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Issue Details

Issue #54
Published August 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 58
Editing John F. Byrne (Editor)
Notes The page count [58] is accurate. There are three sheets in the front "half" of the book that do not wrap around to the rear "half."

Cover Details - "Congo Kill"

Genre jungle
Pencils Rafael Astarita
Inks Rafael Astarita
Notes The page count [58] is accurate. There are three sheets in the front "half" of the book that do not wrap around to the rear "half."

12 page Sheena story "Congo Kill"

Characters Bob; Chim; Queen Thara-an; Ashor; Ganvar; Ganvar
Genre jungle
Script ? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils Robert Webb
Inks Ann Brewster?; [shop]
Notes The story title is taken from the cover.

8 page ZX-5 Spies In Action story "Off the dark coast of Italy... We'll have..."

Characters La Martinique; Benito Mussolini; Don Venardi
Genre spies
Script ? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils Nina Albright?; ?
Inks [shop]; ?
Notes Some effort is made early on to mimic Mort Leav, but it is soon abandoned. Signs of Blum and Webb probably indicate shop mimics. Albright seems to be the most obvious contributor.

6 page The Hawk story "Devil-infested are the waters that wash the..."

Characters The Slasher; Fluth; Jeremy; Caleb
Genre period
Script ? [as Willis B. Rensie]
Pencils Robert Webb?
Inks [shop]; ?
Notes Here, also, Webb indications are probably the result of shop mimics. A great appreciator of ships, it's likely that Webb drew these or that they were lifted from those he'd rendered in earlier episodes.

6 page Stuart Taylor story "Space is breached and time rolled back by..."

Characters Laura; Dr. Hayward; Nero
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils Homer Fleming?; Alex Blum?; ? [shop]
Inks Lee Ames?; Homer Fleming?; ? [shop]

6 page Midnight The Wild Black Stallion story "The black market! This is the latest menace..."

Characters Rick; Helen; Hank; Bart
Genre western
Script ? [as West Erner]
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks [shop]; ?
Notes Very awkward pencils with wildly disproportioned figures and horse - one more indication that it is unlikely that Blum was drawing the horses. He usually had shop specialists assist on his animal art.

6 page Inspector Dayton story "From a grim prison cell, the scheming..."

Characters Gardenia Clay; Joe Daly; Creep
Genre detective
Script ? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils Rafael Astarita?; Nina Albright?
Inks Nina Albright?; ? [shop]

2 page text story "Shrouds of Ice"

Script Tom Alexander

10 page Ghost Gallery story "Gloria and Dale...song and dance team...follow..."

Characters Gloria; Dale; Poirett; Dixon; Captain Voorhis; Mrs. Poirett
Genre mystery
Script ? [as Drew Murdoch]
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks ? [shop]
Notes The inkers are still attempting to mimic Bob Hebberd. A shop artist [Cassone or ?] is drawing the girl.