Issue Details

Issue	#36
Published	September 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox?
Inks	Gill Fox?

9 page Doll Man story "Python the Brain Thief"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Python (first appearance; villain; death); Prof. Kreeper (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	superhero
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	Will Eisner; Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

4 page Rance Keane story "The Anti-Cancer Serum"

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

2 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Samar story "Captured By the Amazons"

Characters	Samar; Lazana (first appearance; villain); Lazana's Amazons (first appearance; villains)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	John Celardo? (John Charles)
Inks	John Celardo?

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "The Narcotics Ring"

Characters	Red Baylor (first appearance; villain); Spike (first appearance; villain); Madge Carr (first appearance; villain); other members of a narcotics ring (first appearance; villain)
Genre	western
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

6 page Spin Shaw story "The Mail Plane Spies"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Anne Antos (first appearance); V: Heinrich Muller (first appearance; villain; death); Greg Rucker (first appearance; villain; death); Joe (first appearance; villain; death); another pilot (first appearance; villain; death); Pedro (first appearance; villain); Pinky (first appearance; villain); Slim (first appearance; villain); Shorty (first appearance; villain)
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 Rusty Ryan story "The Twin Kidnappers"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Roger (first appearance); Smiley (first appearance; Roger's father); Two identical twins (first appearance; villains)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

4 page Dusty Dane story "Captives of Captain Frosk"

Characters	Dusty Dane (first appearance); Mike Cardigan (first appearance); Captain Frosk (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page Poison Ivy story "Ban on Chewing Gum"

Characters	Poison Ivy; McNasty and his gang (first appearanc;e villains)
Genre	humor
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

4 page Voice story "Murder Tunes In"

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

2 page Perry Scott text story "Spook Ship"

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

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "The Mystery Motor"

Characters	Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Weatherbee (first appearance)
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 Zero story "The Ghost's Vengeance"

Characters	Zero; Stephen Fiske (first appearance; villain; death; a ghost); Jim Darwell (first appearance; flashback); Nell Farrel Darwell (first appearance; flashback; death); Jane Darwell (first appearance)
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich