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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published May-June 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Cover Details

Characters Tommy Tomorrow; Margaret Bourke-White; Jack Howard
Genre bio; science fiction
Pencils George Papp; Virgil Finlay; ?
Inks George Papp; Virgil Finlay; ?

6 page story "He Chose Danger"

Characters Wild Jack Howard
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)

1 page Jim Wise; P-F Flyers advertisement "Pokey Joe's Secret Weapon"

Characters Jim Wise
Genre sports
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

4 page Tommy Tomorrow story "Operation Luna"

Characters Tommy Tomorrow
Synopsis Tommy Tomorrow flies to the Moon in 1967 to mine Uranium, but his crew gets sick from Moon pollen, but ancient microfilm from an extinct Moon race tells him that common salt will cure his crew!
Genre science fiction
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Virgil Finlay
Inks Virgil Finlay

4 page story "I Hunt Big Game With a Fountain Pen!"

Characters Cornelius Greenway
Genre fact; bio
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer

2 page A True Sports Drama story "Once In a Lifetime"

Characters Jim Thorpe
Genre fact; sports
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Jon Small ?
Inks Jon Small ?

4 page Famous Disasters story "The Chicago Fire"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Curt Swan ?
Inks Steve Brodie ?

2 page Scoops ...Pictures to Remember filler

Genre fact
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos

4 page story "Laughter Is His Business"

Characters S. S. Adams
Genre bio
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Howard Sherman ?
Inks Howard Sherman ?

3 page Quiz Corner activity

Pencils Jon Small ?
Inks Jon Small ?

1 page You Tell Us! letters page

Pencils Whitney Ellsworth ?
Inks Whitney Ellsworth ?
Letters typeset

2 page Hobbyland text article "Model Planes"

Genre fact
Letters typeset

2 page A Famous First Feature story "Lucky Accident"

Characters Alfred Nobel
Genre bio
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Virgil Finlay ?
Inks Virgil Finlay ?

1 page Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie advertisement "A Close Call!"

Genre adventure
Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel

6 page story "Lady With A Lens"

Characters Margarete Bourke-White
Genre bio
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils Ed Smalle
Inks Ed Smalle

1 page Famous Sports Flops; Thom McAn advertisement The "Homer" That Didn't Count

Characters Thom McAn
Genre sports
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino