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Issue Details

Issue #49
Published October 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 "The Fiends and the Foundry"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Rolf Korbett and the Hold Tight America Committee (first appearance; villains)
Genre superhero
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall

2 page Big Top story "Six Diving Venuses"

Genre Humor
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

5 page Samar story "The Elephant Sacrifice"

Characters Samar; Bob (first appearance); Bob's wife (first appearance); a cannibal tribe (first appearance; villains)
Genre jungle
Pencils Max Elkan
Inks Max Elkan

5 page Zero story "Diary of the Dead"

Characters Zero; Dr. Burns pere' (first appearance; a ghost); Dr. Burns fils (first appearance; a human); A ghost (first appearance; villain)
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

6 page Swing Sisson story "Crime At the Clover Club"

Characters Swing Sisson (first appearance); Toby Tucker (first appearance); Bonnie Baxter (first appearance); their band (first appearance); Pete Jaxon (first appearance); Slats Elkin and his gang (first appearance; villain)
Genre humor; detective
Script Phil Martin
Pencils Phil Martin
Inks Phil Martin

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre humor
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "The Purple Monster"

Characters Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; The Purple Monster and his gang (first appearance; villains; all die)
Genre western
Script Art Pinajian
Pencils Art Pinajian
Inks Art Pinajian

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Case Without Clues"

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

4 page Rusty Ryan story "The Phoney Father"

Characters Rusty Ryan; Joe and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre spy; adventure; children
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

2 page Perry Scott text story "Master's Meteor"

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

4 page Dusty Dane story "Dream of a Countess"

Characters Dusty Dane
Genre adventure
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel
Notes dream story

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story

Genre Gags
Script Arthur Beeman
Pencils Arthur Beeman
Inks Arthur Beeman

1 page Poison Ivy story "Poison Ivy Vs. Poison Ivy"

Characters Poison Ivy
Genre humor
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox
Notes Fox explains that Poison Ivy strip had to be cut to one page, and has P.I. fight himself.

4 page Fargo Kid story "The Box B Rustlers"

Characters The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]; The Box B Ranch owner (first appearance; villain)
Pencils Alex Koda
Inks Alex Koda

5 page Spin Shaw story "The ZANZIBAR Incident"

Characters Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Edith Shaw (first appearance; Spin's sister); The Nazis (villains)
Genre aviation
Pencils Clark Williams
Inks Clark Williams