Issue Details

Issue	#48
Published	September 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall?
Inks	Reed Crandall?

9 page Doll Man story "Trouble In South America"

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Ernst Muller (first appearance; villain); Hermann (first appearance; villain); other Nazis (first appearance; villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall

2 page Big Top story

Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Samar story "The Feast of Azoga"

Characters	Samar; The Wambu chief (first appearance; villain; death); a trader (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Max Elkan
Inks	Max Elkan

5 page Zero story "Duel of the Ghosts"

Characters	Zero; Jim Dolan (first appearance); Dolan (first appearance; a ghost); Jim Dolan's cousin (first appearance; villain; a ghost)
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

4 page Dusty Dane story "Lighthouse of Doom"

Characters	Dusty Dane; Julius Korn (first appearance; death); Slimey (first appearance; death); their gang (first appearance; all die)
Genre	adventure
Script	Vernon Henkel
Pencils	Vernon Henkel
Inks	Vernon Henkel

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

5 page USA story "Masquerade of Treason"

Characters	USA (last appearance); Allen Marshall (first appearance); Richter and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Maurice Gutwirth
Inks	Maurice Gutwirth

2 page Lala Palooza story

Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "Arson At Settler's Valley"

Characters	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Flatfoot Charlie (first appearance); Dan Carter (first appearance); Chief Black Hawk (first appearance); Thorpe and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre	western
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Telltale Tunnel"

Characters	Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Sonya (villain); Carl (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure; spy
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

4 page Fargo Kid story "The Transvestite Bandit"

Characters	The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]; Sheriff Baxter (first appearance); Cal (first appearance; villain)
Pencils	Alex Koda
Inks	Alex Koda

2 page Perry Scott text story "Sea Killer"

Characters	Perry Scott
Genre	adventure
Script	Robert M. Hyatt?
Letters	typeset

4 page Mickey Finn story

Genre	sitcom
Script	Lank Leonard
Pencils	Lank Leonard
Inks	Lank Leonard
Notes	strip reprints

2 page Poison Ivy story "Stand-In For Gill Fox"

Characters	Poison Ivy; Gill Fox; Ham Berger (first appearance; villain)
Genre	humor
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

4 page Rusty Ryan story "The Refugee Teacher"

Characters	Rusty Ryan; Mr. Abrams (first appearance); Hans and his spy ring (first appearance; villains)
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

5 page Spin Shaw story "The Vanishing Planes"

Characters	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
Genre	aviation
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams