Issue Details

Issue	#70
Published	August 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Gill Fox

Cover Details

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

13 page Doll Man story "The Case of the Pharoah's Curse"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Pharaoh [Janus] (first appearance; villain); A pharoah (first appearance; flashback; death); Rath Sheda (first appearance; flashback; death); Evertts (first appearance; death); Smallets (first appearance; death); McKleun (first appearance; death); Valtin (first appearance; death); James Harvey (first appearance; death); Rodney Reed (first appearance; death)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall?
Inks	John Cassone?
Notes	Reed named for comics scripter Rod Reed

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

1 page Poison Ivy story "Looking For Trouble"

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

5 page Spider Widow and the Raven story

Characters	The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; Raven [Tony Grey]; Phantom Lady; The Big Boss (villain; death)
Genre	superhero
Script	Frank Borth
Pencils	Frank Borth
Inks	Frank Borth
Notes	cont'd between POLICE COMICS #21 / 22

2 page Inferior Man story "Octa Puss Pickpocket Gang Pockets City"

Characters	Inferior Man; The Octopus [Four Arm Joe] (first appearance; villain)
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Al Stahl
Notes	The Octopus is not the Spirit villain.

6 page Swing Sisson story "The Return of Yvonne"

Characters	Swing Sisson; Yvonne (villain)
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Tex Henson
Pencils	Phil Martin
Inks	Phil Martin

3 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

5 page Spin Shaw story "The Jade Elephant"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Madame Chiang; Number One Man (first appearance); The Japanese (villains)
Genre	aviation
Script	Bob Powell
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell

5 page Zero story "The Ghost That Haunted Macbeth"

Characters	Zero; Richard Bevins (first appearance); Banquo's ghost (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Clark Williams?
Inks	Clark Williams?

7 page Blimpy story "King Neptune's Domain"

Characters	Blimpy; King Neptune (first appearance); The Japanese (villains)
Genre	humor
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Al Stahl

2 page Perry Scott text story "The Island That Vanished"

Characters	Perry Scott
Genre	adventure
Script	Robert M. Hyatt?
Letters	typeset

2 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

9 page Rusty Ryan story "The Wrong Wong"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Stumpy; Alababa; Pierpont Lee; The Japanese (villains)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson