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Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	September 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	Harry Shorten

Cover Details

Pencils	Edd Ashe
Inks	Edd Ashe

13 page Wizard story "Roy the Super-Boy"

Characters	Roy the Super-Boy (Intro; Origin); John Howard (Intro; Death); James Reagan; Mayor Beadle (Villain; Intro); Boss Schultz (Villain; Intro; Death)
Synopsis	Wizard becomes a newspaper publisher.
Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	Edd Ashe
Inks	Edd Ashe

7 page Firefly story "Origin of the Firefly"

Characters	The Firefly [Harley Hudson] (Intro, Origin); Dr. Dread (Villain; Intro; called "The Professor); Selig (Villain; Intro); monsters (Villain; Intro); Joan Burton (Intro)
Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	Bob Wood
Inks	Bob Wood

6 page Galahad story "The Danish-Irish Attack"

Characters	King of Pellinore (Intro); The Irish King (Villain; Intro); The Danish King (Villain; Intro)
Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	Lin Streeter
Inks	Lin Streeter

6 page Shanghai Sheridan story "Ma-Ma Mosquito"

Characters	Madame Chao Yu-Tang (Intro); The Japanese (Villain)
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Irv Novick
Notes	last appearance

1 page text story "Lariat Law"

Script	The Trail Boss
Letters	typeset

6 page Streak Chandler story "Escape On Io"

Characters	Quantus (Villain); Lura (Villain)
Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	William Wills
Inks	William Wills
Notes	last appearance

6 page Wings Johnson story "The Camouflaged Air Base"

Characters	The Nazis (Villain)
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Ed Smalle
Inks	Ed Smalle

6 page Dick Storm story "In India (Part 2)"

Characters	Jessups (Guest Star); Margie Conway (Guest Star); Ah Ming (Villain); cannibals (Villain; Intro)
Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Mort Meskin
Notes	last appearance

6 page Bob Phantom story "The Mystery of the Kidnapped Policemen"

Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	Gerry Thorpe
Inks	Gerry Thorpe

6 page Kardak story "The Master Brahmins: Part 3"

Characters	Master of the Valley of Death (Villain; Intro)
Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	Bernard Klein
Inks	Bernard Klein