Issue Details

Issue	#39
Published	August 1945
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Jack Byrne (Mgr. Editor); S.M. Iger (Art Director)

Cover Details - "Slave Brand of the Spider Cult"

Characters	Senorita Rio [Consuela Maria Ascencion De Las Vegas]
Genre	spy
Pencils	Joe Doolin; Lily Renee (on Senorita Rio)
Inks	Joe Doolin

10 page Senorita Rio story "The Case of the Guilty Clock"

Characters	Senorita Rio [Consuela Maria Ascencion De Las Vegas]
Genre	spy
Script	? [as Morgan Hawkins]
Pencils	Lily Renee (signed)
Inks	Lily Renee (signed)
Notes	Despite the sensational 'Slave Brand of the Spider Cult' reference on the cover, there is nothing related to such a title in the actual story which is about antique clocks and a Nazi plot to destroy the Panama Canal.

8 page Rip Carson story "'No assignment's too tough for Carson' they say..."

Characters	Rip Carson
Genre	war
Script	? [as Rollin W. Bell]
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	Ann Brewster

6 page Hooks Devlin story "Got no time to argue, Devlin! The cops..."

Characters	Hooks Devlin
Genre	spy
Script	? [as John Campbell]
Pencils	Alex Blum; Matt Baker
Inks	Matt Baker; [shop]

5 page Kayo Kirby story "Kayo is both a boxing and bond-selling champ..."

Characters	Kayo Kirby
Genre	sports
Script	? [as Chuck Walker]
Pencils	Alex Blum?; Arnold Hicks
Inks	Matt Baker?; [shop]

2 page text story "Death Cut the Cards"

Genre	crime
Script	? [as George Tracy]
Letters	typeset

7 page Shark Brodie story "There are dark nights in the south seas..."

Characters	Shark Brodie
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Tom Tracy]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum; Matt Baker?
Notes	This is the story with the Spider character in it. The cover blurb appears to have been connected with Senorita Rio in error.

10 page Tiger Girl story "Out of the murky past they came...savage..."

Characters	Tiger Girl [Princess Vishnu]
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Allan O'Hara]
Pencils	Matt Baker
Inks	Matt Baker; [shop]