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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	January 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details - "The Island of Stolen Pearls"

Characters	Shark Brodie
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Will Eisner; Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

10 page Shark Brodie story The Island of Stolen Pearls ["The toughest two-fisted adventurer in the South Seas..."]

Characters	Shark Brodie (intro); Banu (intro); Manaii (intro); Chief Koa (intro); VILLAIN: Nemo (intro; dies)
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	George Tuska?; ?
Inks	George Tuska?; ?
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

4 page Jack Dempsey story "True Life Story of Jack Dempsey"

Characters	Jack Dempsey
Genre	fact; sports
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum; ?

2 page Slaphappy Sam filler "We'll moider de palooka!"

Characters	Slaphappy Sam (a boxer; intro); his manager; Butch the Butcher (intro)
Genre	humor
Script	Fred Schwab [as Fred Ricks]
Pencils	Fred Schwab [as Fred Ricks]
Inks	Fred Schwab [as Fred Ricks]

6 page The Spy Fighter story "The year is l997...only three nations have..."

Characters	Saber [Spy Fighter] (intro; origin); President Delano (intro); Secretary of State Cornell (intro); VILLAINS: Major Duncan (intro); Russmanians (intro)
Synopsis	Strip set in 1997! The origin of Spy Fighter.
Genre	spy
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	? [as Lee]
Inks	? [as Lee]

9 page Kayo Kirby story "That's the last fight Harden will lose in my..."

Characters	Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby] (intro; origin); Chris Harden (intro); Mary Harden (intro); Patsy Fink (intro); Mauler Martin (intro); Joe Harkey (intro); VILLAINS: Carver and other gangsters (intro)
Genre	sports
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	Will Eisner?; Chuck Winter?; George Tuska?
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich?; ? [shop]

8 page Kinks Mason story "1000 Fathoms Under the Sea"

Characters	Kinks Mason (intro); Proconians (intro); VILLAIN: Goors (intro)
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Steve Broder]
Pencils	Steve Broder (signed)
Inks	Steve Broder (signed)

5 page Big Red McLane story "The Great Bend lumber company has a very valuable..."

Characters	Big Red McLane (intro); Mr. Farlow (intro); VILLAIN: Red River Lumber Co. (intro)
Synopsis	Big Red signs on to work for the Great Bend Lumber Co., where he is immediately put to work stopping employees of the Red River company from destroying the Great Bend operation.
Genre	adventure
Script	Fletcher Hanks [as Chris Fletcher] (signed)
Pencils	Fletcher Hanks [as Chris Fletcher] (signed)
Inks	Fletcher Hanks [as Chris Fletcher] (signed)
Letters	Fletcher Hanks
Reprinted	in You Shall Die by Your Own Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

4 page Oran of the Jungle story "The great Oran! Positively the greatest strong man..."

Characters	Oran (intro; origin); Zack Temson (intro); Oran's father (intro); VILLAINS: Faro Farly (intro); Torpedo Ribula (intro)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Hugh Bartlett]
Pencils	Ed Ashe?

5 page Terry O'Brien story "A vicious gang is terrorizing the whole southern..."

Characters	Terry O'Brien (intro); VILLAINS: Martin and his gang (intro)
Genre	crime
Pencils	Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Inks	Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

5 page Strut Warren story Stationed in war-torn China, a company of marines..."

Characters	Cpl. Strut Warren (intro)
Genre	war
Script	Klaus Nordling [as Ed Norris]
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling
Notes	Previous indexer listed Nordling as Script, so we assume additional knowledge on his part.

6 page Chip Collins Sky Fighter story "Steaming majestically over the calm Malay straits, the..."

Characters	Chip Collins (intro); The Skull Squadron [Jinx Jordan; others] (intro); Rodney Dawes (intro); Wendy Dawes (intro)
Genre	war
Script	? [as Ted Torrence]
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska?; ?