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Issue Details

Issue #49
Published December 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing Will Lieberson

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck

1 page filler "Contents Page"

14 page Captain Marvel story "Trouble In Tin Pan Alley"

Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck

1 page Horace Hotstuff filler

Genre gag
Script Howard Boughner
Pencils Howard Boughner
Inks Howard Boughner
Colors Howard Boughner

8 page Golden Arrow story "The Fiddler"

Genre western
Pencils Harry Parkhurst
Inks Harry Parkhurst

2 page Wicky and O'Shawnessy text story "The Dog Plays Fullback"

Script Rod Reed
Letters Typeset

12 page Spy Smasher story "The Wires of Death"

Characters Herr Von Eel (villain, introduction)
Genre spy; superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Emil Gershwin
Inks Emil Gershwin

2 page Pee Wee Pete filler

Genre gag

1 page Ezry of the Ozarks filler

Genre gag

10 page Ibis the Invincible story "Ignus, the Fire Fiend"

Characters Ignus (Villain; Intro); Aka (Intro); Boreas (Intro)
Genre occult; superhero
Pencils Bob Hebboa?
Inks Bob Hebboa?

8 page Lance O'Casey story "Plague of the Seas"

Characters Jean LaFitte (Villain; Intro; descendant of original Jean LaFitte)
Genre adventure
Pencils Clem Weisbecker
Inks Clem Weisbecker