Issue Details

Issue	#74
Published	September 1945
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters	Dagwood; Mandrake (inset)
Genre	family; humor
Pencils	Joe Musial ?
Inks	Joe Musial ?

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Wizard's Tower"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Editor's page. Found on the inside front cover.

4 page Blondie story "untitled"

Characters	Blondie; Dagwood
Genre	family; humor
Pencils	Chic Young (signed)
Inks	Chic Young (signed)
Reprinted	1943 daily strips

4 page Mandrake the Magician story "Rasco Seeks a Wife"

Characters	Mandrake
Genre	occult
Script	Lee Falk (signed)
Pencils	Phil Davis (signed)
Inks	Phil Davis (signed)
Reprinted	1943 Sunday strips

1 page Dollar-a-Dither filler "untitled"

Synopsis	Comprised of six gag panels.
Genre	humor
Pencils	Joe Musial (signed)
Inks	Joe Musial (signed)
Notes	Just below the above filler is an promo ad for Feature Book #43 [with Blondie].

2 page Jan and Aloysius filler "untitled"

Synopsis	Comprised of two one-page gag strips.
Genre	humor
Pencils	Joe Musial (signed)
Inks	Joe Musial (signed)

4 page Buz Sawyer story "untitled"

Characters	Buz Sawyer
Genre	military
Script	Roy Crane (signed)
Pencils	Roy Crane (signed)
Inks	Roy Crane (signed)
Reprinted	1944 Sunday strips

2 page Heroes on Wings text article "untitled"

Characters	Captain Arthur L. Post
Synopsis	This text article with art spots concerns war aviators, and spotlights a real war hero, Captain Arthur L. Post.
Genre	war; fact; biography
Script	Clayton Knight (signed)
Pencils	Clayton Knight (signed) (spot illos)
Inks	Clayton Knight (signed) (spot illos)
Letters	typeset

6 page The Lone Ranger story "The Ranger Helps the Mounties"

Characters	The Lone Ranger; Tonto
Genre	western
Script	Fran Striker (signed)
Reprinted	1943 Sunday strips

4 page Thimble Theatre starring Popeye story "Olive Wants to Join the Navy"

Characters	Popeye; Olive Oyl
Genre	humor
Pencils	Bill Zaboly
Inks	Bill Zaboly
Reprinted	1943 strips

4 page Secret Agent X-9 story "Prince Caesar"

Characters	Agent X-9
Genre	spy
Script	Robert Storm (signed)
Reprinted	1942 daily strips

1 page Private Breger Abroad filler "untitled"

Synopsis	Comprised of four gag cartoons.
Genre	war; humor
Script	Lt. Dave Breger (signed)
Pencils	Lt. Dave Breger (signed)
Inks	Lt. Dave Breger (signed)

1 page High Spots filler "High School Heroes"

Genre	sports; fact
Script	Floyd Torbert [as Torbert] (signed)
Pencils	Floyd Torbert [as Torbert] (signed)
Inks	Floyd Torbert [as Torbert] (signed)
Notes	Found on the inside back cover.

1 page Little Acorns filler "[Kids Start a Secret Club]; New Neighborhood"

Genre	humor
Script	Bob Dunn (signed)
Pencils	Bob Dunn (signed)
Inks	Bob Dunn (signed)
Notes	Found on the back cover.