Issue Details

Issue	#13
Published	August 1940
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Black X; Wings Wendall; Bozo the Robot;Archie O'Toole; Abdul the Arab
Genre	spy
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

9 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Devil's Island"

Characters	Black X; Dean (death); Batu; Moran; M'sieu Rolande (death); Camille; Commandant of Devil's Island; Rene (death)
Synopsis	thief named Moran has sole possession of the secret to a new gun. When he is captured for murder and sent to Devil's Island Black X has to go along to keep him from giving the secret to the French.
Genre	spy
Script	Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #12 (1999) [in black and white]

2 page Wun Cloo filler "Old Clutchcopper"

Characters	Wun Cloo; Old Clutchcopper (Intro)
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox (signed)
Inks	Gill Fox

4 page Chic Carter story "The Northern Fur Robbery"

Characters	Chic Carter; Gat Griffin; Trixie; Blinky
Genre	detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

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 Golden Dragon"

Characters	Invisible Hood; The Golden Dragon (intro); Thomas Clark; Dan Clark; Joyce Clark
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks	Art Pinajian

2 page Archie O'Toole story "The Golden Spike"

Characters	Archie O'Toole; Gil O'Teen
Genre	humor; children
Script	George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils	George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]
Inks	George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]

1 page Sportraits filler "Cliff Melton"

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

7 page Wings Wendall story "The Rifle Robbery"

Characters	Wings WEndall; Conrad Gunther (Intro); Judy Mallon (intro)
Genre	aviation
Script	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel

6 page Purple Trio story "Introducing the Purple Trio"

Characters	The Purple Trio (Tiny Todd, Rocky Hill, Warren) (intro, origin); Sandra
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

4 page Clip Chance at Cliffside story "The Crooks Behind the Falls"

Characters	Clip Chance; Spud; Chuck
Genre	sports
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner

1 page Philpot Veep filler "An Almost Perfect Swindle"

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

1 page Philpot Veep filler "The Episode of the Prominent Proboscis"

Characters	Philpot Veep; Waldo
Genre	detective
Script	John Devlin
Pencils	John Devlin
Inks	John Devlin
Notes	last appearance

4 page Magno story "The Origin of Magno"

Characters	Intro & Origin: Magno (Tom Dalton); Mike Harvey (intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Pual Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

2 page Jimmie Christian text story "Kickback"

Genre	detective
Script	Robert M. Hyatt
Letters	typeset

4 page Abdul the Arab story "Ahmed the Bedouin"

Characters	Abdul; Hassan; Ahmed; Najaf (Intro); Sheik Tell Akib (intro)
Genre	adventure
Script	Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]
Inks	Bob Powell

4 page Captain Cook of Scotland Yard story "Tracking the Chinatown Terror"

Characters	Craig Cook; Kelly; The Key (intro)
Genre	detective
Script	William A. Smith
Pencils	William A. Smith
Inks	William A. Smith

7 page Bozo the Robot story "The Pneumonia Cure"

Characters	Bozo the Robot; Hugh Hazzard; Dr. E. Salor (intro); Boss Patone; Slick; Horg (Dies)
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner

1 page The Ray advertisement

Characters	The Ray
Genre	superhero
Notes	ad for the first appearance of the Ray in the next issue. On sale July 19