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Issue Details

Issue #39
Published Spring 1946
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing George E. Brenner
Notes Index revised by Lou Mougin via the GCD Errors list, September 2009.

Cover Details - "Runaway River Boat!"

Genre superhero; occult
Pencils Al Bryant (signed)
Inks Al Bryant (signed)
Notes Index revised by Lou Mougin via the GCD Errors list, September 2009.

1 page Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes advertisement "His strange magnetic powers save him..."

Genre Superhero
Notes Ad in sequential art form. On the inside front cover. Page includes indicia.

15 page Kid Eternity story "Runaway River Boat!"

Characters Sandow; Stephen Decatur; John W. Cannon; Mark Twain; Fate Marable and his Levee Serenaders; The Cherry Sisters; Lillian Russell; Harry Houdini; Lew Dockstader and his Minstrels
Genre superhero; occult
Pencils Al Bryant?
Inks Al Bryant?

6 page Marmaduke Mouse and Louie the Lion story "Hatching Eggs"

Genre funny animal
Script Ernie Hart?
Pencils Ernie Hart
Inks Ernie Hart

1 page Jonesy filler "Trouble with you, Jonesy, is you don't know how to approach women..."

Genre gag
Script Bernard Dibble [as Dib]
Pencils Bernard Dibble [as Dib]
Inks Bernard Dibble [as Dib]

5 page Her Highness story "Now I'm only going to let you in on this silver mine..."

Genre humor
Pencils Janice Valleau
Inks Janice Valleau

8 page Betty Bates story "The Barracuda"

Characters The Barracuda [Mansfield] (villain, first appearance, dies in this story)
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

1 page Dan Tootin filler "Whee! Tootin scores again!"

Genre gag
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole

5 page Egbert and the Count story "Gosh, I never knew writing a book could be so interesting!"

Genre funny animal
Script Ernie Hart?
Pencils Ernie Hart
Inks Ernie Hart

1 page text story "Twins Are Bad Medicine"

Letters typeset

Half page text article "Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc."

Letters typeset

5 page Bob and Swab story "Paris is once again the world's capital of gaiety..."

Genre humor; adventure
Pencils Janice Valleau
Inks Janice Valleau

8 page Big Brother story "Since they left the big city..."

Pencils Pete Riss?
Inks Pete Riss?