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Issue Details

Issue V1#1 [1]
Published March 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing John Reece?

Cover Details

Pencils Dick Sprang?
Inks Dick Sprang?

15 page Power Nelson story "The Coming of Power Nelson"

Characters Power Nelson (first appearance; origin); Emperor Seng I (first appearance; villain)
Pencils Dick Sprang?
Inks Dick Sprang?

6 page Ted O'Neil story "Birth of a Barnstormer"

Characters Ted O'Neil (first appearance; origin); Midge Martin (first appearance); Nate Ogden (first appearance; villain)
Script King
Pencils Tarpe Mills? (Nella)
Inks Tarpe Mills?

2 page text story "Flaming Death!"

Script Robert Turner
Letters typeset

8 page Jupiter story "Jupiter's Mission To Earth"

Characters Jupiter (first appearance; an alien magician); Jim Johnson (first appearance); Gyp Mercer (first appearance; villain)
Pencils Grieg Chapian
Inks Grieg Chapian

6 page Jaxon of the Jungle story "The Rescue of Lt. Andre"

Characters Mike Jaxon (first appearance)
Script Tarpe Mills?
Pencils Tarpe Mills (Edgar Allen, Jr.)
Inks Tarpe Mills

6 page Secret Agent M-11 story "The Master Plan of Zola"

Characters Secret Agent M-11 (first appearance); Zola (first appearance; villain)
Pencils H. Cardwell
Inks H. Cardwell

6 page K the Unknown story "The Corpse In the Snowman"

Characters K the Unknown [Doug Danville] (first appearance; only appearance); Terry Dane (first appearance); Sigmund Rathko (first appearance; villain)
Script Robert Turner (Thomas Brown)

6 page Buck Brady story "My Brother, the Counterfeiter"

Characters Buck Brady (first appearance); Carter Brady (first appearance; villain; Buck's brother)
Script Malcolm Kildale
Pencils William Rowland
Inks William Rowland

7 page Storm Curtis story "The Ghost-Ship Isle"

Characters Storm Curtis (first appearance)