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Issue Details

Issue	#78
Published	May 1944
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	Gill Fox

Cover Details

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

13 page Doll Man story "Fear"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; John Raymond (first appearance); Martha Braun Raymond (first appearance); The Knife (first appearance; villain; death); Mike Sarto (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Rudy Palais
Inks	Rudy Palais

6 page Swing Sisson story "Swing Sisson On the Swing Shift"

Characters	Swing Sisson; Max (first appearance; villain)
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

7 page Blimpy story "Action At the Auction"

Characters	Blimpy; Bob Baker (first appearance); Gloria Gay (first appearance); Van Filcher (first appearance; villain); Gunner (first appearance; villain); Max (first appearance; villain)
Genre	humor
Script	Tony DiPreta
Pencils	Tony DiPreta
Inks	Tony DiPreta

3 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

1 page Poison Ivy story "1000 Miles An Hour"

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

5 page Spin Shaw story "San Francisco Mission"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Commander Newson (first appearance); The Japanese (villains)
Genre	aviation

4 page Mickey Finn story

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

2 page Perry Scott text story "The Dum-Dum Murders"

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

6 page Perky story "The Home of the Winds"

Characters	Perky; Mrs. Wind (first appearance); East Wind (first appearance); North Wind (first appearance); South Wind (first appearance); West Wind (first appearance)
Genre	fantasy
Script	Sid Lazarus
Pencils	Sid Lazarus
Inks	Sid Lazarus

2 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

7 page Rusty Ryan story "Captured By the Japanese Underground"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Pierpont Lee; Alababa; Mauki (first appearance; villain); Kajanka (first appearance; villain); a girl (first appearance; villain); other Japanese spies (first appearance; villains)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Pencils	Ed Dobrotka
Inks	Ed Dobrotka