Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	September 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Will Eisner

Cover Details

Characters	Uncle Sam
Genre	war; occult
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

9 page Uncle Sam story "Yiffendi Invades the Phillipines"

Characters	Uncle Sam; Mias (first appearance; villain; death); Yiffendi (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	war; occult
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Lou Fine?

6 page Prop Powers story "War of the Airlines"

Characters	Prop Powers; Mr. Wallace (first appearance; president of an airline)
Genre	aviation
Script	Toni Blum
Pencils	Clark Williams?
Inks	Clark Williams?

4 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "The Gem of Mrs. Bigstone"

Characters	Sally O'Neil; Shifty Sue and her gang (first appearance; villains); Mrs. Bigstone (first appearance); Gil Moore (first appearance)
Genre	detective
Script	Toni Blum
Pencils	Chuck Mazoujian
Inks	Chuck Mazoujian

5 page Kid Dixon story "New York Championship Bout"

Characters	Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Jack Dempsey; The heavyweight champion (first appearance)
Synopsis	The heavyweight champion loses his crown to Kid Dixon.
Genre	sports
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska

7 page Merlin story "Dredge's Orphanage"

Characters	Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Dredge (first appearance; villain); Miss Lovewell (first appearance); Mickey (first appearance)
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich

2 page Yankee Doodle Boy text story "The Human Guinea Pig"

Characters	Yankee Doodle Boy
Script	Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb]
Letters	typeset

6 page Wonder Boy story "Rescuing the South American Expedition"

Characters	Wonder Boy
Genre	superhero
Script	Toni Blum
Pencils	John Celardo
Inks	John Celardo

5 page Cyclone story "The Return of Amnozo"

Characters	Cyclone; Amnozo (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

5 page Pen Miller story "Fifth Racket Witness Murdered"

Characters	Pen Miller; Nuckle (first appearance; villain); Benny Slugesi (first appearance; villain); a lawyer (first appearance; villain; death); various gangsters (first appearance; villains; death); Miss Bystand (first appearance)
Genre	detective
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

6 page Paul Bunyan story "Olesen's Revenge"

Characters	Paul Bunyan; Olesen (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	folklore
Script	Herman Bolstein
Pencils	John Celardo
Inks	John Celardo

2 page Windy Breeze story

Characters	Windy Breeze
Genre	humor
Script	Bill Newcombe
Pencils	Bill Newcombe
Inks	Bill Newcombe

5 page Kid Patrol story "The Prince and the Pauper: 1940"

Characters	Kid Patrol; Percy (first appearance; joins the Kid Patrol); Duke and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre	adventure; children; humor
Pencils	Charles Nicholas
Inks	Charles Nicholas