Issue Details

Issue	#77
Published	September 1948
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	George Brenner

Cover Details

Genre	adventure; war
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

13 page Blackhawk story "The Beast Men"

Characters	Luke (first appearance; death); Avery (first appearance; death); Winston Martek (first appearance; death); Gant Martek (first appearance; villain; death); Grombo (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	adventure; war
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Chuck Cuidera
Notes	title from cover

6 page Dogtag story "Annual Twenty-Mile Race to Coleville"

Genre	humor
Script	Bart Tumey
Pencils	Bart Tumey
Inks	Bart Tumey

6 page Torchy story "The Man From Saturn Gig"

Genre	sitcom; adult
Script	Bill Ward
Pencils	Bill Ward
Inks	Bill Ward

6 page Will Bragg story "Tiger Hunt II"

Genre	humor
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

1 page Skipper story

Genre

Gags

7 page Ezra story "Humphrey Hogarth in A Way With Women"

Genre	teen; humor
Script	Harry Sahle
Pencils	Harry Sahle
Inks	Harry Sahle
Notes	Humphrey Bogart satire (as if you couldn't guess)

2 page Blackhawk text story "The Century Powder"

Genre	adventure; war
Letters	typeset

6 page Choo Choo story "The Bumbling Tumbler"

Characters	Choo Choo; Cherry; Gascoigne Van Bluebeak; Gloria Gonzales
Synopsis	Choo Choo accidentally ends up in the middle of an acrobat act.
Genre	Humor
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Reprinted	in Good Girl Art Quarterly (AC, 1990 series) #[1]