Issue Details

Issue	#39
Published	December 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 Puritan Village"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; A Group of Puritans (first appearance); A gang of crooks (first appearance; villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Celardo
Inks	John Celardo

4 page Rance Keane story "The Eye"

Characters	Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; Candida Kane (first appearance; The Eye [Sol Lang] (first appearance; villain)
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

4 page Dusty Dane story "The Blockade Runner"

Characters	Dusty Dane; Gen. Yin (first appearance); Capt. John Galt (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

5 page Samar story "The Valley of Giants"

Characters	Samar; Pat West (first appearance); Buck (first appearance); a giant ape (first appearance)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Maurice Gutwirth
Inks	Maurice Gutwirth

5 page Spin Shaw story "Mine Field Mission"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Peanuts (first appearance)
Genre	aviation
Script	? (Rex Smith)
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

2 page Poison Ivy story "In Eyewash, Arizona"

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

5 page Zero story "The Haunted Night Club"

Characters	Zero; Manners (first appearance; a ghost); other ghosts (first appearance); Tommy Manners (first appearance; villain; death)
Pencils	Charles Sultan?
Inks	Charles Sultan?

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "The Demon of Destruction"

Characters	Capt. Bruce Blackburn; The Destroying Demon [Capt. Bruce Blackwell] (first appearance; origin); Otto Schmidt (first appearance; villain); Zorn (first appearance; villain); Adder (first appearance; villain); other members of the "Band" (first appearance; villains)
Genre	adventure; spy
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

2 page Big Top story "The Human Bullet"

Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

2 page Perry Scott text story "Gloves of Death"

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

4 page Rusty Ryan story "The Ski Rescue Mission"

Characters	Rusty Ryan
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

5 page Ace of Space story "The Phoney Foreign Committee"

Characters	The Ace of Space [Ace Egan]; Borris (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre	adventure
Script	H. Weston Taylor (?)
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "Witchcraft In Red Rock"

Characters	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Mrs. Crane (first appearance); Simon Grabble (first appearance; villain)
Genre	western
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian