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Issue Details

Issue	#v2#5 [17]
Published	July 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	William DeGrouchy
Notes	#17; part photo cover

Cover Details

Pencils	Jack Binder
Inks	Jack Binder
Notes	#17; part photo cover

20 page Doc Savage story "The Skull Strikes"

Characters	Doc Savage; Monk; Ham; Myrtle Rose; The Skull (villain)
Pencils	Jack Binder?
Inks	Jack Binder?

8 page story "Meet the Manager of Duffy's Tavern, Ed Gardner"

Genre

Fact; Biography

6 page Astron, Crocodile Queen story "The Seven Witches"

Characters

Astron; The Seven Witches (first appearance; villains; one death)

7 page Gobs o' Fun story "The Marines Have Landed"

Script	Ed Gruskin
Pencils	Charles Wessell
Inks	Charles Wessell

9 page Ajax the Sun Man story "Fire By Sabotage"

Characters	Ajax
Synopsis	Ajax assumes secret i.d. of Jim Wilson, fireman.
Script	Ed Gruskin

8 page story "James J. Jeffries"

Genre	Sports
Script	Thornton Fisher
Pencils	Thornton Fisher
Inks	Thornton Fisher
Letters	Thornton Fisher

2 page text article "Ski Rangers"

Script	The Sharpshooter
Letters	typeset