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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published February 1940
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Lloyd Jacquet
Notes Various sequence notes corrected by Darci, September 2007. Editor per Ownership Statement on inside front cover.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Pencils Bill Everett (signed)
Inks Bill Everett (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Various sequence notes corrected by Darci, September 2007.

10 page Aman the Amazing-Man story "Aman, the "Amazing-Man", having abandoned his plan to avenge the misdeeds..."

Characters The Great Question (Villain)
Script Bill Everett
Pencils Bill Everett (signed)
Inks Bill Everett (signed)
Notes Title and character info from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

4 page King of the South Seas story "Doris, Sir Oliver King, First Mate Jeffers..."

Script Harold Hughes?
Pencils Harold Hughes (signed)
Inks Harold Hughes (signed)
Notes Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

3 page Jay Douglas story "Jungle Battles"

Script Robert Louis Golden?
Pencils Robert Golden (signed)
Inks Robert Golden (signed)
Notes vs. dinosaur in jungle

9 page Iron Skull story "Late in the year 1970, twenty years after the Second World War..."

Synopsis Iron Skull (hero) vs. spies in the year 1970.
Script Carl Burgos?
Pencils Carl Burgos (signed)
Inks Carl Burgos (signed)
Notes Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

7 page The Magician From Mars story "The story starts in a small rural town..."

Synopsis "born of Martian & Earth parents, super-heroine Jane battles a giant Elemental"
Genre superhero
Script John Giunta; Michael Mirando
Pencils John Giunta; Michael Mirando
Inks John Giunta; Michael Mirando
Notes Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Giunta's name is misspelled "Guinta" in the splash panel.

7 page Minimidget story "Say, Jake!"

Synopsis Reduced to 6-inches by a mad scientist, a young man and woman battle criminals.
Genre science fiction
Script John F. Kolb?
Pencils John F. Kolb
Inks John F. Kolb
Notes Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

7 page Chuck Hardy; Land Beneath the Sea story "After the death of their treacherous guide..."

Synopsis Pellucidar-like sci-fi adventure.
Genre science fiction
Script Frank Thomas?
Pencils Frank Thomas (signed)
Inks Frank Thomas (signed)
Notes Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

2 page Aman the Amazing-Man text story "The Green Mist"

Script Sam Gilman
Pencils Sam Gilman (signed)
Inks Sam Glanzman (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Lou Mougin credits script to Sam Gilman, May 2009.

7 page Mighty Man story "The Devil Dogs"

Synopsis 12-foot tall hero vs. the Dogman.
Script Martin Filchock?
Pencils Martin Filchock (signed)
Inks Martin Filchock (signed)

8 page The Shark story "Out on the high seas, a fishing schooner..."

Genre superhero
Script Lew Glanzman?
Pencils Lew Glanzman (signed)
Inks Lew Glanzman (signed)
Notes Sub-Mariner-like aquatic super-hero. Title from Lou Mougin Sam Gilman, May 2009.