Issue Details

Issue	#29
Published	December 1941
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Midnight; Gabby; Doc Wackey; Ray; Black X; Bozo; Wings Wendall; Jester; Rookie Rankin; Archie O'Toole; Purple Trio
Genre	superhero; adventure
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

9 page Ray story "Terror In Texas"

Characters	Ray; Bud; The Chief; El Lobo (villain)
Synopsis	German spies and Mexican bandits terrorize Fort Sherman, Texas
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall [as E. Lectron]
Inks	Reed Crandall

6 page Rookie Rankin story "Double Trouble"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; Ma Rankin; Tim; Sniffer; Louie the Louse; Sgt. Burns
Synopsis	Rankin runs into a crook who looks just like him.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Arthur Peddy

1 page Archie O'Toole filler "Another Crackpot Job-Seeker"

Genre	humor; children
Script	John Devlin
Pencils	John Devlin
Inks	John Devlin

5 page Jester story "Disaster Strikes In the Subway System"

Characters	Jester; Detective McGinty
Synopsis	A Mad scientist invents a machine that can make walls easy to walk through.
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson

5 page Wildfire story "In Hollywood"

Characters	Wildfire; Martin Conway
Synopsis	Wildfire battles arsonists at a movie studio.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Turner (signed)
Pencils	Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks	Jim Mooney

5 page Invisible Justice story "King Damba and His Fortress of Doom"

Characters	Kent Thurston; Mamma Le Blanc; Wagner; Lopez
Synopsis	The Invisible Hood breaks up an enemy sub base in the Caribbean
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks	Art Pinajian

6 page Midnight story "The Return of Chango!"

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Chango
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole

6 page Wings Wendall story "In China"

Characters	Wings Wendall; Bullet Plane; Agent 5; Miss Sanders
Synopsis	Wings flies to China to rescue an American agent
Genre	aviation
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel

1 page Wun Cloo filler "Fifth and Vine"

Genre	humor; detective
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole [as Ralph Johns]
Inks	Jack Cole

5 page Purple Trio story "Mexican Curio Shop"

Characters	Rocky; Warren; Tiny; Pedro Martinez
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "The Fiery Warning"

Genre	adventure
Script	Robert M. Hyatt
Letters	typeset

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Lord Otterlake"

Characters	Black X; Batu; Col. Atwater; Madame Doom; Lord Otterlake
Synopsis	Madame Doom tries to replace Lord Otterlake with one of her own men.
Genre	spy
Pencils	Witmer Williams [as Will Erwin]
Inks	Witmer Williams

7 page Bozo the Robot story "Death Penalty For Spies"

Characters	Bozo; Hugh Hazzard; Senator Janes; Emil Kurt
Synopsis	When Senator Janes proposes the death penalty for spies, his life is in danger.
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner