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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published August 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Will Eisner

Cover Details

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

9 page Uncle Sam story "The Great Darkness"

Characters Uncle Sam; The Black Legion (first appearance; villains)
Genre war; occult
Script Will Eisner?
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine

6 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story "Zaro the Hypnotist"

Characters Sally O'Neil; Zaro (villain); Len Carmen (villain); Slug (villain); Mopey (villain); Barry Gilmore
Genre detective
Pencils Mort Leav
Inks Mort Leav

1 page Cyclone Cupid story "The Ice Cream Gangster"

Characters Cyclone Cupid; Bunny Crumb (first appearance; villain)
Genre humor
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

5 page Kid Dixon story "Dixon Goes To Hollywood"

Characters Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; Otis Barnstable (first appearance; a woman); Chalky Slade (first appearance; villain)
Genre sports
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

5 page Wonder Boy story "The Stratosphere Torpedo"

Characters Wonder Boy; Jonas Falconi (first appearance); Spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

5 page Prop Powers story "Suyaki the Smuggler"

Characters Prop Powers; Suyaki and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre aviation
Pencils Clark Williams
Inks Clark Williams

6 page Quicksilver story "The Puggello Mob"

Characters Quicksilver [Max]; Puggello and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre superhero
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy

1 page Windy Breeze story "The Shark"

Characters Windy Breeze
Genre humor
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole

5 page Kid Patrol story "The Secret of Creepy Creek"

Characters Kid Patrol; a hermit (first appearance)
Genre adventure; children; humor
Pencils Charles Nicholas
Inks Charles Nicholas

4 page Pen Miller story "The Blood Poisoners"

Characters Pen Miller; Dr. Gribble (first appearance; villain); Karp (first appearance; villain); a nurse (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

2 page text story "Half-Mast"

Script Toni Blum [as Anthony Lamb]
Letters typeset

4 page Paul Bunyan story "Bunyan the Cowhand"

Characters Paul Bunyan; A gang of rustlers (first appearance; villains)
Genre folklore
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks John Cassone

4 page Jack and Jill story "Murder In a Pawn Shop"

Characters John Randall (first appearance; death); A pawnbroker (first appearance; villain); his partner (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Pencils John Cassone
Inks John Cassone

1 page Miss Winky story

Characters Miss Winky
Genre humor
Script Arthur Beeman
Pencils Arthur Beeman
Inks Arthur Beeman

6 page Merlin story "Captured By Killer Ernst"

Characters Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Killer Ernst (first appearance; villain; death); Gen. Sir Reginald Foxx (first appearance)
Script Fred Guardineer
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer