Issue: #4
Published: November 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ed Cronin [as Edward Cronin]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Copyright 1941 by Comic Magazines, Inc.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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| Comic Story (11 pages) |
Herr Strasse's Sea Island Spy Ring |
| Featuring: |
Firebrand |
| Synopsis: |
Rod develops a combat bomber capable of taking off and landing with only 50 yards of airstrip available. After the Nazis attempt to steal the plane and the Firebrand steps in to stop that endeavor, the U.S. military orders 5000 of the aircraft. |
| Credits: |
Script: S. M. Iger | Pencils: Reed Crandall (signed) | Inks: Reed Crandall (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Firebrand [Rod Reilly] The Nazis (villains) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Van Dern Pearls |
| Featuring: |
#711 |
| Synopsis: |
Daniel learns of a plot to snatch the Van Dern pearls. |
| Credits: |
Script: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed) | Pencils: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed) | Inks: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure Crime |
| Characters: |
#711 [Daniel Dyce] |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Yegg Beater |
| Featuring: |
Super Snooper |
| Credits: |
Script: Gill Fox (signed) | Pencils: Gill Fox (signed) | Inks: Gill Fox (signed) | Letters: Gill Fox ? |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Defending the Dartmoor |
| Featuring: |
Eagle Evans, Flier of Fortune |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Witmer Williams [as Clark Williams] (signed) | Inks: Witmer Williams [as Clark Williams] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Eagle Evans Snap Smith |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Dr. Scratch of Demon Hill |
| Featuring: |
Chic Carter |
| Synopsis: |
Dr. Scratch is trying to build an electronic brain, using the actual brains of famous scientists. Chic Carter, now abandoning his former role of the Sword and content just to be a reporter, tackles this eerie case. |
| Credits: |
Script: Vernon Henkel (signed) | Pencils: Vernon Henkel (signed) | Inks: Vernon Henkel (signed) |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
Chic Carter Gargoyle Sir John Nienstine Gay Nolan Monahan Dr. Scratch (villain) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Crime School for Delinquent Girls |
| Featuring: |
Plastic Man |
| Synopsis: |
Madam Brawn of the Crime School for Delinquent Girls campaigns to take over the protection racket in Windy City. Eel O'Brian manages to wiggle his way into the racket, but Plastic Man gets tied into knots before subduing the Madam. After Brawn manages to escape, Plas grants her leniency, but she vows to get revenge. |
| Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed) | Pencils: Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed); John Belfi ? | Letters: Jack Cole |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian] Madam Brawn (villain, Introduction) Lefty Goon (villain, Introduction) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Dewey Drip |
| Credits: |
Script: John Devlin ? | Pencils: John Devlin | Inks: John Devlin |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Dewey Drip |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Goof |
| Featuring: |
Dick Mace |
| Credits: |
Script: Robert M. Hyatt ? | Pencils: ? (spot illustrations) | Inks: ? (spot illustrations) | Colours: ? (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Dick Mace Duffy The Goof (pilot) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Safety Pin Stealer |
| Featuring: |
Burp the Twerp |
| Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed) | Pencils: Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole [as Cole] (signed); John Belfi ? | Letters: Jack Cole |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Burp The Twerp |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
The Human Bomb |
| Synopsis: |
Roy, an accomplished chemist in his own right, invents another explosive that scares his co-workers so much that he moves the experiment into his own private lab. It is formulated into a substance that is harmless on its own, but detonates when it comes in contact with Roy's hot hands. The substance is used to take down a Nazi vessel that the Human Bomb encounters en route to Havana. |
| Credits: |
Script: Paul Gustavson | Pencils: Will Eisner; Lou Fine | Inks: Will Eisner; Lou Fine | Letters: Paul Gustavson |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] The Nazis (villains, Some Die) |
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