Issue Details

Issue	#29
Published	February 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	The Clock [Brian O'Brien]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Ed Cronin
Inks	Ed Cronin

4 page Doll Man story "The Metropolis Museum Mystery"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Sidney Ambrose (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner; Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

2 page Off the Record story

Genre	Gags
Script	Ed Reed
Pencils	Ed Reed
Inks	Ed Reed

4 page Joe Palooka story

Script	Ham Fisher
Pencils	Ham Fisher
Inks	Ham Fisher
Notes	strip reprints

4 page Ned Brant story

Genre	sports
Script	Bob Zuppke
Pencils	R. W. Depew
Inks	R. W. Depew
Notes	strip reprints

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

4 page Charlie Chan story "The Kidnapping of Donna Grant: Part 2"

Characters	Charlie Chan
Genre	detective
Script	Alfred Andriola
Pencils	Alfred Andriola
Inks	Alfred Andriola
Notes	strip reprints

1 page Toddy story

Genre	Gags
Script	George Marcoux
Pencils	George Marcoux
Inks	George Marcoux

1 page Mortimer Mum story

Genre	Gags
Script	Sakren
Pencils	Sakren
Inks	Sakren

2 page Big Top story

Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

2 page Dixie Dugan story

Script	J. P. McEvoy
Pencils	J. H. Striebel
Inks	J. H. Striebel
Notes	strip reprints

5 page The Clock story "The Shooting of Ted Holt"

Characters	The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Ted Holt (first appearance; death); The Reaper (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner

2 page Rube Goldberg's Side Show story

Genre	Gags
Script	Rube Goldberg
Pencils	Rube Goldberg
Inks	Rube Goldberg
Notes	strip reprints

4 page Jane Arden story

Genre	soap opera
Script	Monte Barrett
Pencils	Russell E. Ross
Inks	Russell E. Ross
Notes	strip reprints

4 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "The Flying Death"

Characters	Chief Big Eagle (first appearance; villain)
Genre	western
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

2 page Bungle Family story "Resolved"

Script	H. J. Tuthill
Pencils	H. J. Tuthill
Inks	H. J. Tuthill
Notes	strip reprints

4 page Rance Keane story "The Crownsville Train Wreck"

Characters	Rance Keane; Gus Dropper (first appearance; villain)
Genre	western
Script	William A. Smith
Pencils	William A. Smith
Inks	William A. Smith

2 page text story "Whispering Walls"

Script	A. L. Allen
Letters	typeset

4 page Captain Fortune story "Black Flint"

Characters	Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]; Black Flint (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	period
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page Slim and Tubby story "Episode 29"

Script	John J. Welch
Pencils	John J. Welch
Inks	John J. Welch

4 page Spin Shaw story "The Crop-Killing Planes"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw] (first appearance)
Genre	aviation
Script	Bob Powell
Pencils	Bob Powell (Rex Smith)
Inks	Bob Powell

4 page Mickey Finn story

Genre	sitcom
Script	Lank Leonard
Pencils	Lank Leonard
Inks	Lank Leonard
Notes	strip reprints