Issue Details

Issue	#54
Published	March 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Ed Cronin
Notes	Pencils and inks credits from Keif Fromm via the GCD Error List (22 April 2007), based on a Jim Amash interview with Fox; the original indexer credited both pencils and inks to Reed Crandall ?.

Cover Details

Characters	Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox
Notes	Pencils and inks credits from Keif Fromm via the GCD Error List (22 April 2007), based on a Jim Amash interview with Fox; the original indexer credited both pencils and inks to Reed Crandall ?.

11 page Doll Man story "Darrel Dane, a friend of Dr. Roberts, renowned scientist..."

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

2 page Big Top story "You're an ace for minding little Aggie, Butch!"

Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

5 page Zero story "Freak circumstance combines with a setting of moss-hung bayous..."

Characters	Zero
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

5 page Samar story "The mighty jungle-man treks through his home highlands."

Characters	Samar
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Max Elkan
Inks	Max Elkan

4 page Mickey Finn story "You mean that your uncle made two resolutions to keep out of arguments?"

Genre	sitcom
Script	Lank Leonard
Pencils	Lank Leonard
Inks	Lank Leonard
Notes	strip reprints
Reprinted	from strip.

4 page Fargo Kid story "Tim Turner fights his strangest battle..."

Characters	The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
Pencils	Alex Koda
Inks	Alex Koda

2 page Lala Palooza story "So! Lala let another salesman sell her a silly doo-dad..."

Genre	humor
Script	Joe Devlin
Pencils	Joe Devlin
Inks	Joe Devlin

6 page Swing Sisson story "At the swank Clover Club in New York..."

Characters	Swing Sisson; Toby Tucker; Bonnie Baxter; The Maestro (villain; introduction)
Genre	humor; detective
Script	Phil Martin
Pencils	Phil Martin
Inks	Phil Martin

5 page Reynolds of the Mounted story "Death strikes, and a wave of fear and terror..."

Characters	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP
Genre	western
Pencils	Art Pinajian
Inks	Art Pinajian

5 page Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy story "Kiss of the Cobra"

Characters	Capt. Bruce Blackburn
Genre	adventure; spy
Script	Harry Campbell
Pencils	Harry Campbell
Inks	Harry Campbell

2 page Perry Scott text story "Uncle Sam Makes a Homer"

Letters

typeset

6 page Rusty Ryan story "On a paid expense tour of the country..."

Characters	Rusty Ryan
Genre	spy; adventure; children
Script	Paul Gustavson
Pencils	Paul Gustavson
Inks	Paul Gustavson

1 page Homer Doodle and Son story "It's a fuse I'll bet!"

Genre	Gags
Script	Arthur Beeman
Pencils	Arthur Beeman
Inks	Arthur Beeman

1 page Poison Ivy story "Poison, this is a block of the heaviest metal in the world..."

Characters	Poison Ivy
Genre	humor
Script	Gill Fox
Pencils	Gill Fox
Inks	Gill Fox

5 page Spin Shaw story "Treacherous forces attempt to hijack..."

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