Issue: #1
Published: October 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US 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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
Printed in U.S.A.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Super Spy 5Y-8R |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Sam Gilman (signed) | Inks: Sam Gilman (signed) |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Case of the Phantom Fisherman and the Contrary Weathervane |
| Featuring: |
Super Spy 5Y-8R |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Albert W. Tyler [as Al-Bert] | Inks: Albert W. Tyler [as Al-Bert] |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Characters: |
Super Spy 5Y-8R (Intro) |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Mystery of the Missing Mummy |
| Featuring: |
Operator #38 Chic Farrell |
| Credits: |
Script: E. F. Webster (credited) | Pencils: E. F. Webster (credited) | Inks: E. F. Webster (credited) |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Scotty of the Skyways |
| Synopsis: |
Joan asks Scotty to fly her and her brother, Peter, to their father's gold mine in lower Burma. Although they crash their plane, they manage to reach the mine and thwart the villain who has jumped their claim. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ray Houlihan | Inks: Ray Houlihan |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Scotty Joan Marshal Bernie Peter Marshal |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Twin Terror Case |
| Featuring: |
Gary Ross |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Stan Drake [as Stanley Allen Drake] | Inks: Stan Drake [as Stanley Allen Drake] |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Flight Three |
| Credits: |
Script: Max Dodge | Pencils: Max Neill (signed) (illustration) | Inks: Max Neill (signed) (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure Aviation |
| Comic Story (13 pages) |
Part II - Conclusion |
| Featuring: |
Lucifer the White Devil |
| Synopsis: |
Setting out from Zango, Dr. Nelson, his son, and his son's fiancée travel to a lost city. When no word is heard from them, the police ask Lucifer to find them. He rescues them from natives and takes them to the city, where they find the treasure they sought. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (credited) | Inks: Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (credited) |
| Genre: |
Jungle |
| Characters: |
Dr. Nelson Ted Nelson Pat Lucifer Lahu Sergeant Heath |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
He Saves the Panama Canal |
| Featuring: |
Duke Collins the Fearless Marine |
| Credits: |
Pencils: R. C. Fuller | Inks: R. C. Fuller |
| Genre: |
Adventure Military |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Edward Oscar Heinrich |
| Featuring: |
Crime Crusher |
| Synopsis: |
A brief biography of University of California Professor of Chemistry Edward Oscar Heinrich, and his work as a leading criminologist in America. |
| Genre: |
Biography Crime |
| Characters: |
Edward Oscar Heinrich |
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