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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published November 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin

Cover Details

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

9 page Ray story "The Revenge of Bela Jat"

Characters Ray; Bela Jat (Intro, Dies); Shimego; Gar
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]
Inks Lou Fine

6 page Purple Trio story "Mystery of the Empty Theatre"

Characters Rocky; Warren; Tiny; Old Willy (intro, dies)
Genre adventure
Script S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum

2 page Archie O'Toole story "The Hypnotic Fiend"

Characters Archie O'Toole; Sum Fun (intro)
Genre humor; children
Script George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]
Inks George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]

4 page Chic Carter story "Mystery In the Bayou"

Characters Mae "Scoop" Merrill (intro); Chic Carter
Genre detective
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

5 page Scarlet Seal story "Origin of the Scarlet Seal"

Characters The Scarlet Seal (Barry Moore)(intro and origin); Captain Moore (intro); Spider (Dies); Bugs Marlone; Lt. Bemis
Synopsis Actor Barry Moore takes a job at his dad's Police department, but the Commisioner is a soft headed liberal so Barry devises a secret life in order to infiltrate the underworld as the Scarlet Seal.
Genre detective
Script Harry Francis Campbell [as Manning DeV. Lee]
Pencils Harry Francis Campbell [as Manning DeV. Lee]
Inks Harry Francis Campbell [as Manning DeV. Lee]

5 page Invisible Justice story "The Power of Tutkamen"

Characters Kent Thurston; Prof. James; Prof. Hill; Dr. Robb (Intro, Dies)
Genre superhero
Script Art Pinajian
Pencils Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks Art Pinajian

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Invasion of Mexico"

Characters Black X; Rod Pasquale; Col. Atwater
Genre spy
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich [as William Erwin]
Inks Dan Zolnerowich

4 page Magno story "The Labor Racketeers"

Characters Big Tim Fink (intro);Magno
Synopsis Magno breaks up a fake union run by racketeers.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

2 page Wun Cloo story "The Arson Arrows"

Characters Fire Commissioner Nosey (Intro)
Genre humor; detective
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox (signed)
Inks Gill Fox

4 page Abdul the Arab story "The Sheik's Power Play"

Characters Abdul; Hassan; Sheik Karu-Bali (Intro, Dies)
Genre adventure
Script Bob Powell
Pencils Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]
Inks Bob Powell

2 page Jimmy Christian story "Vanishing Gold"

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)

7 page Wings Wendall story "The Fifth Column"

Characters Wings Wendall; Puget (Intro, Dies)
Genre aviation
Script Vernon Henkel (signed)
Pencils Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks Vernon Henkel

7 page Bozo the Robot story "Turgin's Fifth Column"

Characters Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Turgin (intro,dies)
Genre science fiction
Script George Brenner
Pencils George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks George Brenner