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Issue Details

Issue #57
Published June 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Gill Fox

Cover Details

Genre humor
Pencils Joe Devlin?
Inks Joe Devlin?

11 page Doll Man story "The Japanese Doll Man"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; A Japanese "Doll Man" (first appearance; villain; death); Agent N (first appearance; villain; death); Dr. Hoto (first appearance; villain); the Japanese (villains)
Genre superhero
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall

1 page Big Top story

Genre Humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

5 page Zero story "The Ghost of Al Margotti"

Characters Zero; Julie (first appearance); Al Margotti (first appearance; villain; death; a ghost)
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 Spider Widow story "The Origin of the Spider Widow"

Characters The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson] (first appearance; origin); Bob Ableson (first appearance); Jake Lardo and his gang (first appearance; villains; death); Hetzernoff (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre superhero
Script Frank Borth?
Pencils Frank Borth
Inks Frank Borth

4 page Fargo Kid story "The Eastern Gangster Invasion"

Characters The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
Pencils Alex Koda
Inks Alex Koda

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

6 page Swing Sisson story "Mike Yemon's Protection Racket"

Characters Swing Sisson; Mike Yemon and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre humor; detective
Script Phil Martin
Pencils Phil Martin
Inks Phil Martin

1 page Poison Ivy story "The Self-Stranglers"

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

5 page Samar story "Samar Vs. the Gorilla"

Characters Samar; Otto (villain); another spy (villain)
Genre jungle
Pencils Max Elkan
Inks Max Elkan

6 page Rusty Ryan story "The Black Dragon Society"

Characters Rusty Ryan; Moi Yutong (first appearance); The Black Dragon Society (including a Moi Yutong impostor; first appearance; villains)
Genre spy; adventure; children
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson