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Issue Details

Issue	#6
Published	October 1939
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Victor Fox

Cover Details

Characters	The Flame [Gary Preston]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

9 page The Flame story "The Arson Ring of Mr. Crass"

Characters	The Flame [Gary Preston]; Bonnie Lane (introduction); J. B. Crass (villain, introduction, death)
Script	Will Eisner ? [as Basil Berold] (signed)
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine
Reprinted	in Flame, The (Fox, 1940 series) #1; in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #4

8 page Yarko the Great story "The Blood Flower"

Characters	Yarko the Great; Li Wan; Wang; Lailani and other vampiresses (villains, introduction)
Synopsis	Yarko and Li Wan go to Tibet in search of the Hoshai Plant (a flower with human blood). They are captured by Lailani and her group of vampiresses and Yarko has to pit his power of hypnotism against hers.
Genre	Occult
Script	Will Eisner ?
Pencils	Bob Powell ?
Inks	Bob Powell ?
Reprinted	in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #12 (1999) [reprint title: "[Tibet--Land of Mystery...a barren expanse surrounded...]", in black and white]

6 page Shorty Shortcake story "The Guatemala Gold Mine Caper"

Characters	Shorty Shortcake
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (signed)
Pencils	S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (signed)
Inks	S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (signed)

6 page Patty O'Day story "The Hawaiian Volcano Eruption"

Characters	Patty O'Day; Blandon (villain, introduction)
Genre	adventure
Script	Claire Moe
Pencils	Claire Moe
Inks	Claire Moe

6 page Dr. Fung story "The Death of Khan Gen-Kee"

Characters	Dr. Fung; Lotus Flower (introduction, death); Khan Gen-Kee (villain, introduction, death); Loti Gen-Kee [called Lio-San in this story] (villain, introduction)
Genre	adventure
Script	Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean] (signed)
Pencils	Bob Powell [Arthur Dean] (signed)
Inks	Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean] (signed)

2 page none text story "Tommy Taylor In Tibet"

Characters	Tommy Taylor
Genre	adventure
Script	S. M. Iger (signed)
Pencils	Bob Powell (spot illustration)
Inks	Bob Powell (spot illustration)
Letters	typeset

5 page Tex Maxon story "Indian Drums Throb Along Bar-9"

Characters	Tex Mason; Olsen (villain, introduction, death); Frisby (villain, introduction, death)
Genre	Western
Script	Munson Paddock ? [as Cecilia Munson] (signed)
Pencils	Munson Paddock ?
Inks	Munson Paddock ?

2 page Don Quixote story "Takes the Air"

Characters	Don Quixote
Genre	adventure

5 page K-51 Spies At War story "The Sinking of the S-1"

Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner ? [as Willis B. Rensie] (signed)
Pencils	Bob Powell ?
Inks	Bob Powell ?

5 page Mob Buster Robinson story "The Kidnapping of Mary Sloan"

Characters	Mob Buster Robinson (District Attorney); John Sloan (death, Mary's father); Mary Sloan; Nick Dixon (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis	D.A. Robinson, after hearing that a young girl has been kidnapped for ransom, but the father can't pay it and is killed, gets on the trail of the girl, but nearly loses his own life in the process.
Script	? [as Larry Vance] (signed)
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska
Reprinted	in Golden Age Greats Spotlight: The Big 3 (AC, 2003 series) #4 (2009)

7 page Spark Stevens story "The Poaching Junks"

Characters	Spark Stevens
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling