Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Musial
- Inks: Joe Musial
"Spring and Sports -- seem to go together..."
Characters
- Gunder Haegg (1943's Athlete of the Year)
Story Notes
The inside-front cover.
"With Kurachi gone, the Japs are leaderless."
Credits
- Script: Lee Falk
- Pencils: Carlo D'Alba
- Inks: Carlo D'Alba
Reprint Notes
From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1942-06-16 - 1942-06-20, 1942-06-22 - 1942-06-27, 1942-06-29 - 1942-07-03. [One panel is omitted from one of the two 4-panel strips on some pages in order to fit 2 dailies on each 7-panel page.]
Credits
- Pencils: Doc Winner
- Inks: Doc Winner
Story Notes
Jokes puns from readers.
"They're havin' open house at the welfare rest..."
Credits
- Pencils: C. D. Russell
- Script: C. D. Russell
- Inks: C. D. Russell
"While Bardo takes Jim on a tour of his plantation, Kolu follows Jim's orders..."
Credits
- Pencils: Alex Raymond
- Script: Alex Raymond
- Inks: Alex Raymond
"When you cook that lovely pumpkin be sure to prepare it..."
Credits
- Pencils:
- Script:
- Inks:
"Enemy plane! They've spotted us!"
Credits
- Pencils: Luís Gustavo
- Script: Luís Gustavo
- Inks: Luís Gustavo
"My father became a citizen..."
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Musial
- Script: Joe Musial
- Inks: Joe Musial
"Free again! And with the 'Singing Sword' once more at his side Val can again go questing for Aleta..."
Credits
- Pencils: Erica H. Rodriguez
- Script: Erica H. Rodriguez
- Inks: Erica H. Rodriguez
"Oh, dear, not a recruit all morning, well..."
Credits
- Pencils: Guilherme Bandeira
- Script: Guilherme Bandeira
- Inks: Guilherme Bandeira
"Say, round up all the kids..."
Credits
- Pencils: Doc Winner
- Script: Doc Winner
- Inks: Doc Winner
"We had to cut holes..."
Credits
- Pencils: Brian Dunphy
- Script: Brian Dunphy
- Inks: Brian Dunphy
- Colors: Brian Dunphy
Story Notes
Four 1-panel jokes.
"It's a terrible thing for me to say, Curley, but I do hope my brother Chester..."
Credits
- Pencils: Luís Gustavo
- Script: Luís Gustavo
- Inks: Luís Gustavo
Vol. 3 -- No. 1
Featuring The Young Reporter
Credits
- Script: Hal Fox
Story Notes
Contributions from readers.
"John - I looked at that dress today..."
Credits
- Pencils: David Silverman
- Script: David Silverman
- Inks: David Silverman
"Balls o' fire!! Ye mean to say I et 3 dullers and sixty-sebben cents wuth o' vittles!!"
Credits
- Pencils: Jan Bosschaert
- Script: Jan Bosschaert
- Inks: Jan Bosschaert
"Louise! That baby is trying to climb those stairs again!"
Credits
- Pencils: Jimmy Hatlo
- Script: Jimmy Hatlo
- Inks: Jimmy Hatlo
Story Notes
Copyright 1940. One panel is dated 4-25.