Issue | #4 |
Published | April 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | M C Gaines (managing) Sheldon Mayer (editor) |
Characters | Wonder Woman |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Harry G. Peter |
Inks | Harry G. Peter |
Reprinted | in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 |
Characters | Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; V: Baroness Paula Von Gunther (I); Etta Candy; Steve Trevor; Col. Darnell; Eve Brown; Carla Swanson. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | William Moulton Marston [signed as Charles Moulton] |
Pencils | Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter) |
Inks | Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter) |
Reprinted | in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1 |
Characters | The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; King Philip of Spain; Villains: Don Carlos (D); Count Valdez (I, D); Jester. |
Synopsis | Count Valdez and Don Carlos (the King's son) plot to place Don Carlos on the throne by imprisoning the King. But the jester tips off The Black Pirate, who rescues the King, imprisons Count Valdez and helps to kill Don Carlos. |
Genre | period |
Script | Sheldon Moldoff (signed) |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff (signed) |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff (signed) |
Notes | Writer revision by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005) and verified by Moldoff in interview with Roy Thomas. Credit previously assigned to Ted Udall. |
Reprinted | In Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #443 (January 1975). |
Characters | Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Wanda Wilson; V: Dapper Joe (I); Buster Anderson (a policeman, I). |
Synopsis | When Buster Anderson arrests a big time hood, he discovers to his dismay that he and his goons have too much pull to remain in jail. So Mr. Terrific decides to intervene by distributing specially marked "bribe money" through underground channels to entrap Dapper Joe. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Charles Reizenstein (signed) |
Pencils | Hal Sharp (signed) |
Inks | Hal Sharp (signed) |
Notes | Credits by Jerry Bails. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-15-08. |
Reprinted | in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1 |
Characters | Gay Ghost [Charles Collins]; Deborah Wallace; Villains: Baron Von Molte (I), Adolf Hitler, the Nazis; Philip and Tommy Langdon (I); General Rourke. |
Synopsis | Charles Collins volunteers to pilot a bomber being sent to England so that he can get into action against the Germans. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner F. Fox (signed) |
Pencils | Howard Purcell (signed) |
Inks | Howard Purcell (signed) |
Characters | Hal Mason |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Evelyn Gaines (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; The Blue Boys: Toughy & Tubby; Dan Rogers; Officer Clancy; Villains: The Scorpion [I], Fancy Dan (I). |
Genre | superhero; children |
Script | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Jon L. Blummer |
Inks | Jon L. Blummer |
Notes | Writer credit by Jerry Bails & Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). |
Characters | Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner (I); Villains: Gile and Hogg (Intro for both). |
Synopsis | While on his daily training run, Ted runs into a "newly certified" detective, Stretch Skinner.....then he smells a rat when he makes the connection between jewel heists taking place and the firm that awarded Stretch his diploma! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Finger (signed) |
Pencils | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
Inks | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-15-08. |
Reprinted | in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-14 (March 1973); in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1 |