Issue Details

Issue	#28
Published	November 1941
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin ?

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters	Midnight; Black X; Jester; Wings Wendall; Rookie Rankin; Doc Wackey; Gabby
Genre	superhero; adventure
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

9 page Ray story "Zimmerman's Spy Ring"

Characters	Ray; Bud; Zimmerman and his spy ring; Chita
Synopsis	The Ray and Bud break up a Mexican spy ring.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall [as E. Lectron]
Inks	Reed Crandall

6 page Midnight story "The Liquifying Ray"

Characters	Midnight; Gabby
Synopsis	Midnight and Gabby face a gang of crooks with an amazing ray weapon that can melt anything in Big City.
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole

1 page Archie O'Toole filler "The Stenographer's Job"

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

5 page Jester story "Tiny Gano's Insurance Racket"

Characters	Jester; Tiny Gano (Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson

5 page Invisible Justice story "The Invisible Raider"

Characters	Kent Thurston; Nazis; Roy Mason
Synopsis	An invisible airplane based in a dirigible is used to kidnap the new Defense Chief, Roy Mason.
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks	Art Pinajian

5 page Purple Trio story "The Diamonds In the Dummy"

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

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "The Rescue of Madame Doom"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Col. Atwater; Madame Doom; Capt. Vidman (Intro);
Synopsis	Black X tracks down stolen navy charts as two gangs of spies vie for their possession.
Genre	spy
Pencils	Witmer Williams [as Erwin]
Inks	Witmer Williams

1 page Wun Cloo story "Wun Cloo's Day Off"

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

5 page Wildfire story "The Modern Train Robbers"

Characters	Wildfire; Mutt Morgan and his gang; Mr and Mrs Martin
Synopsis	Wildire takes on a gang of train robbers, after a gold shipment that's riding on the same train as she and her parents.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Turner (signed)
Pencils	Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks	Jim Mooney

6 page Wings Wendall story "John Smith, Assassin"

Characters	Wings Wendall; Kurt (Intro, Dies); Nita; Dr. Goth; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Synopsis	A parachutist tries to assasinate the President.
Genre	aviation
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "The City of Death"

Genre	adventure
Script	Robert M. Hyatt?
Letters	typeset

5 page Rookie Rankin story "The Squid Strikes"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; Ma Rankin; Sgt. Burns; The Squid (Intro; not the Spirit villain)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inks	Arthur Peddy

7 page Bozo the Robot story "Trap For a Robot"

Characters	Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Slip Talone (Intro)
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner