| Issue | #28 |
| Published | August 1942 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Harry Shorten |
| Notes | Available as a scan from goldenagecomics.co.uk. |
| Characters | Steel Sterling; Web; Baron Gestapo |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Bob Montana |
| Inks | Bob Montana |
| Notes | Originally credited to Irv Novick (as it is credited in Overstreet) but cover is signed "Montana" at the bottom of the chalkboard. Signature spotted by Mr. Bedrock at http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=170288&fpart=1880 . |
| Synopsis | Contents of the issue. |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Also includes indicia. |
| Characters | Steel Sterling; Baron Gestapo |
| Synopsis | "Baron Gestapo is loose again! And his dread hand reaching across the vast Pacific, hovers over America's greatest General like a talon of death, but zipping to the rescue in a desperate race against time, Steel Sterling, Man of Steel." [from the table of contents] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) [as Irving Novick] |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) [as Irving Novick] |
| Characters | The Web (origin in flashback) |
| Synopsis | "The Web is born! How did this unique, awe-inspiring force for justice come into being? Why did he adopt the guise of a web? The answers are told in a story that reaches a crashing crescendo of thrills and excitement." [from Table of Contents] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | John Cassone ? |
| Inks | John Cassone ? |
| Characters | Black Jack; The Black Seven |
| Synopsis | "The Black Seven! Who can ever forget this weird figure possessed of the evil luck of the Devil himself? A luck that once again is to clash with the wit and cunning of the only person ever to trump it - Black Jack." [from the Table of Contents] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Robin King (signed) [as King] |
| Inks | Robin King (signed) [as King] |
| Notes | Index originally had "Al Camy?" credited for pencils and inks, but story is signed "King". |
| Synopsis | Weird facts. |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | Mary Goss ? [as Goss]; Dale Goss ? [as Goss] |
| Inks | Mary Goss ? [as Goss]; Dale Goss ? [as Goss] |
| Notes | Signed "Goss". Jerry Bails' Who's Who gives both Mary and Dale as people who were working for Archie at this time doing filler work. |
| Characters | Wilbur; Wilbur's father; Jimmy; Marmaduke |
| Synopsis | Wilbur and Jimmy get Marmaduke to make them fireworks for the 4th of July but have to hide them in an un-used cannon when Wilbur's dad walks by. |
| Genre | teen |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| Characters | The Black Witch; Philip Wylie; Tom Grayson |
| Synopsis | A shriveled hand brings bad luck to whoever possesses it. |
| Genre | horror |
| Pencils | Robin King (signed) [as King] |
| Inks | Robin King (signed) [as King] |
| Synopsis | Ad for Pep Comics. |
| Characters | John Newkirk |
| Synopsis | Scarsdale Jack fights with the Flying Tigers to keep the Pacific safe. |
| Genre | fact; war |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Notes | First appearance. |
| Characters | Zambini |
| Synopsis | Zambini rescues a sea captain bent on suicide and tells him the story of an ancient sea captain. |
| Script | Gerald Kean (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Notes | Writer and art credits revised per Leonard Wolinsky, from splash page signature, 1/19/2007. Previously credited as writer: Harry Shorten and art: "J. K. Phillips?" |
| Synopsis | Letter from the Secretary of the Treasurer encouraging kids to buy Saving Stamps to aid the war effort. |
| Script | Henry Morgenthau, Jr. |
| Synopsis | Ad for Comicscope, a camera projector. Available from MLJ Magazines. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Synopsis | Ad for Charles Atlas body-building. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | On back cover of comic. |