Issue Details

Issue	#46
Published	August 1946
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Will Lieberson

Cover Details

Characters	Mary Marvel; Commando Yank; Phantom Eagle; Mr. Scarlet & Pinky.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Binder
Inks	Jack Binder

1 page Contents page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Genre	information
Pencils	Jack Binder
Inks	Jack Binder

8 page Mary Marvel story "Idea Pills"

Characters	Mary Marvel [Mary Bromfield]
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jack Binder
Inks	Jack Binder

1 page Muscle Hedd filler "Is Below Par"

Characters	Muscle Hedd
Genre	gag
Script	David Pascal
Pencils	David Pascal
Inks	David Pascal

6 page Mr. Scarlet and Pinky story "Portrait of Death"

Characters	Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky; V: Henry Miller; Harvey Thomas.
Synopsis	The murder of famous artist Jonas Smythe and several others from suffocation in their studios leads Scarlet and Pinky to track down their killer: a man expelled from the Academy of Art 12 years earlier for selling fake paintings of the masters.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Carl Pfeufer
Inks	Carl Pfeufer
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-20-08.
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #67

Half page Witless Witmore filler "The Book Worm"

Characters	Witless Witmore
Genre	gag

Half page Sam the Sheriff filler "Permits Himself To Be Taken For a Chase"

Characters	Sam
Genre	gag
Script	Al Liederman
Pencils	Al Liederman
Inks	Al Liederman

1 page Boy Scout Bob filler "Knows His Way"

Characters	Bob
Genre	gag

6 page Mr. Scarlet and Pinky story "The Mustering-Out Menace"

Characters	Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky; V: Porky Pigge (I).
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jack Binder
Inks	Jack Binder
Notes	Story title taken from contents page.

1 page Whipper-Snappers filler "Music"

Genre

gag

Half page Witless Witmore filler "Don't You A-Door Him?"

Characters	Witless Witmore
Genre	gag

Half page Horace Hotstuff filler "Will Get a Kick Out of This"

Characters	Horace Hotstuff
Genre	gag

2 page Penny Graves text story "Intrigue In Hawaii"

Characters	Penny Graves
Genre	mystery
Script	Joseph Millard (John Messmann)(signed)
Letters	typeset

Half page Muscle Hedd filler "Back He Goes"

Characters	Muscle Hedd
Genre	gag
Script	David Pascal
Pencils	David Pascal
Inks	David Pascal

Half page Boy Scout Bob filler "Sticks To It"

Characters	Bob
Genre	gag

1 page Dippy Detours filler "Crooks"

Genre

gag

6 page Phantom Eagle story "The Jesse James of the Air"

Characters	Phantom Eagle; V: The Rocket (I & D).
Genre	aviation
Script	Marc Swayze?
Pencils	Marc Swayze
Inks	Marc Swayze

1 page Whipper-Snappers filler "Boarding Houses"

Genre

gag

1 page Muscle Hedd filler "A Weak Fish"

Characters	Muscle Hedd
Genre	gag
Script	David Pascal
Pencils	David Pascal
Inks	David Pascal

6 page Commando Yank story "The Die Is Cast"

Characters	Commando Yank [Chase Yale].
Synopsis	The Yank becomes involves with an inventor and his daughter, trying to protect the invention from a carry-over group of Nazis bent on securing it to help them take over the world.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Carl Pfeufer
Inks	Carl Pfeufer
Notes	Art credits revised by Craig Delich (June 30, 2007). Credits formerly listed as Harry Fisk?
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #65