Issue Details

Issue	#52
Published	February 1940
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth
Notes	Spectre has a blue cloak and grey skin.

Cover Details

Characters	The Spectre
Genre	superhero; occult
Pencils	Bernard Baily
Inks	Bernard Baily
Notes	Spectre has a blue cloak and grey skin.
Reprinted	in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 [colored incorrectly]

10 page Spectre story

Characters	The Spectre (Jim Corrigan); Clarice Winston; V: Gat Benson; Wayne Grant.
Synopsis	Gat Benson has Jim Corrigan murdered for interfering in his plans.
Genre	superhero; occult
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks	Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters	Bernard Baily
Notes	The Spectre has a blue cloak and grey skin, which was colored incorrectly in the Archive edition. Also Jerry Siegel's name omitted from the splash page. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 11-10-07. Concluded next issue.
Reprinted	in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #5 (November-December 1973); in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1; in Weird Secret Origins (DC, 2004 series) #nn

1 page Henrietta filler

Genre	children; humor
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab

6 page Wing Brady story "The Tuareg Siege"

Characters	Wing Brady
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Tom Hickey (signed)
Inks	Tom Hickey (signed)

6 page Biff Bronson story "The Marching Mechanical Men"

Characters	Biff Bronson; Dan Druff; V: the Wizard.
Synopsis	The Wizard sends mechanical robots to steal all the silver stored at West Point.
Genre	adventure
Script	Albert Sulman
Pencils	Joe Sulman
Inks	Joe Sulman
Notes	continued next issue

6 page Radio Squad story "The Bank Robbery"

Characters	Radio Squad: Sandy Kean & Larry Trent
Genre	detective
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Martin Wheeler (signed)
Inks	Martin Wheeler (signed)

2 page text story "Bust Up in Borneo"

Genre	adventure
Script	Jack Anthony (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Lt. Bob Neal story "Return to the Canal Zone"

Characters	Bob Neal; Tubby; Dr. McDonald; Judith McDonald.
Genre	war
Script	Robert Hirsch (signed)
Pencils	Russ Lehman (signed)
Inks	Russ Lehman (signed)

1 page Fantastic Facts filler

Genre	fact
Script	George Papp (signed)
Pencils	George Papp (signed)
Inks	George Papp (signed)

6 page King Carter story "Peril on the Ice Plains"

Characters	King Carter
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Paul Lauretta (signed)
Inks	Paul Lauretta (signed)

4 page Detective Sergeant Carey story "The Studio Mystery"

Characters	Sergeant Carey; Sleepy
Genre	detective
Script	Joe Donohoe (signed)
Pencils	Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inks	Joe Donohoe (signed)

6 page Red Coat Patrol story "The Terror in Beaver Run"

Characters	Sgt. O'Malley; Black Hawk; Mr. Bourke
Genre	adventure
Pencils	John Lehti (signed)
Inks	John Lehti (signed)

6 page Bulldog Martin story "The Invisible Pills"

Characters	Bulldog Martin; Jonah; V: Duke Tweed
Synopsis	An old friend of his father's bequeaths Biff some invisibility pills.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Bart Tumey (signed)
Inks	Bart Tumey (signed)