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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published May 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Hyena Strikes"

Characters V: The Hyena (I; next app. in INVADERS ANNUAL #1)
Genre superhero
Pencils Syd Shores
Inks Syd Shores

10 page Human Torch story "Gay Nineties Gamble"

Synopsis After a robbery puts the owner of the Gay Musique club in bad straits, Torch and Toro discover that it was a competitor attempting to make the new club a failure and apprehend him.
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Notes Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)

8 page Sub-Mariner story "The Beast of the Bowery Barge"

Characters GS: Namora; V: Bowery Bennie (I)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Everett
Pencils Bill Everett
Inks Bill Everett

2 page text story "Call the Doctor"

Letters typeset

7 page Human Torch story "The Hyena Strikes!"

Characters Human Torch; Toro; Hyena (Intro); Lorraine Miller (owner, Miller Trucking); Mr. Lennox (manager)
Synopsis A criminal called The Hyena is causing truck crashes, the latest of which resulted in the driver being killed. Although Lennox, the manager, advises Lorraine Miller, the company owner, to sell out, she's determined not to, and accepts help from The Torch and Toro. Following another crash, they capture 2 of the hijackers, and Lorraine figures someone inside the company tipped them to the truck's secret route. The Torch and Toro barely manage to save her life and capture the villains. After, The Torch says of Lorraine, "She's got everything it takes-- plus!"
Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg?
Notes Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006). The Hyena's next appearance is in The Invaders Annual #1 (1977).
Reprinted in Human Torch, The (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (November 1974)