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Issue Details

Issue V2#5 [17]
Published December 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing John Reece?

Cover Details

Pencils Jack Binder
Inks Jack Binder

13 page Black Owl story "The Toad"

Characters The Black Owl [Doug Danville]; The Toad [Lon Shane] (first appearance; villain)
Script Otto Binder?
Pencils Jack Binder
Inks Jack Binder

6 page Dr. Frost story "The Scarponi Letter: Part 2"

Characters Dr. Frost; Scarponi (villain)
Pencils Ben Thompson
Inks Ben Thompson

6 page Spike Mason story "Action On Wake Island"

Pencils Reade Conrad
Inks Reade Conrad

8 page Yank and Doodle story "Walt Walters: Framed For Sabotage"

Characters Yank and Doodle [Yank [Dick Walters]; Doodle [Rick Walters]]; Dr. Hugo (first appearance; villain); Trigger Sloan (first appearance; villain)
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris

8 page Frankenstein story "Monsters Three: Part Two"

Characters Frankenstein; Bulldog [Denny Dunsan]; Joan Knight; The witch (villain; death); the mummy (villain; death)
Script Dick Briefer
Pencils Dick Briefer
Inks Dick Briefer

8 page Green Lama story "The Curse of the Maine Lobstermen"

Characters Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]; The Hook [Harvey] (first appearance; villain; death; killed by Green Lama)
Synopsis Green Lama surfs!
Script Ken Crossen
Pencils Charles Sultan?
Inks Charles Sultan?

2 page text story "The Bad Eggs Get Scrambled"

Script Edward Watkins
Letters typeset

6 page Ted O'Neil story "The Mysterious Island of Logo"

Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan

7 page Power Nelson story "Gorgon the Nazi Giant"

Characters Power Nelson; Gorgon (first appearance; villain; death); Gorgon's master (first appearance; villain)
Pencils Paul Norris [as Roy Paul]
Inks Paul Norris