Issue: #1
Last valuation update: 2025-09-24
"The Murders of Cap'n Scum" (Speed Saunders and the River Patrol) written and penciled by E.C. Stoner and inked by Creig Flessel. Cyril Saunders (Known as Speed) gets a call from the chief of the River Patrol saying that he has a hot case for him. He hurries over and the chief introduces him to a bayman who talks of finding four dead Chinamen in the bay. After Speed looks for some clues in Chinato...
First appearances: Shorty Morgan, Slam Bradley, Bart Regan, Bruce Nelson, Chin Lung, Cosmo, Erick von Holtzendorff, Gumshoe Gus, Sally Norris, Sigrid von Holtzendorff, Speed Saunders, Buck Marshall, Bret Lawton, Cap'n Scum, Captain Burke, Captain Moran, Eagle-Eyed Jake, Fred Collins, Fui Onyui, Gregory Dillingwater, Inspector Schmaltz, Mr. Reeves, Mrs. Gotlotz, Mrs. Gotrox, Olga Balinoff, Rita Carlisle, Spider Malone
Creators: Whitney Ellsworth, Bill Patrick, Creig Flessel, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Sven Elven, Tom Hickey, Vincent Sullivan, Fred Schwab, Homer Fleming, Elmer Stoner, Russell Cole
Characters: Shorty Morgan, Slam Bradley, Bart Regan, Bruce Nelson, Chin Lung, Cosmo, Erick von Holtzendorff, Gumshoe Gus, Sally Norris, Sigrid von Holtzendorff, Speed Saunders, Buck Marshall, Bret Lawton, Cap'n Scum, Captain Burke, Captain Moran, Eagle-Eyed Jake, Fred Collins, Fui Onyui, Gregory Dillingwater