Issue: #21
Published: February 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Edward Cronin
Color: Color 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Spitfire |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Al McWilliams (signed) | Inks: Al McWilliams |
| Genre: |
Aviation |
| Characters: |
Spitfire [Tex Adams] |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Hack O'Hara |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lou Fine ? | Inks: Lou Fine ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Hack O'Hara |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Meet Butch |
| Featuring: |
The Clock |
| Synopsis: |
On the waterfront, The Clock is riddled with bullets by The Mouse, but is nursed back to health by an orphan girl who first thinks him to be a gangster and fantasized about becoming his moll, then becomes his sidekick after the Clock saves her life from gangsters. |
| 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: |
The Clock [Brian O'Brien] Butch (introduction, A Tough-girl Sidekick) The Mouse (villain) |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Jane Arden |
| Credits: |
Script: Monte Barrett | Pencils: Russell Ross | Inks: Russell Ross |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Molly The Model |
| Synopsis: |
Pop and his fishing pal blunder into an area being used by the U.S. Navy for target practice. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Molly The Model [Molly Maloney] Pop Maloney Murphy |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Don Q |
| Synopsis: |
In Vastipole, working with the Vastavian Replublican Army, Don Q meets Olga Petroff while trying to avert a civil war. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) | Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed) |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Characters: |
Don Q [Don] Little Pierre Olga Petroff Petroff |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Slap Happy Pappy |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Bombing |
| Featuring: |
Tor, the Magic Master |
| Synopsis: |
Tor begins traveling the world, transforming himself and others in all sorts of ways. In war-torn London, he rode a bomb in midair to personally destroy Nazi planes. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Tor [Jim Slade] The Nazis (villains, Many Die) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Rube Goldberg's Side Show |
| Credits: |
Script: Rube Goldberg | Pencils: Rube Goldberg | Inks: Rube Goldberg |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Basket |
| Featuring: |
Madam Fatal |
| Synopsis: |
Fatal and his two teen age sidekicks rescue defense plans from a spy ring. In the process, Fatal is shot and undergoes emergency surgery. The operation is successful, but the doctor in charge is very careful not to reveal Madam Fatal's true identity to Tubby and Scrapper. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Art Pinajian (signed) | Inks: Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton] Scrappy Nelson Tubby White Pop Hudson Roxi (villain) |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Biggest Thrill |
| Featuring: |
Eric Vale |
| Credits: |
Script: Larry Spain | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Eric Vale |
| Statement Of Ownership (0 pages) |
Statement of Ownership |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Ned Brant |
| Credits: |
Script: Bob Zuppke | Pencils: B. W. Depew | Inks: B. W. Depew |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Characters: |
Ned Brant |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Snappy |
| Credits: |
Script: Arthur Beeman | Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) | Inks: Arthur Beeman (signed) |
| Genre: |
Humor Children |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Crow Escapes |
| Featuring: |
Alias The Spider |
| Synopsis: |
The Crow escapes from the death house and The Spider goes after him, but the Crow ends up stealing the Spider's car, the Black Widow, giving him an added incentive to track him down. |
| Credits: |
Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) | Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) | Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) | Letters: Paul Gustavson |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Spider [Tom Hallaway] Chuck The Crow (villain) |
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