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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published February 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Leo Greenwald
Notes Statement of Ownership: Champ Publishing Company 225 West 57th St, New York, NY Leo Greenwald, sole owner. Editor Leo Greenwald. Managing Editor none, Business Manager none.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Human Meteor; Toby
Genre superhero
Pencils Ray Isip ?
Inks Ray Isip ?

9 page Human Meteor story "Genghis Khan Strikes At Sea"

Characters Human Meteor [Duke O'Dowd]; Toby; Genghis Khan (villain); Wah Le; Admiral Kent
Synopsis The Human Meteor again battles the giant Genghis Khan who threatens our merchant fleet in Eastern seas. After defeating the giant, Duke O'Dowd sinks the entire eastern fleet.
Genre superhero
Pencils Ed Waldman ? [as Edwin Wald]
Inks Ed Waldman ? [as Edwin Wald]

8 page Liberty Lads story "The Bundsmen's Secret Arsenal"

Characters Liberty Lads [Skip; Chuck]; ;The Little Feuhrer (intro, villain); Sen. Phipher (intro, villain); Wheelbergh (introduction, villain); Otto (intro, villain); Bundists (intro, villains); Lee Hunt
Synopsis The Liberty Lads infiltrate a Bund meeting and rescue FBI agent Lee Hunt.
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Barry McKay]
Pencils Art Peddy ?
Inks Art Peddy ?

4 page Steve Battle story "The Mine-Layer"

Characters Skip Battle; Claude Bartell (intro); Kay Bartell (intro); Nazi spies (intro, villain)
Synopsis Millionaire Claude Bartell turns his yacht over to the government to use as a patrol boat. But when Steve and Kay go fishing they run into undersea mines and spies.
Genre spy
Script ? [as Bart Ellis]
Notes last appearance

5 page Dragon's Teeth story "Episode Twelve"

Characters Dash Dolan; Dr. Ying; Nalya Randolph; Herr Feund (intro, villain); Nazis (intro, villain)
Synopsis Dr. Ying must sell the priceless Dragon's Teeth to finance a free Chinese army.
Genre adventure
Script Toni Blum
Pencils Rudy Palais
Inks Rudy Palais
Notes last appearance

Half page Movie Champs filler

Characters Tony Martin; Norma Shearer; W.C. Fields
Synopsis Facts about movie stars.
Genre fact
Script ? [as Starr Fynder]
Pencils ? [as Starr Fynder]
Notes Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, January 2009.

Half page text article "Statement of Ownership"

Synopsis Champ Publishing Company 225 West 57th St, New York, NY Leo Greenwald, sole owner. Editor Leo Greenwald. Managing Editor none, Business Manager none.
Genre fact
Script Leo Greenwald
Letters typeset
Notes Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, January 2009.

2 page text story "Murder By Twilight"

Script Ed Leopold
Letters typeset

9 page Champ story "The Airplane Dope Formula"

Characters The Champ; Henry; Charley Bruce (intro); Mr. Magnus (intro, villain;) Mr. Magnus's gang (intro, villain)
Synopsis Charley Bruce invents a new formula for airplane dope, but spies try to steal it from him.
Genre adventure
Pencils Art Peddy ?
Inks Art Peddy ?

1 page Champ Chuckles filler

Genre gags
Script ? [as Gosh]
Pencils ? [as Gosh]
Notes Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, January 2009.

4 page Flyin' Flynn story "Action On the Iceland Coast"

Characters Flyin' Flynn; Nazis (villains)
Genre adventure; aviation
Script ? [as Speed Mason]
Notes last appearance

4 page Jungleman story "Trapped By Poachers"

Characters Jungleman; Harve (intro, villain, death); Paul (intro, villain, death)
Genre Jungle
Script ? [as S. Maxwell]
Pencils Stan Zuckerberg
Inks Stan Zuckerberg
Notes last appearance

5 page Johnny Fox story "Fury On the Freighter"

Characters Johnny Fox
Genre superhero
Pencils Art Saaf (signed)
Inks Art Saaf
Notes last appearance

1 page Champ Puzzler filler

Script ? [as Ima Twist]
Pencils ? [as Ima Twist]
Inks ? [as Ima Twist]
Notes Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, January 2009.

4 page Neptina story "The Black Pearl"

Characters Neptina; Brad; Skapo (intro, villain); Dorsam (intro, villain)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Bently Wade]
Notes last appearance

7 page Dr. Miracle story "The Gangster and the Surgeon"

Characters Dr. Miracle; Gunner Kelly (intro, villain); Dr. Brown (intro); Johnny Brown (intro)
Genre occult
Script Toni Blum ?
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum