Issue Details

Issue	#25
Published	September 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 Pumpkinhead Plot"

Characters	Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Sen. Pumpkinhead Hardy (first appearance); Jasper Crow (first appearance; villain); Elsa Papendorf (first appearance; villain; death); various spies (first appearance; villains; death)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Cassone
Inks	John Cassone

6 page Spitfire story "Joe Chang's Guerillas"

Characters	Spitfire [Tex Adams]; Joe Chang (first appearance); Japanese (villains)
Genre	aviation
Script	Al McWilliams
Pencils	Al McWilliams
Inks	Al McWilliams

1 page Slap Happy Pappy story "Sweet Nothings"

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

5 page Pen Miller story "Pen Miller's Nazi Double"

Characters	Pen Miller; Pen's secretary (first appearance); Scribbler (first appearance; villain); Hack (first appearance; villain); Mummer (first appearance; villain)
Genre	detective
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

6 page Don Q story "Who Is He?"

Characters	Don Q; A German field marshall (first appearance; villain; death); Gen. Gerichter (first appearance; villain; death); Captain Grunz (villains); Nazis (villains)
Genre	spy
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

4 page Jane Arden story

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

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 Hack O'Hara story "In Deep Water"

Characters	Hack O'Hara; Toughy (first appearance)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	John Cassone
Inks	John Cassone

6 page Alias the Spider story "The Secret of Mouse Malone"

Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson
Notes	V: Mouse Malone, Honest Abe Lavery (I for both), Slippery, Joe (I, D for both)
Reprinted	in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #441 (June-July 1974); in Läderlappen (Semic Press AB, 1976 series) #12/1976

4 page Ned Brant story

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

2 page Eric Vale text story "The White Leopard"

Characters	Eric Vale
Genre	Adventure
Script	Larry Spain?
Letters	typeset

1 page Snappy story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

5 page Tor story "Raid In Holland"

Characters	Tor; Dutch Van Meer (first appearance; death); Nazis (villains)
Script	Fred Guardineer
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer

7 page Clock story "The Gonky Mob Copycat Crimes"

Characters	Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; Gonky (first appearance; villain); Rip (first appearance; villain); Slug (first appearance; villain)
Genre	detective
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner
Notes	Butch mentions that she should've teamed with The Spirit; Clock: "The Spirit--BAH!!"; Clock has Spirit / Dr. Strange style window