| 0 | Murder Is No Joke! | cover | 1 | pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole | The Barker [Carnie Callahan] |
| 2 | Murder Is No Joke! | comic story | 11 | script: Joe Millard; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling | The Barker [Carnie Callahan]; Colonel Land (Mammoth Circus owner); Tiny; Lena; Major Midge; Shali (introduction, a snake-charmer); Samson Smith (introduction, strong man); Sonny Day (introduction); Capt. Bill Day (introduction); Dr. Devlin (villain, introduction); Al (villain, introduction); Marty ( |
| 3 | Sing Me a Torch Song | comic story | 8 | pencils: Gene Fawcette; inks: Gene Fawcette | Sally O'Neil; Jerome (first appearance; villain); Frankie Sebar (first appearance; villain) |
| 4 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard Dibble | |
| 5 | Case No. 20... The Vase of Kwan-Yin | comic story | 7 | script: Don Rico; pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don Rico | G-2 [Captain Don Leash]; Professor Joaquim (art expert); the Japanese (villains) |
| 6 | The Lisping Hob-Goblin and the Ghost That Failed | comic story | 6 | script: André LeBlanc; pencils: André LeBlanc; inks: André LeBlanc | Intellectual Amos; Horrible Horace (first appearance; a ghost); Wilbur (first appearance; a hobgoblin); Von Hogg (first appearance; villain) |
| 7 | The Vengeance of Monk Mature | comic story | 6 | script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern Henkel | Chic Carter; Monk Mature (first appearance; villain) |
| 8 | Footprints of Light | text story | 2 | letters: typeset | Spencer Hale; Wango; Devers |
| 9 | Waterdog Breeze | comic story | 1 | script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole | Windy Breeze |
| 10 | Theatre of Thieves | comic story | 7 | pencils: Bill Quackenbush; inks: Bill Quackenbush | Quicksilver [Max]; Fortescue and the Shen-Dee Troupe (villains, introduction for all) |
| 11 | Yeoman Third | comic story | 7 | pencils: Al Camy; inks: Al Camy | Lt Commander Harvey Blake; Captain Marlin (first appearance; death); The Japanese (villains) |