Issue Details

Issue	#47
Published	August 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Genre	humor
Pencils	Joe Devlin?
Inks	Joe Devlin?

9 page Doll Man story "School of Crime"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Prof. Coffin Nale (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

2 page Poison Ivy story "The 100-Mile Water Race"

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

5 page Zero story "The Car-Wrecking Ghost"

Characters	Zero; Joe Ruckus (first appearance; villain; death; a ghost)
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

5 page Samar story "Diamonds and Dastards"

Characters	Samar; Hugo (first appearance; villain; death); Hugo's partner (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Max Elkan
Inks	Max Elkan

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "The Phantom Fur Thieves"

Characters	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Mr. Woods (first appearance); Johnny Woods (first appearance); Geller and the Night Riders (first appearance; villains)
Genre	western
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

2 page Lala Palooza story "Flat Foot Floogie Wins"

Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Ribbons of Death"

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

5 page USA story "Factory Girls and Fifth Columnists"

Characters	USA; Mrs. Cragg (first appearance; villain); other spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Maurice Gutwirth
Inks	Maurice Gutwirth

4 page Rusty Ryan story "The American Freedom Club"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Dutch (first appearance; villain); another spy (first appearance; villain)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

2 page Perry Scott text story "The Death That Crawled"

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

4 page Fargo Kid story "The Coming of the Fargo Kid"

Characters	The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner] (first appearance); A "town boss" (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Alex Koda
Inks	Alex Koda

2 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

4 page Dusty Dane story "The Nazis Come To South Pango"

Characters	Dusty Dane; Captain Hardt (first appearance; villain; death); other Nazis (first appearance; villains; all die)
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

5 page Spin Shaw story "The Plans of Peril"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Herman (first appearance; villain); Von (first appearance; villain); other Nazis (first appearance; some die)
Genre	aviation
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams