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Issue Details

Issue #73
Published November 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Gill Fox
Notes 1st 60-page issue

Cover Details

Genre humor
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox
Notes 1st 60-page issue

13 page Doll Man story "The Crooks Who Hated Crime"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Warden Gray (first appearance; villain); The Unholy Three [Harry "The Fox" Saunders; Duke Devali; Al "the Boss" Cammara] (first appearance; villains); Commissioner Edwards (first appearance)
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

2 page Big Top story

Genre Humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

6 page Professor Noodle story "Loons On the Moon"

Characters Prof. Noodle, Morguen (first appearance); Prof. Crey Zee (first appearance); Archie (first appearance); Prof. Candle (first appearance)
Script Sid Lazarus
Pencils Sid Lazarus
Inks Sid Lazarus

3 page Lala Palooza story

Genre humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

7 page Blimpy story "The Tunnel of Love"

Characters Blimpy; Stoop (first appearance; villain); other saboteurs (first appearance; villains)
Genre humor
Script Al Stahl
Pencils Al Stahl
Inks Al Stahl

6 page Swing Sisson story "Vanity, Thy Name Is Woman"

Characters Swing Sisson; Tommy Roderick (first appearance); Whitey Rafferty (first appearance; villain): Lolita (first appearance; villain)
Genre humor; detective
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

2 page Perry Scott text story "The Phantom Ship"

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

5 page Spin Shaw story "To Russia With Love"

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

1 page Poison Ivy story "The Tattoo Artist"

Characters Poison Ivy; Dr. I. Discolor (first appearance)
Genre humor
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

7 page Rusty Ryan story "The Cave of Spies"

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