Issue Contents:
The best day in the year (1)
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
"Diana, I have a feeling -- somebody is watching us --"
Characters
- The Phantom
- Diana Palmer
- Mrs. Palmer (her mother)
- Karna, prince of the Ismani
Credits
- Script: Lee Falk
- Pencils: Carlo D'Alba
- Inks: Carlo D'Alba
Reprint Notes
From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1943-06-05, 1943-06-07 - 1943-06-12, 1943-06-14 - 1943-06-19 and 1943-06-21 - 1943-06-22. [Some panels are stretched, and some are clipped in order to fit them to the comic's pages]
"Trying to sail a 'hardship'."
Credits
- Pencils: Doc Winner
- Inks: Doc Winner
Story Notes
Jokes from readers.
David McKay Co. ad (1)
Story Notes
A picture version of "Duel in the Sun" now on sale for 15 cents. Other titles also available from your favorite newsstand or store or by using the coupon attached in this ad.
"Help! Help! Look! A woman life-saver!"
Credits
- Script: C. D. Russell
- Pencils: C. D. Russell
- Inks: C. D. Russell
"Petchy, waiting for Jim in the airport waiting-room, recognizes..."
Credits
- Script: Alex Raymond
- Pencils: Alex Raymond
- Inks: Alex Raymond
"It's a prehisterical egg, and petrified too! It iss voith t'ousand uff dollars to der mooseum!"
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils:
- Inks:
"And here's one of them! Nice going, Tim! But we can't leave him here!"
Credits
- Script: Luís Gustavo
- Pencils: Luís Gustavo
- Inks: Luís Gustavo
Vol. 4 No. 11 February, 1946
Featuring The Young Reporter
"Where I Live"
Credits
- Script: Hal Fox
Story Notes
Reader submissions, including jokes, personal interest articles, and cartoons. The reader submissions were by Kenneth Lutzal, PFC. Larry Landis, Gene Gentry, Carl May Jr., Francis Bjerstedt, Donald Dickenson, and Vincent Bonta Jr.
"Look, Sittin' Bull -- sump'n what I always wanted!"
Credits
- Script: Joe Musial
- Pencils: Joe Musial
- Inks: Joe Musial
"Footpads have dragged two ladies from their chair, beaten the porters and are about to rob..."
Credits
- Script: Erica H. Rodriguez
- Pencils: Erica H. Rodriguez
- Inks: Erica H. Rodriguez
"It's lucky I'm not working today, Mumsy, so I can shampoo my hair."
Credits
- Script: Guilherme Bandeira
- Pencils: Guilherme Bandeira
- Inks: Guilherme Bandeira
"Say, if you're going fishing, here's just the hook for you..."
Credits
- Script: Doc Winner
- Pencils: Doc Winner
- Inks: Doc Winner
"'Ghosts' in our house! Ridiculous! All right, Mr. Harper..."
Credits
- Script: Luís Gustavo
- Pencils: Luís Gustavo
- Inks: Luís Gustavo
"Mom - this May weather is so fine..."
Credits
- Script: David Silverman
- Pencils: David Silverman
- Inks: David Silverman
"'Yard Bird' Smif!! I swow! It's plumb humiliratin' to be..."
Credits
- Script: Jan Bosschaert
- Pencils: Fred Lasswell
- Inks: Fred Lasswell
Try, Try Again!
Featuring Sports
Storyline
Signifcant failures each sports hero overcame on the way to fame.
Characters
- Jimmy Braddock
- Steve O'Neill
- Two-Ton Tony Galento
- Ben Chapman
Polka-Dot Pictures
Story Notes
Connect the dots to create a picture and rearrange the letters to form the title of the picture. (Appears on inside back cover)
How Smart Are You?
Story Notes
14 trivia questions to test your knowledge. (Appears on inside back cover)
"Hear him! He's been jabbering like that for an hour."
Credits
- Script: Jimmy Hatlo
- Pencils: Jimmy Hatlo
- Inks: Jimmy Hatlo
Story Notes
Strip appears on back cover.