Issue Details

Issue	#65
Published	February 1943
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Gill Fox

Cover Details

Genre	humor
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

13 page Doll Man story "The Black Atom"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Black Atom (first appearance; villain; death?)
Genre	superhero
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

2 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

5 page Zero story "The Man Nobody Loved"

Characters	Zero; Amos Trentwell (first appearance); Eloise (first appearance; villain; death; a vampire)
Pencils	Clark Williams?
Inks	Clark Williams?

7 page Blimpy story "The Mechanical Gangster"

Characters	Blimpy; The Mechanical Gangster (first appearance; 4-F Harry)
Genre	humor
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Al Stahl

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

1 page Poison Ivy story "Butch the Purse-Snatcher"

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

5 page Spider Widow and the Raven story "There Ain't Gonna Be No Santa Claus"

Characters	The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; Raven; Henry Shrivnel (first appearance)
Genre	superhero
Script	Frank Borth
Pencils	Frank Borth
Inks	Frank Borth
Notes	story takes place Dec. 25, 1942

2 page Inferior Man story "Painting the Moon Black"

Characters	Inferior Man
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Al Stahl
Notes	last app. in MILITARY COMICS #13

6 page Swing Sisson story "The Plot to Dynamite the Clover Club"

Characters	Swing Sisson; Art King (first appearance; villain)
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Phil Martin
Pencils	Phil Martin
Inks	Phil Martin

2 page Perry Scott text story "Skin Deep"

Characters	Perry Scott
Genre	adventure
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 Spin Shaw story "The Fate of Kino"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Kino (first appearance; death); The Japanese (villains)
Genre	aviation
Script	Bob Powell
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell

9 page Rusty Ryan story "Enter Alababa"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Alababa; The Nazis (villains)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson