Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	March 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ned Pines

Cover Details

Characters	Black Terror; Tim
Pencils	Elmer Wexler?
Inks	Elmer Wexler?

14 page Black Terror story "The Hypnotic Gas"

Characters	V: Sweiger (I); I: Dr. Manton
Script	Richard Hughes?
Pencils	Don Gabrielson
Inks	Don Gabrielson
Colors	Richard Hughes?

10 page Liberator story "The Poison Dart Murders"

Characters

V: Gobel, Babbon, other Nazi spies (I for all)

8 page Crash Carter story "The Murderous Mechanics"

Characters	V: Hans, Hauser, Capt. Black (I, D for all)
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner

1 page text story "Bench Quarterback"

Script	William McClellan
Letters	Typeset

7 page Mask story "The Harlequin Murders"

Characters	V: The Harlequin (I; Richter; Joker rip-off)
Pencils	Kin Platt
Inks	Kin Platt

promo (ad from the publisher) "Startling Comics ad"

Characters

The Fighting Yank; Captain Future

6 page Larry North story "Carribean Crisis"

Characters	Von Stofer (villain, introduction); Nazi spies (villains, introduction)
Pencils	Max Plaisted
Inks	Max Plaisted

1 page Make-Believe Mickey filler "Lookit him go!"

1 page Jimmy Blue text story "Hidden Loot"

Script	Sam Brant
Letters	typeset

8 page Ted Crane story "In Hong Kong"

Characters	Dr. Cobra (villain)
Pencils	George Mandel
Inks	George Mandel

6 page Sergeant Bill King story "Attack on the Secretary of War"

Characters	Wasser (villain, introduction, death); Hugo (introduction); Mahler (introduction)
Pencils	Maurice Gutwirth
Inks	Maurice Gutwirth

Half page Gunboat Grey filler "Gunboat, report to the recruiting station..."

Genre	Gag
Script	Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils	Ray McGill (signed)
Inks	Ray McGill (signed)

Half page text article "Statement of Ownership"

Letters	Typeset
Notes	Between this sequence and the previous sequence, there is a small promo for Real Life Comics, text only.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Real Life Comics ad"

Characters	Adolf Hitler
Notes	On the back cover.