Issue Details

Issue	#9
Published	April 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	?
Notes	Story sequence corrections and additional sequences (ads, text features) from Leonard Wolinsky, 8/17/2006, and John P. Selegue, 9/8/2010

Cover Details - "The Spark Man and the Mad Man at the Switch!"

Characters

Spark Man; Nancy; The Captain; Hans; Fritz; Tarzan; Abbie; Slats; Broncho Bill; Ella Cinders; Dynamite Dunn

10 page Spark Man story "The Case of the Madman at the Switch"

Genre	superhero
Script	Fred Methot
Pencils	Reg Greenwood
Inks	Reg Greenwood
Notes	Title supplied by Leonard Wolinsky, 8/17/2006.

5 page El Bombo story "Bombo and his pal, Mr. Fitzwillie, arrive in Arizona"

5 page Tarzan story Captured, Tarzan's Doom, The Demon Beasts, "Nature's Brother"

Script	Burne Hogarth
Pencils	Burne Hogarth
Inks	Burne Hogarth
Notes	Sunday reprints

5 page Dynamite Dunn story "Harvey Skweel has tricked Dynamite into a fight"

Notes

last appearance

6 page The Captain and the Kids story "I gotta find out who my ancestors was!"

Characters	The Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Bloodshot; The Inspector; Flotsam; Jetsam
Genre	humor
Script	Rudolph Dirks
Pencils	Rudolph Dirks
Inks	Rudolph Dirks

2 page advertisement "News Notes About Stamps"

Notes

Stamp ads.

7 page Nancy story "Fritzi, Nancy and Sluggo have been on a vacation in the South"

Characters	Nancy; Sluggo; Fritzi Ritz; Chauncey; Mr. Snyder
Genre	humor
Script	Ernie Bushmiller
Pencils	Ernie Bushmiller?
Inks	Ernie Bushmiller
Notes	Strip reprints

4 page Frankie Doodle filler "The ghostly hooded figure of the old Archis estate has been revealed as County Detective Fry!"

Characters	County Detective Fry; Captain Ku; District Attorney Hall; Mrs. Archis; Mr. Fry; Frankie Doodle; Jimmy the delivery boy; Chief Stack; Howard Archis; Loretta Archis; Ling Pow; Thomas Stone
Genre	detective
Script	Ben Batsford
Pencils	Ben Batsford
Inks	Ben Batsford
Notes	Strip reprints

5 page Broncho Bill story "Gnashing Teeth, Substitute Pard, Buckaroo's Grit, Silent Slugs"

Characters	Broncho Bill; Jones; Olaf; Buckaroo; Nell
Genre	western
Script	Harry F. O'Neill
Pencils	Harry F. O'Neill
Inks	Harry F. O'Neill
Notes	Sunday reprints

2 page Ella Cinders story "Some of the inventions at this exhibit are certainly nutty, Blackie!", "I've got to help Papa figure out the weather report!"

Characters	Ella Cinders; Blackie; Rollo Beagle; Papa Beagle; Mama Beagle; Chris Crusty; Uncle Sandy
Genre	humor
Script	Bill Conselman
Pencils	Charlie Plumb
Inks	Charlie Plumb
Notes	Sunday reprints, Chris Crusty topper strip

2 page text article "Sparkler Salutes"

Genre	fact
Letters	typeset?
Notes	Honoring boys & girls for outstanding achievements. Spot illustrations.

6 page Abbie an' Slats story "Glamor-girl Audrey Blaine has written asking some gangster acquaintances to rescue her"

Characters	Audrey Blaine; No-Pants Hennessy; Benny the Goat; Beer Barrel Barney; Looie the Slug; Harry the Knife; Evergreen Bones; Aubrey Eustace "Slats" Scrapple; Miss Tisket; Miss Tasket
Genre	adventure
Script	Al Capp
Pencils	Raeburn van Buren
Inks	Raeburn van Buren
Notes	Strip reprints

4 page Danny Dingle story "Saved from extinction by muderous Zuca Indians"

Characters	Danny Dingle; Pa Dingle; Sergeant Seguerra; Deborah "Ma" Dingle; Jeffrey Jellicoe
Genre	adventure
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble
Notes	Strip reprints; last appearance

1 page Unbelievable But True story "John Paul Jones"

Synopsis	John Paul Jones, molybdenum, guano, Leon Ames
Genre	fact
Script	Frank N. Ernest
Pencils	Frank N. Ernest
Inks	Frank N. Ernest

1 page Comics on Parade promo (ad from the publisher) "Comics on Parade"

Synopsis	House ad for Li'l Abner in Comics on Parade
Genre	humor
Script	Al Capp
Pencils	Al Capp
Inks	Al Capp
Notes	Inside back cover

1 page Tip Top Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Tip Top Comics"

Synopsis	House ad for Tip Top Comics with 12 covers featuring Nancy, Li'l Abner, the Captain and the Kids, and Looy Dot Dope
Pencils	Various
Inks	Various
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Back cover