Issue Details

Issue	#22
Published	March 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	Gill Fox

Cover Details

Characters	Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

9 page Black Condor story "The Storm Masters"

Characters	Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Jasper Crow (villain); Skull-Face (first appearance; villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); Nazis (villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

6 page Spitfire story "Mission To Chalons"

Characters	The Nazis (villains)
Genre	aviation
Script	Al McWilliams
Pencils	Al McWilliams
Inks	Al McWilliams

6 page Alias the Spider story "The Henderson Murder Case"

Characters	The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Arthur Henderson (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

1 page Slap Happy Pappy story "World's Laziest Hillbilly"

Genre	Gags
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

5 page Hack O'Hara story "The Problem of Princess Pershwah"

Characters	Hack O'Hara; Prince Pershwah (first appearance); Shandar (first appearance); James (first appearance; death); Princess Pershwah (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

4 page Ned Brant story

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

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 Madam Fatal story "Sure-Fire Detective Agency"

Characters	Madam Fatal (last appearance); Scrappy Nelson; Tubby White; A spy ring (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

6 page Don Q story "The Red Stone"

Characters	Don Q; Sir Cedric Besford (first appearance); Tebet I (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Ajurac I (first appearance; villain; death; flashback); Ajurac (first appearance; villain); Capt. Von Hardt (first appearance; villain); Tebet (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	Spy
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

1 page Snappy story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

5 page Tor story "U-Boat Attack"

Characters	Tor; Nazis (villains)
Script	Fred Guardineer
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer

2 page Eric Vale text story "Return of the Mad Trapper"

Characters	Eric Vale
Script	Larry Spain
Letters	typeset

4 page Jane Arden story

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

7 page Clock story "Victims of the Fagin"

Characters	Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; The Fagin and his gang (first appearance for all; villains)
Synopsis	Butch, Clock's assistant, uses a potato studded with razor blades on the baddies!
Genre	detective
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner