Issue: #5
Published: May 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On sale date from the publication date, publisher, and volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 449461.
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Cover (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Rip Regan the Power-Man |
Credits: |
Pencils: Will Eisner; shop | Inks: Lou Fine ? |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Rip Regan |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
The True Life Story of John L. |
Featuring: |
John L. |
Genre: |
Sports |
Characters: |
John L. |
Comic Story (0 pages) |
Case 3: File 1: Clue 3 |
Featuring: |
The Strange Case of Ezra Ark |
Credits: |
Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Bob Powell |
Genre: |
Crime |
Text Article (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Keeping Fit |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Trainer] | Pencils: ? (2 panels art) | Inks: ? (2 panels art) | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Sports |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Big Red McLane |
Synopsis: |
When Tom Farr's new hire turns out to be a member of a gang out to wreck his business, he must be stopped by Big Red McLane. |
Credits: |
Script: Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed) | Pencils: Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed) | Inks: Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed) | Letters: Fletcher Hanks |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Characters: |
Big Red McLane Tom Farr |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
In the Virgin Islands |
Featuring: |
Strut Warren |
Credits: |
Script: Klaus Nordling [as Ed Norris] | Pencils: Klaus Nordling | Inks: Klaus Nordling |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Cpl. Strut Warren |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Slug-Nutty Sam |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab [as Fred Rick] | Pencils: Fred Schwab [as Fred Rick] | Inks: Fred Schwab [as Fred Rick] |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Slug-Nutty Sam |
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