Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	June 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

7 page Clock story "The Orchid"

Characters	I: The Orchid; V: Harvey Gibbs, Nick, and other gangsters (I for all)
Genre	detective
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner

4 page Molly the Model story

Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

1 page Rube Goldberg's Side Show story

Genre	Gags
Script	Rube Goldberg
Pencils	Rube Goldberg
Inks	Rube Goldberg
Notes	strip reprints

5 page Red Torpedo story "The Blastproof Battleship"

Characters	V: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, Josef Goebbels, Nazis
Genre	superhero
Script	Henry Kiefer?
Pencils	Henry Kiefer (Roy Larken)
Inks	Henry Kiefer

4 page Ned Brant story

Genre	sports
Script	Bob Zuppke
Pencils	E. W. DePew
Inks	E. W. DePew
Notes	strip reprints

4 page Lee Prestonof the Red Cross story "Mission To Chenfu"

Characters	I: Ken Davis; V: Chinese renegades
Script	Bob Powell
Pencils	Bob Powell (Terence McCauley)
Inks	Bob Powell

5 page Space Legion story "The Villain From Venus"

Characters	V: Jafek (I, D); I: Prof. Wadsworth, Elaine Wadsworth
Genre	science fiction
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page Slap Happy Pappy story "He's a Hill-Billy Ball of Fire!"

Genre	Gags
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

4 page Alias the Spider story "Patterson's Plot"

Characters	V: Patterson (I, D)
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

4 page Jane Arden story

Genre	soap
Script	Monte Barrett
Pencils	Russell E. Ross
Inks	Russell E. Ross
Notes	strip reprints

5 page Madam Fatal story "Professor Discovers New Destructive Chemical"

Characters	I: Prof. Lane, Sgt. O'Malley; V: A spy (I)
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

2 page Eric Vale text story "Doom Syndicate"

Characters	Eric Vale (first appearance)
Script	Larry Spain
Letters	typeset

7 page Wizard Wells story "The House of Fear"

Characters	V: Black Morda
Genre	adventure
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

7 page Black Condor story "The Adventure of Ali Kan"

Characters	V: Ali Kan (I); I: Andrea Kent, Denny Kent, Ada
Genre	superhero
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine