Issue Details

Issue	#83
Published	November 1944
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	Gill Fox
Notes	Correct sequence order, titles, and some character information from Error Report #2882, by Lou Mougin.

Cover Details - "Flesh Against Steel!"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Big Top; Mickey Finn; Swing Sisson; Lala Palooza; Spin Shaw; Blimpy; Perky; Rusty Ryan; Poison Ivy
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Bryant (signed)
Inks	Al Bryant (signed)

13 page Doll Man story "Mechanical Man"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Mechanical Man (villain, first and only appearance, a robot); Prof. Rudio (villain, first and only appearance)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Bryant ?
Inks	Al Bryant ?

2 page Big Top story "Our menagerie needs a shot in the arm..."

Genre	Humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

4 page Mickey Finn story "Gee, Tom..."

Genre	sitcom
Script	Lank Leonard
Pencils	Lank Leonard
Inks	Lank Leonard
Reprinted	from newspaper strips (?)

6 page Swing Sisson story "Clover Club"

Characters	Swing Sisson
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

1 page Poison Ivy story "Dat kid Poison Ivy is getting to be a nuisance!"

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

3 page Lala Palooza story "That rich widow has never seen me with my hat off..."

Genre	humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble
Reprinted	from newspaper strips (?)

5 page Spin Shaw story "Flash! ...U.S. Naval ace faces court-martial..."

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
Genre	aviation

7 page Blimpy story "It's no dream, folks!"

Genre	humor
Script	Tony DiPreta
Pencils	Tony DiPreta
Inks	Tony DiPreta

6 page Perky story "Kitchen Boy Wanted"

Characters	Perky
Genre	fantasy
Script	Sid Lazarus
Pencils	Sid Lazarus
Inks	Sid Lazarus

7 page Rusty Ryan story "There's always something new in the South Seas!"

Characters	Rusty Ryan
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Pencils	Bill Quackenbush
Inks	Bill Quackenbush