Issue Details

Issue	#15
Published	October 1940
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details - "The Man in the Iron Mask"

Characters	Ray; Wings Wendall; Bozo the Robot; Black X; Archie O'Toole
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox ?
Inks	Gill Fox ?

9 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Fort Johnson Blown Up"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Frits Moronoff
Synopsis	Black X stops saboteurs from blowing up the Golder Dam
Genre	spy
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner [as Will Erwin, with some help from the shop]
Inks	Will Eisner [as Will Erwin, with some help from the shop]

4 page Chic Carter story "Chic Covers the Opera"

Characters	Chic Carter; Sgt. Monahan; The Phantom
Synopsis	Carter searches for a phantom killer in an opera house.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page Wun Cloo story

Genre	humor; detective
Script	Gill Fox (signed)
Pencils	Gill Fox (signed)
Inks	Gill Fox

6 page Purple Trio story "Murder In the Wings"

Characters	Rocky; Tiny; Warren; Sandra Starr
Genre	adventure
Script	Jerry Iger [as S. M. Regi]
Pencils	Alex Blum ? (as S.M. Regi]
Inks	Alex Blum ? (as S.M. Regi]

2 page Clip Chance at Cliffside story

Characters	Clip Chance; Spud Doyle; Gill Fox
Synopsis	Clip plays baseball for a change, but still runs afoul of gamblers, gets clonked on the head, and has to parachute into the middle of the fifth inning in order to save the team.
Genre	sports
Pencils	George Brenner ?
Inks	George Brenner ?

Half page Small Stuff filler

Genre	gags
Script	John Devlin
Pencils	John Devlin
Inks	John Devlin

5 page Invisible Justice story "Evening in the Oriental Museum"

Characters	Kent Thurston; Ruhle; Nolan; Robbins; Betty Robbins
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Art Pinajian ? (as Art Gordon)
Inks	Art Pinajian ? (as Art Gordon)

6 page The Ray story "Cadava the Crumbler"

Characters	The Ray; Diane; Soo Choo; Cadava the Crumbler
Pencils	Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]
Inks	Lou Fine

2 page Archie O'Toole story "So this is Mexico"

Genre	humor; children
Script	George Tuska [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils	George Tuska [as Bud Thomas]
Inks	George Tuska [as Bud Thomas]

1 page Sportraits filler "Bobby Feller"

Genre	sports
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox (signed)
Inks	Gill Fox

7 page Wings Wendall story "Vulcan Metz"

Characters	Wings Wendall; Vulcan Metz; Diane
Synopsis	Wings' place is taken by a German spy who hopes to steal an American plane being delivered to the allies.
Genre	aviation
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "The Coward"

Genre	adventure
Script	Robert M. Hyatt
Letters	typeset
Notes	text story

4 page Magno story "A Gunblast shatters the stillness of the night"

Characters	Magno (Tom Dalton); Mike; Bob Green; Weasel; Spatelle
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson

4 page Abdul the Arab story "Shara"

Characters	Abdul; Hassan; Princess Shara; Achmed
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]
Inks	Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]

7 page Bozo the Robot story "The Ghost Gang"

Characters	Bozo; Hugh Hazzard; Ghost Gang
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	George Brenner ? [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner ? [as Wayne Reid]