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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published July 1938
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Genre detective
Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel

6 page Speed Saunders story "The Snake Death"

Characters V: A spy, Percy (I, D for both); I: Mr. Horn, Miss Horn
Genre detective
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer

1 page Oscar the Gumshoe filler

Genre gag
Script Bob Kane
Pencils Bob Kane
Inks Bob Kane

6 page Larry Steele story "The Maine Castle Mystery: Part 1"

Characters I: Bill Graham, Vera Sanders; V: The Boss and his gang (I for all)
Genre detective
Script Will Ely
Pencils Will Ely
Inks Will Ely

6 page Cosmo story "Von Ruyter's Explosive Gun"

Characters I: Von Ruyter; V: Countess Varnoff De Mornay (I)
Pencils Sven Elven
Inks Sven Elven
Notes story in black and white

4 page Dr. Fu Manchu story "The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu: Part 1"

Characters I: Sir Denis Nayland Smith, Dr. Petrie; V: Dr. Fu Manchu (I)
Genre adventure
Script Sax Rohmer
Pencils Leo O'Mealia
Inks Leo O'Mealia
Letters typeset
Notes strip reprints; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer; ; also reprinted in WOW COMICS (Henle) #1-4

8 page Spy story "The Hooded Hordes"

Characters V: The Hooded Hordes (I)
Genre adventure
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Joe Shuster
Notes title from last issue blurb

2 page text story "Disaster On the Diamond"

Script Gardner Fox (Paul Dean)
Letters typeset

12 page Bruce Nelson story "The Coolie Smugglers [Part 1]"

Characters V: Captain Carstairs (I)
Genre detective
Script Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson?
Pencils Tom Hickey
Inks Tom Hickey

6 page Buck Marshall story "The Right Trail"

Characters V: Speck (I)
Script Homer Fleming
Pencils Homer Fleming
Inks Homer Fleming
Notes story in black and white

13 page Slam Bradley story "Slam Bradley Gets the Air"

Characters V: Ramon Gonzales (I); I: Sporty Morgan (Shorty's brother)
Genre detective
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Joe Shuster

1 page Puzzles activity

Script Arthur W. Nugent
Pencils Arthur W. Nugent
Inks Arthur W. Nugent
Notes may be out of order in this book