Issue Details

Issue	#24
Published	September 1948
Cover Price	.10
Pages	52
Editing	Leon Harvey

Cover Details

Characters	Joe Palooka
Synopsis	Cover features horseback riding.
Genre	sports; humor
Pencils	Ham Fisher (signed)
Inks	Ham Fisher (signed)

1 page Joe Palooka public service announcement "Little Max Lends a Helping Hand"

Characters	Joe Palooka; Little Max
Synopsis	PSA to buy bonds.
Genre	war bonds
Pencils	Ham Fisher
Inks	Ham Fisher
Notes	Found on inside front cover.

1 page Beanie 'Copter; Tootsie Roll advertisement

Characters	Captain Tootsie
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Pete Costanza ?
Inks	Pete Costanza ?
Notes	Art NOT by C. C. Beck.

10 page Joe Palooka story Disappearance of Ann Howe America's Favorite Sweetheart Dismays Whole Country" [Part 1]

Characters	Joe Palooka; Ann Howe
Genre	soap
Pencils	Ham Fisher (signed)
Inks	Ham Fisher (signed)

10 page Joe Palooka story "Ann Heads Home" [Part 2]

Characters	Joe Palooka; Ann Howe
Genre	soap
Pencils	Ham Fisher
Inks	Ham Fisher
Notes	Continuation of sequence 3.

1 page Wheaties advertisement "untitled"

Characters	Johnny Mize
Synopsis	Ad for Wheaties breakfast cereal.
Genre	fact

11 page Joe Palooka story "The Search [Part 3]"

Characters	Joe Palooka; Ann Howe
Genre	soap
Pencils	Ham Fisher (signed)
Inks	Ham Fisher (signed)
Notes	Continuation of sequence 3 and 4.

4 page The Flyin' Fool story "Black Gus"

Characters	Chickey Ricky (the Flyin' Fool); Black Gus (villain, intro)
Genre	aviation; adventure
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
Inks	Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)

1 page Flossie filler "untitled"

Characters	Flossie
Genre	humor

1 page Black Cat text story "Guarded Secret"

Characters	Black Cat
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lee Elias (spot illo)
Inks	Lee Elias (spot illo)
Letters	typeset

1 page Winnie the Waitress filler "untitled"

Characters	Winnie the Waitress
Genre	humor
Pencils	Vic Herman (signed)
Inks	Vic Herman (signed)

1 page Black Cat text story "Deadly Encounter"

Characters	Black Cat
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lee Elias (spot illo)
Inks	Lee Elias (spot illo)
Letters	typeset

1 page Thom McAn Shoes advertisement

Characters	Bob Feller
Synopsis	Ad for Thom McAn shoes, featuring baseball star, Bob Feller.
Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Notes	Found on the back cover.