Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	January 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner

9 page Doll Man story "Candy and Sabotage"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Gruber (first appearance; villain); Adolf (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains; one spy dies)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Celardo
Inks	John Celardo

4 page Rance Keane story "The Treasure Hunt"

Characters	Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; The Eye (villain); Bat Crawley (first appearance; villain)
Genre	western
Script	William A. Smith
Pencils	William A. Smith
Inks	William A. Smith

1 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Samar story "The Dark House of Arno Cain"

Characters	Samar; Jean (first appearance); Arno Cain (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy

2 page Poison Ivy story "Vote For Sardini Or Else"

Characters	Poison Ivy; Sardini (first appearance; villain)
Genre	humor
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

5 page Ace of Space story "Speed, Inc."

Characters	The Ace of Space [Ace Egan]; Dr. Devlin (first appearance); Karl and Speed, Inc. (first appearance; villains)
Genre	adventure
Script	H. Weston Taylor (?)
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

5 page Zero story "The Spell of the Albatross"

Characters	Zero; a girl (first appearance); Her two brothers and other ghosts (first appearance; villains)
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan
Notes	Story inspired by Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner."

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

4 page Dusty Dane story "Seven Seas Cafe"

Characters	Dusty Dane; Patricia Morley; Tondas (first appearance; villain); Bulok (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

5 page Spin Shaw story "United States Fleet Leaves For Two-Day Makeover"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Ann Grace (first appearance); Mr. Wonga (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	aviation
Script	Clark Williams
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Kids of Calamity"

Characters	Capt. Bruce Blackburn; The Band (villains); Gurk (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis	Blackburn appears as Destroying Demon for the last time.
Genre	adventure; spy
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

2 page Perry Scott text story "Mediterranean Madness"

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

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

4 page Rusty Ryan story "The Fifty Thousand Dollar Package"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Butch (first appearance; villain); Butch's partner (first appearance; villain)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

2 page Homer Doodle and Son story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

4 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "Aru the Mountain Boy"

Characters	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Aru (first appearance); White Eagle (first appearance); an Indian chief (first appearance; death); Grayson (first appearance; villain; death); Buck (first appearance; villain)
Genre	western
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian