Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	August 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Charles Biro; Bob Wood

Cover Details

Pencils	Charles Biro
Inks	Charles Biro

13 page Crimebuster story "The Touch of the Leper"

Characters	The Leper (first appearance)
Script	Charles Biro
Pencils	Charles Biro
Inks	Charles Biro

8 page Young Robinhood story "Thumbs Up, America"

Characters	I: Robinhood's band (Fatso, Squeeky, and Freckles; later Big Doc, Little Doc, Friar Tucker)
Pencils	Alan Mandel
Inks	Alan Mandel

6 page Boy Comics Hero of the Month story "Alexandre Tchekolin"

Script	Dick Wood?
Pencils	Ed Smalle
Inks	Ed Smalle

3 page Rabbit Foote story "The Fire Trick"

Script	Dick Briefer
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer

8 page Bombshell story "Striker the Assassin"

Characters	Striker (first appearance)
Script	Dick Wood?
Pencils	Norman Maurer
Inks	Norman Maurer

2 page text story "The Murder Mite"

Script	Woody Hamilton
Letters	typeset

5 page Case #1003 story "The Case of Tiny Delara"

Genre	Crime
Script	Bob Wood
Pencils	Bob Wood
Inks	Bob Wood

5 page Swoop Storm story "The Curse of Captain Hogan"

Pencils	Frank Volp
Inks	Frank Volp

3 page Little Wise Guys story "The Defense Bond Campaign"

Script	Charles Biro?
Pencils	Bart Tumey
Inks	Bart Tumey

7 page Yankee Longago story "Alabeezer the Alchemist"

Script	Dick Briefer
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer