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Living Shadows
"Steel Sterling fights the battle of his life against the shadows that walked like men..."
Storyline
The professor has invented a projector that makes shadows come to life.
Characters
- Sergeant Clancy McGinty
- Steel Sterling
- John Sterling
- Professor Royce
Credits
- Pencils: Clem Weisbecker
- Inks: Clem Weisbecker
"Pie een the sky!"
Storyline
Banana falls asleep after reading about a book about grass as superfood and dreams he has become super strong.
Characters
Credits
- Script: Ed Goggin
- Pencils: Harry Sahle
- Inks: Virginia Drury
"Thanks a million for that shower of letters to WJZ, the Blue Network, N.Y.C. gang, telling 'em how much you enjoy listening to Archie Andrews!"
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: Harry Sahle
Story Notes
Promo for Archie radio show featuring Archie and Jughead standing beneath an umbrella in a rainstorm of letters, thanking listeners for sending letters to the radio stations that carry Archie.
"The Black Hood wants you to tune in on the WOR Mutual Broadcasting System."
Characters
Story Notes
Promo for the Black Hood radio show airing every night at 5:15 EWT on the WOR Mutual Broadcasting System.
"Happy and Slappy have been given fifty dollars..."
Storyline
The Applejack boys and Wild Mountain Bill travel to New York, but only have Confederate money to spend.
Characters
- Happy Applejack
- Slappy Applejack
- Wild Mountain Bill
- Old Confederate General
Credits
- Script: Ed Goggin
- Pencils: Harry Sahle
- Inks: Harry Sahle
Story Notes
The woman in the splash panel carrying a purse with the monogram "JGV" appears to be a caricature of MLJ staffer Janice "Ginger" Valleau. Another woman carrying a purse with the monogram "DM" may be another caricature. Final panel includes text blurb for Archie radio show.
Revenge
"Their fingers had met through that wire netting, and then she had slipped the file through, pushed it up his sleeve."
Storyline
Al files his way out of jail to get revenge.
Characters
- Al
- Jake
- Verna
"Principal Grump!"
Storyline
Ginger and Dotty are driving out to a poultry farm to get eggs for Miss Eclaire.
Characters
- Dotty
- Principal Grump
- Ginger Snapp
- Prof. Piddle
- Miss Eclaire
Credits
- Script: Ed Goggin
- Pencils: Claire S. Moe
- Inks: Claire S. Moe
Don't Blab (1)
"Young Rueben Rueben has dedicated himself to fight for what's right in this world!"
Storyline
Red Rube discovers a Nazi spy radio transmitter station.
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Vigoda
- Inks: Bill Vigoda
"I'm not afraid... (choke) Super-Duper Man (gasp) is coming!!"
Storyline
Chimpy and Genie go over to the comic book factory to get a new idea for their artist, Joe Edwards.
Credits
- Script: Joe Edwards
- Pencils: Joe Edwards
- Inks: Joe Edwards
Story Notes
Final panel includes note from Chimpy asking readers to send him a letter with their thoughts on his story, care of MLJ Magazines, 60 Hudson Street, New York, NY.
"Hello! That you Linda?"
Storyline
Linda is allergic to orchid scent and Wilbur has accidentally dropped an orchid into the punch bowl.
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Vigoda
- Inks: Bill Vigoda
Story Notes
First Wilbur story with art by Bill Vigoda, who would become the primary artist on "Wilbur" through the end of the 1940s. First appearances of Red, the Jughead-esque best friend of Wilbur, and Linda Moore, Wilbur's wealthy girlfriend similar to Veronica. Red has yet to develop his love of food, although he expresses disinterest in dating women in the final panel. Linda appears to be wealthy from the size of her party but is not explicitly described as rich. The plot of this story would be recycled for the text story "Orchids to You" in Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #9, which would itself be recycled as an Archie text story in Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #33.