Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	April 1941
Cover Price	$0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin ?

Cover Details

Characters	Ray; Midnight; Bozo; Wings Wendall; Black X
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox ?
Inks	Gill Fox ?

9 page The Ray story "The Empire of Captain Blue"

Characters	Captain Blue (intro, villain); Ray; Jackie (intro, later known as Bud); Keefer; Rogers
Synopsis	Ray and a boy and two men are stranded on a Pacific Island after their plane is shot down by "asiatics". There he meets Captain Blue, a pirate who intends to take over the world after the Americans and the "mongols" destroy each other. The young boy, Jackie, discovers the Ray's secret identity.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]
Inks	Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]

1 page Archie O'Toole filler

Genre

humor; children

5 page Midnight story "Gabby, the Talking Monkey"

Characters	Midnight; Gabby the talking monkey (intro); Slug McGurk; Julie the Jerk; Alice O'Day (dies)
Synopsis	Midnight comes to the rescue of a purse snatching victim and discovers she's a scientist who can make animals talk. She dies leaving only Gabby as proof that her theories worked.
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole (signed)

4 page Wings Wendall story "Trouble on Sao Paulo Island"

Characters	Wings Wendall; Spinner Benson; Derek; Baron; Col Harrison
Synopsis	Wings and Spinner discover an unknown base on an American island.
Genre	aviation
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel (signed)

6 page Purple Trio story "The Kidnap Ring"

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

1 page Wun Cloo story

Genre	humor; detective
Script	Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Pencils	Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Inks	Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]

5 page Invisible Justice story "One Way Inn"

Characters	Kent Thurston; Mr. Mite; Black John
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Art Pinajian ? [as Art Gordon]
Inks	Art Pinajian ? [as Art Gordon]

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Indian Adventure"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Madame Doom; Ahkir Jubnijhak
Synopsis	Black X goes to India to help Batu track down infiltration of the British Raj by terrorists. Madame Doom follows for her own reasons.
Genre	spy
Pencils	Witmer Williams ? [as Will Erwin]
Inks	Witmer Williams ? [as Will Erwin]

4 page Abdul the Arab story "The Kidnapping of Mr. Young"

Characters	Abdul; Hassan; Afta Ikur; Cy Young
Genre	adventure
Pencils	John Celardo [as Powell Roberts]
Inks	John Celardo [as Powell Roberts]

5 page Scarlet Seal story "Seymour Blots"

Characters	Scarlet Seal (Barry Moore); Seymour Blots; Captain Moore
Genre	detective
Pencils	Harry Campbell (as Duane Byrd Monroe)
Inks	Harry Campbell (as Duane Byrd Monroe)

4 page Magno story "Murder on Park Avenue"

Characters	Magno; Dr. Harry Wood; Van Nest
Synopsis	Five archeologists tattoo a map to ancient mystical treasure on the backs of their hands. Now someone is murdering them and stealing those hands.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson (signed)

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Ghost Stampede"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

4 page Chic Carter story "Lost in the Wilds of Tibet"

Characters	Chic Carter; Gordon Bruce; Chung Musta; Hilme; the Prince of Kabat
Genre	detective
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

7 page Bozo the Robot story "The Acme Insurance Racket"

Characters	Tom Holms; Mr.Goyle; Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Chico
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	George Brenner ? [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner ? [as Wayne Reid]