Issue: #17
Published: March 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: John Beardsley
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Copyright 1942 by Comic Magazines, Inc.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Dewey Drip |
Synopsis: |
While his fellow soldiers disguise themselves as trees and bushes, Dewey puts on a giant woodpecker costume as camouflage. |
Credits: |
Script: Bernard Dibble ? | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
Genre: |
Humor Military |
Characters: |
Dewey Drip Sergeant General Kelly |
Comic Story (7 pages) |
Have You Seen Him? |
Featuring: |
Destiny |
Synopsis: |
Destiny, relaxing in his comfortable and spacious home, suddenly is put upon by the killer of 711, Oscar Jones. When he attempts to enter his "trance" state and disappear, he discovers that he has remained in place. Laying in wait for Destiny, Jones grazes Destiny with a bullet, then escapes to go on a killing spree. In the end, Jones is captured and 711 is avenged. |
Credits: |
Script: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed) | Pencils: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed) | Inks: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed) |
Genre: |
Detective-mystery Superhero |
Characters: |
Destiny Oscar Jones (villain) |
Comic Story (1 page) |
The Black Widow |
Featuring: |
Burp the Twerp |
Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: Jack Cole |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Burp The Twerp |
Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Orphans |
Featuring: |
The Spirit |
Credits: |
Script: Will Eisner | Pencils: Will Eisner | Inks: Will Eisner | Colours: Joe Kubert | Letters: Sam Rosen |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
The Spirit [Denny Colt] |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
Mystery of the Black Cat! |
Featuring: |
Phantom Lady |
Synopsis: |
Sandra is reading Edgar Allan Poe's classic "Black Cat" to some dinner guests when the cry of a cat is heard outside, and when one of the guests investigates, he is killed and lies on the ground with claw marks on his face. Phantom Lady discovers that two thugs, hired by the Nazis, were attempting to plant a bomb in Senator Knight's home. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Frank Borth (signed) | Inks: Frank Borth (signed) |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] Senator Knight Don Borden Carl (death) Two Un-named Thugs (villains) |
Comic Story (8 pages) |
Chic Carter and the Voice from the Grave! |
Featuring: |
Chic Carter |
Credits: |
Script: Vernon Henkel | Pencils: Vernon Henkel | Inks: Vernon Henkel |
Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
Text Story (2 pages) |
The Madman |
Featuring: |
Dick Mace |
Credits: |
Script: Robert Hyatt ? | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
Characters: |
Dick Mace |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Super Snooper |
Credits: |
Script: Gill Fox | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox | Letters: Gill Fox ? |
Genre: |
Humor |
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