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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published June 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Uncle Sam; Quicksilver; Sally O'Neil; Destroyer 171.
Genre war; occult
Pencils Will Eisner?
Inks Will Eisner?

9 page Uncle Sam story

Characters Uncle Sam
Genre war; occult
Pencils Will Eisner (signed by Eisner, but it looks like this came from the shop without much help from him.)
Inks Will Eisner (signed by Eisner, but it looks like this came from the shop without much help from him.)

6 page Sally O'Neil Policewoman story

Characters Sally O'Neil
Genre detective
Pencils Frank Kearns
Inks Frank Kearns

1 page Windy Breeze filler

Characters Windy Breeze
Genre humor
Pencils Jack Cole [signed as Henry Johns]
Inks Jack Cole [signed as Henry Johns]

5 page Kid Dixon story

Characters Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon].
Genre sports
Pencils Klaus Nordling [signed as Bob Reynolds]
Inks Klaus Nordling [signed as Bob Reynolds]

5 page Prop Powers story

Characters Prop Powers
Genre aviation
Pencils Lynn Byrd
Inks Lynn Byrd

5 page The Unknown story "Introducing the Unknown"

Characters The Unknown [1st appearance]; Herr Baboon [villain, D].
Synopsis The Unknown helps the Comitajis against Herr Baboon by capturing a munitions train and preventing the older people from being used as human shields by the Nazis.
Genre superhero
Script Ted Udall (signed as Ted)
Pencils Bernard Klein (signed as Bernie Klein)
Inks Bernard Klein (signed as Bernie Klein)
Notes The Unknown was a man with no name. Oddity: When he meets up with his evil adversary, he states "we meet again", as if there had been an adventure before this. Writer and inker credits, much info and synopsis all added by Craig Delich 4-17-09.
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #78 (2009)

6 page Quicksilver story

Characters Quicksilver [Max].
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Gustavson (by-lined by Nick Cardy?)
Inks Paul Gustavson (by-lined by Nick Cardy?)

1 page Salty Waters filler

Genre humor
Pencils Joe Devlin?
Inks Joe Devlin?

5 page Kid Patrol story "School's Out"

Characters Kid Patrol
Genre adventure; children; humor
Pencils Dan Wilson
Inks Dan Wilson

6 page Merlin the Magician story

Characters Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog].
Genre occult
Pencils Fred Guardineer [signed as Lance Blackwood]
Inks Fred Guardineer [signed as Lance Blackwood]
Letters Fred Guardineer?
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 4-17-09.

2 page text story "The Flying Gems"

Genre adventure
Letters typeset

1 page Cyclone Cupid filler

Genre humor
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

5 page Wonder Boy story

Characters Wonder Boy
Genre superhero
Pencils Jerry Iger (signed as Jerry Maxwell, probably with his studio)
Inks Jerry Iger (signed as Jerry Maxwell, probably with his studio)

1 page Miss Winky filler

Characters Miss Winky
Genre humor
Script Arthur Beeman?
Pencils Arthur Beeman
Inks Arthur Beeman
Letters Arthur Beeman?
Notes Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 4-17-09.

6 page Destroyer 171 story "Aboard the Destroyer U.S.S. Pawnee"

Characters Destroyer 171
Genre war
Pencils Al McWilliams
Inks Al McWilliams