Issue: #40
Published: February 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Gill Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series
Notes: 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 (8 pages) |
The Battle of the Solomon Islands |
| Featuring: |
Espionage Starring Black X |
| Credits: |
Script: Toni Blum ?; Otto Binder ? | Pencils: Joe Kubert | Inks: Joe Kubert |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Characters: |
Espionage [Black X] Batu Baroness Elzia (villain) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Another Iron Man |
| Featuring: |
Bozo the Robot |
| Synopsis: |
A genius inventor creates a rather bumbling version of Bozo, which he could inhabit, much like Hazzard inhabited Bozo. However, Bozo soon proved that the Iron Man's suit was second rate, and Whipple manages to escape just before a group of mobsters blow it to kingdom come. |
| Credits: |
Script: George Brenner | Pencils: George Brenner | Inks: George Brenner |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Hugh Hazzard Bozo The Robot Homer Twipple (inventor) Iron Man (Twipple's Invention, Death) |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Crossbow |
| Featuring: |
The Marksman |
| Synopsis: |
The Marksman meets his match with his Nazi arch-foe, Cross Bow, who had killed several members of Povalski's resistence, and even took a bolt to the stomach from his enemy's weapon. However, he was saved by a protector made of cork that he wore under his costume, and the fight came down to fisticuffs, which the Baron won. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer | Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer |
| Genre: |
Adventure War |
| Characters: |
The Marksman [Baron Povalski, Aka Major Hurtz] The Cross Bow (villain) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
A Destroyer Is Launched |
| Featuring: |
The Ray |
| Synopsis: |
The Ray witnesses a new Destroyer being sunk. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Rudy Palais | Inks: Rudy Palais |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Ray [Happy Terrill] Bud |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Commando Invasion Practice |
| Featuring: |
Archie O'Toole |
| Credits: |
Script: Bernard Dibble | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Genre: |
Humor Children |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
Master Criminal Marak |
| Featuring: |
Rookie Rankin |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Witmer Williams | Inks: Witmer Williams |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Rankin Marak |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Black Bouchard |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Wun Cloo |
| Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
| Genre: |
Humor Detective-mystery |
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