Issue Details

Issue	#31
Published	February 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Gil Fox
Notes	Gil Fox listed as editor in Police #7. Sequences re-ordered by Gary Watson, May 2009.

Cover Details

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Ray; Black X; Wings Wendall; Rookie Rankin
Genre	superhero; adventure
Pencils	Gil Fox
Inks	Gil Fox
Notes	Gil Fox listed as editor in Police #7. Sequences re-ordered by Gary Watson, May 2009.

9 page Ray story "Who Is Monsieur Le Rat?"

Characters	Monsieur Le Rat; Ray; Bud; Sue Saunders
Synopsis	Searching for spies in Syria, while competing with Sue Saunders of the New York Star.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine
Notes	Bud now knows the Ray's secret identity.

6 page Rookie Rankin story "Burly Monahan"

Characters	Rookie Rankin; Ma Rankin; Burly Monahan; Sgt. Burns; Riley
Synopsis	Burly Monahan is out on parole and gunning for Rookie.
Genre	detective
Pencils	Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inks	Arthur Peddy

1 page Archie O'Toole filler

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

5 page Jester story "Caraso's Gambling Joint"

Characters	Jester; Caraso; McGinty
Synopsis	The Jester shuts down an illegal gambling joint masquerading as a charity.
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks	Paul Gustavson

5 page Wildfire story "Snow Valley"

Characters	Wildfire; Mickey Keene
Synopsis	Criminals try to kidnap young movie star Micky Keene in Snow Valley.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Turner (signed)
Pencils	Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks	Jim Mooney

5 page Invisible Justice story "Professor Watson's Secret"

Characters	Kent Thurston; Rogar; Jane Watson; Yar
Synopsis	Rogar wants to know where Prof Watson's lab is so he kidnaps Jane in order to blackmail the Prof.
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks	Art Pinajian

6 page Midnight story "The Transmutation Machine"

Characters	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; Spade; Weasel
Synopsis	Doc's latest invention can transmute matter from one element to another. Just the thing Spade and Weasel are looking for.
Genre	superhero; adventure
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole (signed)
Inks	Jack Cole

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "The Mysterious Radio Station"

Characters	Black X; Col. Atwater; Batu; Madame Doom; Herr Klotz
Synopsis	Klotz and his spies occupy a secret floor in the Cronin building.
Genre	spy
Pencils	Witmer Williams [as Will Erwin]
Inks	Witmer Williams [as Will Erwin]

1 page Wun Cloo filler

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

5 page Purple Trio story "Bull Karten"

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

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "The Monster"

Letters

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6 page Wings Wendall story "The Deadly Atomic Bomb"

Characters	The Red Menace; Wings Wendall; Diane Westcott
Synopsis	The Red Menace has a deadly atomic bomb with which he plans to conquer the world.
Genre	aviation
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inks	Vernon Henkel

7 page Bozo the Robot story "The Noiseless Explosive"

Characters	Hugh Hazzard; Bozo the Robot; Kurt; Eric; Alan Hall
Synopsis	Hugh and Bozo track down two spies who shot a security guard in a defense plant. They kidnap an american scientist and force him to make a new explosive.
Genre	science fiction
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks	George Brenner