| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Every month |
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| Cover | Spoilers of the Wild |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sheena |
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| Comic Story | Spoilers of the Wild (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sheena and Bob set off to explore the territory beyond the Grandanga mountain range, where no white man has apparently been before. They discover a tribe of gorillas seemingly led by a white woman named Keela, who is able to best a gorilla in combat. They teach her to speak English, and she falls for Bob, much to Sheena's annoyance. Eventually the two women fight in hand-to-hand combat, and Keela falls into an active volcano. When the volcano erupts Sheena and Bob retreat towards their own land. |
| Credits | Script:? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Keela; Rogo (an ape) |
| Notes | The title is taken from the cover blurb.
Signature found in final panel. |
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| Synopsis | Peter and Tinymite's rocket lands on the Moon. In a cave they encounter a huge dragon, which they bypass, and climbing some stairs reach a door guarded by a giant man wielding a scimitar. As he attacks them Peter rubs his magic ring, from which his genie Buddah emerges and saves them. Beyond the door they find an old man strapped to a dias while a device with dozens of knives descend towards him. They rescue him, but a mysterious figure appears menacingly before them. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Golleh] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Science Fiction | Characters: Peter Pupp; Tinymite; Buddah [a genie] |
| Notes | Pages in the original sources are both credited and signed by Bob Kane.
Continued from the previous issue and into the next. |
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| Comic Story | Pirate Island (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Hawk has retired from roaming the high seas, but has become bored of farming life. He and Sagua visit the nearest town and learn that pirates are raiding nearby settlements by bombarding them from the sea, setting fire to them and then looting. The Hawk decides to pursue them and once again mans his ship. They eventually spot the pirate ship, only to find that captain and crew are all female. The Hawk and his men capture the ship and the captain hurls herself to her death. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Willis Rensie] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: The Hawk; Pasha Ahib; Sarita; Caleb; Jeremy; Sagua |
| Notes | The title is from the cover blurb. |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Teller Tayles] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lightning [Fred Larkin]; Dr. Tol; Rogan; Slug |
| Notes | Possible inkers: Maurice Gutwirth; Jim Mooney; Arthur Pinajian; shop? |
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| Text Story | Visitor from Space (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Powell [as W. Morgan Thomas] (signed) (2 spot illustrations) | Inks: Bob Powell [as W. Morgan Thomas] (signed) | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dicky McGuire |
| Notes | One panel is SIGNED "W. Morgan Thomas" - the house name for the Sheena strip. Odd. |
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| Featuring | Stuart Taylor |
| Credits | Script:? [as Curt Davis] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Stuart Taylor; Laura; Gegin (villain, introduction, death), Limpy (introduction) |
| Notes | Reminiscent of a "Batman" artist. Keith Chandler doesn't see this at all.
The cover title, "Treasure of the Ancient Mandarin", has NOTHING to do with this story so it is not used here. |
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| Featuring | Bobby |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Bobby; Mr. De Flicker; Smudge (a street urchin) |
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| Featuring | ZX-5 Spies In Action |
| Credits | Script:? [as Major Thorpe] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: ZX-5; The Baron (villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Uncle Otto |
| Notes | wordless pantomime strip |
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| Featuring | Wilton of the West |
| Credits | Script:? [as Fred Sande] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Wiley Wilton; Sheriff Parker; Bobby Jones; Mrs. Jones; Crazy Mike |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Crooked Dagger (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Inspector Dayton |
| Credits | Script:? [as George Thatcher] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Inspector Dayton; Miss Belton; Doc Black |
| Notes | Frank Schwarz is credited in the Who's Who as having worked on this strip during this year. |
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