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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published July-August 1949
Cover Price 0.10 usd
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "A Day In the Life of a Paratrooper"

Genre war
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Fischetti

6 page story "Kit Carson Frontier Scout"

Characters Kit Carson
Genre western
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; George Kashdan
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

1 page Captain Tootsie advertisement "Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Plan"

Characters Captain Tootsie; Rollo
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck (signed)
Inks C. C. Beck (signed)

8 page story "Colonel David (Mickey) Marcus- Fighter For Freedom"

Characters Colonel David (Mickey) Marcus
Genre war
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; George Kashdan
Pencils Jon Small (signed)
Inks Jon Small (signed)

1 page "U.S." Royal advertisement "Focusing on the Firebug"

Characters "U.S." Royal
Genre adventure
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

1 page "R.C." and Quickie advertisement "River Rescue"

Characters "R.C."; Quickie
Genre adventure
Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel

2 page story "Trouble Shooter"

Characters Captain Melville H. Bloomer
Synopsis stories of a transatlantic cable repair ship
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; George Kashdan
Pencils Stookie Allen
Inks Stookie Allen

4 page Famous Disasters story "Diary of a Flaming Doom"

Synopsis stories of the 1909 Cherry Illinois mine disaster
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; George Kashdan
Pencils Curt Swan ?

2 page Historical Almanac story

Genre fact
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert

6 page story "The Man Who Was Kind to Animals"

Characters Henry Bergh
Synopsis Henry Bergh founds the S.P.C. A.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; George Kashdan
Pencils Ed Smalle (signed)
Inks Ed Smalle (signed)

2 page Junior Journal filler

Characters Douglas Ryan; Charlie Laemmle; Leonard Young; Joline Lyons; Joe West; Marton Marcus; Don Sheldon
Genre fact
Pencils Stookie Allen ?
Inks Stookie Allen ?

Half page filler "Water Water Everywhere"

Genre fact
Script Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks Martin Naydel (signed)

2 page text article "Wheel Facts"

Genre fact
Pencils Raymond Perry
Inks Raymond Perry
Colors Raymond Perry
Letters Typeset

2 page A True Tall Tale story "The Man Who Refused to Die"

Characters Sgt. Charles D. Engel
Genre war
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; George Kashdan
Pencils Ed Smalle
Inks Ed Smalle

5 page story "A Day In the Life of a Paratrooper"

Genre war
Script Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; George Kashdan
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Fischetti

Half page Sport Slang filler

Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel

1 page Adventures of Popsicle Pete advertisement "Lost in the Woods"

Characters Popsicle Pete
Genre adventure
Pencils Sam Glanckoff
Inks Sam Glanckoff

1 page Jim Wise; P-F Flyers advertisement "Escaped Bear... and a Bare Escape"

Characters Jim Wise
Genre adventure
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino