| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine | The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Mickey Finn (inset); Lala Palooza (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Big Top (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Reynolds of the Mounted (inset); Bruce Blackburn (inset); The Ghost Detective (inset); The Voice (inset); Captain Fortune (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset) |
| 1 | The Sins of Anton Bock | comic story | 9 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine | Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; Martha Roberts; Caleb (introduction); unnamed Sheriff (introduction); Anton Bock (villain, introduction); Bock's spy ring [Butch; unnamed others] (villains, introduction for all, one dies) |
| 2 | The Capture of Castle Balomar | comic story | 4 | script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern Henkel | Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]; Duke Edward (villain; death) |
| 3 | - | comic story | 2 | pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin | |
| 4 | The Three-Fingered Ogre | comic story | 5 | script: Toni Blum; pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan Zolnerowich | Zero (the ghost detective, introduction); Mr. Bleeker (introduction); Mary Bleeker (introduction); John Bleeker (introduction, death); Peter Bleeker (villain, a zombie, introduction, death) |
| 5 | The Medicine Man's Scheme | comic story | 5 | script: Art Pinajian; pencils: Art Pinajian; inks: Art Pinajian | Sakru (first appearance; villain); Wade and his gang (first appearance; villains) |
| 6 | The Snatch of the Plane Plans | comic story | 6 | script: Bob Powell; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell | Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; G. Roland Lorber (first appearance; villain); Inez (first appearance; villain); Joe (first appearance; villain); Fingers (first appearance; villain); Arndt (first appearance; villain) |
| 7 | Super Salesmanship | comic story | 2 | pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin | Lala Palooza |
| 8 | The Murder of Bus Pritchard | comic story | 4 | script: Bill Smith; pencils: Bill Smith; inks: Bill Smith | Rance Keane; Bus Pritchard (first appearance; death); a murderer (first appearance; villain) |
| 9 | Only Kiddin' | cartoon | 1 | script: Ed Reed; pencils: Ed Reed; inks: Ed Reed; letters: Ed Reed | |
| 10 | Living Dead Men | comic story | 5 | script: Harry Campbell; pencils: Henry Taylor; inks: Henry Taylor | Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy (introduction, origin); Lieutenant Jackson (introduction, Blackburn's double); Colonel Jordan (introduction, War Department Officer); Schwartz (villain, introduction); Smits (villain, introduction) |
| 11 | The Insurance Murder Plot | comic story | 4 | script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson | Rusty Ryan (introduction, origin); Inhabitants of Boyville [Smiley Scott; Bobby; Ed; Whitey; Scotty] introduction); Cappy Jenks (introduction); Mr. Hicks (introduction); Lockhart (villain, introduction); Spear (villain, introduction) |
| 12 | Gold of Atlantis | text story | 2 | script: Robert M. Hyatt; letters: typeset | Perry Scott (first appearance) |
| 13 | Origin of the Voice | comic story | 4 | pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch | The Voice [Mr. Elixir] (introduction, origin); Fogarty (introduction); John Martinson (villain, introduction) |
| 14 | Origin of Poison Ivy | comic story | 2 | script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox | Poison Ivy (first appearance; origin); Mr. Ivy (Poison's father); Mrs. Ivy (Poison's mother) |
| 15 | Origin of Samar | comic story | 5 | pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy | Samar (first appearance; origin); Mali (first appearance); Tino (first appearance; villain; death) |
| 16 | - | comic story | 4 | script: Lank Leonard; pencils: Lank Leonard; inks: Lank Leonard | |