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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published March 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Bill Parker

Cover Details

Pencils Gus Ricca
Inks Gus Ricca

10 page Diamond Jack story "The Coming of Diamond Jack"

Characters I and O (such as it is): Diamond Jack; V: a witch (I)
Genre superhero
Pencils Gus Ricca
Inks Gus Ricca

8 page War Bird story "The Sermian Mystery Planes"

Characters I & O: The War Bird (Tom Sharp); V: Von Kruhl (I, D)
Genre aviation

8 page Jim Dolan story "The Legacy of Tony Bond"

Characters I: Jim Dolan; I: Sally Alden; V: Tony Bond (I, D), Spike Rossi (I)
Genre adventure
Pencils Gus Ricca
Inks Gus Ricca

8 page Lucky Lawton story "Man With a Badge"

Characters I & O: Lucky Lawton
Genre western
Pencils Hal Sharp
Inks Hal Sharp

2 page text story "Tree-Top Murder"

Letters typeset

10 page Lee Granger, Jungle King story "King of the Jungle"

Characters I & O: Lee Grainger; I: Eric (a talking lion); V: Ali (I, D), Hassan (I)
Genre jungle
Script Manly Wade Wellman?
Pencils Jack Binder?
Inks Jack Binder?

8 page Hurricane Hansen story "The Rescue of the Britania"

Characters I: Hurricane Hansen
Genre adventure
Pencils Mike Suchorsky
Inks Mike Suchorsky

9 page Mark Swift and the Time Retarder story "The Time Retarder"

Characters I & O: Mark Swift; I: Rodney Kent and the Time Retarder; I: Eric (the Red?) and Elisha
Genre science fiction