1943/01/02 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION: Cover design by J.C. Leyendecker.

Complete contents picked up from the contents page of this issue are as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • "Steppingstones" by Phyllis Duganne and illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
  • "Them That Has" by David Lamson and illustrated by John F. Gould
  • "The Galloping Goya" by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by Richard Hook
  • "And So He Went Along" by John W. Thomason, Jr. and illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt

    • ARTICLES:

  • "Calendar Lady" by Howard Whitman is about Elisabeth Achelis
  • "The Salt That Nearly Lost a War" by Neil M. Clark
  • "The Italians Want to Quit" by Charles Lanius
  • "Pain Blackout" by Myron M. Stearns
  • "Muscle Magician" by Stanley Frank about Bill Miller keeping the Oklahoma University basketball team in shape
  • "Shoot the Works!" part 2 of 3 by Boyden Sparkes
  • "Eighteen Men and a Boat" conclusion by Lt. Comdr. John Morrill, USN as told to Pete Martin

    • SERIALS:

  • "Dangerous Ways" part 1 of 6 by Robert E. Pinkerton and illustrated by Courtney Allen
  • "Eddie and the Archangel Mike" part 5 of 6 by Barry Benefield and illustrated by Ben Stahl

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Keeping Posted
  • Next Week
  • Post Scripts
  • Editorials

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: "It Also Stands for Volume!" ad from Philco Corporation with V for Victory sign illustrated over a battle scene by Crawford, Good Year, Lucky Strikes from a painting by Georges Schreiber, Firestone, Pan American Clippers, and a Camel Cigarettes ad featuring Dick Durrance on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))