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Issue Details

Issue #31
Published October 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters Captain Triumph
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Kotzky
Inks Alex Kotzky

15 page Captain Triumph story "The Return of A. Spade"

Characters Captain Triumph; A. Spade (villain; death); Carim Bombay (first appearance; villain; based on Dick Tracy's Flattop); Torpedo (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Alfred Andriola
Inks Alfred Andriola

8 page Inkie story "Lightning"

Characters Inkie
Genre humor
Script Al Stahl
Pencils Al Stahl
Inks Al Stahl
Notes GS: Al Stahl; I: Lightning (a living lightning bolt); V: Japanese

1 page Slap Happy Pappy story "Shark Fishing"

Genre Gags
Script Jack Cole?
Pencils Jack Cole?
Inks Jack Cole?

7 page Clock story "Gun + Killer + Victim = Murder"

Characters Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Joe Doe (first appearance; death); A murderer (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script George Brenner
Pencils George Brenner
Inks George Brenner
Notes Spirit-like story

2 page story

Characters Molly the Model
Genre humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

6 page Hack O'Hara story "The Hot Swami"

Characters Hack O'Hara; The Hot Swami (first appearance; villain)
Genre adventure
Pencils Clark Williams
Inks Clark Williams
Notes tribute to Mr. Mystic on splash

1 page Rube Goldberg's Side Show story

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

5 page Pen Miller story "Comics Imitate Life, and Vice Versa"

Characters Pen Miller; Goldy (first appearance; villain); Benny (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordlng

2 page Eric Vale text story "Purgatory Canyon"

Characters Eric Vale
Genre Adventure
Script Larry Spain?
Letters typeset

2 page Ike an' Dooit story "Open For Business"

Characters Ike (first appearance); Dooit (first appearance)
Genre Gags
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole
Inks Jack Cole

6 page Perky story "On the Moon"

Characters Mr. Man in the Moon (first appearance); Mrs. Man in the Moon (first appearance); Mr. Comet (first appearance)
Genre fantasy
Script Sid Lazarus
Pencils Sid Lazarus
Inks Sid Lazarus
Notes probably takes place between FEATURE COMICS #75 / 76

8 page Black Condor story "Elmer Briggs, United States Senator"

Characters Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Elmer Briggs (first appearance); Joe Logan and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre superhero
Pencils Rudy Palais
Inks Rudy Palais
Notes next chron. app. in ALL-STAR SQUADRON #31; next app. in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #107