Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	September 1940
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	The Clock; Alias the Spider; The Black Condor; Jane Arden; Ned Brant.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

9 page The Black Condor story "The Eagle Battalion"

Characters	The Black Condor; The Sapphire King (first appearance; villain).
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

2 page Molly the Model story

Characters	Molly
Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

1 page Rube Goldberg's Side Show filler

Genre	Gags
Script	Rube Goldberg
Pencils	Rube Goldberg
Inks	Rube Goldberg
Notes	Strip reprint.

5 page The Red Torpedo story "The Lone Shark"

Characters	The Red Torpedo [Roy Larkin]; The Lone Shark (first appearance; villain).
Synopsis	The Torpedo must battle a crafty sea marauder that uses a powerful vacuum cup device to attach his craft to another, then board and rob of valuables aboard.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Henry C. Kiefer (signed as H. C. Kiefer)
Inks	Henry C. Kiefer (signed as H. C. Kiefer)
Notes	Writer revision from Henry Kiefer? to ?, as The Who's Who only lists Kiefer as an artist. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-17-09.
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #78 (2009)

5 page Madam Fatal story "Madam Fatal Goes To the Circus"

Characters	Madam Fatal; I: Cyclops, the General, Patsy, Miss Roberts, Surat; V: Mr. Black, Slug (I for both).
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

5 page Space Legion story "Revolt!"

Characters	Space Legion; V: Gulla (I, D); I: Gulla's niece.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

4 page Ned Brant story

Characters	Ned Brant
Genre	sports
Script	Bob Zuppke
Pencils	E. W. DePew
Inks	E. W. DePew
Notes	Strip reprints.

6 page Alias the Spider story "The Experiment of Dr. Corsica"

Characters	Alias The Spider; V: Dr. Corsica, Grego (I for both).
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

4 page Jane Arden story

Characters	Jane Arden
Genre	soap opera
Script	Monte Barrett
Pencils	Russell E. Ross
Inks	Russell E. Ross
Notes	Strip reprints.

2 page Slap Happy Pappy story "The Ogre"

Characters	Slap Happy Pappy; V: An ogre (I, D; more like a vampire, actually).
Genre	Gags
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Letters	Gill Fox?
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-17-09.

4 page Lee Preston of the Red Cross story "Saving the General"

Characters	Lee Preston; General Miller (first appearance).
Genre	adventure
Script	Bob Powell?
Pencils	Bob Powell?
Inks	Bob Powell?

2 page Eric Vale text story "The Door of Death"

Characters	Eric Vale
Genre	mystery
Script	Larry Spain (signed)
Letters	typeset

5 page Wizard Wells story "The Talking Light"

Characters	Wizard Wells; V: Rags Rollin (I), Cal Kearney (I, D).
Genre	adventure
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

2 page Snappy filler

Genre	gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman
Letters	Arthur Beeman?
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-17-09.

7 page The Clock story "The Jay Bird"

Characters	The Clock [Snowy Winters]; The Jay Bird (first appearance; villain).
Genre	detective
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner