Issue Details

Issue	#9
Published	July-August 1947
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Glen Miller
Genre	fact; bio
Pencils	Phil Berube?
Inks	Phil Berube ?

5 page story "The Fighting Band Leader"

Characters	Glen Miller; Mel Powell; Ray McKinley; Trigger Alpert; Bing Crosby; Don Haynes
Genre	bio
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Jon Small ?
Inks	Jon Small ?

3 page Wonders of the World story "The Indianapolis Speedway"

Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Phil Berube ?
Inks	Phil Berube ?

1 page Jim Wise; P-F Flyers activity "Jack Treddle Gets Hero's Medal"

Characters	Jack Treddle; Jim Wise
Genre	sports
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino

4 page story "Sky Writers"

Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Jon Small ?
Inks	Jon Small ?

1 page Kid Pep; Pep Cereal advertisement "Kid Pep Rescues a Steeple Jack"

Pencils	Creig Flessel ?
Inks	Creig Flessel ?

2 page Just Imagine story "If The Moon Fell"

Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Virgil Finlay
Inks	Virgil Finlay

1 page Junior Journal filler

Characters	Billy Joe Simons; Shirley Dinsdale; Roger Oetting; Bobby Cunningham; Jack Hast
Genre	bio
Script	Stookie Allen (signed)
Pencils	Stookie Allen (signed)
Inks	Stookie Allen (signed)

5 page story "The Man Who Raised the World"

Characters	Elisha Graves Otis
Genre	bio
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Win Mortimer [as Winslow Mortimer]
Inks	Win Mortimer [as Winslow Mortimer]

2 page Pictures to Remember filler

Genre	fact
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos

3 page Quiz Corner activity

Characters	H. M. Stanley; Lowell Thomas; William Beebe
Pencils	Jon Small
Inks	Jon Small

1 page You Tell Us! letters page

Synopsis	Jerry's letter asks for bios of the creators of the Justice Society of America.
Script	Jerry Bails [as Jerry Baik]; others
Pencils	Whitney Ellsworth
Inks	Whitney Ellsworth
Letters	typeset

2 page story "The Lost Secret"

Characters	Orffyreus of Saxon; Isaac Newton
Synopsis	Orffyreus demonstrates perpetual motion
Genre	bio
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Curt Swan ?

1 page Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Creme Oil advertisement "The Davis Murder"

Characters	Sam Spade; Effie
Genre	detective
Notes	The art is not by Lou Fine, as has been suggested.

3 page Hobbyland text article "The World's Largest Hobby Show"

Genre	fact
Letters	typeset

4 page story "Backseat Driver"

Characters	Mildred McKay
Synopsis	Mildred McKay starts the first driving school.
Genre	bio
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Jack Kirby ?

1 page U. S. Royal; US Royal Bicycle Tires advertisement "Outwitting the Kidnappers"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino

4 page story "Airwave Adventurer"

Characters	Ben Grauer
Genre	bio
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Jack Lehti ?
Inks	Jack Lehti ?

1 page Famous Sports Flops; Thom McAn advertisement "Dapper Jack's Dream"

Characters	Thom McAn; Dapper Jack
Genre	sports
Pencils	Al Plastino ?
Inks	Al Plastino ?

1 page Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll story "Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party"

Characters	Captain Tootsie; Rollo
Genre	superhero; ad
Pencils	C. C. Beck (signed)
Inks	Pete Costanza (signed)