Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	August 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

7 page Hercules story "A Town's Ransom"

Characters	V: Crinch (I); I: Portle
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich

6 page X-5 Super Agent story "Assignment: Ruina"

Characters	V: The Black Guards (I)
Genre	spy
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan

6 page Jack and Jill story "The Baby On the Doorstep"

Characters	V: Rocky Ford, Slobber Mike (I for both); I: Stella and Butch Ford
Genre	detective
Pencils	John Lindermayer?
Inks	John Lindermayer?

7 page Old Witch story "The Phantom Scaffold"

Genre	occult
Pencils	Pierre Winter
Inks	Pierre Winter
Notes	formerly Weird Tales

7 page Strange Twins, The story "The Escape of Roderick Strange"

Characters	GS: Wing Low
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

2 page text story "Tyrant's Death"

Script	Toni Blum
Letters	Typeset

6 page Red Bee story "The Hospital Grafters"

Characters	V: Al Snead (I)
Genre	superhero
Script	Toni Blum?
Pencils	Charles Nicholas?
Inks	Charles Nicholas?

6 page Bob and Swab story "Costa Rica Shore Leave"

Characters	I: Nina Costa
Genre	humor; adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

5 page Casey Jones story "The Railroad Saboteurs"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	Munson Paddock
Inks	Munson Paddock

5 page Blaze Barton story "The Venusian Expedition"

Characters	I: Venusians; V: Core-men
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

2 page Tommy Tinkle story "Max the Toy Lion"

Characters	I: Max (a toy lion), King Neptune; V: Snipp and Snapp (I for both)
Genre	humor
Pencils	Pauline Comanor (Sandy Klauz)
Inks	Pauline Comanor

5 page Neon the Unknown story "The Defeat of Radolf"

Characters	V: Radolf (I)
Genre	superhero
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum