Issue Details

Issue	#10
Published	September 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Victor Fox

Cover Details

Characters	Samson
Pencils	Alex Kotzky ?
Inks	Alex Kotzky ?

13 page Samson story "Death Rides the Airways"

Characters	Samson; David (Samson's partner, introduction, origin); Muller (villain, introduction, origin); John Jennsen (villain, introduction)
Genre	Superhero
Script	Toni Blum ?
Pencils	Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] (signed)
Inks	Alex Blum [as Alex Boon] (signed)

6 page Flip Falcon story "Pirates' Treasure"

Characters	Flip Falcon; Mr. X (introduction)
Genre	adventure

8 page Golden Knight story "The Dragon Slayer"

Characters	Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; un-named king (villain, introduction); Princess Beatrice (villain, introduction)
Script	Toni Blum ?
Pencils	Grieg Chapian
Inks	Grieg Chapian

6 page Yank Wilson story "Countess Gortz of Russmania"

Characters	Yank Wilson; Countess Gortz (villain, introduction); Lt. Voss (villain, introduction)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Grant Ferguson
Inks	Grant Ferguson
Notes	Artist's first named revised from Lance to Grant per Henry Andrews by Craig Delich 2010-3-21.

2 page none text story "Gold Over the Andes"

Genre	adventure
Script	Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel] (signed)
Letters	typeset

4 page Space Smith story "Plutonian Peril"

Characters	Space Smith; Iago (villain, introduction, death, a Plutonian)
Inks	Jack Kirby
Notes	Inks identification by Greg Theakston. "Jack Kirby? (Hank Christy)" removed from pencils field. "Jack Kirby?" removed from script field.
Reprinted	in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2

6 page Captain Kidd story "The Sinister Lama"

Characters	Captain Kidd; The Lama (villain, introduction)
Script	Toni Blum ?
Pencils	Bill Bossert
Inks	Bill Bossert

2 page Professor Fiend story "The Reputation Car"

Characters	Professor Fiend
Genre	adventure
Script	Fred Schwab [as Boris Plaster] (signed)
Pencils	Fred Schwab [as Boris Plaster] (signed)
Inks	Fred Schwab [as Boris Plaster] (signed)
Letters	Fred Schwab
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-20.

8 page Stardust story "The Super Fiend of the Lost Planet"

Characters	Stardust; The Super Fiend (villain, introduction)
Synopsis	When the Super Fiend sets the planet Mars on fire and sends it hurtling towards Earth, only Stardust can prevent Earth's destruction.
Genre	science fiction; Superhero
Script	Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Pencils	Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Inks	Fletcher Hanks (signed)
Letters	Fletcher Hanks
Notes	The first line of text reads: "Stardust, whose vast knowledge of interplanetary science has made him the most remarkable man that ever lived, is devoting his abilities to crime-busting throughout the universe...."
Reprinted	in Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969 (Harry N. Abrams, 2006 series) #[nn]; in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

8 page Sub Saunders story "The Giant Wheel of Chong"

Characters	Sub Saunders; Chong (villain, introduction, death); Zobbo (villain, introduction, death)
Pencils	Henry Kiefer [as Karl Kief] (signed)
Inks	Henry Kiefer [as Kark Kief] (signed)