Issue Details

Issue	#59
Published	August 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Gill Fox

Cover Details

Genre	sitcom
Pencils	Lank Leonard?
Inks	Lank Leonard?

11 page Doll Man story "The Human Manikins"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; De Swank (first appearance; villain); Samson (first appearance; villain); Von Frolica (first appearance; villain); Nazi spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

5 page Mickey Finn story

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

5 page Zero story "The Caretaker's Ghost"

Characters	Zero; Jim (first appearance); Rick Williams (first appearance); A caretaker's ghost (first appearance; villain; death)
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

2 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

5 page Samar story "Jungle Storm"

Characters	Samar; Bill (first appearance); Frank (first appearance); Jane (first appearance)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Rafael Astarita
Inks	Rafael Astarita

4 page Fargo Kid story "The Great Ghost Herd"

Characters	The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]; The "Hooded Murderer" and his gang (first appearance; villains)
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 "Jack Traxe's Leveraged Buyout"

Characters	Swing Sisson; Jack Traxe (first appearance; villain); Butcher (first appearance; villain); Eddie (first appearance; villain)
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Phil Martin
Pencils	Phil Martin
Inks	Phil Martin

1 page Poison Ivy story "The Stepfather's Comeuppance"

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

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "The Ghost Ship"

Characters	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Flatfoot; A gang of spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre	western
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

6 page Rusty Ryan story "The Japanese Transformation Drug"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Ellen Drew (first appearance); an Army Intelligence agent (first appearance); Man of a Thousand Faces (first appearance; death); Black Dragon Society (first appearance; villains; some die); Hitasu (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

2 page Perry Scott text story "Out of the Depths"

Characters	Perry Scott
Script	Robert M. Hyatt?
Letters	typeset

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

5 page Spider Widow story "Death Steals the Show of the Great Darbun Circus"

Characters	The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; J. P. Darbun (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Frank Borth?
Pencils	Frank Borth
Inks	Frank Borth

5 page Spin Shaw story "The General's Daughter"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Gen. T. F. Langer (first appearance); Ellen Langer (first appearance); The Japanese (villains)
Genre	aviation
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams