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?