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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published December 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Aaron A. Wyn

Cover Details - "No title"

Characters Magno; Lash Lightning; Unknown Soldier; Captain Courageous
Genre superhero

1 page public service announcement "The 4 Favorites Give Uncle Sam a Hand"

Synopsis Public service announcement to buy War Bonds and to salvage old paper, metal and rubber.
Genre Superhero
Script Ferstadt (signed) (see note)
Pencils Ferstadt (signed) (see note)
Inks Ferstadt (signed) (see note)
Letters Ferstadt (signed) (see note)
Notes Ferstadt was, according to Jerry Bails' Who's Who, a studio run by Lou Ferstadt. This could be either his work or any of his assistants. Sequence added by Peter Croome, August 2007.

16 page Lash Lightning story "The Corpses That Wouldn't Stay Dead"

Characters Lash Lightning; Lightning Girl; Dr. Diablo (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Harvey Kurtzman ?
Pencils Harvey Kurtzman ?
Inks Harvey Kurtzman ?
Notes Harvey Kurtzman ? credit added by Peter Croome in August 2007. Tombstone in first panel has the initials "H.K." on it. Jerry Bails' Who's Who has Harvey Kurtzman as working on Lash Lightning in 1943.
Reprinted In Magnificent Superheroes Of Comics Golden Age (Vintage Features 1979) #1

13 page Magno & Davey story "Master of the Roto-Dynamo"

Characters Magno; Davey; The Clown (villain)
Genre superhero
Reprinted in Magnificent Superheroes of Comics Golden Age (Vintage Features, 1979 series) #1

2 page Jess Cattlee text story "Pay Dirt Gamble"

Script Ralph Powers
Letters typeset

13 page Captain Courageous story "On a crowded Coney Island Beach..."

Characters Unknown Soldier; General Hakura (villain)
Genre superhero

11 page Captain Courageous story "As Flood waters roar in the Mississippi..."

Characters Captain Courageous
Genre superhero

9 page Captain Gallant and His Mini-Sub story "Captain Gallant's Mini-Sub is anchored..."

Characters Captain Gallant

1 page Murphy's Mess Boy filler "Giving the Captain his lunch"

Genre Humor
Script Lou Ferstadt [as Looey]; Harvey Kurtzman [as Kurtzman]
Pencils Lou Ferstadt [as Looey]; Harvey Kurtzman [as Kurtzman]
Inks Lou Ferstadt [as Looey]; Harvey Kurtzman [as Kurtzman]
Notes Sequence added by Peter Croome, August 2007.