Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	February 1938
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin?

Cover Details

Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner

4 page Joe Palooka story

Script	Ham Fisher
Pencils	Ham Fisher
Inks	Ham Fisher
Notes	strip reprints

1 page Screen Snapshots filler "Luise Rainer"

Pencils

Bernard Baily

4 page Ned Brant story

Genre	sports
Script	Bob Zuppke
Pencils	R. W. Depew
Inks	R. W. Depew
Notes	strip reprints

1 page Off the Record cartoon

Genre	Gags
Script	Ed Reed
Pencils	Ed Reed
Inks	Ed Reed

1 page Strange As It Seems filler

Pencils	John Hix
Inks	John Hix

4 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Rube Goldberg
Pencils	Rube Goldberg
Inks	Rube Goldberg
Notes	strip reprints

1 page They're Still Talking biography (nonfictional) "Glenn Cunningham"

1 page Off The Record cartoon

Pencils	Ed Reed
Inks	Ed Reed

2 page Big Top story "Episode 5"

Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan

1 page Strange As It Seems filler

Pencils	John Hix
Inks	John Hix

3 page The Bungle Family story "Part-Time Brothers"

Script	H. J. Tuthill
Pencils	H. J. Tuthill
Inks	H. J. Tuthill
Notes	strip reprints

1 page Puzzle Phun activity

7 page The Clock Strikes story "The Annual Meeting of The Gown and Gavel, a fraternity formed by a select few..."

Characters	The Clock [Brian O'Brien]
Genre	superhero
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner

2 page Pirates Ahoy! text story "The Pirate Hero of France"

Characters	Jean Bart (French corsair)
Script	Charles B. Driscoll
Letters	typeset

4 page Jane Arden / Lena Pry story

Genre	soap opera
Script	Monte Barrett
Pencils	Russell E. Ross
Inks	Russell E. Ross
Notes	strip reprints; 'Lena Pry' takes up the bottom-left quarter of each page; 'Jane Arden's Wardrobe' takes up the bottom-right corner

1 page Strange As It Seems filler

Pencils	John Hix
Inks	John Hix

1 page Off Side cartoon

Pencils	Jo Metzer
Notes	gags

2 page Slim and Tubby story "Episode 5"

Script	John J. Welch
Pencils	J. W. McGuire (signed)

4 page Dixie Dugan story

Script	J. P. McEvoy
Pencils	J. H. Striebel
Inks	J. H. Striebel
Notes	strip reprints

1 page They're Still Talking biography (nonfictional) "Frank Gotch"

1 page Off The Record cartoon

Pencils	Ed Reed
Inks	Ed Reed

4 page Hawks of the Seas story "The Hawk escapes from jail by a trick and returns to the governor's mansion."

Genre	period
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (as Willis Rensie)
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	Reformatted from original form, which was published overseas, and reprinted -- re-translated into English -- in Will Eisner's Hawks of the Seas (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1986 series) #1

1 page Modern 'Planes filler "The Winner"

Pencils

Lee Marshall

1 page Off The Record cartoon

Pencils	Ed Reed
Inks	Ed Reed

4 page Jim Swift story "Cast adrift by the hoodlums who have taken possession of the Coast Guard boat..."

Genre	adventure
Script	Ed Cronin
Pencils	Ed Cronin
Inks	Ed Cronin

1 page Toddy filler

Genre	Gags
Script	George Marcoux
Pencils	George Marcoux
Inks	George Marcoux
Notes	This strip takes up two half-pages; the other half is Flossie (see next entry)

1 page Flossie filler

Genre	Humor
Script	Al Zere
Pencils	Al Zere
Inks	Al Zere
Notes	this strip takes up the bottom half of 2 pages (see previous entry)

1 page Strange As It Seems filler

Pencils	John Hix
Inks	John Hix

4 page Mickey Finn story

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