Issue Contents:
Seven Tasks
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Musial
- Inks: Joe Musial
Story Notes
Title from the story.
8th Year - No. 4 - July 1949
Featuring The Young Reporter
Credits
- Script: Hal Fox
Story Notes
On inside front and inside back covers. Contains seven cartoon illustrations, one photo and assorted text stories.
Seven Tasks
"The beauty contestants are waiting, excellency."
Storyline
Diana is a prisoner in a high tower in Ptjar.
Credits
- Script: Lee Falk
- Pencils: Carlo D'Alba
- Inks: Carlo D'Alba
Reprint Notes
From Phantom Sunday strips (King Features Syndicate) 1946-12-29 - 1947-03-02. [Many panels omitted in order to fit 10 Sundays onto 8 pages.]
Story Notes
Newspaper strip reprints heavily modified to fit comic book format. New splash page with art by Joe Musial?
"Instead of punishing children for being cruel to animals..."
Credits
- Script:
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"Outside, Lama Chot shouts: 'The Grand Lama orders you to come with me or be killed!'"
Credits
- Script: Alex Raymond
- Script: Ивайло Димитров
- Pencils: Alex Raymond
- Inks: Alex Raymond
- Pencils: John Mayo (uncertain)
- Inks: John Mayo (uncertain)
Story Notes
Newspaper strip reprint heavily modified to fit comic book format.
Nathaniel Green
Credits
- Script:
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Story Notes
Text article with two large illustrations. The centrefold.
"Teddy, are you getting up?"
Credits
- Script: Joe Musial
- Pencils: Joe Musial
- Inks: Joe Musial
"Solving the mysterious murder of band-leader Swanee Rivers would have been simple..."
Characters
- Rip Kirby
- Honey Dorian (his assistant)
- Spider Grunt (blackmailer)
- Silky Shaw
- Pagan Lee (night club singer)
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Alex Raymond
- Inks: Alex Raymond
Story Notes
Newspaper strip reprint heavily modified to fit comic book format.
"Shooting the breeze."
Credits
- Pencils: Doc Winner
- Inks: Doc Winner
Story Notes
Jokes/puns sent in by readers, for $1 if used.
"Pete! We got ants!"
Credits
- Script: C. D. Russell
- Pencils: C. D. Russell
- Inks: C. D. Russell
Story Notes
On back cover. Newspaper strip reprint.