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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published September 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing Gill Fox

Cover Details

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

9 page Black Condor story "The Pumpkinhead Plot"

Characters Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Sen. Pumpkinhead Hardy (first appearance); Jasper Crow (first appearance; villain); Elsa Papendorf (first appearance; villain; death); various spies (first appearance; villains; death)
Genre superhero
Pencils John Cassone
Inks John Cassone

6 page Spitfire story "Joe Chang's Guerillas"

Characters Spitfire [Tex Adams]; Joe Chang (first appearance); Japanese (villains)
Genre aviation
Script Al McWilliams
Pencils Al McWilliams
Inks Al McWilliams

1 page Slap Happy Pappy story "Sweet Nothings"

Genre Gags
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole (Ralph Johns)
Inks Jack Cole

5 page Pen Miller story "Pen Miller's Nazi Double"

Characters Pen Miller; Pen's secretary (first appearance); Scribbler (first appearance; villain); Hack (first appearance; villain); Mummer (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

6 page Don Q story "Who Is He?"

Characters Don Q; A German field marshall (first appearance; villain; death); Gen. Gerichter (first appearance; villain; death); Captain Grunz (villains); Nazis (villains)
Genre spy
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; last appearance

2 page Molly the Model story

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

1 page Rube Goldberg's Side Show story

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

5 page Hack O'Hara story "In Deep Water"

Characters Hack O'Hara; Toughy (first appearance)
Genre adventure
Pencils John Cassone
Inks John Cassone

6 page Alias the Spider story "The Secret of Mouse Malone"

Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson
Notes V: Mouse Malone, Honest Abe Lavery (I for both), Slippery, Joe (I, D for both)
Reprinted in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #441 (June-July 1974); in Läderlappen (Semic Press AB, 1976 series) #12/1976

4 page Ned Brant story

Genre sports
Script Bob Zuppke
Pencils E. W. DePew
Inks E. W. DePew
Notes strip reprints; last appearance

2 page Eric Vale text story "The White Leopard"

Characters Eric Vale
Genre Adventure
Script Larry Spain?
Letters typeset

1 page Snappy story

Genre Gags
Script Arthur Beeman
Pencils Arthur Beeman
Inks Arthur Beeman

5 page Tor story "Raid In Holland"

Characters Tor; Dutch Van Meer (first appearance; death); Nazis (villains)
Script Fred Guardineer
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer

7 page Clock story "The Gonky Mob Copycat Crimes"

Characters Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Butch; Gonky (first appearance; villain); Rip (first appearance; villain); Slug (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script George Brenner
Pencils George Brenner
Inks George Brenner
Notes Butch mentions that she should've teamed with The Spirit; Clock: "The Spirit--BAH!!"; Clock has Spirit / Dr. Strange style window