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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published June 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing S.M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details - "The Yank Tornado; Swastika Web!"

Characters Rip Carson
Genre war
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Inks Dan Zolnerowich (signed)

12 page Shark Brodie story "All eyes in America are turned toward the Pacific..."

Characters Shark Brodie
Genre war
Script S. M. Iger
Pencils Charles A. Winter (signed)
Inks Charles A. Winter (signed)
Notes The "by-line" for the strip is "S.M. Iger and Chuck Winter."

7 page Dusty Rhodes story "Meet Dusty Rhodes...just a guy who wants..."

Characters Dusty Rhodes (introduction)
Genre war
Pencils Lee Ames (signed)
Inks Lee Ames (signed)
Notes Lee Ames' real name is Lee Abramowitz.

2 page text story "The Broken Mirror"

Genre crime
Script ? [as Ted Rogers] (signed)
Pencils Alex Blum (spot illustrations)
Inks Alex Blum (spot illustrations)
Letters typeset

5 page Gene Tunney story "The True Life Story of Gene Tunney"

Characters Gene Tunney
Genre sports; bio
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum
Notes This is a totally different script and art from the identically titled strip in Fight Comics #6.

8 page Senorita Rio story Swastika Web ["Into gay and song-loving Rio where axis agents..."]

Characters Senorita Rio [Consuela Maria Ascencion De Las Vegas] (introduction); Dom Manuel (death); The Countess (villain, death); Von Stutz (villain)
Synopsis Senorita Rio must obtain some forged papers from a Nazi spy, otherwise U.S.-Brazil relations will be shattered.
Genre spies
Script ? [as Joe Hawkins
Pencils Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Inks Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010) [reprinted in black and white]

10 page Rip Carson story The Yank Tornado ["January 20, 1942...American paratroopers attack enemy positions..."]

Characters Rip Carson (introduction)
Genre war
Script ? [as Rollin Bell] (signed)
Pencils Jack Kamen (signed)
Inks Jack Kamen (signed)
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

5 page Kayo Kirby story "A two-fisted champion at all times, Kayo Kirby..."

Characters Kayo Kirby
Genre sports
Script ? [as Chuck Walker] (signed)
Pencils Mort Leav
Inks Mort Leav

6 page Chip Collins story "An American fighting fool of the RAF, Chip Collins..."

Characters Chip Collins
Genre war
Script ? [as Ted Torrence] (signed)
Pencils John Cassone (signed)
Inks John Cassone (signed)

9 page Captain Fight story "Out of the heart and sinew of America..."

Characters Captain Fight [Jeff Crockett]
Genre war
Script ? [as Clark Ritchie] (signed)
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum
Notes Last appearance