Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	June 1941
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin?

Cover Details

Characters	Bozo; Black X; Jester; Midnight
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

9 page Ray story "The Beetle and the Tongs"

Characters	Ray; Bud; Tom Lum (intro); The Beetle (Intro), Long Woo (Intro, Dies)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]
Inks	Lou Fine

4 page Wings Wendall story "The Hijacked War Planes"

Characters	Wings Wendall; Spinner; General Harrison
Genre	aviation
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

1 page Wun Cloo story "Boomerang Bullets"

Genre	humor; detective
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole

5 page Jester story "The Hundred Grand Hobo"

Characters	Jester; Mulligan; Limpy (intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

6 page Purple Trio story "The Ghost Town Bandits"

Characters	Tiny; Warren; Rocky; Wolf Fang (intro)
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

1 page Archie O'Toole filler

Characters	Princess Itchovitch (intro); Archie; Ivan
Genre	humor; kid
Script	John Devlin
Pencils	John Devlin
Inks	John Devlin

5 page Midnight story "Enter: Doc Wackey"

Characters	Doc Wackey (Intro; becomes Midnight's partner by story's end); Midnight; Gabby
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Jack Cole

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "The Temple of Mars"

Characters	Madame Doom, Sandra Sanders (intro), Luigi Piscato (Dies); Black X
Genre	spy
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams

5 page Invisible Justice story "The Blue Death"

Characters	Kent Thurston; The Crystal Queen, Caglio (Intro, Dies for both)
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks	Art Pinajian

5 page Scarlet Seal story "The Human Bronzes"

Characters	Barry Moore; Captain Moore; Morta (Intro); Bernice Fonda (Intro, Dies)
Genre	detective
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Beeskrieg"

Characters	Jimmy Christian
Genre	adventure
Script	Robert M. Hyatt?
Letters	typeset
Notes	next story "The Hunted Castle"

4 page Abdul the Arab story "The Capture of Princess Bardia"

Characters	Abdul; Hassan; Pooch (intro,a girl), Princess Bardia; Kibur (Intro, Dies)
Genre	adventure
Script	Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]
Inks	Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts]

4 page Chic Carter story "The Black Death"

Characters	Chic Carter; Monahan; The Black Death (Intro; Holt); Foster (intro, dies), Worthington (intro, dies); Dr. Parker
Genre	detective
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

7 page Bozo the Robot story "Karl Zoff's Double"

Characters	Hugh Hazzard; Bozo; Karl Zoff; Kurtz (Intro for both); Fox (intro)
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner