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Issue Details

Issue #39
Published June 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

Characters Green Lantern
Genre superhero
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Irwin Hasen

13 page Green Lantern story "Mystery of the Theater of Fear"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller.
Synopsis Strange co-incidences between plays being performed in a theatre and actual crimes lead the Emerald Crusader into a murder-mystery that threatens the life of Irene Miller and the radio station at APEX Studios.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Irwin Hasen (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks Irwin Hasen (signed as Mart Nodell)
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04; although Nodell is given a by-line on this story, he didn't do any art. Note: the original splash page to this story just surfaced and the reverse was signed by Chet Kozlak. The splash appears to solely be by Hasen, so am not sure why Kozlak signed this piece. Alan Scott works for APEX Studios. Notes & synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-8-08.

1 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff.
Genre humor
Script Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

8 page Dr. Mid-Nite story "The Movie Mystery"

Characters Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Myra Mason; Hooty; Sam Oldwinn; Steve Fink (villain).
Synopsis A gangster, who has had his life portrayed on the silver screen, threatens the producer, trying to get him to cancel the film.
Genre superhero
Script Charles Reizenstein
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-12-09.

6 page Hop Harrigan story "The Boy Miracle on Wings"

Characters Hop Harrigan
Genre aviation
Script Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Pencils Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Inks Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Letters Jon L. Blummer
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-8-08.

1 page How to Spot the Planes in the Skies? filler "The Vultee Vanguard"

Genre fact
Script Falcon Mathieu (signed)
Pencils Falcon Mathieu (signed)
Inks Falcon Mathieu (signed)
Letters Falcon Mathieu

8 page Sargon the Sorcerer story "Sargon Smashes a Gambling Casino"

Characters Sargon [John Sargent]; Flora Styles; "Deuces" Wilde (villain); Mike (villain).
Synopsis A racket boss offers Sargon as job as a dealer in a casino, but the magacian turns the tables on him when he reveals to patrons that the casino games are fixed.
Genre occult
Script John B. Wentworth
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-30-09.

4 page Scribbly and the Red Tornado story "Aiding the War Effort"

Characters Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel]; Scribbly.
Genre superhero; humor
Script Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Letters Sheldon Mayer

1 page Jimmy Stone text story "Ghost Town [Part 2]"

Characters Jimmy Stone
Genre adventure
Script Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Cicero's Cat.
Genre humor
Script Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

6 page Red, White and Blue story "The Puzzle of the Perilous Parachutes"

Characters Red Dugan; Whitey Smith; Blooey Blue.
Genre adventure
Script John B. Wentworth?
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.

6 page The Atom story "The Egg Racket"

Characters The Atom [Al Pratt]; Malcolm; Slade (villain).
Synopsis The Atom wages a campaign to prevent gangsters from forcing dairymen to join a crooked union.
Genre superhero
Script Bill O'Connor
Pencils Ben Flinton
Inks Leonard Sansone
Notes Inker credit by Jerry Bails, updated 8/04. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-12-09.