Issue Details

Issue	#50
Published	November 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Cassone?
Inks	John Cassone?

9 page Doll Man story "The Final Act of Mr. Grimm"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Grimm (first appearance; death); The Nazis (villains)
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 Samar story "The Curse of the Death Devil"

Characters	Samar; Benton (first appearance); An agent of the Homburg Rubber Company (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Max Elkan
Inks	Max Elkan

5 page Zero story "The Gibson Street Ghoul"

Characters	Zero; A ghost (first appearance); John Stewart (first appearance; death); Betty Stewart (first appearance); The Gibson Street Ghoul [Moss] (first appearance; villain; death)
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

4 page Dusty Dane story "To Save a Convoy"

Characters	Dusty Dane (last appearance); a first mate (first appearance; villain); the Nazis (villains)
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

6 page Swing Sisson story "Acid and Extortion"

Characters	Swing Sisson; Gilda Kay (first appearance); An extortion 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 Escape of Romer"

Characters	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Romer (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	western
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Clue of the Matches"

Characters	Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Z-2 and other spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre	adventure; spy
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

4 page Fargo Kid story "Legree, the Dope Smuggler"

Characters	The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]; Mr. Legree (first appearance; villain); Mrs. Legree (first appearance; villain); Pedro (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Alex Koda
Inks	Alex Koda

2 page Perry Scott text story "Treasure of the Khymers"

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 Explosive Pencils"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Hans (first appearance; villain; death); Number Two (first appearance; villain; death); Number Three (first appearance; villain)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

1 page Poison Ivy story "Castor Oil"

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

5 page Spin Shaw story "Chaos In Cuba"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Gomez (first appearance; villain); Nazis (villains)
Genre	aviation
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams