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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published May 1940
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Oskar Lebeck
Notes copyright 1938, 1939 by NEA Service, Inc.; 1928 by Bell Syndicate, Inc.; 1938, 1939 by Publishers Syndicate, Inc.; 1940 by R. S. Callender; 1940 by Ellery Queen; 1940 by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.; 1940 by Famous Artists Syndicate. Distributed by American News Company.

Cover Details

Genre Detective
Pencils Bill Ely
Inks Bill Ely

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes full page inside front cover promo for Super Comics in red & black

10 page Ellery Queen story "The Adventure of The Coffin Clue"

Characters Ellery Queen (first appearance)
Genre Detective
Pencils Bill Ely
Inks Bill Ely
Notes copyright 1940 by Ellery Queen

6 page Red Ryder story "Red Ryder and Little Beaver have returned..."

Genre Western
Script Fred Harmon
Pencils Fred Harman (signed)
Inks Fred Harman (signed)
Notes copyright 1939 by NEA Service, Inc.
Reprinted from Red Ryder (Newspaper Enterprise Association) ? - ?

4 page Clyde Beatty story "Clyde is now in his second week of ..."

Genre Adventure
Script Roy Humphries
Pencils Roy Humphries (signed)
Inks Roy Humphries (signed)
Notes copyright 1940 by Famous Artists Syndicate, Inc.
Reprinted from Clyde Beatty (Famous Artists Syndicate) ? - ?

2 page Freckles and His Friends story "If someone is out to get Mr. Jerome..."

Genre Adventure; Humor
Script Merrill Blosser
Pencils Merrill Blosser
Inks Merrill Blosser

Half page Out Our Way with The Willets filler "It's a chance of your lifetime..."

Genre Humor
Script J. R. Williams
Pencils J. R. Williams (signed)
Inks J. R. Williams (signed)
Notes copyright 1939 by NEA Service, Inc.
Reprinted from Out Our Way (Newspaper Enterprise Association) ?

5 page Stratosphere Jim and his Flying Fortress story "Months have elapsed during which time..."

Genre Adventure
Pencils Al McWilliams (signed)
Inks Al McWilliams (signed)

4 page Don Winslow story "Have spies been sending messages..."

Genre War; Adventure
Script Frank V. Martinek
Pencils Leon A. Beroth
Inks Leon A. Beroth
Notes copyright 1938 by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Reprinted from Don Winslow of the Navy (Bell Syndicate) ? - ?

5 page Crusoes story "The Crusoe family is shipwrecked on an island..."

Genre Adventure
Pencils Al Micale
Inks Al Micale
Notes copyright 1940 by R. S. Callender

3 page Tarzan text story "James Hunter Blake, the young American explorer..."

Genre Jungle
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes copyright 1940 by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.

4 page Time Marches Back with Looney Luke story "I'm glad to get my machine fixed..."

Genre Humor
Script Win Smith
Pencils Win Smith (signed)
Inks Win Smith (signed)
Notes copyright 1940 by R. S. Callender

4 page Dan Dunn story "Dan and Irwin are shadowing Mona..."

Genre Detective
Script Norman Marsh
Pencils Norman Marsh (signed)
Inks Norman Marsh (signed)

5 page Wash Tubbs story "Wash Tubbs has tricked Frankie Slaughter into..."

Genre Adventure
Script Roy Crane
Pencils Roy Crane (signed)
Inks Roy Crane (signed)
Notes copyright 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.
Reprinted from Wash Tubbs (Newspaper Enterprise Association) ? - ?

1 page Our Boarding House with Major Hoople filler "My book 'How to Hypnotize People'..."

Genre Humor
Notes copyright 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.
Reprinted from Our Boarding House (Newspaper Enterprise Association) ?

Half page This Curious World filler "Starlings"

Genre Fact
Script William Ferguson
Pencils William Ferguson
Inks William Ferguson
Notes copyright 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.
Reprinted from This Curious World (Newspaper Enterprise Association) ?

5 page Myra North story "Myra has arrived at Glamour Studio..."

Genre Adventure
Script Ray Thompson (signed)
Pencils Charles Coll (signed)
Inks Charles Coll (signed)
Notes copyright 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.
Reprinted from Myra North, Special Nurse (Newspaper Enterprise Association) ? - ?

4 page Apple Mary and Dennie story "Bill and Dennie have been captured by..."

Genre Drama
Script Martha Orr
Pencils Martha Orr
Inks Martha Orr