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Issue Details

Issue #66
Published January 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Jack Byrne (Mgr. Editor); Joseph V. Daffron (Editor); S.M. Iger (Art Director)

Cover Details - "Man or Ape?"

Characters Tiger Girl [Princess Vishnu]
Genre jungle
Pencils ? (Iger Shop)
Inks ? (Iger Shop)

9 page Tiger Girl story Man or Ape? ["It was a tale, whispered by the flickering..."]

Characters Tiger Girl [Princess Vishnu]; Prof. Carew (intro); Baker (intro); VILLAINS: Jack (intro; dies); Mona (intro; dies); Chief Okalu
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Allan O'Hara]
Pencils Robert Webb?; ? (Iger Shop)
Inks David Heames?; ? (Iger Shop)
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Captain Fight story "Among the advisors to the court, none was..."

Characters Captain Fight; Princess Ann and her parents (intro); VILLAINS: Sir Rodney Holt (intro; dies); Mitchell (intro; dies); Bixby (intro; dies)
Genre period
Script ? [as Stuart Drake]
Pencils Jack Kamen?; John Forte?
Inks Ray Osrin? (Iger Shop)

8 page Rip Carson of Risks, Unlimited story To honorable Rip Carson: Respectfully request your presence..."

Characters Rip Carson; Wong Foo (intro); Wong Chang (intro); VILLAIN: Kai (intro)
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Rollin W. Bell]
Pencils Edmund Good?
Inks Ray Osrin? (Iger Shop)

6 page Hooks Devlin story "Peaches was a curious woman, but Hooks Devlin..."

Characters Hooks Devlin; Fatima (intro); Peaches (intro); VILLAINS: Buddy Saville; Moonface
Genre crime
Script ? [as John Campbell]
Pencils Bill LaCava?; (Iger Shop)
Inks ? (Iger Shop)

2 page text story "The Epic of the Revenge: Conclusion"

Genre war
Script ? [as Allan O'Hara]
Letters typeset

6 page Kayo Kirby story "Every boy should know how to defend himself..."

Characters Kayo Kirby; Morgan (intro); Benjamin Morgan (intro); Philip Rice (intro); VILLAINS: Trigger (intro); Mamie (intro); Slugger Davis (intro); their gang (intro)
Genre sports
Script ? [as Chuck Walker]
Pencils John Forte?; (Iger Shop)
Inks ? (Iger Shop)

8 page Senorita Rio story "Special memo to Senorita Rio: report to Ciudad..."

Characters Senorita Rio [Consuela Maria Ascencion De Las Vegas]; Jack Stet (intro); Baron Eric Mendez (intro, Villain); Mario
Synopsis Senorita Rio and Jack Stet, a U.S. newspaper reporter stop Baron Mendez, who is planning an open revolt to take over all of South America.
Genre Spy
Script Marilyn Mercer? [as Morgan Hawkins]
Letters Abe Kanegson
Notes Historically attributed to Jerry Grandenetti, current comparisons/research make this ID untenable. Possibly a European or South American artist.
Reprinted In Rio Rita (AC, 1994 series) #[nn]