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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published September 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing ?
Notes data from Jerry Bails' index cards & Howard Keltner's Golden Age index

Cover Details

Pencils Bill Everett
Inks Bill Everett

10 page Aman the Amazing-Man story "Origin of Amazing-Man"

Characters Amazing-Man [John Aman] (introduction) (origin); The Great Question (introduction) (villain)
Script Bill Everett
Pencils Bill Everett
Inks Bill Everett

5 page Cat Man story "The Coming of the Cat Man"

Characters Cat Man [Barton Stone] (introduction)
Pencils Tarpe Mills
Inks Tarpe Mills

3 page Jack Rhodes story "River Subs"

Characters Jack Rhodes (only appearance?) (introduction)
Pencils L. Riley
Inks L. Riley
Notes Later known as Minimidget

7 page Iron Skull story "Origin of the Iron Skull"

Characters The Iron Skull (a robot) (introduction)
Script Carl Burgos
Pencils Carl Burgos
Inks Carl Burgos

2 page Aman the Amazing-Man text story "The Tragic Note"

Script Matty Point
Pencils Frank Thomas
Inks Frank Thomas
Letters typeset

6 page story "The Congo War Drum (Part 1)"

Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

7 page Minimidget story "The Coming of Minimidget"

Characters Minimidget (introduction); Ritty (introduction)
Pencils John F. Kolb
Inks John F. Kolb

7 page Chuck Hardy story "The Land Beneath the Sea"

Characters Chuck Hardy (introduction)
Pencils Frank Thomas
Inks Frank Thomas

8 page Slim Bradley story "Mystery of the Kidnapped Heir"

Characters Slim Bradley (forest ranger) (introduction)
Pencils Dick Hayes
Inks Dick Hayes

7 page Mighty Man story "Origin of Mighty Man"

Characters Mighty Man (introduction) (origin)
Genre superhero
Script Martin Filchock
Pencils Martin Filchock
Inks Martin Filchock
Letters Martin Filchock ?