Issue: #22
Published: May 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ed Cronin
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was On-Going Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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| Comic Story (9 pages) |
The Return of Captain Blue |
| Featuring: |
The Ray |
| Synopsis: |
Bud returns home as he ward of Happy Terrill, whom he no longer remembers to be the Ray for some reason. That night, Bud has a dream that wraith Lupo kidnaps him and takes him on Blitzen to Elixir, the realm of King Percival, where he and the Ray battle Captain Blue again. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lou Fine | Inks: Lou Fine |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Ray [Happy Terrill] Bud [once Known As Jackie] Lupo (villain, A Wraith, Dream) King Peveral (villain, Dream) Blitzen (villain, A Six-legged Horse, Dream) Kulik (villain, Dream) Captain Blue (villain, Dream) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Archie O'Toole |
| Genre: |
Humor Children |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Midnight |
| Synopsis: |
When Dave goes to work at the radio station, he sends Gabby on a mission to expose two dueling milk companies that are endangering the public. When Midnight is captured and the crooks attempt to unmask him, he protects his identity by making a nonstop series of funny faces until Gabby manages to free him. |
| Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
| Genre: |
Adventure Superhero |
| Characters: |
Midnight [Dave Clark] Gabby (a Monkey) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Athlete's Foot |
| Featuring: |
Wun Cloo |
| Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
| Genre: |
Humor Detective-mystery |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Defending Suez |
| Featuring: |
Espionage Starring Black X |
| Credits: |
Script: Lane French [as Will Erwin] (signed) | Pencils: Witmer Williams (signed) | Inks: Witmer Williams (signed) |
| Genre: |
Spy |
| Characters: |
Espionage [Black X] Batu |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
The Scarlet Seal |
| Synopsis: |
The Seal invents a complex scheme to save his father's job, which was on the line because the captain had failed to catch the Scarlet Seal. |
| Credits: |
Script: Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed) | Pencils: Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed) | Inks: Harry Francis Campbell [as Duane Byrd Monroe] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Detective-mystery |
| Characters: |
The Red Seal [Barry Moore] Captain Tim Moore |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Today is Tomorrow |
| Featuring: |
Jimmy Christian |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Abdul the Arab |
| Synopsis: |
Abdul and Hassan have to play bodyguard to a little princess. |
| Credits: |
Script: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed) | Pencils: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed) | Inks: Bob Powell [as Powell Roberts] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Abdul Hassan Fawida Aman Ibn Kawir Gang |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Bozo the Robot |
| Synopsis: |
Hugh Hazzard takes on a loan shark who preys on working people. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] | Inks: George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Hugh Hazzard Bozo The Robot Dutch |
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