invasion of the Sun Warriors"

Characters Wonder Woman; Queen Flamina (intro, villain); Sun People (intro, villain); Paula Von Gunther; Etta Candy and the Holliday Girls; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Professor Astronomo; Dean Sourpuss.
Synopsis The army's new super stratosphere planes have torn a hole in the cosmic dust layer, causing the sun's rays to become super hot and imperil life on Earth. Queen Flamina and the inhabitants of the Sun rejoice in the increased heat which will let them conquer the Earth.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston (as Charles Moulton)
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes credits by Jerry Bails

1 page Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot advertisement "The Case of the Kidnapped Heiress"

Characters Sam Spade; Effie
Genre detective
Pencils Lou Fine

6 page Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys story "The Flaming Peril"

Characters Little Boy Blue; Toughy; Tubby; The Flare (intro, villain); Claire Lorraine
Synopsis The boys help a movie director finish her picture despite the interference of the Flare.
Genre superhero; children
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry

1 page U. S. Royal; U.S.Bike Tires advertisement "Racing to the Rescue"

Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

5 page Sargon the Sorceror story "The Man Who Met Himself"

Characters Sargon; The Blue Lama (villain); Max
Synopsis Suddenly there are two Maxes. But which is the real one? It's all a plot by the Blue Lama.
Genre occult
Script John Broome
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Reprinted in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #6 (February 1973)

1 page Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll advertisement "The Secret-Play Touchdown"

Characters Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Fatso
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck (Signed)
Inks Pete Costanza (signed)

7 page Willy Nilly story "All right, Willy! Make it 7:30 in front of the Bijou Theater!"

Characters Willy Nilly; Betty; Dad
Genre humor
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry
Notes credits by Jerry Bails

2 page text story "Forecast: Murder"

Script John Broome [as John Osgood]
Letters typeset

1 page Ton o' Fun story

Genre gag
Script Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks Harry Lampert (signed)

7 page Wildcat story "The Count That Never Ended!"

Characters Wildacat; Stretch Skinner; The Huntress
Synopsis A mysterious woman kidnaps Stretch as a ploy to capture Ted Grant and replace him in the boxing ring. But Wildcat intervenes.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Kanigher
Pencils Gil Kane [as Gil Stack]
Inks Gil Kane [as Gil Stack]
Reprinted in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-20 (September 1973)