Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	March 1940
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Bill Parker

Cover Details

Pencils	Gus Ricca
Inks	Gus Ricca

10 page Diamond Jack story "The Coming of Diamond Jack"

Characters	I and O (such as it is): Diamond Jack; V: a witch (I)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gus Ricca
Inks	Gus Ricca

8 page War Bird story "The Sermian Mystery Planes"

Characters	I & O: The War Bird (Tom Sharp); V: Von Kruhl (I, D)
Genre	aviation

8 page Jim Dolan story "The Legacy of Tony Bond"

Characters	I: Jim Dolan; I: Sally Alden; V: Tony Bond (I, D), Spike Rossi (I)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Gus Ricca
Inks	Gus Ricca

8 page Lucky Lawton story "Man With a Badge"

Characters	I & O: Lucky Lawton
Genre	western
Pencils	Hal Sharp
Inks	Hal Sharp

2 page text story "Tree-Top Murder"

Letters

typeset

10 page Lee Granger, Jungle King story "King of the Jungle"

Characters	I & O: Lee Grainger; I: Eric (a talking lion); V: Ali (I, D), Hassan (I)
Genre	jungle
Script	Manly Wade Wellman?
Pencils	Jack Binder?
Inks	Jack Binder?

8 page Hurricane Hansen story "The Rescue of the Britania"

Characters	I: Hurricane Hansen
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Mike Suchorsky
Inks	Mike Suchorsky

9 page Mark Swift and the Time Retarder story "The Time Retarder"

Characters	I & O: Mark Swift; I: Rodney Kent and the Time Retarder; I: Eric (the Red?) and Elisha
Genre	science fiction