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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published July 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Rod Reed

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre superhero
Pencils Mac Raboy
Inks Mac Raboy

1 page credits "Contents Page"

12 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Punching Polties"

Characters Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Professor Hex (first appearance); a group of poltergeists (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Mac Raboy
Inks Mac Raboy

3 page Hoodoo Hannigan text story "Hoodoo Hannigan: Ch. 12: One Against Fury"

Characters Hoodoo Hannigan
Script Joseph J. Millard
Letters typeset

13 page Bulletman story "The Gagman"

Characters Bulletman [Jim Barr]; The Gagman [Mr. Harker] (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Binder?
Inks Jack Binder?

12 page Balbo, Boy Magician story "The Ray of Hate"

Characters Dr. Vee (Villain; Intro)
Genre occult; superhero
Script Bert Whitman?
Pencils Bert Whitman
Inks Bert Whitman

7 page Hopalong Cassidy story "Hopalong Cassidy Is Hanged By the Neck"

Genre western
Pencils Harry Parkhurst
Inks Harry Parkhurst

12 page Minute Man story "Mystery At the O.C.S."

Characters Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Johnny Reb (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Pencils Phil Bard
Inks Phil Bard