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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published March 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing S. M. Iger

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine

9 page Hercules story "In the Asylum"

Characters V: Mug Mullin and other crooks (I for all); Hercules gets committed (briefly) to an insane asylum
Genre superhero
Pencils John Celardo
Inks John Celardo

6 page Betty Bates story "Case of the Reluctant Robber"

Characters I: Mr. and Mrs. John Carey, Dottie Carey; V: A gang of crooks (I)
Script Bob Powell?
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy

5 page Strange Twins, The story "Sapphire Eyes"

Characters V: Sapphire Eyes (I), Japanese
Genre adventure
Script S. M. Iger
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum

5 page Lion Boy story "The Coming of Togo"

Characters I: Togo
Genre jungle
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer

1 page Dan Tootin story "The Man-Into-Dog Formula"

Characters I: Dan Tootin
Genre gag
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole (Ralph Johns)
Inks Jack Cole

5 page Bob and Swab story "The Fiend Called Fang"

Characters V: Fang (I)
Genre humor; adventure
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling

6 page Red Bee story "Sabotage On the High Seas"

Characters V: Von Storm, Hansen (I for both)
Genre superhero
Pencils Clark Williams
Inks Clark Williams

4 page Blaze Barton story "The President's Vacation"

Characters I: A band of savages
Genre science fiction
Pencils Maurice Gutwirth
Inks Maurice Gutwirth

4 page Old Witch story "The Phantom Coach"

Genre occult
Pencils Nick Cardy?
Inks Nick Cardy?

4 page G-5 Super Agent story "Sir Thornley, Spy"

Characters V: Von Libbrop (I, D; aka Sir Thornley); I: Lord Charleton
Genre spy
Pencils George Appel
Inks George Appel

2 page text story "Afraid To Tell"

Script Toni Blum (Toni Boone)
Letters Typeset

1 page Tommy Tinkle filler

Genre humor
Script Arthur Beeman
Pencils Arthur Beeman
Inks Arthur Beeman

5 page Neon the Unknown story "All Quiet At Gibraltar"

Characters V: Nazis; Neon visits his old regiment
Genre superhero
Script S. M. Iger
Pencils Alex Blum?
Inks Alex Blum?

7 page Don Glory story "In South America"

Characters I: Mr. Brent (June's father); V: Bundists (I)
Genre sports
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy