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Issue Details

Issue #v1 #1
Published January 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Pencils Alan Mandel
Inks Dan Barry

14 page Boy King story "Origin of the Boy King"

Characters The Boy King [King David] (Intro, Origin); The Giant (a giant robot, Intro, Origin); King of Swisslakia (Intro, Death); Grouse (Villain, Intro, Death); Nazis
Script Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Pencils Alan Mandel
Inks Dan Barry
Colors Charles Biro; Bob Wood

11 page Nightmare and Sleepy story "Checking the Checker"

Characters Nightmare [Bob White] (Intro, Origin); Sleepy [Terry Wake] (Intro, Origin); The Checker [Henricks] (Villain, Intro)
Pencils Alan Mandel
Inks Dan Barry

4 page Stupid Manny story "The Origin of Stupid Manny"

Characters Stupid Manny [Manny] (Intro, Origin); Prof. Bruno McNasty (Intro); Nazi spies (Villain)
Script Tony DiPreta?
Pencils Tony DiPreta
Inks Tony DiPreta
Colors Tony DiPreta?

10 page Micro-Face story "The Origin of Micro-Face"

Characters Micro-Face [Tom Woods] (Intro, Origin); Big Boston (Intro, Villain)
Pencils Al Ulmer
Inks Al Ulmer

2 page text story "Smoke Rings of Death"

Letters typeset

9 page Zippo story "He's a Blitz On Wheels!"

Characters Zippo [Joe Blair] (Intro, Origin); The Pirate (Intro, Villain)
Pencils Pierce Rice
Inks Pierce Rice

6 page Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers story "Origin of the Boy Rangers"

Characters Jackie Law (Intro, Origin); Boy Rangers [Buck (Intro); Corny (Intro); Gorilla (Intro); Froggy]; Dan Law (Intro, Death); The Slick Loan Co. (Intro, Villain)

8 page Twilight story "Murder Before the Footlights"

Characters Twilight [Sgt. Terry Gardner] (Intro, Origin); Snoopy (a parrot) (Intro); Maxim (Intro, Villain); Nada (Intro, Villain); Wilmer (Intro, Death)
Pencils John Cassone
Inks John Cassone