Issue Details

Issue	#15
Published	July-August 1948
Cover Price	0.10 usd
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters	Thurston; Clyde Beatty
Genre	celebrity
Pencils	Dan Barry
Inks	Dan Barry

6 page Thurston the Magician story "Master of Magic"

Characters	Howard Thurston
Genre	celebrity
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Dan Barry (signed)
Inks	Dan Barry (signed)

1 page U. S. Royal; US Royal Bicycle Tires advertisement "Rounding Up the Rustlers"

Characters	U. S. Royal
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Al Plastino ?
Inks	Al Plastino ?

1 page Captain Tootsie advertisement "Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit"

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

4 page story "The Last War on Earth"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

1 page filler "Man of Daring"

Characters	Bradford Washburn
Synopsis	story of a mountain climber
Genre	bio
Script	Stookie Allen (signed)
Pencils	Stookie Allen (signed)
Inks	Stookie Allen

4 page story "The World's Greatest Gold Strike"

Characters	John Sutter; James Marshall
Synopsis	story of the California Gold Strike in 1848
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

1 page Jim Wise; P-F Flyers advertisement "Won-By A Whisper"

Characters	Jim Wise
Genre	sports
Pencils	Al Plastino ?
Inks	Al Plastino ?

2 page story "Portfolio of Missing Persons"

Characters	Sharon Mae Spicer; Frank Albin Hanson; Jack David Gibson; Vivian Lash
Synopsis	missing persons for which Skip Tracers is offering a reward.
Pencils	Phil Berube (signed)
Inks	Phil Berube

1 page You Tell Us letters page

Pencils	Whitney Ellsworth
Inks	Whitney Ellsworth
Letters	typeset

4 page Quiz Corner activity "Are You A Good Detective?"

Script	Ted Cott (adapated)
Pencils	Jon Small ?
Inks	Jon Small ?

1 page Adventures of Popsicle Pete advertisement "Show Time"

Characters	Popsicle Pete
Genre	children; ad
Pencils	Sam Glanckoff
Inks	Sam Glanckoff

2 page Scoops in Sports filler

Characters	Tom McAuliffe; Joe Dimaggio; Jack Almer; Ed Reulbach; Willie Weston; Alex Wickham
Genre	sports
Pencils	Phil Berube (signed)
Inks	Phil Berube

2 page Know Your Country text article "The Story of Our Flag"

Characters	Capt. Abraham Swartout
Genre	fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	no Betsy Ross in this story

Half page Fantastic Facts filler

Genre	fact
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff

4 page story "How Television Will Change Your Future"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	George Roussos ?
Inks	George Roussos ?

2 page Junior Journal story

Characters	Charles James; Georgie Rand; Elva Wake; Evelyn Kaps; Ann Brown; Bill Brennand
Genre	bio
Pencils	Stookie Allen
Inks	Stookie Allen

1 page Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop filler

Genre	fact
Script	Martin Naydel
Pencils	Martin Naydel
Inks	Martin Naydel

6 page story "Beatty and the Beasts"

Characters	Clyde Beatty
Genre	bio
Script	Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Pencils	Jon Small
Inks	Jon Small