| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams | The Black Phantom |
| 1 | Winners of the August Popular Comics Contest | text article | 0.5 | pencils: ? (photos); inks: ? (photos); letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Winners of July Contest | text article | 0.5 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | - | comic story | 2 | script: Stan Randall; pencils: Stan Randall; inks: Stan Randall | Toby; Oomog; Booey; Titus Wad (first appearance) |
| 5 | Winners of the July Popularity Poll | text article | 0.5 | letters: typeset | |
| 6 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis | Herky; Dinny |
| 7 | - | comic story | 8 | script: G. Ellerbrock; pencils: William Kent; inks: William Kent | Martan the Marvel Man (first appearance, origin); Vana (first appearance, origin) |
| 8 | - | comic story | 8 | script: Albert Hartje; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will Ely | The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Maya (first appearance); Omu (first appearance) |
| 9 | "Well, Herky, what do you think of your new sister by this time? | comic story | 1 | script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis | Herky; Honey; Herky's mother |
| 10 | - | comic story | 6 | pencils: Al McWilliams; inks: Al McWilliams | John Winston (first appearance); Pete Baxter (first appearance); Tony Carter (first appearance); The Red Hood Gang [Dutch Orlando (villain); Kid Grant (villain); Spike Morganti (villain, death)] |
| 11 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis | Herky; Herky's father |
| 12 | The Mystery of Mr. Wong [Part 4] | comic story | 8 | pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey | Mr. Wong; Sgt. Street; Officer Flaherty; Officer Morgan; Professor Janney (villain); Valerie Edwards; Peter Harrison; Count Alexis Petrovitch [as Ivan Strogonoff] (identity revealed); Sing; Mr. Carslake |
| 13 | - | comic story | 4 | script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman | Bronc Peeler; Pete [also as Coyote Pete]; Wheezie; Bullneck the Terrible |
| 14 | - | comic story | 8 | pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney | The Masked Pilot; Tom; The Black Phantom (villain) |
| 15 | - | comic story | 4 | | Shark Egan; Ace O'Doul; Mary McDermot; Kanaka Lew; Captain Mai Ti; Angkar; One-Eye Wendel [J. Wendel]; Grampus; Mr. Grype (villain); Koye (villain); Red Mack (villain) |
| 16 | - | comic story | 4 | script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest | Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]; Skeets Milligan; Betty Lou Barnes; Paul Smith; Professor Otto Bumgartner; Miss Stanley; Mrs. Wilson; Jeems; Mr. Plotz; Mr. Trevor; Slade; Mr. Dunforth |
| 17 | Penguin Pete at the Luna Park | comic story | 4 | script: Win Smith; pencils: Win Smith; inks: Win Smith | Penguin Pete; Pudgie; Wilbur (a pig) |
| 18 | - | comic story | 0.5 | pencils: George Scarbo; inks: George Scarbo | Rudy; Billy; Charlie Kangaroo |
| 20 | - | comic story | 3 | script: Kenneth Kennedy; pencils: Newt Alfred; inks: Newt Alfred | Captain Tornado (first appearance); Professor Bordani (first appearance); Jane Bordani (first appearance) |
| 21 | Calling All Boys - and Girls! Be a Gang Buster! | in-house column | 1 | | |