Issue: #22
Published: July 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Cover; Color Interior Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. 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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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| Comic Story (9 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Flying close to the Moon, Nick and Kodi spot Jol's Gambling Palace, which is usually anchored near Venus. Crossing over and boarding the vessel, Nick spies two Martian space bandits, wanted for murder, a Saturnian drug smuggler, a Mercurian thief, and other unsavory characters. Jol escapes, but Kodi radios for additional Space Patrol cruisers to arrest the criminals. |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Nick Nelson Kodi Jol |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Chapter 6 |
| Synopsis: |
Tippy is still journeying through Fantasy Isle, when he comes upon a genie, who gives him a magic ring as thanks for rescuing him. Tip is brought before The Queen, but refuses her proposal of marriage. One of the Queen's attendants helps him escape into another unfamiliar realm. |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Tippy Taylor The Queen |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Circus Mystery |
| Synopsis: |
While driving to New York, Larry stops off for a nostalgic visit to a circus. First, the trapeze artist falls to her death, then the lion tamer is killed by a knife thrown at him. Larry asks the owners permission to become the new lion tamer. The following day, a lion enraged by drugs attacks Larry, but he manages to escape by firing a gun at the animal's eyes. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Larry Kane Mills Dimitro |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Bill and Davey are still traveling on a tramp steamer towards Singapore, when a female stowaway is discovered. Using flattery she turns the head of several crew members, but her plan is revealed as disclosing the location of the ship to her gang, who hijack it for a valuable cache of pearls. Only young Davey keeps a level head and tries to expose her. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Bill Bilson Davey Cap'n Sharp Crump Miss Natashka (villain) Bully (villain) |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
Selkirk foils an attack on Bentley, who is trying find backing for his oil field. Arranging such a loan from the Inner Circle, Selkirk and Bentley board a ship to Sumatra. Bentley is attacked and thrown overboard, but Selkirk travels on and eventually arrives at Bentley's land, where he finds a brother and niece being starved out by the crooked Rudek. |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
George Selkirk Bentley Miss Bentley Rudek |
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