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Issue Details

Issue #64
Published January 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Gill Fox

Cover Details

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Bryant
Inks Al Bryant

13 page Doll Man story "The Unlucky Quarter"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; "Once More" Charlie (first appearance); Midnight Joe (first appearance; villain; death); Louie (first appearance; villain; death); Prof. Belittle (first appearance; villain; death); Slick Simmons (first appearance; villain; death); Peg (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Woolfolk?
Pencils Rudy Palais
Inks Rudy Palais

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

6 page Swing Sisson story "Death To Irving Gershwin"

Characters Swing Sisson; Irving Gershwin (first appearance; a song writer); Von Brunt (first appearance; villain); his Nazis (first appearance; villains)
Genre humor; detective
Script Phil Martin
Pencils Phil Martin
Inks Phil Martin

2 page Big Top story

Genre Humor
Script Joe Devlin
Pencils Joe Devlin
Inks Joe Devlin

1 page Poison Ivy story "The Human Fly"

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

5 page Zero story "The Death Emerald"

Characters Zero; Ann Hobson (first appearance; villain); Death (villain); Vern Hobson (first appearance)
Pencils Clark Williams
Inks Clark Williams
Notes Another swipe from Saint-Saens's DANSE MACABRE.

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre humor
Script Bernard Dibble
Pencils Bernard Dibble
Inks Bernard Dibble

5 page Spider Widow and the Raven story "The Traitorous Actor"

Characters The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; Raven; Lee (first appearance); Matt (first appearance; villain)
Genre superhero
Script Frank Borth?
Pencils Frank Borth
Inks Frank Borth

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story

Genre Gags
Script Arthur Beeman
Pencils Arthur Beeman
Inks Arthur Beeman

5 page Spin Shaw story "Kismet El Aschid"

Characters Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Kismet El Aschid (first appearance; villain); the Nazis (villains)
Genre aviation
Script Bob Powell
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell

2 page Perry Scott text story "Death From the Skies"

Characters Perry Scott
Genre Adventure
Script Robert M. Hyatt?
Letters typeset

7 page Blimpy story "Origin of the Bungling Buddha"

Characters Blimpy (first appearance; origin); Tabby Tyler (first appearance); Inspector Sherlock Foo (first appearance)
Genre humor
Pencils Sy Reit
Inks Sy Reit

9 page Rusty Ryan story "How To Be a Super Salesman"

Characters Rusty Ryan; Wilbert T. Thump (first appearance); Kurt Luger (first appearance; death); Alfred Krantz (first appearance; villain)
Genre spy; adventure; children
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson