| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin | Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Samar (inset) |
| 1 | The Fiends and the Foundry | comic story | 9 | pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall | Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; Martha Roberts; Dan (foundry worker); Rolf Korbett (villain, introduction); The Hold Tight America Committee [Herman; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all, one dies) |
| 2 | Six Diving Venuses | comic story | 2 | pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin | |
| 3 | The Elephant Sacrifice | comic story | 5 | pencils: Max Elkan; inks: Max Elkan | Samar; Bob (a doctor, introduction); Bob's wife (introduction); Polo (an elephant); a cannibal tribe (villains, introduction for all) |
| 4 | Diary of the Dead | comic story | 5 | script: Toni Blum; pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al Bryant | Zero; Dr. Burns, Senior (a ghost, introduction); Dr. Bill Burns, Junior (Zero's physician, a human, introduction); unnamed ghost (villain, a savage, introduction) |
| 5 | - | comic story | 4 | script: Lank Leonard; pencils: Lank Leonard; inks: Lank Leonard | |
| 6 | Crime at the Clover Club | comic story | 6 | script: Phil Martin; pencils: Phil Martin; inks: Phil Martin | Swing Sisson (jazz band conductor, introduction); Toby Tucker (saxophonist, introduction); Bonnie Baxter (singer, introduction); Sisson's band (introduction for all); Pete Jaxon (introduction); Slats Elkin (villain, introduction); Slat's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| 7 | - | comic story | 2 | pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin | Lala Palooza |
| 8 | The Purple Monster | comic story | 5 | script: Art Pinajian; pencils: Art Pinajian; inks: Art Pinajian | Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; The Purple Monster and his gang (first appearance; villains; all die) |
| 9 | Case without Clues | comic story | 5 | script: Harry Campbell; pencils: Harry Campbell; inks: Harry Campbell | Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Sonya (villain) |
| 10 | The Phoney Father | comic story | 4 | script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson | Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty]; Joe (villain, introduction);
Joe's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| 11 | Master's Meteor | text story | 2 | script: Robert M. Hyatt; letters: typeset | Perry Scott |
| 12 | Dream of a Countess | comic story | 4 | script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern Henkel | Dusty Dane |
| 13 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Arthur Beeman; pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur Beeman | |
| 14 | Poison Ivy vs. Poison Ivy | comic story | 1 | script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill Fox | Poison Ivy |
| 15 | The Box B Rustlers | comic story | 4 | pencils: Alex Koda; inks: Alex Koda | The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]; The Box B Ranch owner (first appearance; villain) |
| 16 | The Zanzibar Incident | comic story | 5 | pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer Williams | Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Edith Shaw (first appearance; Spin's sister); The Nazis (villains) |