Issue: #16
Published: October 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ed Cronin
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
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Comic Story (9 pages) |
The Hollywood Invasion Plot |
Featuring: |
Uncle Sam |
Synopsis: |
Spies discover fertile ground for an attack on a movie set. The director is so successful and powerful that he was able to procure the use of U.S. Navy ships. The movie is meant to stir American patriotism, but the set is infiltrated by fifth columnists. Buddy, on board one of the submarines, discovers this and turns the tables on the saboteurs, while the ghost of George Washington appears to Uncle Sam to alert him of the danger. Together, Sam and Buddy defeat the spies but only after several ships have been destroyed. |
Credits: |
Script: Will Eisner | Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Uncle Sam Buddy Smith George Washington (as A Ghost) Emil Von Blon (Warren Brothers Movie Director) Fifth Columnists (villains) |
Comic Story (1 page) |
Rain of Soup |
Featuring: |
Cyclone Cupid |
Credits: |
Script: Gill Fox (signed) | Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) | Inks: Gill Fox |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Cyclone Cupid |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Amateur Hour |
Featuring: |
Kid Patrol |
Credits: |
Script: Toni Blum [as Dan Wilson] | Pencils: Charles Nicholas | Inks: Charles Nicholas |
Genre: |
Adventure Humor Children |
Characters: |
Kid Patrol |
Comic Story (7 pages) |
Big Dan's Hundred Grand |
Featuring: |
Sally O'Neil Policewoman |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Frank Kearns] | Pencils: Mort Leav | Inks: Mort Leav |
Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
Characters: |
Sally O'Neil |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Blank Check Swindle |
Featuring: |
Kid Dixon |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Bob Reynolds] | Pencils: Klaus Nordling | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
Genre: |
Sports |
Characters: |
Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon] |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
Pagi's Return to the Islands |
Featuring: |
Wonder Boy |
Synopsis: |
Wonder Boy witnesses the performance of a South Seas native and wonders if the man is really happy in this civilization or would prefer to return home. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Jerry Maxwell (byline)] | Pencils: Nick Cardy | Inks: Nick Cardy |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Wonder Boy Pagi (South Seas Performing Native) |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Soap Box Demagogue |
Featuring: |
Quicksilver |
Synopsis: |
A political boss is paying crooks across America to make speeches and to stir up dissent in a scheme to become president under a new party banner and to rule as a dictator. |
Credits: |
Script: Paul Gustavson [as N. Viscardi] (signed) | Pencils: Paul Gustavson [as N. Viscardi] (signed) | Inks: Paul Gustavson [as N. Viscardi] (signed) | Letters: Paul Gustavson |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Quicksilver [Max] McGinty (villain, Radical Speaker) C.J. Merton (villain, Political Boss) |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Counterfeiter's Cannon |
Featuring: |
Jack and Jill |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Lowell Riggs] | Pencils: Nick Cardy | Inks: Nick Cardy |
Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
Characters: |
Jack Jill |
Comic Story (1 page) |
Paddle-Ball Champ |
Featuring: |
Windy Breeze |
Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Windy Breeze |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
Herr Musser's Radio Plot |
Featuring: |
Prop Powers |
Credits: |
Script: Toni Blum [as Lynn Bird] | Pencils: Witmer Williams | Inks: Witmer Williams |
Genre: |
Aviation |
Characters: |
Prop Powers |
Text Story (2 pages) |
Flames of Freedom |
Credits: |
Script: Bowen Arroe | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Crime |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Rustling of Babe |
Featuring: |
Paul Bunyan |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Story Weaver] | Pencils: Reed Crandall | Inks: Reed Crandall ? |
Genre: |
Fantasy |
Characters: |
Paul Bunyan |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Sinister Swamp Camp |
Featuring: |
Pen Miller |
Credits: |
Script: Klaus Nordling (signed) | Pencils: Klaus Nordling (signed) | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
Characters: |
Pen Miller |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Miss Winky |
Credits: |
Script: Arthur Beeman (signed) | Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) | Inks: Arthur Beeman |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Miss Winky |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
Incident in Greenland |
Featuring: |
Merlin the Magician |
Synopsis: |
Merlin boosts the Greenland natives' campaign against Nazi thieves with a giant walrus. |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed) |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Merlin The Magician [Jock Kellog] The Nazis (villains) |
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