Issue Details

Issue	#35
Published	August 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Genre	humor
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

9 page Doll Man story "The Return of Wampum"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Wampum; Briney (first appearance; villain); The crew of the Black Gull (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

4 page Rance Keane story "Hong Kong the Mandarin"

Characters	Rance Keane; Lola Pritchard; Hong Kong (first appearance; villain; a character in Pee Wee's dream)
Genre	western
Script	William A. Smith
Pencils	William A. Smith
Inks	William A. Smith

2 page Poison Ivy story "Johnny Micewuller"

Characters	Poison Ivy
Genre	humor
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

5 page Zero story "Danse Macabe"

Characters	Zero; A skeletal fiddler (first appearance)
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich
Notes	This story obviously inspired by Saint-Saens's DANSE MACABRE

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "The Disappearance of Tim Benson"

Characters	Captain Crane (villain); Philip Kemp (first appearance; villain); Tim Benson (first appearance); Betty Benson (first appearance)
Genre	western
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

6 page Spin Shaw story "Action On the Amazon"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Maj. Hollis (first appearance); Antzec (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	aviation
Script	Bob Powell
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

4 page Captain Fortune story "The Ghost Ship"

Characters	Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune] (last appearance); The Ghost Pirates (first appearance; villains; death)
Genre	period
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

4 page Voice story "Murder In Apartment 2-B"

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

2 page Big Top story

Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

4 page Rusty Ryan story "The Arson Plot"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; A fire inspector (first appearance; villain); his crony (first appearance; villain)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

2 page text story "The Killer"

Script	Robert M. Hyatt
Letters	typeset

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "The Foiled Assassination"

Characters	Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Frantz (first appearance; villain; death); Pratz (first appearance; villain; death); other spies (first appearance; villains; death); Karl Korn (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure; spy
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

5 page Samar story "Valley of the Cavemen"

Characters	Samar; Prof. Ford Cawthorne (first appearance); A tribe of cavemen (first appearance; all but one die)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	John Celardo? (John Charles)
Inks	John Celardo?