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Issue Details

Issue V3#1 [25]
Published June 1942
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stanley Beaman (?)

Cover Details - "Liberty or Death"

Characters members of the 115th infantry (WWI scene)
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer
Notes title is from the story

1 page Ye Editors' Page text article

Characters John Daly (Sub-Zero artist); Jack Warren (Krisko & Jasper artist)
Synopsis Short biographies of two comic artists
Pencils ? (one drawing and one photo)
Letters typeset
Notes this is the inside-front cover

12 page Dick Cole, Wonder Boy story "It is June, and the cadets of Farr Military Academy look forward with high spirits..."

Script Bob Davis
Pencils Bob Davis
Inks Bob Davis

8 page Sergeant Spook story "The Great Minko"

Characters Sergeant Spook; Jerry (Spook's psychic sidekick); villain: The Great Minko
Pencils John Jordan (signed)
Inks John Jordan?

6 page The Phantom Sub story "Out of the blue, striking with deadly accuracy, come vicious aerial torpedoes..."

Script Bill O'Connor
Pencils Ben Flinton
Inks Leonard Sansone

4 page Old Cap Hawkins' Tales story "Liberty or Death!"

Characters Patrick Henry
Script Henry Kiefer
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer

1 page Stamp Talks activity "The Giant of Antwerp"

Synopsis Mythical history of the city of Antwerp, with commemorative stamps
Script Eugene L. Pollock
Letters typeset

2 page text story "A Case of Poison Ivy"

Characters Jerry Harper (reporter)
Script Mickey Spillane
Letters Typeset
Notes Reprint information is from the book "PRIMAL SPILLANE: THE EARLY STORIES, 1941-1942", (edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., Gryphon Books, 2003), provided by Arthur Lortie, 6/29/2006.
Reprinted In "PRIMAL SPILLANE: THE EARLY STORIES, 1941-1942", (edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., Gryphon Books, 2003).

5 page Edison Bell story "After escaping from the island in crude sailing boats, Eddie, Jerry, Anton and Bill..."

Pencils Ray Gill (signed)
Inks Harold DeLay (signed)

1 page activity "Fly this Model Aero-Trainer"

Synopsis How to build Edison Bell's model aero-trainer

7 page Sub-Zero story "I have to leave town for a while and I expect you to behave yourself!"

Characters Sub-Zero; Freezum (his Eskimo side-kick)
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

4 page Krisko and Jasper story "Krisko and Jasper are on an island somewhere in the center of the ocean,"

Script Jack A. Warren
Pencils Jack A. Warren
Inks Jack A. Warren

5 page White Rider and Super Horse story "From the hidden valley, where they were born with strength to fight crime and injustice,..."

Characters The White Rider; Cloud (the superhorse); Tito Romero (bank-robber)

8 page Blue Bolt the American story "During the great emergency of war, the American forces are suddenly hindered..."

Characters Blue Bolt; Lois (his costumed assistant); Dr. Bertoff (his mentor); villain: The Green Sorceress
Pencils Alan Mandel
Inks Alan Mandel

1 page Bluebolts and Nuts cartoon

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Back Again by Popular Demand"

Characters Dick Cole; The Cadet; Edison Bell; Targeteers
Notes Back-cover house ad for 4Most Comics