Issue | #25 |
Published | August 1941 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Ed Cronin ? |
Characters | The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bozo the Robot [Hugh Hazzard](inset); Espionage (inset); The Jester [Charles Lane](inset); Midnight [Dave Clark](inset) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Gill Fox |
Inks | Gill Fox |
Characters | The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Bud; Mitch Mouldin |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Lou Fine |
Inks | Lou Fine |
Characters | Archie O'Toole |
Genre | humor; kid |
Script | John Devlin |
Pencils | John Devlin |
Inks | John Devlin |
Characters | Midnight [Dave Clark]; Doc Wackey; Gabby |
Genre | superhero; adventure |
Script | Jack Cole (signed) |
Pencils | Jack Cole (signed) |
Inks | Jack Cole (signed) |
Letters | Jack Cole |
Characters | Wings Wendall; Spinner Benson; Captain Krawl |
Genre | aviation |
Script | Vernon Henkel (signed) |
Pencils | Vernon Henkel (signed) |
Inks | Vernon Henkel (signed) |
Notes | Wears costume in this story |
Characters | Kent Thurston; Phineas Barr; John Thorp; Joan Thorp; Tom Slade |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) |
Pencils | Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) |
Inks | Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) |
Characters | The Jester [Charles Lane]; Mulligan |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Paul Gustavson ? |
Pencils | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
Inks | Paul Gustavson (signed) |
Notes | People often assume Gustavson wrote all of his material, and this is not so according to Jerry Bails and the Who's Who. Paul often wrote his filler strips, rarely, if ever, anything else, thus I have added a ? behind his writer credit (added by Craig Delich 2010-9-11). |
Characters | Black X; Batu; Colonel Atwater |
Genre | spy |
Pencils | Witmer Williams [as Will Erwin] (signed) |
Inks | Witmer Williams [as Will Erwin] (signed) |
Characters | Rookie Rankin (introduction); Ma Rankin; Sgt. Burns; Nightstick Kane; Jimmy |
Genre | detective |
Pencils | Arthur F. Peddy [as Kenneth Julian] (signed) |
Inks | Arthur F. Peddy [as Kenneth Julian] (signed) |
Characters | Wun Choo |
Genre | humor; detective |
Script | Jack Cole |
Pencils | Jack Cole |
Inks | Jack Cole |
Letters | Jack Cole |
Characters | Wildfire (Carol Vance Martin); Frank Vance (Carol's father, death); Marie (Carol's maid); Lord of Fire; Mr. and Mrs. John Martin; Senator Raymond; Heinrich (villain); Dolph (villain); Green Masked Bund (villains); |
Synopsis | Young Carol Martin is given wondrous powers by the Lord of Fire, which she uses to combat the un-American activities of a group which has kidnapped a famed U.S. Senator, trying to get him to admit to the newspapers that America will not come to the aid of other democracies. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Robert Turner (signed) |
Pencils | Jim Mooney (signed) |
Inks | Jim Mooney (signed) |
Reprinted | in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010) [reprinted in B/W in this format] |
Characters | Jimmy Christian |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Robert M. Hyatt |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Purple Trio: [Warren, Rocky, Tiny] |
Genre | adventure |
Script | S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi] (signed) |
Pencils | Alex Blum |
Inks | Alex Blum |
Characters | Bozo the Robot [Hugh Hazzard]; Clive Dow; The Clown (villain) |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed) |
Pencils | George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed) |
Inks | George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed) |