Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	April 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Victor Fox

Cover Details

Characters	Samson
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

13 page Samson story "Eelo the Fish Man"

Characters	Samson; Eelo (villain, introduction, death)
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

6 page Flip Falcon story "The Heidites of Mercury"

Characters	Flip Falcon; the Mercurians (introduction)
Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	Don Rico
Inks	Don Rico

8 page Golden Knight story "The Legend of the Haunted Well: Part 2"

Characters	Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; Guest Star: Alice; Black Death (villain, introduction, death)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Grieg Chapman
Inks	Grieg Chapman

6 page Yank Wilson story "The Inventions of Prof. Snead"

Characters	Yank Wilson; Professor Snead (villain, introduction, death)
Genre	adventure
Script	Jack Farr
Pencils	Jack Farr
Inks	Jack Farr
Letters	Jack Farr

2 page none text story "Battle On Venus"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	R. M. Brunnei (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Space Smith story "Island in Space [The Hoppers]"

Characters	Space Smith; Dianna; The Hoppers (villains, introduction)
Synopsis	On their way to the Moon, Space Smith and Dianna encounter an island in space inhabited by the hostile Hoppers.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils	Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inks	Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed)
Letters	Fletcher Hanks
Notes	First line of text reads: "Space" and Dianna have left the Earth to try for a new speed record to the moon."
Reprinted	in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

6 page Captain Kidd story "Swallowed by a mysterious jungle tree..."

Characters	Captain Kidd
Genre	adventure
Script	Toni Blum ?
Pencils	Bill Bossert
Inks	Bill Bossert

4 page Professor Fiend story "Notice! In case you're interested..."

Characters	Professor Fiend
Genre	adventure
Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab
Letters	Fred Schwab

6 page Stardust story "Miracle Men"

Characters	Stardust; Wolf-Eye (villain); Miracle Men (introduction)
Genre	fantasy
Script	Fletcher Hanks
Pencils	Fletcher Hanks
Inks	Fletcher Hanks
Letters	Fletcher Hanks
Notes	Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.

7 page Sub Saunders story "The Vanishing Vessels"

Characters	Sub Saunders; King Kelpa (villain, introduction, death)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer