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Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	Winter 1945
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Triumph
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

15 page Captain Triumph story "The Will of Esau Flinter"

Characters	Captain Triumph; Esau Flinter (first appearance; death); Derwood (first appearance); Lola Flinter (first appearance); Charity Parker (first appearance); Jevons (first appearance; villain); Joab Parker (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Ed Dobrotka
Inks	Ed Dobrotka

1 page Slap Happy Pappy story "The Sleepwalking Woodchopper"

Genre	Gags
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

5 page Pen Miller story "The State Pen Scam"

Characters	Pen Miller; Warden of the state penitentiary (first appearance; villain); Biff Leary (first appearance; villain); Joe (first appearance; villain); other cons (first appearance; villains)
Genre	detective
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

6 page Hack O'Hara story "The Phony Cab"

Characters	Hack O'Hara; Pete Neff (first appearance; villain); Jake (first appearance; villain); Mac (first appearance; villain); Al (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

3 page Molly the Model story

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

8 page Floogy the Fiji story "The Fox's Poker Lesson"

Characters	Floogy the Fiji
Genre	humor

1 page Rube Goldberg's Side Show story

Genre	Gags
Script	Rube Goldberg
Pencils	Rube Goldberg
Inks	Rube Goldberg

2 page Eric Vale text story "Big Red"

Characters	Eric Vale
Genre	Adventure
Letters	typeset

7 page Beezy story "How To Be a Detective"

Characters	Beezy Bumble
Genre	humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

8 page Inkie story "Big Stage Star"

Characters	Inkie; Vance (first appearance; villain); King Tot (first appearance; marionette); Nero (first appearance; marionette)
Genre	humor
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Janice Valleau [as Ginger]