Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	September 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

9 page Black Condor story "The Ghost-Gun Killer"

Characters	Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Jasper Crow, the Ghost-Gun Killer (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

2 page Molly the Model story

Characters	Molly the Model
Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Red Torpedo story "The Black Shark"

Characters	Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Black Shark (villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Henry Kiefer?
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

5 page Tor story "The Sabotaged Submarine"

Characters	Tor
Script	Fred Guardineer
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer

1 page Slap Happy Pappy story "The Tobacco Juice Spitter"

Genre	Gags
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

5 page Space Legion story "The Outlaws of Jupiter"

Characters	Space Legion; Blackbeard (first appearance; villain); One-Arm Ganz (first appearance; villain); Patch-Eye Tork (first appearance; villain); Half-Face McGurk (first appearance; villain); a girl (first appearance; villain)
Genre	science fiction
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

4 page Jane Arden story

Genre	soap opera
Script	Monte Barrett
Pencils	Russell E. Ross
Inks	Russell E. Ross
Notes	strip reprints

6 page Alias the Spider story "Death At Rustling Willow"

Characters	The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Jean Horton (first appearance); Sutton (first appearance; villain); Pierre (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

4 page Ned Brant story

Genre	sports
Script	Bob Zuppke
Pencils	E. W. DePew
Inks	E. W. DePew

6 page Spitfire story "The Phony Radio Beam"

Characters	Chuck Bolton (first appearance); Captain Schloss (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	aviation
Script	Al McWilliams
Pencils	Al McWilliams
Inks	Al McWilliams

2 page Eric Vale text story "Lake of Missing Men"

Characters	Eric Vale
Script	Larry Spain
Letters	typeset

5 page Madam Fatal story "The Five Bloodstones of Mu"

Characters	Madam Fatal; Basil (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

1 page Snappy story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

1 page Rube Goldberg's Side Show story

Genre	Gags
Script	Rube Goldberg
Pencils	Rube Goldberg
Inks	Rube Goldberg
Notes	strip reprint

7 page Clock story "The Revenge of Bat Nillon"

Characters	Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Bat Nillon (first appearance; villain)
Genre	detective
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner