Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	November 1940
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Black X; Ray; Bozo the Robot; Wings Wendall; Invisible Hood
Genre	spy
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

9 page Ray story "The Revenge of Bela Jat"

Characters	Ray; Bela Jat (Intro, Dies); Shimego; Gar
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]
Inks	Lou Fine

6 page Purple Trio story "Mystery of the Empty Theatre"

Characters	Rocky; Warren; Tiny; Old Willy (intro, dies)
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

2 page Archie O'Toole story "The Hypnotic Fiend"

Characters	Archie O'Toole; Sum Fun (intro)
Genre	humor; children
Script	George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils	George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]
Inks	George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]

4 page Chic Carter story "Mystery In the Bayou"

Characters	Mae "Scoop" Merrill (intro); Chic Carter
Genre	detective
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

5 page Scarlet Seal story "Origin of the Scarlet Seal"

Characters	The Scarlet Seal (Barry Moore)(intro and origin); Captain Moore (intro); Spider (Dies); Bugs Marlone; Lt. Bemis
Synopsis	Actor Barry Moore takes a job at his dad's Police department, but the Commisioner is a soft headed liberal so Barry devises a secret life in order to infiltrate the underworld as the Scarlet Seal.
Genre	detective
Script	Harry Francis Campbell [as Manning DeV. Lee]
Pencils	Harry Francis Campbell [as Manning DeV. Lee]
Inks	Harry Francis Campbell [as Manning DeV. Lee]

5 page Invisible Justice story "The Power of Tutkamen"

Characters	Kent Thurston; Prof. James; Prof. Hill; Dr. Robb (Intro, Dies)
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks	Art Pinajian

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Invasion of Mexico"

Characters	Black X; Rod Pasquale; Col. Atwater
Genre	spy
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich [as William Erwin]
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich

4 page Magno story "The Labor Racketeers"

Characters	Big Tim Fink (intro);Magno
Synopsis	Magno breaks up a fake union run by racketeers.
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

2 page Wun Cloo story "The Arson Arrows"

Characters	Fire Commissioner Nosey (Intro)
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox (signed)
Inks	Gill Fox

4 page Abdul the Arab story "The Sheik's Power Play"

Characters	Abdul; Hassan; Sheik Karu-Bali (Intro, Dies)
Genre	adventure
Script	Bob Powell
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]
Inks	Bob Powell

2 page Jimmy Christian story "Vanishing Gold"

Genre	adventure
Script	Robert M. Hyatt
Letters	typeset

1 page Kidding the Kids filler

Genre	gags
Script	Arthur Beeman (signed)
Pencils	Arthur Beeman (signed)
Inks	Arthur Beeman (signed)

7 page Wings Wendall story "The Fifth Column"

Characters	Wings Wendall; Puget (Intro, Dies)
Genre	aviation
Script	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel

7 page Bozo the Robot story "Turgin's Fifth Column"

Characters	Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Turgin (intro,dies)
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner