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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published April 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters Black X; Bozo the Robot; Wings Wendall; Invisible Hood; Clip Chance
Genre spy
Pencils Gill Fox ?
Inks Gill Fox ?

1 page Interesting People filler "Louis Strakes"

Genre fact
Script Stookie Allen (signed)
Pencils Stookie Allen (signed)
Inks Stookie Allen
Notes inside front cover

9 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Proxoff the Revolutionary"

Characters Black X; Col. Atwater; Batu; Proxoff; Von Damm; Count Trini
Genre spy
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner

4 page Abdul the Arab story "The Khabib Gang"

Characters Abdul; Hassan; Khabib (Intro); Saudah (Intro, Dies)
Genre adventure
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

2 page Wun Cloo story "Professor Ratheart"

Characters Wun Cloo; Prof. Ratheart (Intro)
Genre humor; detective
Script Gill Fox (signed)
Pencils Gill Fox (signed)
Inks Gill Fox

4 page Flash Fulton story "The Revolutionary Papers"

Characters Flash Fulton; Andy
Genre adventure
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks Paul Gustavson

4 page Clip Chance at Cliffside story "In the Decathlon"

Characters Clip Chance; Coach Barr; Spud; Slim and the Boss
Genre sports
Script George Brenner [as Scot Sheridan]
Pencils George Brenner [as Scot Sheridan]
Inks George Brenner [as Scot Sheridan]

1 page Small Stuff filler

Genre gags
Script John Devlin (signed)
Pencils John Devlin (signed)
Inks John Devlin (signed)

7 page Wings Wendall story "The Espionage Planes"

Characters Wings Wendall; The Nazis
Synopsis Wings must protect our bases in Hawaii from attack by enemy submarines.
Genre aviation
Script Vernon Henkel (signed)
Pencils Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks Vernon Henkel

2 page Philpot Veep story "The Case of the Proxy Burglar"

Characters Philpot Veep; Waldo
Genre detective
Script John Devlin (signed)
Pencils John Devlin (signed)
Inks John Devlin (signed)

4 page Captain Cook of Scotland Yard story "Case of the Roving Taxicab"

Characters Captain Cook; Sgt. Kelly; Sir Thomas Wentworth (Intro, Dies)
Genre detective
Pencils Stanley Aschmeier
Inks Stanley Aschmeier

1 page Sportraits filler "Jim Humphrey"

Genre sports
Script Gill Fox (signed)
Pencils Gill Fox (signed)
Inks Gill Fox

5 page John Law, Scientective story "The Phantom Fog"

Characters John Law; June Carter; The Avenger
Genre detective
Script Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Pencils Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Inks Harry Francis Campbell (signed)

4 page Chic Carter story "The Marijuana Ring"

Characters Chic Carter; Mary Neel; Prof. Hayes (Intro, villain, Dies); Blackie Norton (Intro)
Genre detective
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "The Cat Men"

Characters Jimmy Christian
Genre adventure
Script Robert M. Hyatt
Letters typeset

1 page Kidding the Kids filler

Genre gags
Script Arthur Beeman (signed)
Pencils Arthur Beeman (signed)
Inks Arthur Beeman (signed)

5 page Invisible Justice story "The Treasure of Hawk Island"

Characters Kent Thurston; Mr. Dexter; Joan Dexter; Pete the Hermit; Phil; Slade; Slade's gang
Genre superhero
Script Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Pencils Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]

2 page Archie O'Toole story "Cousin Montgomery"

Characters Archie O'Toole; Montgomery
Genre humor; children
Script Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Inks Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]

7 page Hugh Hazard and His Iron Man story "War"

Characters Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Motler; Fritz Goeing; Hans Gonn
Genre science fiction
Script George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Pencils George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks George Brenner