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Issue Details

Issue	#28
Published	February 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Joe Simon

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alex Schomburg
Inks	Alex Schomburg

15 page Human Torch story "The Poison Pill Suicides"

Characters	Izan (villain, introduction)
Synopsis	A gunrunner Izan has his henchmen commit suicide with poison pills if they fail otherwise he drowns them. He captures Torch and Toro with gas and places them into glass tubes which he plans to dump into the sea. Torch finds that he can flame with his finger so the capsule must have a small leak. He superheats the glass so that it shatters when it hits the water. He frees Toro and they capture Izan.
Genre	superhero
Script	Carl Burgos
Pencils	Carl Burgos
Inks	Carl Burgos
Notes	Takes place during Mardi Gras.

12 page Sub-Mariner story "The Flying Dutchman"

Characters	The Falcon (villain, introduction, death); Chuck "Slug" McCarthy (villain, introduction); Baby Dean McCarthy (Betty Dean's sister and Slug's wife) (introduction)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Everett
Pencils	Bill Everett
Inks	Bill Everett
Letters	Bill Everett

7 page Vision story "The Soul Stealer"

Characters	Dr. Igor Korbeau (villain, introduction, death); Guardian of the Spirit World (introduction)
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby; David Walters
Inks	David Walters

2 page text story "The Sea of Grassy Death"

Script	Mickey Spillane
Letters	typeset
Notes	Reprint note from Arthur Lortie, August 2008.
Reprinted	in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)

6 page Patriot story "The Green-Faced Man"

Characters	Green Face (villain, introduction); Reibel
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Fagaly
Inks	Al Fagaly

7 page Terry Vance story "The Case of the Deadly Letters"

Characters	Deadline Dawson (guest); Gordon De Woode (villain, introduction)
Genre	detective
Script	Ray Gill
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner

6 page Jimmy Jupiter story "Strange Adventures in the Land of Nowhere"

Characters	Jimmy Jupiter (introduction); inhabitants of the Land of Nowhere (introduction); The Wump Jump (villain, introduction) (a dragon)
Genre	children; fantasy
Script	Ed Robbins
Pencils	Ed Robbins
Inks	Ed Robbins

8 page Angel story "The Horror of the Haunted Cathedral"

Characters	General Henchel (villain, introduction, death twice); his army of zombies (villain, introduction, death twice)
Genre	superhero