Issue Details

Issue	#12
Published	April 1941
Cover Price	$0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details - " Monster of Madness"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

7 page Chip Collins story Death Rides High ["Chip remembered that he left some of his..."]

Characters	V: A band of invaders (I, D)
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Ted Torrence]
Pencils	Charles Nicholas?
Inks	Charles Nicholas?
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb. HW offers another possibility for the art as Frank Frollo?.

6 page Shark Brodie story "When Shark Brodie looks for action, he's sure..."

Characters	V: The Nazis
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as George Aksut]
Pencils	Al Bryant?
Inks	Al Bryant?

5 page The Spy Fighter story "Starring Saber, the mighty man with the piercing..."

Characters	story now set in 2041; V: Dictator of Krieglandia (I)
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Leonard Frank
Inks	Leonard Frank

4 page story "The Life Story of Joe Gans"

Genre	sports
Pencils	Al Bryant?

5 page Kinks Mason story "Warm tropic breezes lure Kinks south to palm-fringed..."

Characters	V: Red McGill (I)
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Steve Broder]
Inks	Witmer Williams?; ?

1 page Keeping Fit text article "I guess I'll have to give my readers..."

Genre	sports
Script	? [as The Trainer]
Pencils	Al Bryant (signed)
Inks	Al Bryant (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	One third of the second page is taken up with an Ownership Statement. One illustration is initialled "AB".

5 page Oran of the Jungle story "A strange fish is caught in the nets..."

Characters	V: Zarita (I, D)
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Hugh Bartlett]

5 page Rip Regan the Power-Man story Monster of Madness ["Deep in the hidden heart of the south..."]

Characters	V: A mad scientist (I), a giant (I, D)
Genre	adventure
Script	Herman Bolstein?
Pencils	Witmer Williams
Inks	Witmer Williams
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb. A previous indexer assigned the script to Bolstein? and we cannot confirm nor deny.

5 page Strut Warren story "Strut's ship, which has been cruising in far..."

Characters	V: Japanese spies (I)
Script	? [as Ed Norris]
Pencils	Klaus Nordling?
Inks	Seymour Reit?

6 page Spencer Steel story "Dawn... the city dozes in peaceful quiet. Suddenly..."

Characters	V: The Boss, Petey, and Joe (I for all)
Genre	detective
Script	? [as Dennis Colebrook]
Reprinted	in Pulp Fiction (A List Comics, 1997 series) #5

7 page Kayo Kirby story "Kayo and Mary, out for an aimless stroll..."

Characters	V: Karne, Tuffy, the Big Boss and his gang (I for all)
Genre	sports
Script	? [as Chuck Walker]
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall; Maxwell Elkan?

2 page Slug-Nutty Sam filler "Three months without a fight.. If the phone..."

Genre	humor
Script	? [as Fist E. Cuffs]
Pencils	Seymour Reit
Inks	Seymour Reit

5 page Frosty North story "In the northernmost outpost of Alaska, Frosty North..."

Characters	V: Joe (I); I: X-7 (a female spy)
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Franchot Renaud]
Pencils	George Appel
Inks	George Appel