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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published December 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Vince Fago?

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Syd Shores
Inks Syd Shores

12 page Human Torch story "Crime Marches On"

Characters V: Madame Crime (I; Claude Nite)
Synopsis Torch and Toro apprehend the business partner of broke firm that turns to crime, and cross-dressing, as Madame Crime.
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry Sahle
Inks Harry Sahle

12 page Sub-Mariner story "A Whale of a Whopping Story"

Characters V: Capt. Cutter (I); GS: Betty Dean
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Pfeufer
Inks Carl Pfeufer

7 page Terry Vance story "The Case of the Terrible-Tempered Tycoon"

Characters GS: Deadline Dawson; I: Mr. Walker
Genre detective
Script Ray Gill?
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Notes Terry and Deadline begin the WEEKLY BUGLE.

2 page text story "Smoked Out"

Script Justin Dewey Triem
Letters typeset

7 page Vision story "Robot's Revenge"

Characters V: Dr. Maxim Dreer (I, D--twice), Grettle (I, D)
Genre superhero
Pencils Syd Shores

7 page Jimmy Jupiter story "The Island of Perl"

Characters I: King Ra, the Blue Fairy, Knobby the marionette; V: Zar the wizard (I)
Genre children; fantasy
Script Ed Robbins
Pencils Ed Robbins
Inks Ed Robbins
Notes continued next issue

6 page Patriot story "Shadows Over India"

Characters V: The Japanese
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Fagaly
Inks Al Fagaly

10 page Angel story "Death Comes Humming"

Characters V: Mr. Crown (I, D)
Genre superhero
Script Roy Garn?
Pencils Gustav Schrotter
Inks Gustav Schrotter