Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	August 1939
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Victor Fox
Notes	This month is the first appearance of the FP shield and the last appearance of Bruns Publications, Inc. Indicia (inside front cover): WONDERWORLD COMICS, Vol. I, No. 4, Published monthly by Bruns Publications, Inc., V. S. Fox, President, 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. Office of publication. 29 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Application for transfer of entry to the Post Office at Springfield, Mass., pending. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates: 12 issues in the United States, and its possessions, Mexico, South America, Spain, $1.50. Elsewhere, $2.50. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Copyright 1939, by Bruns Publications, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A.

Cover Details

Genre	Period
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

7 page Flame story "The Dreaded Doxol"

Characters	Doxol (Villain; Intro; Death)
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Lou Fine [as Basil Berold]
Inks	Lou Fine

2 page Armstrong the Lumberjack story "Th' boss wants ta see me..."

Characters	Armstrong (Intro)
Pencils	Bill Newcombe
Notes	Only appearance

8 page Yarko story "The Judge's Wife and the Smugglers"

Characters	Rocco (Villian; Intro); Judge and Mrs. Lawton (Intro); Gail Martin (Intro)
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Bob Powell?
Inks	Bob Powell?

6 page Shorty Shortcake story "Shorty and Suzy are visiting Mr. De Welth..."

Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams]
Inks	S. M. Iger

6 page Patty O'Day story "The Case of English Eddie"

Script	Adolphe Barreaux
Pencils	Adolphe Barreaux
Inks	Adolphe Barreaux

6 page Dr. Fung story "The Council of Vampires"

Characters	Luigi Bishop (Villain; Intro; Death); Anya Bishop (Villain; Intro; Death); Council of Vampires (Villain; Intro)
Script	Bob Powell
Pencils	Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean]
Inks	Bob Powell

2 page text story "Buddy Learns About the Pirates' Weapons"

Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	Lou Fine (illustration)
Inks	Lou Fine (illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with illustration.

5 page Tex Maxon story "Ambushing the Smoky Hill Stage"

Characters	Rat-Eye (Villain; Intro); Schmidt (Villain; Intro); Beggs (Villain; Intro)
Pencils	Munson Paddock [as Cecilia Munson]
Inks	Munson Paddock

2 page Don Quixote story "In Modern Times"

5 page K-51 Spies At War story "The Battleship Disasters"

Characters	Senor Anza (Villain; Intro; Death)
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]
Inks	Will Eisner

4 page Mob-Buster Robinson story "We're Takin' Over Dis Town, See?"

Characters	Capino (Villain; Intro)
Pencils	George Tuska? [as Harold Vance]
Inks	George Tuska?

1 page Tom Barry filler "The Blackie Morgan Case"

Characters	Tom Barry (Intro; A Mountie); Blackie Morgan (Villain; Intro; Death)
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska
Notes	Only appearance

1 page Movie Memos filler

Characters	Ralph Bellamy; Shirley Temple; Ben Turpin; Irene Dunne; Benny Leonard
Pencils	Bernard Baily [as Glenda Carol]

7 page Spark Stevens story "Doom In the Gold Mine"

Script	Klaus Nordling?
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

1 page Mystery Men Comics #1 promo (ad from the publisher) "Boys and Girls! Be sure to get the new Mystery Men Comics"

Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside back cover
Reprinted	in Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]