Issue Details

Issue	#51
Published	May 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	John F. Byrne (Editor); S. M. Iger (Art Director)

Cover Details - "Monsters With Wings"

Characters	Sheena
Genre	Jungle
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Reprinted	in Best of the Golden Age Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, The (Devil's Due Publishing, 2008 series) #2.

12 page Sheena story Monsters With Wings ["The power of the devil... cold, calculating and..."]

Characters	Sheena; Bob; Chim; Karl; N'Dula; Hans; Samwa
Genre	Jungle
Script	? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils	Robert Webb; Ann Brewster (on Sheena)
Inks	Robert Webb; Ann Brewster; ? (shop)
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover. It's very likely that Iger Shop animal expert Richard Case had a hand in many Sheena episodes. The lions here look like his work.
Reprinted	in Best of the Golden Age Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, The (Devil's Due Publishing, 2008 series) #2.

8 page ZX-5 Spies In Action story "Behind the serene exterior of a small neutral..."

Characters	Von Loomis; Madame Martinique; Gardeau; Vogel; Muller;
Genre	spy
Script	? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils	Mort Leav
Inks	John Cassone?; ?
Notes	On page 14, the ledger lists both A. Rub[ano] and Jacque[t]. Rubano WAS at Iger Shop at this time [and appears in this issue], but the probable reference to the Lloyd Jacquet Shop is puzzling.

6 page Midnight The Wild Black Stallion story "Death stalks the wild, untamed range.. as compunchers..."

Characters	Ellen; Mike Carr, Rick; Crosston; Jerard
Genre	western
Script	? [as West Erner]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum; ?

6 page Stuart Taylor story "Since the dawn of time, man's lust for..."

Characters	Laura; Dr. Hayward; Dickey Raynor; Ferdinand Magellan
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils	Aldo Rubano
Inks	? [shop]

6 page Tom, Dick, and Harry story "Doomed to die! Trapped in a treacherous mountain...:

Genre	war
Pencils	Alex Blum

7 page Inspector Dayton story "Dead men tell no tales, they say..."

Characters	The Creep; Hack Marko; Judge Moore; Jamison
Genre	detective
Script	? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils	Rafael Astarita
Inks	Nina Albright?

1 page Bobby filler "Looney Looey is looking for me! I better..."

Genre	humor
Script	? [as S. M. Iger]
Notes	The "villain" Looney Looey is a caricature of S.M. Iger.

2 page text story "Old Glory"

Genre	war
Script	George Tracy
Letters	Typeset

6 page The Hawk story "Beware, Hawk! Treachery which wears many disguises is..."

Characters	Caleb; John Blood; Jeremy
Genre	period
Script	? [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils	Rafael Astarita
Inks	Rafael Astarita
Notes	Note the difference in inking on Hawk and Dayton.

10 page Ghost Gallery story "Everyone in Montville scoffed at the ghost that..."

Characters	John Byron; Seth Byron; Anne Byron; Mark Haskell; Russ Cowley
Genre	mystery
Script	? [as Drew Murdoch]
Pencils	Bob Hebberd
Inks	Bob Hebberd