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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.