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Issue Details

Issue #54
Published March 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Keif Fromm via the GCD Error List (22 April 2007), based on a Jim Amash interview with Fox; the original indexer credited both pencils and inks to Reed Crandall ?.

Cover Details

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre superhero
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Keif Fromm via the GCD Error List (22 April 2007), based on a Jim Amash interview with Fox; the original indexer credited both pencils and inks to Reed Crandall ?.

11 page Doll Man story "Darrel Dane, a friend of Dr. Roberts, renowned scientist..."

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre superhero
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks Reed Crandall

2 page Big Top story "You're an ace for minding little Aggie, Butch!"

Genre Humor
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

5 page Zero story "Freak circumstance combines with a setting of moss-hung bayous..."

Characters Zero
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

5 page Samar story "The mighty jungle-man treks through his home highlands."

Characters Samar
Genre jungle
Pencils Max Elkan
Inks Max Elkan

4 page Mickey Finn story "You mean that your uncle made two resolutions to keep out of arguments?"

Genre sitcom
Script Lank Leonard
Pencils Lank Leonard
Inks Lank Leonard
Notes strip reprints
Reprinted from strip.

4 page Fargo Kid story "Tim Turner fights his strangest battle..."

Characters The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
Pencils Alex Koda
Inks Alex Koda

2 page Lala Palooza story "So! Lala let another salesman sell her a silly doo-dad..."

Genre humor
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

6 page Swing Sisson story "At the swank Clover Club in New York..."

Characters Swing Sisson; Toby Tucker; Bonnie Baxter; The Maestro (villain; introduction)
Genre humor; detective
Script Phil Martin
Pencils Phil Martin
Inks Phil Martin

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "Death strikes, and a wave of fear and terror..."

Characters Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP
Genre western
Pencils Art Pinajian
Inks Art Pinajian

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Kiss of the Cobra"

Characters Capt. Bruce Blackburn
Genre adventure; spy
Script Harry Campbell
Pencils Harry Campbell
Inks Harry Campbell

2 page Perry Scott text story "Uncle Sam Makes a Homer"

Letters typeset

6 page Rusty Ryan story "On a paid expense tour of the country..."

Characters Rusty Ryan
Genre spy; adventure; children
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story "It's a fuse I'll bet!"

Genre Gags
Script Arthur Beeman
Pencils Arthur Beeman
Inks Arthur Beeman

1 page Poison Ivy story "Poison, this is a block of the heaviest metal in the world..."

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

5 page Spin Shaw story "Treacherous forces attempt to hijack..."

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