Issue: #5
Published: September 1940, 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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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Comic Story (9 pages) |
The Eagle Battalion |
Featuring: |
The Black Condor |
Synopsis: |
On Danger island off the coast of Ceylon, the Sapphire King stops ships and takes their crews to work as slaves in his sapphire pools. The Black Condor flies to the island to free the men, but must contend with the Sapphire King's army of trained giant eagles. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) | Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] The Sapphire King (villain, Introduction) |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Molly the Model |
Credits: |
Script: John Devlin | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Molly |
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 Lone Shark |
Featuring: |
The Red Torpedo |
Synopsis: |
The Torpedo must battle a crafty sea marauder who uses a powerful vacuum cup device to attach his craft to the Torpedo's navigable torpedo and then tries to board and steal the valuables on board. |
Credits: |
Script: Henry Kiefer ? | Pencils: Henry Kiefer ? [as Roy Larkikn] (signed) | Inks: Henry Kiefer ? [as Roy Larkin] (signed) |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart] The Lone Shark (villain, Introduction) |
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 (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Jane Arden |
Credits: |
Script: Monte Barrett | Pencils: Russell E. Ross | Inks: Russell E. Ross |
Genre: |
Drama |
Characters: |
Jane Arden |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Lena Pry |
Credits: |
Script: Monte Barret | Pencils: Russell E. Ross | Inks: Russell E. Ross |
Genre: |
Humor |
Text Story (2 pages) |
The Door of Death |
Featuring: |
Eric Vale |
Credits: |
Script: Larry Spain (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
Characters: |
Eric Vale |
Cartoon (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Off the Record |
Credits: |
Script: Ed Reed | Pencils: Ed Reed | Inks: Ed Reed |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Snappy |
Credits: |
Script: Arthur Beeman (signed) | Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) | Inks: Arthur Beeman | Letters: Arthur Beeman? |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Jay Bird |
Featuring: |
The Clock |
Synopsis: |
The Clock faces the Jay Bird, who appears to be able to fly, but who actually was attached to a cable from the airplane. Both he and the masked Pug resolve the case in an aerial dogfight, plane-to-plane. |
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] Pat "Pug" Brady The Jay Bird (villain, Introduction) |
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