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Issue Details

Issue #v1#2
Published August 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
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Cover Details

13 page Flash Lightning story "From an ancient temple in Egypt, Flash Lightning's teacher, the Old Man of the Pyramids comes..."

Characters Flash Lightning; Rita Van Dyke; Sabbat (villain); Tiger Man (also referred to as Tiger Mask; villain; Rita's uncle)

8 page The Raven story "The Raven visits the office of a crooked politician where he knows..."

Characters The Raven [detective-sergeant Danny Dartin]; Lola (his fiancee)

10 page Ace McCoy story "In South America, strange things are happening: rebel outbreaks..."

Characters Ace McCoy (pilot; federal special agent); Bill Regan (his aide and mechanic)

10 page X, the Phantom Fed story "The Terror Trust"

Characters X; Betty Dale (reporter)

6 page Whiz Wilson and his Futuroscope story "Well, here goes a hundred years -- I'm off to Switzerland in 2040."

Characters Whiz Wilson (youthful genius of science)

6 page Marvo the Magician and Tito story "Always in quest of adventure is that master of magic, Marvo the magician, and his highly-trained monkey..."

Characters Marvo; Tito (his trained monkey); June Evans (damsel in distress)

2 page text story "Clues that Caught Criminals"

Genre crime
Letters typeset
Notes A True Detective Case

2 page Billy the Kid cartoon

Genre humor

7 page Buck Steele story "Hmm... she's too nice a girl to be going into a tough saloon."

Characters Buck Steele (Robin Hood of the Range); Blackie (his horse); Rusty (his dog); Joan Martin (daughter of murdered sherrif)
Notes last appearance