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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published May 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Victor Fox
Notes Art revision by Craig Delich 4-5-08, was originally Alex Blum? Verified in Alter Ego #76, page 12, that Joe Simon drew the cover.

Cover Details

Characters Samson
Genre Superhero
Pencils Joe Simon
Inks Joe Simon
Notes Art revision by Craig Delich 2008-4-5, was originally Alex Blum? Verified in Alter Ego #76, page 12, that Joe Simon drew the cover.

13 page Samson story "The Monsters Are Coming"

Characters Samson
Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum ?

6 page Flip Falcon story "Sir Lucifer Attacks"

Characters Flip Falcon; Sir Lucifer (villain, introduction)
Genre adventure
Pencils Don Rico
Inks Don Rico

8 page Golden Knight story "The Sport of Bdula Khan"

Characters Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; Bdula Khan (villain, introduction, turned into a hyena statue)
Genre adventure
Pencils Grieg Chapian
Inks Grieg Chapian

6 page 'Yank' Wilson Super Spy Q-4 story "Case of the Sinking Subs [The Saboteurs]"

Characters Yank Wilson
Synopsis Yank Wilson stops a spy ring that was responsible for sinking United States submarines.
Genre spy
Script Fletcher Hanks [as Lance Ferguson] (signed)
Pencils Fletcher Hanks [as Lance Ferguson] (signed)
Inks Fletcher Hanks [as Lance Ferguson] (signed)
Letters Fletcher Hanks
Reprinted in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

2 page none text story "The Murder Cloak"

Genre adventure
Script Raul David (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Space Smith story "The Vacuumites"

Characters Space Smith; Dianna; The Vacuumites (villains, introduction)
Synopsis Space Smith and Dianna are taken prisoner by the Vacuumites, mummified inhabitants of the vacuum meteor.
Genre science fiction
Script Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed)
Inks Fletcher Hanks [as Henry Fletcher] (signed)
Letters Fletcher Hanks
Notes First line of text reads: "Space" and Dianna are returning to Earth after a trip to red planet." [sic]
Reprinted in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

6 page Captain Kidd story "By short wave radio, Captain Kidd learns..."

Characters Captain Kidd; Queen Izzuki and the Almond-Eyed Amazons (villains, introduction)
Genre adventure; jungle
Script Toni Blum ?
Pencils Bill Bossert
Inks Bill Bossert

2 page Professor Fiend story "Aw! Now listen you little brat..."

Characters Professor Fiend
Genre adventure
Pencils ? [as Boris Plaster] (signed)
Inks ? [as Boris Plaster] (signed)

8 page Stardust story "Dr. Martinious, Warlord of Mars"

Characters Stardust; Dr. Martinious (villain, introduction); Brain-Men of Mars (villains, introduction, deaths)
Genre Science Fiction
Script Fletcher Hanks
Pencils Fletcher Hanks
Inks Fletcher Hanks
Letters Fletcher Hanks
Notes Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.

7 page Sub Saunders story "The Man Who Hated the World"

Characters Sub Saunders; Kozar (villain, introduction, death); Seaweed Men (villains, introduction)
Genre adventure