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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Dick Cole; Simba Karno
Pencils:
Bob Davis (signed)
Inks:
Bob Davis (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
On inside front cover.
Letters page, printing five letters from fans with editor responses. Readers were paid $1 for each letter printed.
Characters:
Dick Cole; Eddie March; Betty Lee (movie starlet); Nell (a horse); Mr. Malcomb (film director); Simba Karno (villain, reforms after this story); Rayton (villain); three thugs [Pete; others unnamed]
Synopsis:
Dick and Eddie are on horseback heading back towards Farr Military Academy, when they see two unsavory men waylay a blonde on horseback. They step in to stop it, not realizing that the scenario was actually being filmed as a movie. Dick volunteers to do some stunts for the film, then Simba shows up and also volunteers to do a few stunts as well.
Pages:
11.000
Script:
Bob Davis (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Davis (signed)
Inks:
Bob Davis (signed)
Characters:
Sergeant Spook (unnamed Policeman); Hercules (as a ghost, introduction); various spirit ghosts; a ghost Cyclops (villain)
Synopsis:
Having blinded a ghost cyclops with a snowball, Spook follows the cyclops back to a cave where various spirit ghosts fulfill his every whim. Spook attacks the cyclops and appears to be in trouble when Hercules comes to his defense.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Ray Gill ?
Pencils:
Malcolm Kildale (signed)
Inks:
Malcolm Kildale (signed)
Notes:
Script credit by Craig Delich.
Title:
In the Painted Desert
Characters:
The Twister [Bob Sanders]; "Shady" Smith (retired gold prospector, introduction); Smut (gold prospector, introduction); Dude (villain, introduction); Dude's men (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
The Twister warns Dude and his men to leave a pair of old time gold prospectors alone.....or else!
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Ray Gill
Pencils:
Mike Roy
Inks:
Mike Roy
Notes:
Art revision from Paul Gustavson to Roy by Craig Delich.
Characters:
Jack Damon; Slim Dugan; unnamed ship's Captain; Commander Sooka (villain); Sooka's crew (villains, some die)
Synopsis:
The crew of a damaged ship, needing water and food, asks the crew of the Phantom Sub for a tow to a nearby isle, and when they arrive on this island, they discover Sooka already there and itching for a fight.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Bill O'Connor [as FOS] (signed)
Pencils:
Ben Flinton [as FOS] (signed)
Inks:
Leonard Sansone [as FOS] (signed)
Notes:
Story continued from previous issue and continued in the next issue.
Title:
Krisko and Jasper on Sea Horse Island
Characters:
Krisko; Jasper; unnamed Captain of the "Calamity Jane"
Synopsis:
Krisko wraps a radio antenna around the "Calamity Jane" and causes all sorts of navigational problems, resulting in their being put aboard a small two-man boat sent out on their own. They soon make their way toward an uncharted isle.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Ray Gill (credited)
Pencils:
Jack Warren (illustration)
Inks:
Jack Warren (illustration)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Continued in next issue.
Characters:
Edison Bell; Jerry; Pat Perry; Pat's aunt; two Germans (villains)
Synopsis:
Edison and his friends win a round trip to the South Seas, but boredom begins to set in for Jerry, so Pat has an idea to liven things up aboard the ship. However the girls discover two unsavory men aboard who plan to cause destruction to the Panama Canal, and are captured.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Ray Gill (credited)
Pencils:
Harold DeLay (credited)
Inks:
Harold DeLay (credited)
Notes:
Continued in the next issue.
Characters:
The White Rider [Peter]; Super Horse [Cloud]; unnamed Sheriff; Mr. Batcher (villain); assayer office official (villain); Assayer's partner (villain); Pedro (villain); Juan (villain)
Synopsis:
The Rider discovers a fissue in Diablo Canyon and a an old rancher beaten and left for dead, his money taken. The Rider soon discovers that anyone flashing money in town is robbed, so he decides to set a clever trap for the outlaws.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
Bill Brady ?
Inks:
Bill Brady ?
Notes:
Art credits, though unconfirmed, courtesy of the Who's Who, added by Craig Delich.
Title:
Shoot If You Must, This Old Grey Head--But Spare Your Country's Flag!
Characters:
Old Cap Hawkins (narrator); Barbara Frietchie (in flashback); General Stonewall Jackson (in flashback)
Synopsis:
As the Confederate Army marched into Frederick, Maryland, Barbara Frietchie dared to fly the United States flag.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Henry Kiefer
Pencils:
Henry Kiefer
Inks:
Henry Kiefer
Notes:
Tale told in flashback of a poem written by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Characters:
Blue Bolt [Fred Parrish] (origin retold); Kip Parrish (Blue Bolt's brother); Dr. Bertoff (scientist, also in flashback); The Green Sorceress (villain, mention only, in flashback); the Sorceress' men (villains, in flashback); A.C. Ring [Mike; rest unnamed] (villains, citizenship racketeers)
Synopsis:
While in London during a violent air raid, Blue Bolt and Kip discover that they are blood brothers, and Fred decides to gain American citizenship....a task easier said than done.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
Alan Mandel
Inks:
Alan Mandel
Notes:
Brotherhood with Kip Parrish revealed. Lead character known as "Blue Bolt, the American" from this story onward.
Characters:
Krisko; Jasper; Captain of the "Calamity Jane"; First Mate of the "Calamity Jane" (villain); Mr. Gravedigger (villain, Captain of the "Sea Raider)
Synopsis:
Krisko and Jasper believe that the ship's first mate is actually a 5th Columnist
Synopsis:
Sub-Zero sees a murdered man's body thrown in front of a hotel and diiscovers the man is the partner of a prospector named Klondike. Both men hit a bonanza in Alaska and were in town to celebrate. Sub-Zero agrees to go to Alaska to track down the villain, but soon discovers a young boy with strange powers frozen in an iceberg.
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