Issue Details

Issue	#72
Published	October 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Gill Fox

Cover Details

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alex Kotzky
Inks	Alex Kotzky

13 page Doll Man story "Crime Goes To College"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Prof. Whittlesey (first appearance; villain); Gats Grogan (first appearance; villain); Bruiser Bellows (first appearance; villain); unnamed crook (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alex Kotzky
Inks	John Cassone

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

1 page Poison Ivy story "A Week In the Life"

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

5 page Spider Widow story "The Headhunter"

Characters	The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson] (last appearance); Alice (first appearance); Emory (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Rudy Palais
Inks	Rudy Palais

2 page Inferior Man story "The Mental Attitude"

Characters	Inferior Man (last appearance); The Mental Attitude (first appearance); The Mental Attitude's wife (first appearance)
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Al Stahl

6 page Swing Sisson story "The Invisibility Formula"

Characters	Swing Sisson; Dr. J. P. McNulty; Terry (first appearance); Japanese spies (first appearance; villains)
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 "Letter To Stalin"

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

5 page Zero story "The Hand of Rutatutakhmen"

Characters	Zero (last appearance); Prof. Wilcox (first appearance); Rutatutakhmen (first appearance; a mummy)
Pencils	Clark Williams?
Inks	Clark Williams?

2 page Perry Scott text story "You Win By Losing"

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

7 page Blimpy story "Blimpy Goes To the Devil (Almost!)"

Characters	Blimpy; Blimpy's Devil (first appearance); Blimpy's Angel (first appearance); the Devil (or a facsimile thereof; villain)
Genre	humor
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Al Stahl

9 page Rusty Ryan story "Miss Siren"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Alababa; Pierpont Lee; Miss Siren (first appearance; villain); Gorbo (first appearance; villain); Louola (first appearance); Louola's father (first appearance)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson