Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1942-07-31
Editing: Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent Sullivan) (editor)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

The Skyman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ach! It iss der Skyman!
Characters:
Skyman

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Dixie Dugan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[The Rescue of Joe, After Which Knobby Pulls Some Strings]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Pencils:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Inks:
Ham Fisher (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Enroute to Hollywood to make a movie...
Characters:
Joe Palooka
Reprints (0)
  • from Joe Palooka daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[The Submarine Aircraft Carriers]
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Skyman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The enemy, tricky and treacherous...
Characters:
Franklin D. Roosevelt; Skyman

[Guerilla War in the Phillipines]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Devildog / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This is part of the saga of the Philippine islands...
Characters:
Captain Hank Steele

[The Jon Tedder Mystery Solved]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Thinking her family the rightful owners...
Characters:
Dixie Dugan
Reprints (0)
  • from Dixie Dugan daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Escape
(Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

[Von Shtunker Strikes in Chinatown]
(Table of Contents: 7)

The Cloak / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jeff Cardiff - the Spy Chief - once more dons...
Characters:
Herr Von Shtunker; The Cloak [Jeff Cardiff]

[The Search for the Hawk: Part 1]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Charlie Chan / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Alfred Andriola (credited)
Pencils:
Alfred Andriola (credited)
Inks:
Alfred Andriola (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Millionaire Goodman has retained Charlie Chan...
Characters:
Charlie Chan
Reprints (0)
  • from Charlie Chan daily (McNaught Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[To Save a Lady Spy]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Deep in the heart of Asia, behind the battlegrounds...
Characters:
Betty (a spy); Rocky Ryan

[The Reversal of Senator Fiddlestring]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Sparky Watts / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Boody Rogers (credited)
Pencils:
Boody Rogers (credited)
Inks:
Boody Rogers (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hello, Doc --- how's my good ol' pal?
Characters:
Sparky Watts
Reprints (0)
  • from Sparky Watts daily (Frank Jay Markey Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

[The Temple of the Red Dragon]
(Table of Contents: 11)

The Face / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (credited)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When Tony Trent, the popular news-caster of WBSC...
Characters:
Gen. Yatsuki; The Face [Tony Trent]

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Kid Komics / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Beat it Spot!

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Ach! It iss der Skyman!"]
    The Skyman
  2. [no title indexed]
    Dixie Dugan
  3. [The Rescue of Joe, After Which Knobby Pulls Some Strings]
    Joe Palooka
  4. [The Submarine Aircraft Carriers]
    The Skyman
  5. [Guerilla War in the Phillipines]
    Captain Devildog
  6. [The Jon Tedder Mystery Solved]
    Dixie Dugan
  7. Escape
  8. [Von Shtunker Strikes in Chinatown]
    The Cloak
  9. [The Search for the Hawk: Part 1]
    Charlie Chan
  10. [To Save a Lady Spy]
    Rocky Ryan
  11. [The Reversal of Senator Fiddlestring]
    Sparky Watts
  12. [The Temple of the Red Dragon]
    The Face
  13. ["Beat it Spot!"]
    Kid Komics
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