Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	January 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	Leon Harvey
Notes	pocket-size issue

Cover Details

Pencils	Al Avison
Inks	Al Avison
Notes	pocket-size issue

12 page Shock Gibson story "The Weird Whirlpool"

Characters	Adolf Hitler (Villain); Bundists (Villain; Intro); Franklin D. Roosevelt (Guest Appearance); Mayor Gordian (Intro)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks	Arthur Cazeneuve

12 page Captain Freedom story "The Hermit of Strange Island"

Characters	The Hermit of Strange Island (Villain; Intro); the Nazis (Villain)
Pencils	Arthur Cazeneuve?
Inks	Arthur Cazeneuve?

2 page Shock Gibson text story "Shock Gibson Rides the Airways"

Characters	Shock Gibson
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arthur Cazeneuve (?) (Illustration)
Inks	Arthur Cazeneuve (?) (Illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	illos by Arthur Cazeneuve?

10 page Biff Bannon story "What a strange way for a grown-up marine to act..."

Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant

11 page Crash, Cork, and the Baron story "The Wrath of El Toro"

Characters	El Toro (Intro); Conchita (Intro); Hans Holtz (Villain; Intro); the Nazis (Villain)
Pencils	Art Gates
Inks	Art Gates

12 page Pat Parker story "The Sleeping Death"

Characters	"The Monster" (Villain; Intro; Death); the Nazis (Villain)
Notes	Pat's first case in costume

2 page Bimbo's Beanery filler

Genre	humor
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant

12 page Speed Taylor story "The Buried Treasure"

Characters

Professor Books (Intro); Diane Books (Intro)

2 page The Zebra text story "Claws of Murder"

Letters

typeset

12 page Ted Parrish story "The Desert Rat"

Characters	The Desert Rat (Villain; Intro); Pierre Moyer (Intro); Myrna Leigh (Intro)
Pencils	Al Avison
Inks	Al Avison

1 page Private Pinky filler "Private Pinky, what's today's date?"

Genre	gag
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant
Inks	Art Helfant
Notes	inside front cover; gag panel