Issue Details

Issue	#58
Published	December 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	John F. Byrne (Editor); S. M. Iger (Art Director)
Notes	The page count [60 pages] is correct. There are four sheets in the front "half" of the book that do not wrap around the rear "half."

Cover Details - "Sky-Altar of the Thunder-Birds"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	Art Saaf
Inks	Art Saaf
Notes	The page count [60 pages] is correct. There are four sheets in the front "half" of the book that do not wrap around the rear "half."

12 page Sheena story Sky-Altar of the Thunder-Birds ["There, Bob, our new tree home is finished."]

Characters	Bob; Rogo; K'Haga; Tony Cappozi; Inspector Lawson; Dolores; Chim; Luando
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	shop; David Heames?
Notes	The title is taken from the cover.

8 page ZX-5 Spies In Action story "A speeding plane...a rendezvous in France...cargo..."

Characters	Camille; Raoul
Genre	spy
Script	? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils	Nina Albright; Arnold Hicks
Inks	? [shop]

6 page The Hawk story "Do you blame them for gaping? She's none..."

Characters	Fluth; Jeremy; Princess Markka; Caleb
Genre	period
Script	? [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	David Heames; ? [shop]

6 page Stuart Taylor story "A lovely Chinese princess, Ching-Ling, kneels before..."

Characters	V: Hu-Le (I); I: Ching-Ling, Ching-Ling of ancient China, Emperor Shi-Hwang Ti
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils	Arnold Hicks
Inks	? [shop]; Arnold Hicks?
Notes	Signs of Peddy and Blum and Lee J. Ames, also. Mostly just shop work.

6 page Midnight The Wild Black Stallion story "The great gray horse was a killer...its..."

Characters	V: Brandon, a killer horse (I, D for both); I: Miss Larkin, Helen, Rick
Genre	western
Script	? [as West Erner]
Inks	? [shop]
Notes	At first glance this appears to be Blum, but it is not.

6 page Inspector Dayton story "The coin box jingled as the passengers paid..."

Characters	GS: Creep (appears in all Inspector Dayton stories); V: Georgia Mason, Slapsie Braxon; I: Nicky Marston (D)
Genre	detective
Script	? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils	Nina Albright; John Cassone?
Inks	Nina Albright?; ? [shop]
Notes	Note CLAIRE on ship on page 5.

2 page story "A Monster's Exit"

Script	Toni Blum (Tom Alexander)
Letters	typeset

10 page Ghost Gallery story "The long last mile...past death row cells..."

Characters	V: Jedwick, Vito Messina (I, D for both), Rowena, Bender, a governor (I for all); I: Johnny Blake, Warden Yates, Doc Wiener (D), Lester Burke (a ghost)
Genre	mystery
Script	? [as Drew Murdoch]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	? [shop]
Notes	Strong Bob Hebberd style on the inks.