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Issue Details

Issue #48
Published October 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel

6 page Wing Brady story "The Battle of Marjoca [Part 2]"

Characters V: Ali Pascha
Genre adventure
Script Tom Hickey
Pencils Tom Hickey
Inks Tom Hickey
Notes title from last issue blurb

4 page Detective Sergeant Carey story "The Terror In the Swamp"

Characters The "Gorilla" (intro, villain; a man in a gorilla suit)
Genre detective
Script Joe Donohoe
Pencils Joe Donohoe
Inks Joe Donohoe

6 page Biff Bronson story "The Dangerous Mission"

Characters V: Col. Uretz and other military men (I for all)
Genre adventure
Script Joseph Sulman
Pencils Joseph Sulman (Koppy)
Inks Joseph Sulman
Notes title from last issue blurb

5 page Boxcar Tourists filler

Characters I: Dusty and Jake; V: Sourpuss Malone (I)
Genre humor
Script Fred Schwab
Pencils Fred Schwab
Inks Fred Schwab
Notes only app.

2 page Magic Crystal of History story "The Reign of Queen Anne"

Genre fact
Script Homer Fleming
Pencils Homer Fleming
Inks Homer Fleming

6 page Radio Squad story "The Colossal Jewelry Store Robbery"

Characters V: Two unnamed crooks (I)
Genre detective
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Joe Shuster

2 page Ginger Snap filler

Genre gag
Script Bob Kane
Pencils Bob Kane
Inks Bob Kane

6 page Flying Fox story "The Dawn Arrow"

Characters V: A-X
Genre adventure
Script Terry Gilkison
Pencils Terry Gilkison
Inks Terry Gilkison

2 page text story "Baseball Forecast"

Script Jack Anthony
Letters typeset

6 page Lt. Bob Neal story "Deathtrap"

Characters V: An unnamed spy (I)
Genre war
Script B. Hirsch
Pencils Russ Lehman
Inks Russ Lehman

6 page Bulldog Martin story "Adventure In Algiers"

Characters V: Bom Ben Gay (I; a really warm villain)
Script Bart Tumey
Pencils Bart Tumey
Inks Bart Tumey
Notes title from last issue blurb

6 page Sgt. O'Malley of the Red Coat Patrol story "At the Stake"

Characters I: Nancy McClennan
Genre adventure
Script Jack Lehti
Pencils Jack Lehti
Inks Jack Lehti

5 page Buccaneer story "Dr. Killmen of Castle Terror: Part 6"

Characters V: Dr. Killmen
Genre adventure
Script Bernard Baily
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily