Issue Details

Issue	#46
Published	July 1941
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 "The Fifth Idol"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; June Gaylord (first appearance); Mr. Gaylord (first appearance); Albert Bixby (first appearance): Ubano and the Ankazis (first appearance; villains); a ship's captain (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

2 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Zero story "It Started In McDorley's Tavern"

Characters	Zero; Bill the Butcher and the Slaughterhouse Boys (first appearance; villains); the Dead Rabbits (first appearance; villains); Alfred Van Gilder (first appearance; flashback); the Van Gilder children (first appearance)
Pencils	Max Elkan?
Inks	Max Elkan?

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "The Red Triangle"

Characters	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; The Red Triangle [Baxter] (first appearance); Jeff Baxter (first appearance); Jacques (first appearance; death); Chips (first appearance; villain); Old Man Mears (first appearance; villain); Philip Denery (first appearance; villain)
Genre	western
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

4 page Dusty Dane story "The Malay Pirates"

Characters	Dusty Dane; Sen Gat and the Malay Pirates (first appearance; villains); Reggie Van Sloan (first appearance); Vivian Van Sloan (first appearance); Reggie (first appearance)
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

5 page Samar story "The Stone of Death"

Characters	Samar; Venita (first appearance; death); Kathie Blake (first appearance); Mr. Blake (first appearance); the Suri tribe (first appearance); Gobo (first appearance; villain; death; a gorilla)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Fraulein Doctor's Daughter"

Characters	Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Sonya (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure; spy
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

5 page USA story "Karnoff the Fifth Columnist"

Characters	USA; Karnoff (first appearance; villain; death); Gen. Von Roth (first appearance; villain; death); other spies (first appearance; villains; death)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Maurice Gutwirth
Inks	Maurice Gutwirth

4 page Rance Keane story "Pee Wee Hits Hollywood"

Characters	Rance Keane (last appearance); Shark Egan; Bernard Fluger (first appearance); Barbara La Conga (first appearance)
Genre	western
Script	William A. Smith
Pencils	William A. Smith (Will Arthur)
Inks	William A. Smith

2 page Perry Scott text article "Black Ivory"

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

2 page Poison Ivy story "Dr. Hugh Corpse"

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

4 page Rusty Ryan story "Scoring Against the Saboteurs"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Nazi saboteurs (first appearance; villains)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson
Notes	Strip becomes Rusty Ryan and his Boyville Brigadiers with this story.

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 U-Boat Incident"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; The Nazis (villain)
Genre	aviation
Pencils	Clark Willliams
Inks	Clark Williams