Issue | V4#1 [37] |
Published | March 1943 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Stanley Beaman (uncredited) |
Characters | Dan Merry; Kit Carter |
Pencils | John Jordan (signed) |
Inks | John Jordan (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Includes letter from Peter Morisi, Brooklyn, NY. |
Characters | Kit Carter; Dan Merry |
Synopsis | Kit meets redhead Glenda Blake at a social, but soon has to rescue her when she is abducted by would-be thieves. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | ? [as Cuthbert] (signed) |
Pencils | John Jordan (signed) |
Inks | John Jordan (signed) |
Notes | Title from cover. |
Characters | Al T. Tude; Willie Rodent (villain) |
Synopsis | Lawyers tell Al T. Tude that he has been left a fortune by his recently-deceased uncle. The Uncle's will requires Al to prove his worth, though, by besting the cut-throat Willie Rodent in a race to the hidden treasure. |
Genre | Humor |
Pencils | Art Gates (signed) |
Inks | Art Gates (signed) |
Pencils | John Daly |
Inks | John Daly |
Script | Jonathan Swift; ? (adaptation) |
Pencils | Harold DeLay |
Inks | Harold DeLay |
Script | Justin Dewey Triem |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Dan'l Flannel; Abu the Mystic; Uncle Dud |
Synopsis | Dan'l sees Abu the Mystic's show when the circus comes to town, and Abu becomes grateful when Dan'l saves him from robbers. In return, Abu grants Dan'l mental powers. Dan'l reads his Uncle Dud's mind and becomes disturbed by what he sees there. |
Pencils | Ed Ryan |
Inks | Ed Ryan |
Notes | Story continues next issue. |
Characters | Adolf Hitler (dies this story); Niles Reed (the Target); Ed Ryan (the artist as himself); Satan; God (portrayed as an electrically charged cloud with protruding hands) |
Synopsis | Bizarre story, narrated by Niles Reed (The Target) to Ed Ryan in which The Target captures Hitler with the plan of bringing him back to the American justice system. On the way back, God appears to them as a speaking cloud with protruding hands, and puts Hitler through a series of trials before releasing him into a hail of Nazi machine gun bullets. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Edward Ryan (signed); Sid Greene (in collaboration with...) |
Inks | Edward Ryan (signed) |
Notes | Ed Ryan draws himself into the story |
Synopsis | Speck's annoying little sister out-performs him in selling war saving stamps, and Speck sees that his hold on the gang's leadership is slipping. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Alonzo Vincent (signed) |
Pencils | Alonzo Vincent (signed) |
Inks | Alonzo Vincent (signed) |
Colors | Alonzo Vincent |
Characters | Pete Stockbridge [The Chameleon] |
Pencils | Al Fagaly (signed) |
Inks | Al Fagaly (signed) |
Genre | Humor |
Pencils | Norman Oliver (signed) |
Inks | Norman Oliver (signed) |
Notes | The possibility exists that "Norman Oliver" is a pen-name of Martin Filchock. |