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Issue Details

Issue #34
Published July 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre superhero
Pencils Ed Cronin?
Inks Ed Cronin?

9 page Doll Man story "El Diablo Blanco"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; I: Wampum (first appearance; an Indian) Cortez (first appearance; flashback); Montezuma (first appearance; flashback); Tod Gunther (first appearance); Quincy Gregg (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine

4 page Captain Fortune story "Sacrifice At Tafu"

Characters Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]; An Aztec queen (first appearance); a high priest (first appearance); A giant (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre period
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

2 page Big Top story

Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

5 page Zero story "Ghost of the Coolnook Church"

Characters Zero; Rev. Atwell (first appearance); Jean Atwell (first appearance); Buno (first appearance); A ghost (first appearance; villain)
Script ? (Noel Fowler)
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich
Inks Dan Zolnerowich

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "The Wildman of Wolf's Head Bay"

Characters Tom Paxton (first appearance; villain); The "Wildman" (first appearance); Marie DuBois (first appearance); Madam DuBois (first appearance); Jean (first appearance)
Genre western
Script Art Pinajian
Pencils Art Pinajian
Inks Art Pinajian

6 page Spin Shaw story "Arctic Survival Mission"

Characters Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Muggsy (first appearance); Mr. Carter (first appearance); Dorothy Carter (first appearance)
Genre aviation
Script Bob Powell
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell

2 page Lala Palooza story "Super Chap"

Genre humor
Script Joe Devlin?
Pencils Joe Devlin?
Inks Joe Devlin?
Notes Superman satire

4 page Rance Keane story "The Shakespeare Snatch"

Characters Rance Keane; Lola Pritchard; Prof. Thespis (first appearance)
Genre western
Script William A. Smith
Pencils William A. Smith (Will Arthur)
Inks William A. Smith

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

2 page Poison Ivy story "The One-Man Brooklyn Dodgers"

Characters Poison Ivy
Synopsis Poison Ivy plays on behalf of the Brooklyn Dodgers--and beats the New York Yankees 268 to nothing!!
Genre humor
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

4 page Voice story "The Black Mask"

Characters The Voice [Mr. Elixir]; The Black Mask (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script Stan Asch
Pencils Stan Asch
Inks Stan Asch

2 page Perry Scott text story "Flaming River"

Characters Perry Scott
Genre adventure
Script Robert M. Hyatt
Letters typeset

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "The Hearing Eye"

Characters Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Carlos (first appearance; villain); Josef (first appearance; villain); two other spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre adventure; spy
Script Harry Campbell
Pencils Harry Campbell
Inks Harry Campbell

4 page Rusty Ryan story "Mystery In the Mine Shaft"

Characters Rusty Ryan; Rocky (first appearance; villain); Hank (first appearance; villain)
Genre spy; adventure; children
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

5 page Samar story "The Panther Men"

Characters Samar; Nolon (first appearance); Lan (first appearance); The Panther Men (first appearance; villains); Nako (first appearance; villain)
Genre jungle
Pencils John Celardo? (John Charles)
Inks John Celardo?