Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	Fall 1946
Cover Price	$.10
Pages	52
Editing	George W. Daugherty?

Cover Details

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	H. C. Kiefer
Inks	H. C. Kiefer

1 page What in the Future World story

Synopsis	Possible future inventions.
Genre	speculation; science fiction

10 page Mel Mason story "The Secret Message!"

Synopsis	Mel Mason, assistant to chief engineer James Cook, of Borden Electronics, is feverishly working to iron out the details of the new Borden Device to transmit pictures in full color by wire. This work requires continual telephone contact with their laboratory at Belmar, fifty miles away. But in the main plant at Lamar, Mel is in for trouble that has little to do with electronics"
Genre	action
Pencils	Ruth Thompson (signed)
Inks	Ruth Thompson?

4 page Mel Mason story "How Pulse-Time Modulation Works"

Synopsis	Continues the Mel Mason story with a scientific explaination.
Genre	fact
Pencils	Ruth Thompson
Inks	Ruth Thompson?

3 page What in the Future World story

Genre	science fiction; speculation
Pencils	Dick Briefer? (signed R. Johnson)
Inks	Dick Briefer? (signed R. Johnson)
Notes	Rudolf Johnson was another R. Johnson, but based on the time period and eyebrows, my guess is Dick Briefer who used the pen name as per www.bailsprojects.com

3 page It's Patented! story

Synopsis	Actual items that have been patented.
Genre	fact
Script	Larz Bourne?
Pencils	Larz Bourne (signed)
Inks	Larz Bourne (signed)
Letters	Larz Bourne?
Notes	The three pages are scattered through the book.

9 page Jack Boyd story "The Sunken Treasure"

Synopsis	"Jack Boyd, returned from rescuing Mr. Jackson from the South Sea island where he was marooned for 10 years, has been working on his own modification of sonar to make the measureof ocean depths a faster, easier task... He has just left his lab when…"
Genre	action
Pencils	Seymour Pearlstein (signed)
Inks	Seymour Pearlstein (signed)
Letters	Seymour Pearlstein

3 page story "How Sonar Works"

Genre

fact

2 page code breaking text article "It's A Secret!!"

Genre	fact
Pencils	Alex Toth (illo)
Inks	Alex Toth (illo)
Letters	typeset

1 page story "The Future of PTM Multi-Message Radio"

Genre	fact
Pencils	Ruth Thompson (signed)
Inks	Ruth Thompson
Letters	Ruth Thompson?

8 page Spark Rogers story "Trapped Train Robbers"

Synopsis	S. Parks Rogers, Jr, is known as Sparks. His two great interests are radio and railroading.
Genre	action

4 page Spark Rogers story "How...Inductive...Radio Works"

Synopsis	Continues from the Spark Rogers story.
Genre	fact
Pencils	Ruth Thompson
Inks	Ruth Thompson
Letters	Ruth Thompson?

1 page The Future of Sonar story

Genre

fact

1 page What in the Future World story

Genre	speculation; science fiction
Pencils	Larz Bourne? (unsigned)
Inks	Larz Bourne? (unsigned)
Letters	Larz Bourne?
Notes	Art looks similar to It's Patented feature.

1 page It's Patented! story

Genre	fact
Notes	Art looks imatative of the other It's Patented sequences but not the same. My uneducated guess is that this unsigned sequence (the others were all signed) is by a different artist. This sequence is the only one to include "United States Patents Have Been Granted On The Following Devices..." in bold print.