Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	June 1941
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 "Don Hernandez, Jewel Thief"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Donna Isabella (first appearance); Don Hernandez (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

2 page story "Neck and Neck Movie Studios"

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

4 page Rance Keane story "The Seagoing Hellcat"

Characters	Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; Mary McDermot (first appearance); Kanaka Lew (first appearance); Shark Egan (first appearance); Red Mack (first appearance; villain)
Genre	western
Script	William A. Smith
Pencils	William A. Smith
Inks	William A. Smith

5 page Zero story "The Ghostly Wreckers of Danger Isle"

Characters	Zero; James Darby (first appearance); a ghostly bosun (first appearance); Ghost pirates (first appearance; villains)
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "Island of the Druids"

Characters	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Johnny Westlake (first appearance); Gaspard (first appearance); Pierre DuLac (first appearance; villain)
Genre	western
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

5 page Samar story "The Hyena-Men"

Characters	Samar; The Hyena-Men (first appearance; villains; death)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Max Elkan?
Inks	Max Elkan?

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Double Double"

Characters	Capt. Bruce Blackburn; A Willard Farnum impostor (first appearance; villain; death); Byrne (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure; spy
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

5 page USA story "Attack On Trilaska"

Characters	USA; The Nazis (villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Maurice Gutwirth
Inks	Maurice Gutwirth

4 page Rusty Ryan story "Enter: The Boyville Brigadiers"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers (first appearance; in costume); Baby-Face Malone (first appearance; villain)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

2 page Perry Scott text story "Dead End Island"

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

2 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

4 page Dusty Dane story "Shanghaied By Captain Snyde"

Characters	Dusty Dane; Captain Snyde (villain); Bucko (villain); Crimpy (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

5 page Spin Shaw story "The Aerial Spy"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; a spy (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	aviation
Pencils	Clark Williams?
Inks	Clark Williams?