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