Issue Details

Issue	#26
Published	September 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin
Notes	Ed Cronin listed as editor in Police #2

Cover Details

Characters	The Ray; Black X; Midnight; Wings Wendall
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Notes	Ed Cronin listed as editor in Police #2

9 page Ray story "Cyanide and Sabotage"

Characters	Ray; Alan Hale (Dies); Bud
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

6 page Midnight story "The Oil Well Murder"

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Hobbs, Chad, Butch; J. A. Carlson
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole

1 page Archie O'Toole filler "Smoking Will Stunt Your Growth"

Genre	humor; children
Script	John Devlin
Pencils	John Devlin
Inks	John Devlin

5 page Jester story "The Remote Control Murder"

Characters	Jester; Terry Mills; Mr. Mills ; Mulligan; Scrapper
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

5 page Invisible Justice story "War of the Waterbugs"

Characters	Kent Thurston; Zergon; Prof. Saxon, Miss Saxon
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks	Art Pinajian

5 page Purple Trio story "Enter: Davy Jones"

Characters	Warren; Tiny; Rocky; Curly and his gang (Intro for all); Angela Baker
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Vendetta With Franz Wenzel"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Madame Doom; Franz Wenzel; Fritz; Col. Atwater
Genre	spy
Script	Witmer Williams
Pencils	Witmer Williams [as Erwin]
Inks	Witmer Williams

1 page Wun Cloo filler "Help!"

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

5 page Wildfire story "The Midville Orphanage Murder"

Characters	Wildfire; Silas Raddo
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Turner (signed)
Pencils	Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks	Jim Mooney

6 page Wings Wendall story "The Wreck of the Defense Limited"

Characters	Wings Wendall; Anton Schreck, Karlo; Pete and Mary Phillips
Genre	aviation
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel
Notes	out of costume now

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Jimmy Solves the Hex"

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

6 page Rookie Rankin story "The Daily Star Shakedown"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; Rita; Ma Rankin
Genre	detective
Pencils	Arthur Peddy [as Kenneth Julian]
Inks	Arthur Peddy

7 page Bozo the Robot story "The Revenge of Akim Toroff"

Characters	Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Akim Topoff; Toto
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner