Issue Details

Issue	#9
Published	January 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Clock [Brian O'Brien]
Genre	detective
Pencils	Gill Fox?
Inks	Gill Fox?

9 page Black Condor story "Monks Gallagher"

Characters	Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Dr. Pache (first appearance); Jackie (first appearance); Jackie's mother (first appearance); Monks Gallagher (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan

2 page Molly the Model story

Characters	Molly the Model
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 reprint

5 page Space Legion story "Blaster Meers and the Pirates of Ceres"

Characters	Space Legion; Blaster Meers (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	science fiction
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

5 page Madam Fatal story "The Tiger Woman"

Characters	Madam Fatal; Tiger Woman (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian?
Pencils	Art Pinajian?
Inks	Art Pinajian?

5 page Red Torpedo story "Smashing the Schrecklichkeit"

Characters	Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Dr. Freiheit (first appearance); Adolf Hitler (villain); Nazis (villains)
Genre	superhero
Script	Henry Kiefer?
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

4 page Jane Arden story

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

6 page Alias the Spider story "The Spider: Framed"

Characters	The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Bill French (first appearance; villain); Baldy Riker (first appearance; villain); Nick (first appearance; villain); Trigger (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

2 page Slap Happy Pappy story "War Declared"

Genre	Gags
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole (Ralph Johns)
Inks	Jack Cole

4 page Ned Brant story

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

4 page Lee Preston of the Red Cross story "The Hijacked Plane Peril"

Characters	Lee Preston
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Notes	V: Nazi spies (I, D); last appearance

2 page text story "Quoth the Raven"

Script	Larry Spain
Letters	typeset

1 page Snappy story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

5 page Wizard Wells story "T.N.T. Trousers Trap"

Characters	Wizard Wells; Natas (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

7 page Clock story "The Screw Gang"

Characters	Clock [Brian O'Brien]; The Screw ([David Gratten] (first appearance; villain); the Screw Gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre	detective
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner