Issue Details

Issue	#41
Published	March 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters	Midnight; Daffy; Doc Wackey; Gabby
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

11 page Midnight story "Golly, But It's Cold In Here!"

Characters	Dok Wackey; Midnight; O'Toole; Gabby
Synopsis	Doc Wackey shows his latest gadget to the army, and destroys half the city in the process.
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

8 page Espionage Starring Black X story "The Amber Trap"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Madame Doom; Prof Stultz
Genre	spy
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert

5 page Bozo the Robot story "Collecting Scrap"

Characters	Henry; Elmer; Percy; Hugh Hazzard
Synopsis	Kids gather scrap metal for the war effort, then get into a scrape over who owns the scrap.
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner
Notes	last appearance

7 page Jester story "McGinty's Obituary"

Characters	Hustace McGinty; Jester; Lady Satan; Penelope
Synopsis	McGinty is upset when he reads his own obituary in the paper.
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

8 page Yankee Eagle story "Heiress Still Missing"

Characters	Diane Shane; Wenner; Larry Noble
Synopsis	Larry gets hired for a stunt job, but it's all a plot to pin a murder on him, if he doesn't die in the stunt that is.
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Al Gabriele (signed)
Inks	Al Gabriele (signed)

1 page Wun Cloo story

Genre	humor; detective
Script	Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole (signed)

7 page Marksman story "Where Truth Laughs at Fiction..And Death is not the End"

Characters	Marksman; Dr. Valdo
Genre	war; adventure
Script	Fred Guardineer [as Fred]
Pencils	Fred Guardineer [as Fred]
Inks	Fred Guardineer [as Fred]

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Man of Fire"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

7 page Daffy and Deke story

Characters	Daffy Dill; Deke Parsons
Synopsis	Daffy searches for Deke, her former (crooked) wrestling manager, who has fled to the big city.
Genre	adventure; wrestling; humor
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Notes	story reads like there were earlier chapters but theere weren't.

8 page Rookie Rankin story "The Spider's Web"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; The Spider
Synopsis	The Spider runs a protection racket, and Rookie is determined to break him.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams