Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	December 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox?
Inks	Gill Fox?

9 page Black Condor story "The Menace of the Thinking Machines"

Characters	Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Lung Woe (first appearance; villain; death); an enemy spy (first appearance; villain); the Spinning Deaths (first appearance; villain; death; sentient machines)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine

2 page Molly the Model story

Characters	Molly the Model
Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Space Legion story "Vendrome's Electrical Weapon"

Characters	Space Legion; Dr. Wadsworth; Elaine Wadsworth; Vendrome (first appearance villain; death)
Genre	science fiction
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

5 page Madam Fatal story "The Secret of the Rex"

Characters	Madam Fatal; Dr. Prowl (first appearance); Thor (first appearance); Trag (first appearance; villain); Prof. Crane (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Art Pinajian
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

5 page Red Torpedo story "Allied With the Black Shark"

Characters	Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart]; Capt. Arville (first appearance; death); Black Shark (villain); Nazis (villains); Herr Schaft (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	superhero
Script	Henry Kiefer
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

4 page Jane Arden story

Characters	Jane Arden
Genre	soap opera
Script	Monte Barrett
Pencils	Russell E. Ross
Inks	Russell E. Ross
Notes	strip reprints

6 page Alias the Spider story "The Boy and the Bank Robbers"

Characters	The Spider [Tom Hallaway]; Bobby (first appearance); the "old timer" (first appearance); Mike (villain); Spud (villain); other crooks (first appearance; villains; one death)
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

4 page Lee Preston of the Red Cross story "The Saboteurs and the Train Crash"

Characters	Lee Preston; Rick Royce
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy

2 page Snappy story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

4 page Ned Brant story

Characters	Ned Brant
Genre	sports
Script	Bob Zuppke
Pencils	E. W. DePew
Inks	E. W. DePew
Notes	strip reprints

2 page Eric Vale text story "Jungle Blitzkrieg"

Characters	Eric Vale
Script	Larry Spain
Letters	typeset

1 page Slap Happy Pappy story "The Anti-Gun Judge"

Genre	Gags
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

5 page Wizard Wells story "With Remote Control"

Characters	Wizard Wells; Jason Terrell (first appearance); Betty Terrell (first appearance); Ralph Terrell (villain); John Terrell (villain)
Genre	adventure
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

1 page Rube Goldberg's Side Show story

Genre	Gags
Script	Rube Goldberg
Pencils	Rube Goldberg
Inks	Rube Goldberg
Notes	strip reprints

8 page Clock story "Stuporman"

Characters	Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Stuporman (first appearance; villain; death); Snoop Cadrone (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	detective
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner