Issue Details

Issue	#44
Published	June 1943
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Vince Fago?

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alex Schomburg
Inks	Alex Schomburg

12 page Human Torch story "The Phantom Strikes"

Characters	V: Elinor Von Drei (I), Abdul (I); I: Naobi (a prophetess)
Synopsis	An Arab murders a government agent for a Yashmak (the veil that women wear across their faces) and Torch and Toro track him back to Istanbul where they uncover a Nazi agent planning to pose as a prophetess with the Yashmak covering her face and convince the people to join with the Nazis.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Harry Sahle
Inks	Harry Sahle

12 page Sub-Mariner story "The Niagara Falls Power Plot"

Characters	V: Dr. Grant (I, D), Beni (I, D)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Carl Pfeufer
Inks	Carl Pfeufer

7 page Terry Vance story "The Circus Mystery"

Characters	GS: Deadline Dawson; V: Colosso (an ape; I)
Genre	detective
Script	Ray Gill?
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner

2 page text story "The Right Kind of Stuff"

Letters

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7 page Jimmy Jupiter story "The Land of the Rubber People"

Characters	I: The Rubber People and Mayor Bounce
Genre	children; fantasy
Script	Ed Robbins
Pencils	Ed Robbins
Inks	Ed Robbins

7 page Vision story "The Gem That Blinded"

Characters	V: Seni Karlan (I, D)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Syd Shores
Notes	Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)

6 page Patriot story "The Kid Crime Wave"

Characters	V: Von Gukk (I)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Syd Shores
Inks	Al Bellman?

10 page Angel story "The Case of the Laughing Death"

Characters	V: Abel Doone (I)
Genre	superhero
Script	Roy Garn?
Pencils	Gustav Schrotter
Inks	Gustav Schrotter