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Issue Details

Issue #v1#2
Published 1940
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing William DeGrouchy

Cover Details

Genre Adventure

5 page Shadow story "Robberies Baffle Police"

Characters The Shadow; Commissioner Weston; Inspector Cardona; Shrevvy; James Wendrew (villain; introduction; death)
Genre Adventure
Script Walter Gibson?
Pencils Vernon Greene
Inks Vernon Greene
Reprinted possibly from strips.

8 page Avenger story "The Yellow Hoard"

Characters The Avenger [Richard Benson] (introduction; origin in recap); Fergus MacMurdie (introduction); Smitty (introduction); Nellie Grey (introduction); Professor Grey (Nellie's father; introduction; death); Borg (villain; introduction; death); Olin Chandler (villain; introduction; death)
Pencils Ray Harford?
Inks Ray Harford?
Notes Adapted from the Avenger novel THE YELLOW HOARD by Kenneth Robeson [Paul Ernst]; first line, "Dad! At it again?"

6 page Iron Munro story "Iron! Can't we send a beam to that sun for power?"

Script Theodore Sturgeon
Notes Script credit from Theodore Sturgeon via Anthony Tollin on the GCD Error List. The Iron Munro comic stories were inspired/based on editor John W. Campbell's Arn Munro short stories in the ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION pulp. Continued in next issue.

5 page Nick Carter story "Written In Blood"

Script Walter Gibson?
Pencils George Marcoux?
Inks George Marcoux?

5 page Frank Merriwell story "One night during Frank's junior year some friends gather at his rooms..."

5 page Cap Fury story "While Captain Fury is at Kane's home..."

Characters I: Cap Fury (next app. in ARMY AND NAVY COMICS #1)

5 page Bill Barnes story "Bill Barnes invoked the animosity of the Yellow-Jackets..."

Characters Bill Barnes; Yellow-Jackets (villains)

5 page Circle J story "The Sheriff's Stolen Boots"

Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr

8 page Doc Savage story "The Crimson Serpent"

Characters Doc Savage; Monk; Ham
Genre Adventure
Notes Adapted from the Doc Savage story THE CRIMSON SERPENT by Kenneth Robeson [Lester Dent]; first line, "Death stalks the Arkansas swamp..."

2 page Betty Co-Ed story "Yes, Ronny, it's a leap-year party..."

Pencils ? ["VVG"]
Inks ? ["VVG"]

8 page Stories by Horatio Alger, Jr. story "Mark the Match Boy"

Notes Adapted from a story by Horatio Alger, Jr.