Issue | #v2 #4 [16] |
Published | December 1936 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (editor); Vincent Sullivan (associate editor); F. Whitney Ellsworth (associate editor) |
Notes | Christmas issue; published by Nicholson Pub Co. volume 2, #4 |
Synopsis | Kid bear-trapping Santa Claus. |
Pencils | Vincent Sullivan (signed) |
Inks | Vincent Sullivan |
Notes | Christmas issue; published by Nicholson Pub Co. volume 2, #4 |
Characters | Sandra; Lorenz |
Synopsis | Sandra attempts to rescue Lorenz from a Resbian prison. |
Genre | detective |
Script | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
Pencils | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
Inks | W. C. Brigham |
Characters | Pincus |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Vincent Sullivan (signed) |
Pencils | Vincent Sullivan (signed) |
Inks | Vincent Sullivan (signed) |
Characters | Spike Spalding; Pincus; The Sailor |
Synopsis | Spike and his friends reach dry land ahead of their former captors. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
Pencils | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
Inks | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
Characters | D'Artagnan; Athos; Porthos; Aramis; De Treville |
Synopsis | The four await an audience with the king which is cancelled at the last minute. |
Genre | period |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Pencils | Sven Elven (signed) |
Inks | Sven Elven |
Notes | adapted from the Alexandre Dumas novel |
Characters | Doctor Occult; Zator, the Seven; Koth (villain, Origin in flashback) |
Synopsis | Koth, an alien marooned on Earth when his spaceship crashed, is preparing to wipe out the population. |
Genre | occult |
Script | Jerry Siegel [as Leger] |
Pencils | Joe Shuster [as Reuths] |
Inks | Joe Shuster |
Characters | Captain Grim; Capt. MacPherson; Buck Wilson; Tyner (Intro, villain) |
Synopsis | Grim begins telling tales of his younger years. |
Genre | period |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper (signed) |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Genre | period |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Pencils | Raymond Perry |
Inks | Raymond Perry |
Notes | adapted from the Sir Walter Scott novel |
Characters | Pep Morgan |
Synopsis | Pep has to play football after fighting off hooligans who attempt to prevent him from reaching the game. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Creig Flessel |
Pencils | Creig Flessel |
Inks | Creig Flessel |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Pelion; Ossa |
Synopsis | An indian sells the boys a pot which causes nothing but trouble. |
Genre | funny animal |
Script | Bill Carney |
Pencils | Bill Carney (signed) |
Inks | Bill Carney |
Notes | red only |
Characters | Dewey; Captain Hale; Dorgan; Blackbirder; Captain Smith |
Synopsis | Dewey has discovered that Captain Hale is gun-running. |
Genre | period |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper (signed) |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Characters | Barry O'Neil; Fang Gow; LeGrand |
Synopsis | Barry and LeGrand escape from the sewers, but Fang Gow disappears. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Leo O'Mealia |
Pencils | Leo O'Mealia (signed) |
Inks | Leo O'Mealia |
Characters | Mark Marson; Monty Montague; Sarno; Hillary's daughter |
Synopsis | Mark is assigned the case of finding Professor Hillary, but he is being tailed by Sarno's men. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Tom Hickey |
Pencils | Tom Hickey (signed) |
Inks | Tom Hickey |
Characters | Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley; Harry Mattson (Intro) |
Synopsis | Lost in the woods, Tom and Jack meet Harry Bradley, a wanted man. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Creig Flessel |
Pencils | Creig Flessel |
Inks | Creig Flessel |
Notes | red only |
Characters | Jake; Ed; Slick Carter; Malverne; Dawkins |
Synopsis | Jake is taken to Slick Carter's hideout and held prisoner. |
Genre | detective |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper (signed) |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Characters | Brad Hardy; Prince Kardos; Helgar |
Synopsis | Brad organizes a jail break. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Tom Hickey |
Pencils | Tom Hickey (signed) |
Inks | Tom Hickey |
Characters | Henry VIII; Andrew Jackson |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
Inks | A. D. Kiefer |
Notes | red only |
Characters | Buckskin Jim; Little Wolf (Intro) |
Synopsis | Little Wolf forces Jim into a fight. |
Genre | western |
Script | Tom Cooper |
Pencils | Tom Cooper |
Inks | Tom Cooper |
Characters | Bob Merritt; Prospector Jake; Saunders |
Synopsis | Bob investigates an extinct volcano crater with his rocket plane. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Pencils | Leo O'Mealia (signed) |
Inks | Leo O'Mealia |
Characters | Wing Brady; Ali Ben Saad (villain); Lynn Harding; Lieutenant Canfield |
Synopsis | Ali Ben Saad displays his captives to the Foreign Legion hoping to stave off an attack on his fortress. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Tom Hickey |
Pencils | Tom Hickey (signed) |
Inks | Tom Hickey |
Characters | Sam the Porter |
Genre | gag |
Script | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Pencils | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Inks | Russell Cole |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
Inks | A. D. Kiefer |
Notes | red only |
Characters | Jane Withers (photo) |
Script | Mary Patrick (signed) |
Letters | typset |
Notes | movie reviews |
Pencils | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
Inks | Vin Sullivan (signed) |
Notes | December 1936 cover date- actual issue is dated March 1937 |
Genre | fact |
Script | Fred B. Jenks |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Nicholson Publishing Company; 373 Fourth Avenue, NY, NY. Editor Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; Bus Manager Fred B Jenke; owners More Fun Inc; Nicholson Publishing; Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Characters | Jack Woods; Dolores; Don Miguel; Pancho Villa (villain) |
Synopsis | Jack and his friends are under siege and await rescue by federal troops. |
Genre | western |
Script | Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson |
Pencils | W. C. Brigham (signed) |
Inks | W. C. Brigham |
Characters | Bobby; Binks; Hannibal; P. Cornelius Scipio |
Genre | fact |
Script | Homer Fleming |
Pencils | Homer Fleming (signed) |
Inks | Homer Fleming |
Characters | Ned Flint; Watson; X-42; Linda |
Synopsis | Linda leaves a clue to her location. |
Genre | children |
Script | Whitney Ellsworth |
Pencils | Whitney Ellsworth [as Whit Ellsworth] |
Inks | Whitney Ellsworth |
Characters | Don Drake; Queen Zira; Betty; Laswan (villain); Krenon (villain) |
Synopsis | Laswan turns traitor to his own side, in hopes of usurping power. |
Genre | sword and sorcery |
Script | Ken Fitch |
Pencils | Clem Gretter (signed) |
Inks | Clem Gretter |
Characters | Woozy Watts |
Synopsis | Watts puzzling directions he has found, that lead him to a house he's not supposed to enter. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Pencils | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Inks | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Characters | Captain Dennis; Jeff Roberts; Pedro; the Stranger |
Synopsis | A stranger on the island saves Captain Dennis and Jeff's lives. |
Genre | period |
Script | Sven Elven |
Pencils | Sven Elven (signed) |
Inks | Sven Elven |
Characters | Hubert |
Genre | humor |
Script | Bill Patrick |
Pencils | Bill Patrick (signed) |
Inks | Bill Patrick |
Characters | Sandy Kean |
Synopsis | Sandy has to disarm a madman. with a reporter's "help". |
Genre | detective |
Script | Jerry Siegel (Signed) |
Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
Inks | Joe Shuster |
Genre | humor |
Script | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Pencils | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
Inks | Russell Cole [as Alger] |