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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published November 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 64
Editing M.C. Gaines (managing); Sheldon Mayer (executive)

Cover Details - "Starting in this issue Gary Concord The Ultra-Man!"

Characters Gary Concord the Ultra-Man
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jon Blummer
Inks Jon Blummer

6 page Gary Concord, the Ultra-Man story "Origin part 1"

Characters Gary Concord the Ultra Man (intro, origin); Gary Concord Sr. (flashback)
Synopsis Gary Concord's father spent years in suspended animation to awake in the far future of 2239AD.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Jon Blummer [as Don Shelby]
Pencils Jon Blummer [as Don Shelby]
Inks Jon Blummer [as Don Shelby]
Notes Continued next issue.

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Genre humor
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Reprinted from newspaper strip

1 page Skippy filler

Genre children; animals
Script Percy Crosby
Pencils Percy Crosby
Inks Percy Crosby
Reprinted from Newspaper strip

8 page Red, White and Blue story "Saboteurs"

Characters Doris West; Red; White; Blue
Synopsis Doris is captured by enemy agents when she discovers a plan to sabotage a new submarine
Genre military
Script Jerry Siegel?
Pencils William Smith
Inks Stan Aschmeier

4 page Hop Harrigan story "Hauling Nitro!"

Characters Hop Harrigan; Gerry; Wash; Ikky
Synopsis Wash and Ikky get a job hauling nitro!
Genre aviation
Script Jon Blummer [as John Elby]
Pencils Jon Blummer [as John Elby]
Inks Jon Blummer [as John Elby]

2 page Wiley of West Point story

Genre military
Script Lt Richard Rick (signed)
Pencils Lt Richard Rick (signed)
Inks Lt Richard Rick (signed)

1 page Tippie story

Script Edwina Dumm
Pencils Edwina Dumm
Inks Edwina Dumm
Reprinted from newspaper strip

1 page Toonerville Folks filler

Genre humor
Script Fontaine Fox
Pencils Fontaine Fox
Inks Fontaine Fox
Reprinted from Newspaper strip

1 page Skippy filler

Genre children; animals
Script Percy Crosby
Pencils Percy Crosby
Inks Percy Crosby
Reprinted from Newspaper strip

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Genre humor
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Reprinted from newspaper strip

1 page Real Magic activity

Script Arthur William Nugent (signed)
Pencils Arthur William Nugent (signed)
Inks Arthur William Nugent (signed)

1 page Believe It or Not! filler

Genre fact
Script Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Pencils Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Inks Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Reprinted from newspaper feature

1 page Daisybelle filler

Genre humor; children
Script Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks Gene Byrnes (signed)
Reprinted from newspaper strip

6 page Adventures in the Unknown story "A Thousand Years a Minute (part 2)"

Characters Alan Kane; Ted Dolliver; Dr Lazar
Synopsis Dr Lazar has built a Tempo mobile and dares the boys to travel to the past in it.
Genre science fiction
Script Carl H Claudy (signed)
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Continued next issue.

1 page Daisybelle filler

Genre humor; children
Script Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks Gene Byrnes (signed)
Reprinted from newspaper strip

1 page Believe It or Not! filler

Genre fact
Script Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Pencils Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Inks Robert H. Ripley (signed)
Reprinted from newspaper feature

1 page Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games and Tricks activity

Script Arthur William Nugent (signed)
Pencils Arthur William Nugent (signed)
Inks Arthur William Nugent (signed)

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Genre humor
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Reprinted from newspaper strip

1 page Skippy filler

Genre children; animals
Script Percy Crosby
Pencils Percy Crosby
Inks Percy Crosby
Reprinted from Newspaper strip

1 page Toonerville Folks filler

Genre humor
Script Fontaine Fox
Pencils Fontaine Fox
Inks Fontaine Fox
Reprinted from Newspaper strip

1 page Tippie story

Script Edwina Dumm
Pencils Edwina Dumm
Inks Edwina Dumm
Reprinted from newspaper strip

1 page All-American Champs filler

Genre sports; fact
Script W. G. (signed)
Pencils W. G. (signed)
Inks W. G. (signed)

2 page Popsicle Pete story

Script Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer
Inks Sheldon Mayer
Notes Pete and his friends plan to build a radio station.

4 page Scribbly story "A Very Funny Cartoon- to the right person"

Characters Scribbly; Miss Loomis; Mr. Jenkins
Synopsis Scribbly's cartoon of his teacher accidentally ends up in the paper!
Genre humor
Script Sheldon Mayer
Pencils Sheldon Mayer
Inks Sheldon Mayer
Reprinted in The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics (Harry N. Abrams, 2009 series) [nn]

4 page Ben Webster story "Mystery Solved"

Characters Ben Webster; Prof. Mattik
Synopsis The Prof sets up a school to reform troubled boys thru niceness alone
Genre adventure
Script Edwin Alger
Pencils Edwin Alger
Inks Edwin Alger
Reprinted from newspaper strip

2 page Jimmy Stone text story "Syndicate of Schemes"

Script George Shute
Letters Typeset

1 page Skippy filler

Genre children; animals
Script Percy Crosby
Pencils Percy Crosby
Inks Percy Crosby
Reprinted from Newspaper strip

1 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Genre humor
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher]
Reprinted from newspaper strip

1 page Daisybelle filler

Genre humor; children
Script Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks Gene Byrnes (signed)
Reprinted from newspaper strip

4 page story "The American Way (part 4)"

Genre soap opera
Script John Wentworth
Pencils Walter Galli
Inks Walter Galli
Notes adaption of the play by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart

1 page Toonerville Folks filler

Genre humor
Script Fontaine Fox
Pencils Fontaine Fox
Inks Fontaine Fox
Reprinted from Newspaper strip