Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	March 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Victor Fox

Cover Details

Characters	The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine
Reprinted	in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1

8 page Blue Beetle story "Explosion Rocks City"

Characters	The Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Boss X (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Charles Nicholas
Inks	Charles Nicholas
Notes	Blue Beetle demonstrates some super-power in this story

3 page Wing Turner story "The Bank Mob"

Pencils	George Tuska (Floyd Kelly)
Inks	George Tuska

7 page Rex Dexter story "Tauro the Tyrant"

Characters	Rex Dexter; Tauro (first appearance; villain; death); Tauromen (first appearance; villain; death); Reyni (first appearance)
Script	Dick Briefer
Pencils	Dick Briefer
Inks	Dick Briefer

8 page Green Mask story "Milk Shortage Threatens New York"

Characters	The Green Mask [Michael Shelby]; Gorsky (first appearance; villain); J. J. Ratfield (first appearance; villain); the Black Hand (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Walter Frame
Inks	Walter Frame

2 page Billy Bounce story "Phew! This homework sure is tough!"

Characters	Billy Bounce
Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab
Letters	Fred Schwab

6 page Chen Chang story "Satan Steals the Scene"

Characters	Chen Chang
Pencils	Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson]
Inks	Munson Paddock

2 page text story "Revolt of the Elementals"

Script	Arnold Brunnel
Letters	typeset

5 page Lt. Drake story "The Hawaii Drug Plot"

Characters	Lt. Drake
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

4 page Denny Scott story "The White Fortress of Angha-Khan"

Characters	Denny Scott; Angha Khan (first appearance; villain; death)
Pencils	John Lindermayer
Inks	John Lindermayer

3 page Hemlock Shomes story "As usual, the story opens with our heroes..."

Characters	Hemlock Shomes
Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab
Letters	Fred Schwab

8 page D-13 story "Wings of War"

Characters	D-13 [Richard Anthony]; Capt. Orrin Ashley (first appearance); Nazis (villains)
Script	Bob Powell?
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell

3 page Captain Savage story "The Island of Captain Engand"

Characters	Captain Savage; Capt. Arno Engand (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Art Peddy
Inks	Art Peddy

3 page Zanzibar story "The Ghost Ship"

Characters	Reno (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska