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Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	October 1942
Frequency	Every other month
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	S.M. Iger (Feature Editor)
Notes	Contents copyrighted, 1942, by Fight Stories, Inc.

Cover Details - " Hells Sky-Riders"

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

10 page Shark Brodie story "The cunning Nipponese, who so willingly dance to..."

Characters	Shark Brodie
Genre	war
Script	?
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

8 page Senorita Rio story "Forsaking her glamorous screen career, Rita Farrar pulled..."

Characters	Senorita Rio [Consuela Maria Ascencion De Las Vegas]; VILLAIN: Lt. Caulderon [intro; dies]
Synopsis	Senorita Rio comes to a South America capital to warn the Presidente that an attempt is going to be made on his life. He doesn't believe her, a decision that nearly costs him his life!
Genre	spies
Script	? [as Morgan Hawkins]
Pencils	Nick Cardy [as Nick Viscardi] (signed)
Inks	Nick Cardy [as Nick Viscardi] (signed)
Notes	Some info added by Craig Delich (April 12, 2007).
Reprinted	in Rio Rita (AC, 1994 series) #[nn]; in Golden-Age Greats (AC, 1994 series) #8; in Golden-Age Greats Costumed Crusaders Special (AC, 2006 series) #[nn]

7 page Dusty Rhodes story "A red-blooded, high-spirited son of adventure, that's Dusty Rhodes..."

Characters	Dusty Rhodes
Genre	war
Script	?
Pencils	Lee Ames
Inks	Lee Ames
Notes	Lee Ames actual name is Lee Abramowitz.

5 page Chip Collins story "Give him a sky full of axis planes..."

Characters	Chip Collins
Genre	war
Script	? [as Ted Torrence]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum; ?

2 page text story "Jungle Adventure"

Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Bard Avon]
Pencils	? (2 panels art)
Inks	? (2 panels art)
Colors	? (illo)
Letters	typeset

2 page Blackout filler "It says here, the eyes of the enemy..."

Genre	gags
Pencils	Nick Viscardi (signed); Art Saaf?; Al Walker?
Inks	Nick Viscardi (signed); Art Saaf?; Al Walker?
Notes	Four different pin-up gags by at least three different artists.

8 page Hooks Devlin story "Murder strikes swift horror at a gay affair..."

Characters	Hooks Devlin
Genre	spies
Script	? [as John Campbell]
Pencils	Rafael Astarita
Inks	Rafael Astarita

2 page filler Sergeant: "Are you draftee Jones?"

Genre	gags
Script	various
Pencils	Lee Ames; Al Bryant; Jack Kamen; Art Peddy; John Cassone; Henry C. Morse; Henry W.
Inks	Lee Ames; Al Bryant; Jack Kamen; Art Peddy; John Cassone; Henry C. Morse; Henry W.
Notes	A couple of gags sent in by actual readers, supplemented with many by staff. All are listed with military units, so perhaps the ex-staff in the service actually did submit material.

5 page story "Lt. John D. Bulkeley"

Genre	true
Script	? [as Walter T. Grant]
Pencils	Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed)
Inks	Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed)

5 page Kayo Kirby story "Kayo's slashing fists were good enough to crown him..."

Characters	Kayo Kirby
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Chuck Walker]

10 page Rip Carson story Hells Sky Riders ["Rip Carson, Yankee chute trooper, dives into the yellow..."]

Characters	Rip Carson
Genre	war
Script	? [as Rollin Bell]
Pencils	Rudy Palais
Inks	Rudy Palais; John Cassone?