Digital Comic Museum > Jackpot Comics 06 (re-edit)

Issue: #6
Published: Summer 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Harry Shorten
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover, Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Steel Sterling; Black Hood
Credits:	Pencils: Bob Montana ? \| Inks: Bob Montana ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling [John Sterling] The Black Hood [Matt Burland]

Comic Story (11 pages)	A Man Without a Country
Featuring:	Steel Sterling
Credits:	Pencils: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling [John Sterling] Clancy McGinty (policeman) Looney President Franklin D. Roosevelt Baron Gestapo (villain) Adolf Hitler (villain)

Text Story (1 page)	Black Death
Featuring:	Steel Sterling
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling [John Sterling]

Comic Story (6 pages)	Wrath of the Rubberman
Featuring:	Clancy and Looney
Credits:	Pencils: Carl Hubbell? \| Inks: Carl Hubbell?
Characters:	Steel Sterling (guest-star) The Rubberman (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Son of the Skull
Featuring:	The Black Hood
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten ? \| Pencils: Warren King \| Inks: Warren King
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Hood [Kip Burland] Barbara Sutton (reporter) Son Of The Skull (villain, Introduction)

Text Story (1 page)	Corpses Aren't Crazy
Featuring:	The Black Hood
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Hood [Matt Burland]

Comic Story (10 pages)	Action In Australia
Featuring:	Sergeant Boyle
Credits:	Pencils: Carl Hubbell [as Hubbell] (signed) \| Inks: Carl Hubbell [as Hubbell] (signed)
Genre:	War
Characters:	Sergeant Boyle [Henry Boyle] Twerp Baron Schlagganhe (villain, Introduction) The Nazis (villains) The Japanese (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Patrol Wing No. 10 of the Navy
Featuring:	Jackpot's Hall of Fame
Credits:	Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed) \| Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)
Genre:	War

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Spirit World Is In Revolt
Featuring:	Mr. Justice
Synopsis:	Spirits in the underworld think Mr. Justice is not doing a good enough job fighting the war, so at the bequest of Julius Caesar, Athos, Porthos, Aramis and Napoleon go back to the realm of the living. But they underestimate Nazi cruelty when they rescue prisoners but are shocked when men are gunned down. Mr. Justice takes them all back the underworld and addresses the spirits there. Oddly enough, it is Nero who makes sense out of all of it.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair \| Pencils: Sam Cooper [as Cooper] (signed) \| Inks: Sam Cooper [as Cooper] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Mr. Justice [Primes James] Charon (introduction) Julius Caesar (introduction, Ghost) The Three Musketeers [Athos (introduction, Ghost) Porthos (introduction, Ghost) Aramis (introduction, Ghost)] Napoleon Bonaparte (introduction, Ghost) Adolf Hitler (villain) Chief Nazi Astrologer (villain, Introduction) The Nazis (villains) Nero (villain, Ghost)

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Jalopy Race
Featuring:	Archie
Synopsis:	Archie and Jughead compete with Reggie Mantle in a jalopy race to win a new roadster.
Credits:	Script: Bob Montana [as Montana] (signed) \| Pencils: Bob Montana [as Montana] (signed) \| Inks: Bob Montana [as Montana] (signed)
Genre:	Teen
Characters:	Archie Andrews Jughead Jones Reggie Mantle Betty Cooper (cameo) Veronica Lodge (cameo)

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