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Issue: #13
Published: August 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ed Cronin
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Black X
Credits:	Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Espionage [Black X] Wings Wendall (inset) Bozo The Robot (inset) Archie O'Toole (inset) Abdul The Arab (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)	Devil's Island
Featuring:	Espionage Starring Black X
Synopsis:	A thief named Moran has sole possession of the secret to a new gun. When he is captured for murder and sent to Devil's Island, Black X has to go along to keep him from giving the secret to the French.
Credits:	Script: Will Eisner [as Will Erwin] (signed) \| Pencils: Will Eisner [as Will Erwin] (signed) \| Inks: Will Eisner [as Will Erwin] (signed)
Genre:	Spy
Characters:	Espionage [Black X] Dean (death) Batu M'sieu Rolande (death) Camille Commandant Of Devil's Island Rene (death) Moran (villain, Thief)

Comic Story (2 pages)	Old Clutchcopper
Featuring:	Wun Cloo
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Humor Detective-mystery
Characters:	Wun Cloo Old Clutchcopper (Intro)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Northern Fur Robbery
Featuring:	Chic Carter
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Chic Carter Gat Griffin Trixie Blinky

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	Kidding the Kids
Credits:	Script: Arthur Beeman (signed) \| Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) \| Inks: Arthur Beeman (signed)
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Golden Dragon
Featuring:	Invisible Justice
Credits:	Script: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) \| Pencils: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed) \| Inks: Art Pinajian [as Art Gordon] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Invisible Hood [Kent Thurston] Joyce Clark Dan Clark Thomas Clark The Golden Dragon [Ah Sin](villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Golden Spike
Featuring:	Archie O'Toole
Credits:	Script: George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas] \| Pencils: George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas] \| Inks: George Tuska ? [as Bud Thomas]
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Archie O'Toole Gil O'Teen

Comic Story (1 page)	Cliff Melton
Featuring:	Sportraits
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox (signed) \| Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) \| Inks: Gill Fox (signed)
Genre:	Non-fiction Sports

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Rifle Robbery
Featuring:	Wings Wendall
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) \| Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed)
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	Wings Wendall Conrad Gunther (introduction) Judy Mallon (introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	The Purple Trio
Synopsis:	Tiny, Rocky and Warren are ousted from their jobs in the faltering performance industry and decide to band together to pool their talents in fighting crime.
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed) \| Inks: Alex Blum [as S. M. Regi] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	The Purple Trio [Tiny Todd (a Midget) Rocky Hill (an Acrobat) Warren (a Magician)] (introduction, Origin) Sandra Starr

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Clip Chance at Cliffside
Credits:	Script: George Brenner \| Pencils: George Brenner \| Inks: George Brenner
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Clip Chance Spud Chuck

Comic Story (1 page)	An Almost Perfect Swindle
Featuring:	Philpot Veep
Credits:	Script: John Devlin \| Pencils: John Devlin \| Inks: John Devlin
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Philpot Veep Waldo

Comic Story (1 page)	The Episode of the Prominent Proboscis
Featuring:	Philpot Veep
Credits:	Script: John Devlin \| Pencils: John Devlin \| Inks: John Devlin
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Philpot Veep Waldo

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Origin of Magno
Featuring:	Magno, the Magnetic Man
Synopsis:	Tom is electrocuted by 10,000 D.C. volts, then revived by an equal shock of A.C. volts, all of which result in his obtaining powers of magnetism. As a blue collar lineman in a local town, he often uses excuses to duck away from his job to right injustices.
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson \| Pencils: Pual Gustavson \| Inks: Paul Gustavson \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Magno [Tom Dalton] (introduction, Origin) Mike Harvey (introduction)

Text Story (2 pages)	Kickback
Featuring:	Jimmie Christian
Credits:	Script: Robert M. Hyatt \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Detective-mystery

Comic Story (4 pages)	Ahmed the Bedouin
Featuring:	Abdul the Arab
Credits:	Script: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] \| Pencils: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] \| Inks: Bob Powell
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Abdul Hassan Ahmed Najaf (Intro) Sheik Tell Akib (intro)

Comic Story (4 pages)	Tracking the Chinatown Terror
Featuring:	Captain Cook of Scotland Yard
Credits:	Script: William A. Smith \| Pencils: William A. Smith \| Inks: William A. Smith
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Craig Cook Kelly The Key (intro)

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Pneumonia Cure
Featuring:	Bozo the Robot
Credits:	Script: George Brenner \| Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] \| Inks: George Brenner
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Bozo The Robot Hugh Hazzard Dr. E. Salor (intro) Boss Patone Slick Horg (Dies)

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)
Featuring:	The Ray
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Ray

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