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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published November 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Victor Fox

Cover Details

Characters The Dart [Casius Martius]; Ace [Ace Barlow]
Genre superhero

10 page The Dart story "The Motor Company Mobsters"

Characters The Dart [Casius Martius]; Ace [Ace Barlow]; Basco (villain, introduction); Alvo (villain, introduction); Nick (villain, introduction)
Genre Superhero
Pencils ? [as Jerry Arbo] (signed)
Inks ? [as Jerry Arbo] (signed)

8 page The Sorceress of Zoom story "Science Vs. Sorcery"

Characters Sorceress of Zoom (villain); Super-Scientist (introduction, turned into a rat)
Genre occult
Pencils Don Rico ?
Inks Don Rico ?

8 page Dr. Mortal story "Stop Doctor Mortal!"

Characters Dr. Mortal (villain); Ulan (villain, introduction)
Genre adventure
Script Bert Whitman
Pencils Bert Whitman
Inks Bert Whitman

6 page Dynamo story "The Super-Science Spies"

Characters Dynamo [Jim Andrews]; Stark and his gang (villains, introduction)
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon ?
Pencils Robert Webb ? [as Harold Weber] (signed)
Inks Robert Webb ? [as Harold Weber] (signed)
Notes Last appearance was in SCIENCE COMICS #8.

8 page Marga story "The Rudite Crystals"

Characters Marga
Genre adventure
Pencils ? [as James T. Royal] (signed)
Inks ? [as James T. Royal] (signed)
Notes Last appearance was in SCIENCE COMICS #8.

2 page none text story "The Sword of Marduk"

Genre adventure
Script Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel] (signed)
Letters typeset

10 page The Eagle story "The Coming of the Eagle"

Characters The Eagle [Bill Powers] (origin, brief mention); Jason; Mr. Thorne; Browden; Rider (villain, introduction); Otho (villain)
Synopsis The Eagle is born to combat a trucking mob, which is trying to coerce factory owners to use "Roya" Trucks to ship all of their products.
Genre superhero
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve [as Lester Raye] (signed)
Inks Louis Cazeneuve [as Lester Raye] (signed)
Notes Last appearance was in SCIENCE COMICS #8.
Reprinted in Golden Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #3 (2008)

6 page Blast Bennett story "A Princess of Ur"

Characters Blast Bennett; Lua (introduction); Alla (introduction); King of Urol (villain, introduction, death)
Genre science fiction
Pencils ? [as Spencer Allen] (signed)
Inks ? [as Spencer Allen] (signed)

4 page Navy Jones Underseas story "The Undersea Tanks"

Characters Navy Jones; Princess Coral; Captain Nemo; Dictator of Europe (villain, introduction); Von Rothmann (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis After having a delicate undersea operation, allowing him to become a waterman, Jones and his companions must find a way to battle a large fleet of underseas Army tanks advancing on the U.S. off the Florio Coast.
Genre naval
Script Bert Whitman
Pencils Bert Whitman
Inks Bert Whitman
Notes Last appearance was in SCIENCE COMICS #8.
Reprinted in Golden Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #4 (2009)