Issue: #5
Published: April 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 444575.
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| Cover (1 page) |
Samson Crumbles the Mighty War Machine |
| Featuring: |
Samson |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
| Genre: |
Superhero War |
| Characters: |
Samson |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Battle on Venus |
| Credits: |
Script: R. M. Brunnei (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Island in Space [The Hoppers] |
| Featuring: |
Space Smith |
| Synopsis: |
On their way to the Moon, Space Smith and Dianna encounter an island in space inhabited by the hostile Hoppers. |
| Credits: |
Script: Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed) | Pencils: Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed) | Inks: Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed) | Letters: Fletcher Hanks |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Space Smith Dianna The Hoppers (villains, Introduction) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Swallowed by a mysterious jungle tree... |
| Featuring: |
Captain Kidd |
| Credits: |
Script: Toni Blum ? | Pencils: Bill Bossert | Inks: Bill Bossert |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Captain Kidd |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Notice! In case you're interested... |
| Featuring: |
Professor Fiend |
| Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab | Letters: Fred Schwab |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Professor Fiend |
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