Issue Details

Issue	#44
Published	May 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox?
Inks	Gill Fox?

9 page Doll Man story "Trouble On the Twentieth Century Limited"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Schultz (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre	superhero
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

2 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

4 page Rance Keane story "The Mystery Schooner"

Characters	Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; Nazi spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre	western
Script	William A. Smith
Pencils	William A. Smith (Will Arthur)
Inks	William A. Smith

5 page Zero story "Don't Fear the Reaper"

Characters	Zero; The Reaper [Death] (first appearance); an old man (first appearance; death); his son (first appearance)
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "King of the Barrens"

Characters	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Red Deer (first appearance); Rawson (first appearance; villain); Canua (first appearance; villain)
Genre	western
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

2 page Homer Doodle and Son story "Magic Chalk"

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

5 page Samar story "The Obandi War Dance"

Characters	Samar; The Obandi tribe (first appearance); Julie (first appearance); Julie's father (first appearance); Several bad guys (first appearance; villains)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Fear, Inc."

Characters	Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Mrs. Blake (first appearance); Herr Silber and his gang (first appearnce; villains; death)
Genre	adventure; spy
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

5 page USA story "The Draftsman's Treason"

Characters	USA; Linden (first appearance; villain); Unger (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Maurice Gutwirth
Inks	Maurice Gutwirth

4 page Rusty Ryan story "The Underwater Counterfeiters"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Rickie and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

2 page Perry Scott text story "Water For the King"

Characters	Perry Scott
Genre	adventure
Script	Robert Hyatt
Letters	typeset

2 page Poison Ivy story "The Super Conscientious Objector"

Characters	Poison Ivy; a super guy (first appearance)
Genre	humor
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

4 page Dusty Dane story "The Map of Sinbad"

Characters	Dusty Dane; Bulldog Teeters (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

5 page Spin Shaw story "The Mutineers"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
Genre	aviation
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams