Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	December 1940
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

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

9 page Ray story "Music Hath Charm"

Characters	Ray [Happy Terrill]; Stradivous (intro, villain, dies); Jennings (intro, villain, dies)
Synopsis	The musician Stradivous, who can hypnotize anyone with his clarinet, works with Jennings to hijack a shipment of gold.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]
Inks	Lou Fine
Reprinted	in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #252 (June 1972); in Adventure Comics (DC, 1982 series) #501 (July 1983)

6 page Purple Trio story "Mystery of the Five Talking Mummies"

Characters	Warren; Rocky; Tiny
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

4 page Chic Carter story "The Story of the Mole"

Characters	Chic Carter; Monahan; The Mole
Genre	detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page Archie O'Toole story "Ludbah, I'm tired. I Think I'll take a ride."

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

5 page Scarlet Seal story "Al Regna"

Characters	Barry Moore (Scarlet Seal); Capt Moore; Al Regna
Genre	detective
Script	Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe]
Pencils	Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe]
Inks	Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe]

5 page Invisible Justice story "The Gaston Necklace"

Characters	Kent Thurston; Jason White; Rufus Kane; Inspector Battle
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks	Art Pinajian

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Sabotage strikes the aviation factories"

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

4 page Magno story "Mary Wallace is making a survey of slum conditions.."

Characters	Magno; Mary Wallace; Steve Recka; Monk
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson

6 page Wings Wendall story "Barbaria Shall Strike"

Characters	Wings Wendall; Listra; Warak
Genre	aviation
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "The God Mask"

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

2 page Wun Cloo story "Velly good day"

Genre	humor; detective
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Reprinted	in Jack Cole and Plastic Man Forms Stretched to Their Limits (Chronicle Books, 2001 series) #nn

4 page Abdul the Arab story "The Medici Candle"

Characters	Abdul; Hassan; Achmed Bey
Genre	adventure
Script	Bob Powell
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]
Inks	Bob Powell

1 page Kidding the Kids filler

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

7 page Bozo the Robot story "The Wizard"

Characters	Hugh Hazzard; The Wizard
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner