Issue: #5
Published: November 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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.
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| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Presenting Quicksilver |
| Synopsis: |
Quicksilver battles the diminutive and vengeful von Lohfer, who has a vendetta against J. B. Rockland, but Quicksilver dismantles his plans and captures the villain in a matter of minutes! |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Von Lohfer (villain, Introduction) |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Yankee Doodle Boy |
| Featuring: |
Yankee Doodle Boy |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Yankee Doodle Boy |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Dr. Morbidd's Zombie |
| Synopsis: |
Merlin faces his first super-powered nemesis in the form of the hideous Dr. Morbidd, who brings the dead back to life. Merlin manages to rescue one of the doctor's victims, a girl named Elaine. |
| Credits: |
Script: ? (signed as Lance Blackwood) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Elaine (introduction) Dr. Morbidd (villain, Introduction, Death) |
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