Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	December 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	?

Cover Details

Genre	Superhero; adventure
Pencils	Joe Musial
Inks	Joe Musial

8 page Mandrake the Magician story "Mandrake has been cornered by thugs..."

Genre	Superhero; adventure
Script	Lee Falk
Pencils	Phil Davis
Inks	Phil Davis
Reprinted	strip reprints (1940)

4 page Indian Lore story "On still evenings..."

Genre	facts
Script	(?) Jimmy Thompson
Pencils	Jimmy Thompson
Inks	Jimmy Thompson

1 page Little Acorns story

Genre	humor
Script	Bob Dunn
Pencils	Bob Dunn
Inks	Bob Dunn

Half page Dollar-A-Dither story

Genre	humor
Pencils	Joe Musial
Inks	Joe Musial

2 page Stamp Corner filler "The Ugly Duckling"

Script	Eugene L. Pollack
Letters	typeset

8 page Lone Ranger story "There's a house, Tonto..."

Genre	Western
Script	(?) Fran Striker (credited)
Pencils	(?) Charles Flanders
Inks	(?) Charles Flanders
Reprinted	strip reprints (1940)

4 page Thimble Theatre starring Popeye story "The Captain is missing so that makes me Captain..."

Genre	humor
Script	(?) Tom Sims
Pencils	(?) B. Zaboly
Inks	(?) B. Zaboly
Reprinted	strip reprints (1939)

2 page Jan and Aloysius story "Now, Aloysius-- you must leave my golf ball alone..."

Genre	humor
Script	(?) Joe Musial
Pencils	Joe Musial
Inks	Joe Musial

2 page Seein' Stars story "Brice/H.Herbert/Flynn/Mix/Bennett/Del Rio"

Genre	biography
Script	Feg Murray
Pencils	Feg Murray
Inks	Feg Murray

6 page Secret Agent X-9 story "Excellency! It's Mrs. Double!"

Genre	Adventure
Script	Max Trell [as Robert Storm]
Pencils	Austin Briggs
Inks	Austin Briggs
Reprinted	Strip reprints from 1939.

1 page Little Nature Stories text story "Billy Minx Outwits the Trapper"

Script	Thornton W. Burgess
Letters	typeset

Half page Henry story "wet paint"

Genre	humor
Pencils	? (credited to Carl Anderson)

6 page Blondie story "Here are your slippers, Daddy."

Genre	humor
Script	Chic Young
Pencils	Chic Young
Inks	Chic Young
Reprinted	strip reprints from 1939

1 page The Cartoon Page activity

1 page News in Sports! story "Thorpe/Grange/Nevers"

Genre	biography
Pencils	McKay (?)

4 page Bunky story "Madam- prepare yourself for a great shock..."

Genre	humor
Script	Billy DeBeck
Pencils	Billy DeBeck
Inks	Billy DeBeck
Reprinted	strip reprints from 1939

4 page Barney Baxter story "Because I'm tellin' you it can't carry enough fuel!"

Genre	adventure; aviation
Script	Frank Miller
Pencils	Frank Miller
Inks	Frank Miller
Reprinted	strip reprints from 1939

2 page Romance of Flying, The story "First Non-Stop Flight Across U.S.A."

Genre	history
Script	Clayton Knight
Pencils	Clayton Knight
Inks	Clayton Knight

4 page Dingle-Hoofer Und His Dog story

Genre	humor
Script	H.H. Knerr
Pencils	H.H. Knerr
Inks	H.H. Knerr
Reprinted	gag strips from 1939