Digital Comic Museum - Don Winslow 030


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December 1945; paper; ctc; my scan

Issue: #30
Published: December 1945, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Richard Kraus (Editor); Will Lieberson (Executive Editor); Sidonie M. Gruenberg (Consulting Editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Don Winslow of the Navy
Credits:	Pencils: John Jordan \| Inks: John Jordan \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Don Winslow

Advertisement (1 page)	Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike
Featuring:	Speedy Wheeler; Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
Synopsis:	Speedy is told by his Dad that he can't afford to buy him a bike, but when his father leaves a briefcase with important papers in it at home, Speedy borrows a friend's bike and delivers them to his Dad....and receives a new bike in gratitude.
Credits:	Pencils: Milt Youngren (signed) \| Inks: Mile Youngren (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Speedy Wheeler Jack

Public Service Announcement (1 page)
Featuring:	Don Winslow of the Navy
Synopsis:	Don encourages his readers to collect waste paper as well as tin cans to help the war effort.
Credits:	Pencils: John Jordan \| Inks: John Jordan \| Letters: ?; typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Don Winslow

Comic Story (9 pages)	Aerial Pickup
Featuring:	Don Winslow of the Navy
Synopsis:	While flying Admiral Colby back to the naval base, hias plane is attacked by Japanese fighters. While the Admiral bails out, Don and Red take the plane into a water landing. Later, they begin a mission to rescue the Admiral and the vital attack plans he is carrying.
Credits:	Pencils: John Jordan (signed) \| Inks: John Jordan (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Don Winslow Red Admiral Colby Admiral Warburton The Japanese (villains)

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (0 pages)
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	A. C. Gilbert
Synopsis:	This illustrated page discusses facts about the famed Gilbert Hall of Science located at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street in New York, maker of American Flyer trains, erector sets and chemistry sets.
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Jetsam Joe
Synopsis:	Not having seen or heard from his girl in 15 years, Joe writes her a letter to have her send him her address.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Jetsam Joe

Comic Story (1 page)	He Always Has an Explanation Handy
Featuring:	Eaglebeak Spruder
Synopsis:	Eaglebeak challenges the throwing accuracy of someone and pays the price for it.
Credits:	Script: Tom McNamara \| Pencils: Tom McNamara \| Inks: Tom McNamara
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Eaglebeak Spruder

Activity (1 page)	Don Winslow's Crossword Puzzle
Featuring:	Don Winslow of the Navy
Credits:	Pencils: John Jordan \| Inks: John Jordan \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Don Winslow

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Jetsam Joe
Synopsis:	Joe is ordered by his Captain to paint the deck, a job reaquiring 20 gallons of paint. Joe discovers he only has one gallon and tries to paint quickly before he runs out of paint.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Jetsam Joe

Comic Story (6 pages)	Stalemate
Featuring:	Don Winslow
Synopsis:	Don volunteers to try and rescue a unit of Chinese freedom fighters from possibly being wiped out by japanese forces that have them stalemated.
Credits:	Pencils: John Jordan \| Inks: John Jordan
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Don Winslow Red General Hing Colonel Martin The Japanese (villains)

Illustration (1 page)	Consolidated PB2Y-2 "Coronado"
Featuring:	Don Winslow's Fighting Ship
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (1 page)	Everything Always Seems to Be in His Favor
Featuring:	Eaglebeak Spruder
Synopsis:	Two toughs get the tables turned on them when they decide to lie in wait for Eaglebeak to knock his block off.
Credits:	Script: Tom McNamara \| Pencils: Tom McNamara \| Inks: Tom McNamara
Genre:	Humor Children
Characters:	Eaglebeak Spruder Rooney

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Jetsam Joe
Synopsis:	Joe's Captain gets the better of Joe on payday.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Jetsam Joe

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Wheaties
Synopsis:	Illustrated Wheaties promotional advertisement.
Credits:	Pencils: Redmer Keller (signed) \| Inks: Redmer Keller (signed)

Text Story (1 page)	A Break for Drake
Featuring:	A True "Warriors of the Sea" story
Synopsis:	Drake's Grumman Avenger gets shot down in Japanese waters, but the American Air Force shows up just in time to drive away a Japanese rescue boat intent on making the pilot their prisoner.
Credits:	Script: Bert Mills \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction
Characters:	Ensign John Drake

Text Article (1 page)	Lifeboat Equipment
Synopsis:	This factual article discusses equipment that protects U.S. boys at sea: matches, oars, propellors, painters, plugs, provisions, rowlocks, rudder & tiller, sea anchor, storm oil, signal flag, signaling mirrors, signal pistol, water, and wooden bullet hole plugs.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (7 pages)	Undersea Raiders
Featuring:	Don Winslow of the Navy
Synopsis:	After a Japanese sub torpedos the destroyer he is on, Don is captured by the Japanese, who attempt to torture him into relaying information as to the whereabouts of his transport.
Credits:	Pencils: John Jordan \| Inks: John Jordan
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Don Winslow Red Captain Mirmo The Japanese (villains)

Text Article (0 pages)	A Special New Feature -- "British Seagoing Slang"
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
Synopsis:	Although captured by a couple of thugs, Volto and Jimmy escape and help capture the duo before they can blow up an arsenal.
Characters:	Volto Jimmy

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Kellogg's Shredded Wheat
Synopsis:	Illustrated ad for Kellogg's Shredded Wheat, which focuses in on the great prizes one can get from boxes of the cereal: action pictures of battleships, cruisers, destroyers and other Navy craft, which one can print with a hot iron onto sports shirts, jackets and swim suits.
Credits:	Letters: ?; typeset

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Bit-O-Honey
Synopsis:	Illustrated advertisement for Bit-O-Honey candy bar, and has a coupon for readers to send in in order to get "the key to your secret number."
Credits:	Letters: ?; typeset

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	X-Acto Knives
Synopsis:	Illustrated advertisement by the X-Acto Cresent Products Company, pushing their line of products, including the famed "x-acto knife."
Credits:	Letters: typeset

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