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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