Issue Details

Issue	#12
Published	September 1938
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Pencils	Ed Cronin
Inks	Ed Cronin

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

4 page Lala Palooza story

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

1 page Toddy story

Genre	Gags
Script	George Marcoux
Pencils	George Marcoux
Inks	George Marcoux

1 page Flossie story

Genre	Humor
Script	Al Zere
Pencils	Al Zere
Inks	Al Zere

2 page Off the Record story

Genre	Gags
Script	Ed Reed
Pencils	Ed Reed
Inks	Ed Reed

4 page Clip Chance at Cliffside story "Game In a Quiet Town"

Characters	Bob Hoyt (first appearance); Bill Webb (first appearance)
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner (Scott Sheridan)
Inks	George Brenner

2 page Big Top story "Episode 12"

Script	Ed Wheelan
Pencils	Ed Wheelan
Inks	Ed Wheelan

4 page Jane Arden story

Genre	soap opera
Script	Monte Barrett
Pencils	Russell E. Ross
Inks	Russell E. Ross
Notes	strip reprints

5 page The Clock story "Charitable Charley"

Characters	The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Charitable Charley (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner

2 page text article "Pirates Ahoy!: Mystery Still Hovers Over the Sea"

Script	Charles B. Driscoll
Letters	typeset

4 page Ned Brant story "The Phantom Swordsman"

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

4 page Dixie Dugan story

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

4 page Gallant Knight story "The Rescue of Inez"

Characters	Sir Giles (villain); Inez
Genre	period
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page Archie O'Toole story "What a Drag!"

Genre	humor; Children
Script	Bud Thomas
Pencils	Bud Thomas
Inks	Bud Thomas

2 page Slim and Tubby story "Episode 12"

Script	John J. Welch
Pencils	John J. Welch
Inks	John J. Welch

4 page Hawks of the Seas story "The Freeing of the Slaves"

Genre	period
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (Willis Rensie)
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	Continued in JUMBO COMICS (Fiction House) #1. 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

4 page Bungle Family story "Patents Pending"

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

4 page Joe Palooka story

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