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Issue Details

Issue #32
Published May 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine

9 page Doll Man story "The Sins of Anton Bock"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Anton Bock and his spy ring (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Script Will Eisner (William Erwin Maxwell)
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine

4 page Captain Fortune story "The Capture of Castle Balomar"

Characters Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]; Duke Edward (villain; death)
Genre period
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

2 page Big Top story

Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

5 page Zero story "The Three-Fingered Ogre"

Characters Zero (first appearance; the ghost detective); Mr. Bleeker (first appearance); Mary Bleeker (first appearance); John Bleeker (first appearance; death); Peter Bleeker (first appearance; villain; death; a zombie)
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich
Inks Dan Zolnerowich

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "The Medicine Man's Scheme"

Characters Sakru (first appearance; villain); Wade and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre western
Script Art Pinajian
Pencils Art Pinajian
Inks Art Pinajian

6 page Spin Shaw story "The Snatch of the Plane Plans"

Characters Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; G. Roland Lorber (first appearance; villain); Inez (first appearance; villain); Joe (first appearance; villain); Fingers (first appearance; villain); Arndt (first appearance; villain)
Genre aviation
Script Bob Powell
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre humor
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin
Notes includes a Flash Gordon / Buck Rogers parody

4 page Rance Keane story "The Murder of Bus Pritchard"

Characters Rance Keane; Bus Pritchard (first appearance; death); a murderer (first appearance; villain)
Genre western
Script William A. Smith
Pencils William A. Smith (Will Arthur)
Inks William A. Smith

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Living Dead Men"

Characters Capt. Bruce Blackburn (Counterspy; first appearance; origin); Lt. Jackson (first appearance); Col. Jordan (first appearance); Schwartz (first appearance; villain); Smits (first appearance; villain)
Genre adventure; spy
Script Harry Campbell?
Pencils Harry Campbell
Inks Harry Campbell

4 page Rusty Ryan story "The Insurance Murder Plot"

Characters Rusty Ryan (first appearance; origin); Inhabitants of Boyville (including Smiley Scott and Bobby; first appearance); Cappy Jenks (first appearance); Mr. Hicks (first appearance); Lockhart (first appearance; villain); Spear (first appearanc;e villain)
Genre spy; adventure; children
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

2 page Perry Scott text story "Gold of Atlantis"

Characters Perry Scott (first appearance)
Genre adventure
Script Robert M. Hyatt
Letters typeset

4 page Voice story "Origin of the Voice"

Characters The Voice [Mr. Elixir] (first appearance; origin); Fogarty (first appearance); John Martinson (first appearance; villain)
Genre detective
Script Stan Asch?
Pencils Stan Asch
Inks Stan Asch

2 page Poison Ivy story "Origin of Poison Ivy"

Characters Poison Ivy (first appearance; origin); Mr. Ivy (Poison's father); Mrs. Ivy (Poison's mother)
Genre humor
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

5 page Samar story "Origin of Samar"

Characters Samar (first appearance; origin); Mali (first appearance); Tino (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre jungle
Script ? (Ted Cain)
Pencils Nick Cardy?
Inks Nick Cardy?

4 page Mickey Finn story

Genre sitcom
Script Lank Leonard
Pencils Lank Leonard
Inks Lank Leonard
Notes strip reprints