Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-07-15
Editing: Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner (credited as William E. Eisner) (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
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The Power Man Smashes the Steel-Clad Invaders
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Rip Regan the Power-Man / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
Characters:
Rip Regan the Power-Man

Indexer Notes

Art attribution by John Coates, confirmed by the artist (August 2010). Previous indexer had "Nick Cardy ? John Celardo ?" for pencils only.

Issue Data

Indexer 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. 4.

Prey of the War-Eagle
(Table of Contents: 1)

Chip Collins / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Ted Torrence (credited)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; military; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:After circling the globe in thrilling adventure, Chip...
Characters:
Chip Collins; A Chinese man (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

[The Power Man Smashes the Steel-Clad Invaders]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Rip Regan the Power-Man / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Herman Bolstein ? (credited as Herm Bolstein)
Pencils:
John Celardo (credited)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In response to an urgent plea for help...
Characters:
Rip Regan, the Power-Man

Indexer Notes

Although by-lined 'By John Celardo & Herm Bolstein' this is only faintly similar to previous strips and the presence of Celardo has to be taken on faith - if he's here at all.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Shark Brodie / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; military; war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Come! Swallow this! It's better than a bullet...
Characters:
Shark Brodie; Prof. Gustoff (villain, introduction); Basil (villain, introduction); Terry

Indexer Notes

This story appears to have been 'padded' to extend the page count. Two pages consist of four panels each that appear to be printed at twice the size of the rest of the story. Inks are not typical for Tuska.

The True Life Story of Fitzsimmons
(Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; biography; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Born in Cornwall, England in 1862...
Characters:
Bob Fitzsimmons; Billy McCarthy; Jack Dempsey; Peter Maher; Rose Julian; Con Riordan; Jim Corbett; Hickey

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Spencer Steel / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
? [as Dennis Colebrook] (credited)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Spencer Steel takes Nora to the "77" Club...
Characters:
Spencer Steel; Nora Steel; Jackson; Shivers Mayo (villain, introduction); the Jinxes (villain, introduction); Joe Stag (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introductions)

Indexer Notes

Art is reminiscent of one particular Timely artist who drew a few Whizzer strips.

The Louis-Braddock Fight
(Table of Contents: 6)

Remember When? / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jim Topps (signed as Topps)
Pencils:
Jim Topps (signed as Topps)
Inks:
Jim Topps (signed as Topps)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This scrap was probably the most puzzling bout in ring history...
Characters:
Jim Braddock; Jow Louis

Indexer Notes

We have no reason NOT to believe that 'Jim Topps' is a real person.

Keith Chandler : The Who's Who gives Jim Topps as a byline, with Fiction House sports fillers as the only credit.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Keeping Fit / text article / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (spot illustration)
Inks:
? (spot illustration)
Colors:
? (spot illustration)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The fighter without a punch--either a knockout...

Escape From Reality
(Table of Contents: 8)

Slug-Nutty Sam / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Good bye, cruel world!!!
Characters:
Slug-Nutty Sam; Joe the Shrimp (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Kinks Mason / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Steve Broder ? (credited) ((see note))
Pencils:
Steve Broder ? (credited) ((see note))
Inks:
Steve Broder ? (credited) ((see note))
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Some vacation! Away two days, and ...
Characters:
Kinks Mason

Indexer Notes

The art in this story is collaged from previous episodes. Highly unlikely that Broder is still involved in such a travesty.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Big Red McLane (last appearance); Tom Farr; Sally Breen (introduction); Bulldog Brice (introduction); Battling Gatzo (introduction); Mike Stone (introduction)
Synopsis:
Big Red travels to Frisco to search for his one-time fiancee Sally Breen. While there, he is substituted into a boxing match when he breaks the jaw of one of the boxers in a sparring session.
Reprints (3)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Oran of the Jungle / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Hugh Bartlett (credited)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; jungle
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Whatsa matter, Oran, you sick? You haven't said...
Characters:
Oran

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

Strut Warren / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Due to rebellious disorders in a part of Mexico...
Characters:
Corporal "Strut" Warren

Indexer Notes

For this story only, the Feature Logo is "'Strut' Warren the U.S. Marine"

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Kayo Kirby / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Chuck Walker (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Kayo dreams of the great champions of the past.
Characters:
Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby]; GUEST STARS: John L. Sullivan; Jim Corbett; Bob Fitzsimmons (in a dream; all beat Kayo Kirby)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

The Spy Fighter / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Leonard Frank (signed)
Inks:
Leonard Frank (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; spy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:One day, early in the twenty-first century, the...
Characters:
Saber, the Spy Fighter; an unnamed inventor (villain, introduction, death)

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Power Man Smashes the Steel-Clad Invaders
    Rip Regan the Power-Man
  2. Prey of the War-Eagle
    Chip Collins
  3. [The Power Man Smashes the Steel-Clad Invaders]
    Rip Regan the Power-Man
  4. ["Come! Swallow this! It's better than a bullet..."]
    Shark Brodie
  5. The True Life Story of Fitzsimmons
  6. ["Spencer Steel takes Nora to the "77" Club..."]
    Spencer Steel
  7. The Louis-Braddock Fight
    Remember When?
  8. ["The fighter without a punch--either a knockout..."]
    Keeping Fit
  9. Escape From Reality
    Slug-Nutty Sam
  10. ["Some vacation! Away two days, and ..."]
    Kinks Mason
  11. [""Big Red" leaves the northwoods to spend a few days in Frisco.. He hopes to find Sally Breen."]
    Big Red McLane
  12. ["Whatsa matter, Oran, you sick? You haven't said..."]
    Oran of the Jungle
  13. ["Due to rebellious disorders in a part of Mexico..."]
    Strut Warren
  14. ["Kayo dreams of the great champions of the past."]
    Kayo Kirby
  15. ["One day, early in the twenty-first century, the..."]
    The Spy Fighter
  16. ["The bull's eye on the cover means top-flight quality..."]
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