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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published August 1941
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 100
Editing Leon Harvey ?
Notes Leon Harvey as editor is questionable as most sources indicate that Leon and Robert did not join Alfred Harvey until they formed Family Comics after the digest format was abandoned.

Cover Details

Pencils Malcolm Kildale
Inks Malcolm Kildale

20 page Spitfire story "Origin of the Spitfire"

Characters I & O: The Spitfire (Black Douglas); V: Pirates, Nazis
Pencils Malcolm Kildale
Inks Malcolm Kildale

4 page text story "Crocky Doyle"

Script Peter Emslie
Pencils Malcolm Kildale (Illustration)
Inks Malcolm Kildale (Illustration)
Letters typeset

10 page Fly-Man story "Origin of the Fly-Man"

Characters The Fly-Man [Clip Foster] (Intro; Origin); Dr. Foster (Intro; Death); Billy Banks and his gang (Villain; Intro)
Pencils Sam Glanzman
Inks Sam Glanzman

14 page Clown story "Origin of the Clown"

Characters The Clown [Nick Nolan] (Intro; Origin); Harry Judd (Villain; Intro); Moore (Villain; Intro); Repulsive Mike (Villain; Intro); Stinky Jones (Villain; Intro); Dopey (Villain; Intro)

12 page Buckskin Boys story "Maple Syrup Rescue"

Characters The Buckskin Boys [Hank and Pudge] (Intro) and their mother (Intro); Ethan (Intro); British (Villain); Indians (Villain)
Script R.C.C.?
Pencils R.C.C.
Inks R.C.C.

12 page Gary Morgan story "The Rescue of a British Banker"

Characters Gary Morgan (Intro); Elaine Fletcher (Intro); Mr. Fletcher (Intro); The Nazis (spelled "Natzis"; Villain)

11 page Magician From Bagdad story "Presenting the Magician From Bagdad"

Characters The Magician From Bagdad [Zadir Shan] (Intro; Origin); Mohamed Bey (Villain; Intro); a Jinn (Villain; Intro); elementals (Villain; Intro)
Pencils John Giunta
Inks John Giunta

13 page Rurik story "Rurik Against the Vikings"

Characters Rurik (Intro); Rurik's father (Intro; Death); Relth (Intro); V: Golden (Villain; Intro; Death); Vikings (Villain)