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Issue Details

Issue #46
Published July 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 "The Fifth Idol"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; June Gaylord (first appearance); Mr. Gaylord (first appearance); Albert Bixby (first appearance): Ubano and the Ankazis (first appearance; villains); a ship's captain (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall

2 page Big Top story

Genre Humor
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

5 page Zero story "It Started In McDorley's Tavern"

Characters Zero; Bill the Butcher and the Slaughterhouse Boys (first appearance; villains); the Dead Rabbits (first appearance; villains); Alfred Van Gilder (first appearance; flashback); the Van Gilder children (first appearance)
Pencils Max Elkan?
Inks Max Elkan?

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "The Red Triangle"

Characters Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; The Red Triangle [Baxter] (first appearance); Jeff Baxter (first appearance); Jacques (first appearance; death); Chips (first appearance; villain); Old Man Mears (first appearance; villain); Philip Denery (first appearance; villain)
Genre western
Pencils Art Pinajian
Inks Art Pinajian

4 page Dusty Dane story "The Malay Pirates"

Characters Dusty Dane; Sen Gat and the Malay Pirates (first appearance; villains); Reggie Van Sloan (first appearance); Vivian Van Sloan (first appearance); Reggie (first appearance)
Genre adventure
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story

Genre Gags
Script Arthur Beeman
Pencils Arthur Beeman
Inks Arthur Beeman

5 page Samar story "The Stone of Death"

Characters Samar; Venita (first appearance; death); Kathie Blake (first appearance); Mr. Blake (first appearance); the Suri tribe (first appearance); Gobo (first appearance; villain; death; a gorilla)
Genre jungle
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre humor
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Fraulein Doctor's Daughter"

Characters Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Sonya (first appearance; villain)
Genre adventure; spy
Script Harry Campbell
Pencils Harry Campbell
Inks Harry Campbell

5 page USA story "Karnoff the Fifth Columnist"

Characters USA; Karnoff (first appearance; villain; death); Gen. Von Roth (first appearance; villain; death); other spies (first appearance; villains; death)
Genre superhero
Pencils Maurice Gutwirth
Inks Maurice Gutwirth

4 page Rance Keane story "Pee Wee Hits Hollywood"

Characters Rance Keane (last appearance); Shark Egan; Bernard Fluger (first appearance); Barbara La Conga (first appearance)
Genre western
Script William A. Smith
Pencils William A. Smith (Will Arthur)
Inks William A. Smith

2 page Perry Scott text article "Black Ivory"

Characters Perry Scott
Genre adventure
Script Robert M. Hyatt
Letters typeset

2 page Poison Ivy story "Dr. Hugh Corpse"

Characters Poison Ivy
Genre humor
Script Gill Fox
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

4 page Rusty Ryan story "Scoring Against the Saboteurs"

Characters Rusty Ryan; Nazi saboteurs (first appearance; villains)
Genre spy; adventure; children
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson
Notes Strip becomes Rusty Ryan and his Boyville Brigadiers with this story.

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 U-Boat Incident"

Characters Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; The Nazis (villain)
Genre aviation
Pencils Clark Willliams
Inks Clark Williams