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Issue Details

Issue #32
Published March 1942
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 68
Editing Gil Fox

Cover Details

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby; The Ray; Black X; Bozo the Robot; The Jester
Genre superhero; adventure
Pencils Gil Fox
Inks Gil Fox

9 page Ray story "Ancient Greece speaks"

Characters Ray; Buddy; Sue Saunders; Baron Hoff
Synopsis Nazis, Greek gods, rival reporters, a lost prophetic scroll. Sounds like a movie.
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]
Inks Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]

6 page Espionage Starring Black X story "Across the Great Arizona Desert"

Characters Black X; Batu; Col Atwater
Synopsis Nazis in Arizona are plaguing an air base with clouds of man-made smoke.
Genre spy
Pencils Witmer Williams [as Erwin]
Inks Witmer Williams [as Erwin]

1 page Archie O'Toole filler "Bus Stop- No Parking"

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

5 page Wildfire story "Mardi Gras"

Characters Wildfire; The Frog (villain)
Synopsis Froggy Miller was booted out of the army for cowardice and now seeks revenge as The Frog!
Genre superhero
Script Robert Turner (signed)
Pencils Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks Jim Mooney (signed)

5 page Jester story "Fifth Victim Disappears into Night"

Characters Jester; McGinty; Doc Reinhart; Sarcoris
Synopsis The Jester chases a body snatcher.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks Paul Gustavson (signed)

5 page Purple Trio story "The Botanical Gardens"

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

6 page Midnight story "War Over Iceland!"

Characters Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby
Synopsis Nazis try to use one of Doc's inventions to invade Iceland.
Genre superhero; adventure
Script Jack Cole
Pencils Jack Cole (signed)
Inks Jack Cole (signed)

1 page Wun Cloo filler

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

7 page Bozo the Robot story "Another explosion in a defense plant"

Characters Bozo; Hugh Hazzard
Genre science fiction
Script George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Pencils George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
Inks George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]

6 page Wings Wendall story "Red Menace Is Alive!"

Characters Wings Wendall; Red Menace
Synopsis Red Menace (Japanese, despite the name) is building a tunnel under the Pacific Ocean in order to invade America.
Genre aviation
Script Vernon Henkel
Pencils Vernon Henkel
Inks Vernon Henkel

2 page Jimmy Christian text story "Flight To the Unknown"

Genre adventure
Letters typeset

5 page Invisible Justice story "Waxman"

Characters Kent Thurston; Waxman; Rox
Synopsis Kent battles sabotage inside a defense plant.
Genre superhero
Script Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Pencils Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Inks Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon]
Notes Last episode. Next appearance in All-Star Squadron (DC, 1981 series) #32.

6 page Rookie Rankin story "Tis an ill and cold wind"

Characters Rookie Rankin; Sgt. Burns; Pat
Synopsis Rookie and the night watchman drink doped coffee and almost fall victim to a burglary scheme.
Genre detective
Pencils Arthur Peddy (signed)
Inks Arthur Peddy (signed)