Issue: #18
Published: December 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ed Cronin
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 524051.
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| Comic Story (9 pages) |
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| Featuring: |
Uncle Sam |
| Synopsis: |
The Axis Powers spread a wide net of mayhem, attacking Pearl Harbor (by the Germans yet!), Guam and Portland, Maine. Buddy's idea of building a wire net, carried below airplanes to foul up the invader's plane props, was quite successful. While defending the seas near Maine, Uncle Sam encountered the Spirit of John Paul Jones, which inspired Sam to use America's retired frigates to encircle the enemy in fire, even as enemy soldiers invaded Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Credits: |
Script: Harry Stein [as William E. Eisner] (signed) | Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Uncle Sam Buddy Smith John Paul Jones (as A Ghost Cameo) The Nazis (villains) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Lie Detector |
| Featuring: |
Windy Breeze |
| Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Windy Breeze |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Crooks in the Country |
| Featuring: |
Sally O'Neil Policewoman |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Frank Kearns] | Pencils: Mort Leav [as Leav] (signed) | Inks: Mort Leav [as Leav] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Sally O'Neil |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Phony Lighthouse |
| Featuring: |
Prop Powers |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Lynn Bird] | Pencils: Witmer Williams | Inks: Witmer Williams |
| Genre: |
Aviation |
| Characters: |
Prop Powers |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Central American Jungle Caper |
| Featuring: |
Wonder Boy |
| Credits: |
Script: Jerry Maxwell (house name) | Pencils: Nick Cardy | Inks: Nick Cardy |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Wonder Boy |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Twelve Duplicate Jurors |
| Featuring: |
Quicksilver |
| Synopsis: |
Mobster Dutch Hanson kidnaps all of the State's witnesses against him and replaces them, deftly disguiised, with members of his own mob at the trial. Quicksilver turns the tables on them, however, freeing the captives and making them look like Hanson's own mob. When the trial started, Hanson was so confused that he confessed to everything! |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Nick Cardy (signed) | Inks: Nick Cardy (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Quicksilver [Max] Carol Thomas (State's Witness) Dutch Hanson (villain) |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Fury on the Florida Flyer |
| Featuring: |
Jack and Jill |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Lowell Riggs] | Pencils: Art Saaf ? | Inks: Art Saaf ? |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Jack Doe Jill Doe |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Miss Winky |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Arthur Beeman | Inks: Arthur Beeman |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Miss Winky |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Hollywood Hero |
| Featuring: |
Kid Dixon |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [as Bob Reynolds] | Pencils: Klaus Nordling | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
| Genre: |
Sports |
| Characters: |
Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon] |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Murder Takes the Comet |
| Credits: |
Script: Jerry Maxwell (house name) | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Levee Saboteurs |
| Featuring: |
Paul Bunyan |
| Credits: |
Script: ? [As Storey Weaver] | Pencils: Reed Crandall ? | Inks: John Cassone |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Paul Bunyan Babe The Blue Ox |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
A Real Slugfest |
| Featuring: |
Pen Miller |
| Credits: |
Script: Klaus Nordling | Pencils: Klaus Nordling | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Pen Miller |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Giant Mosquito |
| Featuring: |
Cyclone Cupid |
| Credits: |
Script: Gill Fox | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Cyclone Cupid |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Marsden Mystery |
| Featuring: |
Merlin the Magician |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer [as Lance Blackwood] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Merlin The Magician [Jock Kellog] |
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