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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published March 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ned Pines

Cover Details

Characters Black Terror; Tim
Pencils Elmer Wexler?
Inks Elmer Wexler?

14 page Black Terror story "The Hypnotic Gas"

Characters V: Sweiger (I); I: Dr. Manton
Script Richard Hughes?
Pencils Don Gabrielson
Inks Don Gabrielson
Colors Richard Hughes?

10 page Liberator story "The Poison Dart Murders"

Characters V: Gobel, Babbon, other Nazi spies (I for all)

8 page Crash Carter story "The Murderous Mechanics"

Characters V: Hans, Hauser, Capt. Black (I, D for all)
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner

1 page text story "Bench Quarterback"

Script William McClellan
Letters Typeset

7 page Mask story "The Harlequin Murders"

Characters V: The Harlequin (I; Richter; Joker rip-off)
Pencils Kin Platt
Inks Kin Platt

promo (ad from the publisher) "Startling Comics ad"

Characters The Fighting Yank; Captain Future

6 page Larry North story "Carribean Crisis"

Characters Von Stofer (villain, introduction); Nazi spies (villains, introduction)
Pencils Max Plaisted
Inks Max Plaisted

1 page Make-Believe Mickey filler "Lookit him go!"

1 page Jimmy Blue text story "Hidden Loot"

Script Sam Brant
Letters typeset

8 page Ted Crane story "In Hong Kong"

Characters Dr. Cobra (villain)
Pencils George Mandel
Inks George Mandel

6 page Sergeant Bill King story "Attack on the Secretary of War"

Characters Wasser (villain, introduction, death); Hugo (introduction); Mahler (introduction)
Pencils Maurice Gutwirth
Inks Maurice Gutwirth

Half page Gunboat Grey filler "Gunboat, report to the recruiting station..."

Genre Gag
Script Ray McGill (signed)
Pencils Ray McGill (signed)
Inks Ray McGill (signed)

Half page text article "Statement of Ownership"

Letters Typeset
Notes Between this sequence and the previous sequence, there is a small promo for Real Life Comics, text only.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Real Life Comics ad"

Characters Adolf Hitler
Notes On the back cover.