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Issue Details

Issue #44
Published July 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing Rod Reed

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza?

1 page filler "Contents Page"

16 page Captain Marvel story "The Life Story of Captain Marvel"

Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Notes W. H. Fawcett spoofed as "W. H. Spigot"

9 page Golden Arrow story "The Grizzly Bear Mystery"

Genre western
Pencils Harry Parkhurst
Inks Harry Parkhurst

2 page Jack the Second filler "(Modern Giant Killer)"

Characters Adolf Hitler
Genre gag
Script Dick Briefer?
Pencils Dick Briefer
Inks Dick Briefer
Colors Dick Briefer?

13 page Spy Smasher story "Spy Smasher Joins the Junior Spy Smashers"

Characters Junior Spy Smashers (Intro)
Genre spy; superhero
Pencils Emil Gershwin
Inks Emil Gershwin

1 page Hedda and Tails filler

Genre gag
Script Victor E. Pazmiño
Pencils Victor E. Pazmiño
Inks Victor E. Pazmiño
Colors Victor E. Pazmiño

9 page Lance O'Casey story "Dukwadl, Maker of Zombies"

Characters Dukwadl (Intro); witch doctor
Genre adventure
Pencils Clem Weisbecker
Inks Clem Weisbecker

2 page text story "The Fox Hole"

Script Nathaniel Nitkin
Letters Typeset

9 page Ibis the Invincible story "The City of Skeletons"

Characters Prince Rashid Ali (Villain; Intro; Death?), a Jinnee (Villain; Intro; Death?)
Genre occult; superhero
Pencils Bob Hebboa?
Inks Bob Hebboa?