| 0 | Torpedo Islands of Death | cover | 1 | pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine | Uncle Sam; Buddy Smith; Wonder Boy (inset); Sally O'Neil (inset); Merlin (inset) |
| 1 | The Floating Islands | comic story | 9 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan Zolnerowich | Uncle Sam; Nazis (villains) |
| 2 | Barry Gilmore Returns | comic story | 6 | script: Toni Blum; pencils: Chuck Mazoujian; inks: Chuck Mazoujian | Sally O'Neil; Barry Gilmore; William Taylor (first appearance); Jason and his gang (first appearance, villains) |
| 3 | The Paperweight Championship | comic story | 5 | pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles Nicholas | Kid Patrol; Brass Knuckles (first appearance, villain); Nip (first appearance, villain); Tuck (first appearance, villain) |
| 4 | Plane Sabotage | comic story | 6 | pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer Williams | Prop Powers |
| 5 | Steckar's Insurance Racket | comic story | 5 | script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling | Pen Miller; Joe Steckar (first appearance, villain); Louie the Lout (first appearance, villain); other crooks (first appearance, villains); Pen's publisher (first appearance) |
| 6 | Dinosaurs Out West | comic story | 6 | script: Toni Blum; pencils: John Celardo; inks: John Celardo | Wonder Boy |
| 7 | The Man from 1940 | comic story | 5 | script: Tony Rawlins; pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry Kiefer | Cyclone; un-named old man (villain, introduction) |
| 8 | A Bout of Homesickness | comic story | 5 | pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska | Kid Dixon [Danny "Kid" Dixon]; "Tiger" Tom Griffin (first appearance, villain); Mrs. Higgins (first appearance); Katherine Higgins (first appearance) |
| 9 | Page Boy Vigilante | text story | 2 | script: Anthony Lamb | Yankee Doodle Boy |
| 10 | Stone's Big Score | comic story | 6 | script: Herman Bolstein; pencils: John Celardo; inks: John Celardo | Paul Bunyan; Johnson (first appearance); Stone and his gangsters (first appearance, villains) |
| 11 | - | comic story | 2 | script: Bill Newcombe; pencils: Bill Newcombe; inks: Bill Newcombe | Windy Breeze |
| 12 | Ophar Jewel Stolen | comic story | 7 | script: Lance Blackwood; pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan Zolnerowich | Merlin the Magician [Jock Kellog]; Limey Joe (villain, introduction); the Forty Thieves (villains, introduction for all) |