Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	October 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 "[The Floating Islands"

Characters	Uncle Sam; Nazis (villains)
Genre	war; occult
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich?
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich?

6 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Barry Gilmore Returns"

Characters	Sally O'Neil; Barry Gilmore; William Taylor (first appearance); Jason and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre	detective
Script	Toni Blum
Pencils	Chuck Mazoujian
Inks	Chuck Mazoujian

5 page Kid Patrol story "The Paperweight Championship"

Characters	Kid Patrol; Brass Knuckles (first appearance; villain); Nip (first appearance; villain); Tuck (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure; children; humor
Pencils	Charles Nicholas
Inks	Charles Nicholas

6 page Prop Powers story "Plane Sabotage"

Characters	Prop Powers
Genre	aviation
Pencils	Clark Williams?
Inks	Clark Williams?

5 page Pen Miller story "Steckar's Insurance Racket"

Characters	Pen Miller; Joe Steckar (first appearance; villain); Louie the Lout (first appearance; villain); other crooks (first appearance; villains); Pen's publisher (first appearance)
Genre	detective
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

6 page Wonder Boy story "Dinosaurs Out West"

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

5 page Cyclone story "The Man From 1940"

Characters	Cyclone (last appearance); An old man (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

5 page Kid Dixon story "A Bout of Homesickness"

Characters	Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; "Tiger" Tom Griffin (first appearance; villain); Mrs. Higgins (first appearance); Katherine Higgins (first appearance)
Genre	sports
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska

2 page Yankee Doodle Boy text story "Page Boy Vigilante"

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

6 page Paul Bunyan story "Stone's Big Score"

Characters	Paul Bunyan; Johnson (first appearance); Stone and his gangsters (first appearance; villains)
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

7 page Merlin story "Ophar Jewel Stolen"

Characters	Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Limey Joe (first appearance; villain); the Forty Thieves (first appearance; villains)
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich