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Welcome to the History of Comic Books
We are going to back and learn a step by step chronology of the modern comic book format.
Lets relive the year 1933 and see how the world was living and how this helped shape the future of comic books.
1933 is a very important year for numerous reasons which we are going to discover.
The year began with a historic creation of "The Reign of the Superman" in january 1933 - a short story written by Jerry Siegel and illustrated by Joe Shuster in Cleveland Ohio. It was the first published use by the writer/artist duo of the name Superman, which they later applied to their fictional superhero. The title character of this story is a telepathic villain rather than a physically powerful hero. Over the next 5 years Siegel and Shuster would rework the character into the noble hero and eventually sell it to DC Comics in 1938.
1933 was the worst year of the depression with unemployment peaking at 25.2% with ( 1 in 4 people unemployed). Many thousands travelled the railroads across the USA looking for employment. The continuing drought in the Midwest made even more of the land into dust bowls. The USA now with a population of 125 million people voted F rankling D Roosevelt as their new president in March.
Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany and opened the first concentration camp
Germany and Japan withdraw from League of Nations.
Esquire debuted as the first men's magazine.
Laurens Hammond introduces his Hammond organ.
Alcatraz became a federal penitentiary
The Loch Ness monster is spotted for the first time.
Shirley Temple signs a movie contract with Fox when she was 5 years old
The original King Kong Movie is shown
The First ever drive in Theatre is established in New Jersey
The Chocolate chip cookie is invented as is the popular board game Monopoly
Prohibition ended at the end of the year . Average wages for $52.00 a week or $1500 per year. A brand new house cost under $6,000.00. One gallon of gas was 10 cents as was a can of Campbells soup.
Mickey Mouse was a hit sensation for Walt Disney and comic books had been on the market since 1930.
David McKay published a 4 issue annual series. Mickey Mouse Comic #3 came out in 1933. It reprinted Mickey Mouse comic strips. It measures 10"x 9 3/4" is 52 pages long with a cardboard cover. The series lasted 4 issues with later reprints
There were two different Mickey Mouse Magazines done in 1933. The first in January published by Kamen-Blair. It was distributed by daries and local theaters. It lasted until issue #9, the first few issues had a 5 cent cover price, the later ones did not. The second was also give aways done through different Dairie companies. It had two volumes, the both going 12 issues. Both magazines were done by Walt Disney Productions and they ended in 1935. In the summer of the same year A new Mickey Mouse Magazine was done by publisher K. K. Publishing AKA Western Publishing Co.. Like the previous incarnation, this magazine would run 12 issues, then restart back at #1 with another volume. This continued for 5 years.
In 1933, Detective Dan, Secret Op. 48 was the first comic, sold on the newsstands, with original material in it. Created by Norman Marsh. The comic had a 3 color, cardboard cover. Inside was black and white. Sold for 10cents, dimensions were 10x13". It had 36 pages and was only a one shot published by Humor Publishers Corp., The Detective Dan character was a Dick Tracy clone, and didn't last very long. There was some other appearances by him though. One in The Adventures of Detective Ace King. Also done in 1933. There are some minor differences between the two books, among them a paper cover and pages 9 1/2 x12".
Humor Publishing put out a 3rd title in 1933 - Bob Scully the 2 Fisted Hick Detective.
Comic books became a great marketing tool and due to the depression many publishers started printing comics that were free giveaways throughout the decade. This gave a chance for printing presses to keep running during these hard times. Thousands of different comics were given away as companies used popular comic strips for advertising purposes. The pioneers of this trend is given to Sam Gold and Kay Kamen. Among the most well known giveaways are Kelloggs Buck Rogers and Ovaltine's Little Orphan Annie.
Eastern Color Printing Company was one company that became very important in formation of comic industry. They had a 45 year old sales manager named Harry I. Wildenberg, among his duties were to come up with ideas to keep the color presses going. In 1932 he noticed the color comic strips sections of newspapers were popular and thought they would be good for advertising.
He suggested the idea of a comic book used for advertising to Gulf Oil Company, one of his clients. They liked the idea and hired a few artists to create Gulf Comic Weekly among them were Stan Schendel who did The Uncovered Wagon, Victor (last name unknown) did Curly and the Kids and Svess (last name unknown) doing Smileage. These were one full page, full color comic pictures. The entire comic was 4 pages long and had a format of 10 ½ by 15. The comic was given away at Gulf Gas Stations making them probably the first comic book published and distributed outside of the newspaper market. The comic was advertised on radio (telling people to go to Gulf Gas stations to get them) on April 30th 1933.
Much to everybodys surprise, the comics proved an very effective draw to the gas stations. People were quickly coming in and snatching them all up. Gulf decided to print out 3 million copies a week had the name changed to Comics Funnies Weekly. The series remained in tabloid sized and lasted 422 issues, ending on May 23, 1941.
A few weeks after coming up with the tabloid sized comic book, Wildenberg came up with the idea of doing a comic book. He said he got it when reading a tabloid sized comic strip page, folded it in half, then in half again. He noticed it was a convenient size for reading comics. He also thought publishing it with 32 or 64 pages would be a good size.
Wildenberg wasn't the first to use this format though. From 1880's to 1910's the size was popular for reprinted comic pages. Pulp Dime Novels were already using that size and the Ledger Syndicate was also using 7 by 9 format for their Sunday newspaper comic strip inserts.
Convinced his idea would be popular Wildenberg secured the rights from many major Syndicates for to reprint their various comic strips. Among them, Associated, Bell, Fisher, McNaught and Public Ledger Syndicate. He had an artist make up a few hand make comics for demonstration purposes and then has his sales staff go around to all of Eastern Color's biggest advertisers. The first to respond (by telegram) was Procter and Gamble, asking for a million 32 page color comic book.
The comic published in the spring of 1933, was called Funnies on Parade. Most remarkable about was it set a format standard, using the same 8" x 11" format that comic books are printed in today. All 1 million copies were given away in a few weeks. The comic came with coupons for Proctor & Gamble products.
Doing the grunt work of publishing the comic went to Wildenbergs sales staff. Most of them were infected by the comic publishing bug after this issue and went on to continue with comics afterwards. The sales staff included Max Gaines (partnered with DC to create All American Comics imprint and started EC), Lev Gleason (became a publisher himself best known for starting the crime comics genre with Crime Does Not Pay) and Harold Moore. Also working on the project was Sol Harrison was the colour seperator (became DC Comics President - retired in 1980), George Dougherty Sr. was the printer (created a lived George Dougherty Co. comics company). Morris Margolis was from Charlton Publications, and was asked to help them figure out how to print the pages in order.
Famous Funnies: a Carnival of Comics was the second comic book done by the Eastern Color group. Printed in 1933, it was 64 pages with a 10 cent price. It was the first retail comic that was distributed to the public as it was given away only through chain department stores. Eastern Color Printing worked together on creating it and got George Delacorte of Dell Publishing to publish the book. After the first issue, Dell Publishing (not seeing any profit) decided to stop publishing the comic.
M.C. Gaines sought to convince his boss Wildenberg that they could make money selling these comics on the newsstand. Wildenberg had a hard time believing that anyone would pay for a comic book. To prove his point , Gaines took a few of issues around, put 10 cent stickers on them and went to local newsstands over the weekend. He told the newsstands what he was testing to see if these could sell and that he'd be back Monday to see how they were doing. Monday came around and to his surprise, they had all sold out and the newsstands were asking for more.
Other freebie comics done were the 100 page Century of Comics with a print run of a half a million. From there Wildenberg was really interested in publishing a "higher level" of a comic book with reprints of famous comic strips, sold for 10 cents. He tried to get many companies to hop on but none would. Among those to turn him down were Oscar Fitz-Alan Douglas known as the brains of Woolsworth department store. After much deliberation he decided a 10 cents wasn't worth a comic book. Many other stores to turn them down, as did Parents Magazine. The just couldn't see anyone paying 10 cents for old comics they already read from the newspapers. They Syndicates didn't see it selling either, they remembered both Comics Monthly and The Funnies trying and failing at selling comic books.
Finally Eastern Color owner George Janosik stepped in and asked George Delacourt of Dell Publishing to form a 50/50 partnership in a 10 cent comic magazine for the newsstand. He agreed but the two were stopped cold by the distributor American News Distribution refused as they remembered Dell's The Funnies failure from a few years before. The two then decided to go to the retail chains stores again and got some of them to sell the comics at 10 cents each. Famous Funnies (know called Series One because of duplicate names) used material previously reprinted from the first Famous Funnies and Century of Comics. It was 64 pages, had a print run of 400,000 and they all sold out within 30 days. Not one single returned. Eastern wanted to go back for a second print run but Dell wouldn't agree. Apparently advertisers felt using comic books was beneath them. Still the sold out print run made the two companies $2,000.
1934
Flash Gordon Comic Strip is born on January 7th. 1934. Created by Alex Raymond and one of the first popular sci-fi oriented adventure comic strips.
Shell Globe magazine (V4 #2) dated March 1934 began featuring characters from Bud Fisher ( Mutt & Jeff) and Fontaine Fox ( Toonerville Folks) officially licensed to sell gas & oil for this company. 52,000 eight foot standees were made for Fisher's Mutt and Jeff and Fox's Powerful Katrinka and The Skipper for placement around 13,000 Shell gas stations. There was also 250,000 miniature figures of the same characters. In addition, more than 1,000,000 play masks were given away to children along with more than 285,000 window stickers. Thousands of 3x5 foot posters featuring these characters were released in conjunction with twenty-four sheet outdoor billboards. Radio announcements of this promotion began running April 7th, 1934.
Give-away comics had proven successful so MC Gaines believed that youngsters would buy comic books for 10 cents like the “Big Little Books” coming out at that time. So early in 1934, Eastern Color ran off 35,000 copies of Famous Funnies, Series 1, 64 pages of reprints for Dell Publishing Company to be sold for 10 cents in chain stores. It sold out quickly that Eastern Color issued a new version of Famous Funnies No. 1 in May 1934 but cover dated July 1934 which became, with issue No. 2 in July, the first monthly comic magazine. Famous Funnies was the first full-color comic book sold to the public. It set the standard of 68 pages, including covers, and sold for 10 cents. Early issues of this series, starting with #1, advertised the contents as "100 Comics and Games - Puzzles - Magic." The series would come out with a new issue every month making it the first monthly newsstand comic publication in America. The title continued for over 20 years through 218 issues, reaching a circulation peak of over 40,000 copies a month. In May 1934 (the comic was dated July), another first issue of Famous Funnies appeared on the newsstands. It featured four pages each of several newspaper comic characters. It was 64 pages long but kept the 10 cent price tag. It had a 90% sell though but still lost $4,150.60. A second issue came out in July (cover dated September) and was monthly after that. With the second issue the magazine hired people at 5 dollars a page to create original material for them. Meanwhile it cost the magazine 10 dollars a page for Syndicated reprints. The comic was edited by Steven O. Douglass but Moore got the credit in the first issue. From issue #3 and on Buck Rogers took the center stage and became the comics feature character. By 7th issue, finally a profit emerged as the group made $2,664.25, but it must have been too little, too late as Dell Publishing got cold feat and sold their 50% to Eastern Color. Still, every issue had higher sales, and by a years time sales were up to almost a million per month. How the 10 cents per issue got divided among the parties bounced around as the series progressed. At first Eastern would see 6 of the 10 cents, later it was 6 ½. The rest was split between Newsstand and Distributor with the newsstand taking 2 then 2 ½ cents and American News took 1 then 1 ½ cents. Eastern proudly made public the amount of money they were making off the comics, as a way of saying "I told you so" to the many people rejected the idea at first. They were making $30,000 per issue. They also did this to drum up more business, either as a publisher or printer. By the time a year had gone by Famous Funnies had gained some respect and was placed on newsstands beside slick magazines like Atlantic Monthly and Harper's. They also had 5 competitors putting out monthly magazines. This comic series would last 218 issues ending in 1955.
At the same time, Mr. Gaines went to the sponsors of Percy Crosby’s Skippy, which was on the radio, and convinced them to put out a Skippy book, advertise it on the air, and give away a free copy to anyone who bought a tube of Phillip’s toothpaste. Thus, 500,000 copies of Skippy’s Own Book of Comics was run off and distributed through drug stores everywhere. This was the historic first four-color comic book of reprints devoted to a single character.
July 26: Winsor McCay, creator of Little Nemo, dies at age 64
Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates begins. The popular strip features the adventures of Terry Lee in the Far East. The daily strips began on Oct 22nd 1934.
1935
Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (January 4, 1890 – 1965) was an American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips. Long after his departure from the comic book company he founded, Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications would evolve into DC Comics,
At the end of 1934, with a cover date of February 1935, New Fun Comics #1 came out. The creator, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson decided that he didn't want to pay the fees that the newspapers were charging for their old comic strip reprints. So he got new comic material that wasn't being published in the newspapers. National Allied Publications Inc. published New Fun Comics in a large 10" x 15" tabloid size. Which was closer to what the news paper comic section was. The cover was full color and was made out of stiff cardboard. Inside about half the book had color in it, but each strip was usually allowed one color only. This would be the first comic book series to have advertisements placed inside since the comic was selling on the newsstands. The strips inside were done by a mix of cartoonist veterans struggling during the depression or young cartoonists trying to break in. In fact, some of the new comic material was made by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson himself who had been a noted published writer for over a decade now. Some artists already had completed strips that the syndicates wouldn't take, and they were able to get some money for them by printing them here. Many were knock offs of popular newspaper strips. Out of all the strips only two had any lasting effect, those were Wing Brady and Barry O'Neill. The series would last 6 issues before the name would change to More Fun Comics, with issue #9 the format would change to a normal comic book size. Of those contributing strips to the issue would be Walt Kelly and Al Capp who later go on to have great success in the comic strip field. With the help of superheroes, this title would last 127 issues getting cancelled in November 1947. There was a brief time after issue #12 the book would start at #1 again with a volume 2. This last for 5 issues and then switched back to volume 1 returning with the original numbering with issue 18.
This historic comic book would be the first comic ever published for the company that would eventually become DC Comics - the longest running publisher in comic book history.
NEW FUN COMICS #1
[Don Nogales, Cattle Rustler: Part 1] featuring Jack Woods / cover / 1 page with script written by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 0.86 page (report information) Script:
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson and art by Charles Flanders
Oswald The Rabbitt made his first comic book appearance in this issue. Oswald, originally a Disney creation and visually the immediate predecessor of Mickey Mouse, was at this point owned by Universal Pictures. As there never was an Oswald newspaper strip, these are not reprints. They also feature the black furred version of Oswald, not the then current white-furred version. There are 4 different Oswald stories in this issue.
Wing and Slim scan the desert as the Foreign Legion company camps featured the 1st appearance of Wing Brady in a short story by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson and art by Henry Kiefer
Ivanhoe / comic story / 0.84 page (report information) Script: by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
And art by Charles Flanders. The story was adapted from Sir Walter Scott's novel.
[Spook Ranch] featuring Jack Woods is a 2 page text story written by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson [as Roger Furlong] with art by Charles Flanders
Other numerous funny animal stories, war and western genre and factual articles filled out the comic.
Fredric Whitney Ellsworth (November 27, 1908 – September 7, 1980) was an American comic book editor, and sometime writer and artist for DC Comics during the period known to historians and fans as the Golden Age of Comic Books. He was also DC's "movie studio contact," becoming both a producer and story editor on the TV series The Adventures of Superman. In the early 1930s, after working on the syndicated feature, Tillie the Toiler for King, he became associated with Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's fledgling company National Allied Publications, later known as DC Comics. Initially an assistant editor, before becoming associate editor (1936–38), Ellsworth worked on such titles as Billy the Kid, Little Linda and More Fun Comics, as well as producing cover roughs for several years. He served as editorial director until c. 1951–1953, in particular on such titles as the flagship titles Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Batman, Detective Comics and Superman between 1940 and 1951, and later on such diverse titles as The Adventures of Alan Ladd, All-Star Comics, Green Lantern, Mr. District Attorney, and Wonder Woman (among others) between 1948 and 1951. In 1945, he licensed The Fox and the Crow and other animated characters from their distributor, Columbia Pictures. He also sketched "rough cover layouts for DC's top titles," including notably some for "Batman and Detective Comics until about 1946. Ellsworth was also the first writer on the Batman & Robin newspaper strip in 1966.
NEW FUN COMICS #2
Issue #2 dated March 1935
["Jack Has Turned the Tables on the Mexicans... Jack Woods story 1 page
Script:Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Jack Woods was the first DC character to appear on 2 different comic book covers and the first character to be featured on 2 DC covers in a row.
["A Band of Horsemen Led by Prior Aymer..."] Ivanhoe / comic story / 0.9 page
Script: Malcolm Wheeler-NIcholson ? [as Sir Walter Scott]; Sir Walter Scott (adaptation)
Pencils: Charles Flanders
adapted from the novel by Sir Walter Scott.
Movies(Table of Contents) text article / 0.25 page (report information)
Script:Joe Archibald
Talks about upcoming movies, includes photograph of Frankie Thomas and Rin Tin Tin.
Fun Mail / letters page / 1 page
1st DC letters page? Attributed and excerpted letters reprinted.
William Steinke promoting readers to become a president of their own local Fun Club, with coupon they can mail in.
["The Last Sign Said Eleven Miles..."](Table of Contents) Little Linda / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script: and artwork by Whitney Ellsworth - his first comic book work and the beginning of a long relationship with DC throughout the golden age. This story featured the characters Little Linda; Uncle Wilbur (villain); kidnapped boy
Vincent "Vin" Sullivan (June 5, 1911 – February 3, 1999) was a pioneering American comic book editor, artist and publisher. As an editor for National Allied Publications, the future DC Comics, he was responsible for buying Superman from creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster,[citation needed] and edited that archetypcal superhero in his first appearance, in Action Comics #1 (1938), and in the following year's Superman, the first American comic book devoted to a single character. In addition, Sullivan drew the premiere cover of Detective Comics, the series that in issue #27 launched the hit character Batman.
After leaving National in 1940, Sullivan was hired by the McNaught Newspaper Syndicate to form a new comic book publishing house.[citation needed] This became the Columbia Comic Corporation (Columbia Comics), where Sullivan launched the superhero omnibus Big Shot Comics, publishing early work by Gardner Fox, Creig Flessel, and Ogden Whitney, among others. Columbia Comics' several superhero features included Skyman. Unhappy with the reluctance of the owners to develop more original series,[citation needed] Sullivan left Columbia in 1943 and formed Magazine Enterprises. This company lasted until 1958,
NEW FUN COMICS #3
[The gondola containing Don and Betty and the midget then falls off the cliff into the water."]
Don Drake / cover / 1 page
Art: Clem Gretter Genre: science fiction
First sci-fi DC comic cover ever published.
Pincus/Spike Spalding / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Story and artwork by Vincent Sullivan
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script and artwork by John Lindermayer
Sonny; Little Linda / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script and art by Whitney Ellsworth
Lloyd Victor Jacquet (March 7, 1899 - March 1970) was the founder of Funnies, Inc., one of the first and most prominent of a handful of comic book "packagers" established in the late 1930s that created comics on demand for publishers testing the waters of the emerging medium. Among its other achievements, Funnies, Inc. supplied the contents of Marvel Comics #1, the first publication of the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. Characters created by Jacquet's company include the Sub-Mariner and the original Golden Age Human Torch. After serving as a colonel in World War I,[3] Jacquet worked as an editor for Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Magazines (the future DC Comics) on some of the first comic books — including the landmark New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine (Feb. 1935), the first such publication with solely original material rather than any newspaper comic strip reprints. Jacquet remained through its first four issues, later becoming art director of Centaur Publications — where some sources credit him with co-creating writer-artist Bill Everett's superhero Amazing Man — before leaving to start Funnies, Inc. The company was founded as First Funnies, Inc. in an attempt to publish a promotional giveaway comic, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly, but that idea proved unsuccessful.
NEW FUN COMICS #4
Loco Luke - cover story Script and art by Jack Warren
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script and artwork by John Lindermayer
Little Linda / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script and art by Whitney Ellsworth children story
Spike Spalding / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script: and art by Vincent Sullivan adventure story
Charlie Fish / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script: and art by Vincent Sullivan Genre:fantasy-supernatural
NEW FUN COMICS #5
[Damsel In Distress: Part 1](Table of Contents) Jack Woods / cover / 1 page (report information)
Script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils: W. C. Brigham
Western story
This is the first DC character to ever appear on a 3rd comic book cover.
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 1 page
Script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson Pencils: by Monroe Eisenberg
detective-mystery Characters:Sandra; Lothar
[Prince of Patrania: Part 3](Table of Contents) Spike Spalding / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:and art by Vincent Sullivan
Genre:adventure Characters:King Philip of Patrania; Pincus
Shavetail text story / 1 page
Script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
reprints: from September 15, 1930 issue of Adventure Magazine
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script and artwork by John Lindermayer
Bob Merritt / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils: Leo O'Mealia [as Lem]
Intro: Bob Merritt Based on Bill Barnes pulp magazine written by Wheeler-Nicholson.
Treasure Island / comic story / 1 page Script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (adaptation)
Pencils: Sven Elven ?
adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel. May be rearranged panels from the 1925 Wheeler-Nicholson Syndicated version.
Charley Fish / comic story / 1 page
Script and art Vincent Sullivan
Humor
Jack Woods / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils:W. C. Brigham (signed)
Genre:western-frontier Characters:Jack Woods
Ivanhoe / comic story / 1 page Script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils: Richard Leoderer [as Rich]
Ivanhoe; Cedric; Lady Rowena; Prince John; Waldemar Fitzurse; Locksley [Robin Hood]; Hubert
adapted from Sir Walter Scott's novel
Magic Crystal of History / comic story / 1 page (
Script:and art Monroe Eisenberg
Genre:fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Bobby; Binks; Hotep
2023: Super Police / comic story / 1 page ()
Script: Ken Fitch
Pencils: Clemens Gretter
science fiction
Characters: Rex Cosmos; Professor Stanley; Joan Stanley; Captain Kiddlaw (Villain)
Jerome "Jerry" Siegel (October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996), was the American co-creator, along with Joe Shuster, of Superman, the first of the great comic book superheroes and one of the most recognizable of the 20th century. In 1929, Siegel published what might have been the first SF fanzine, Cosmic Stories, which he produced with a manual typewriter and advertised in the classified section of Science Wonder Stories.
Joseph "Joe" Shuster July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992) was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1 (cover-dated June 1938). Shuster was involved in a number of legal battles over ownership of the Superman character. His comic book career after Superman was relatively unsuccessful, and by the mid-1970s Shuster had left the field completely due to partial blindness.
The writer-artist team of Siegel and Shuster broke into comics with Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's landmark New Fun, debuting with the musketeer swashbuckler "Henri Duval" and the supernatural-crimefighter strip Doctor Occult in issue #6 (Oct. 1935).
NEW FUN COMICS #6
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script and artwork by John Lindermayer
[Introducing Dr. Occult]Dr. Occult / comic story / 1 page (
Script: Jerry Siegel Pencils: Joe Shuster
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters: Dr. Occult (introduction); Lois Amster; Sander Amster; Rose Psychic; The Vampire
Synopsis: Dr. Occult and his partner Rose attempt to stop a vampire from attacking the Amsters.
["Why have we stopped?"](Table of Contents) Henri Duval / comic story / 1 page
Script:Jerry Siegel Pencils: Joe Shuster
adventure; historical
Characters: Henri Duval (introduction); Cecile; The King
Synopsis:Henri Duval saves the King from a band of highwaymen
Little Linda / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script: and art Whitney Ellsworth
Genre:children
Spike Spalding / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script: and art Vincent Sullivan
Genre:adventure
Charlie Fish / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script: and art
Vincent Sullivan
Genre:humor
Ken Fitch wrote several text pieces for New Fun, as well as writing the science fiction strips in the title of “Don Drake” and “2023 Super Police”. He was a prolific contributor to many golden age companies ranging from Chesler and Centaur to Fawcett and Holyoke.
Bert Whitman contributed “Judge Perkins” under the name “Burt”. He had a small comic shop in the early 1940s which produced Whirlwind Comics, Crash Comics and early issues of Green Hornet Comics.
Whitney Ellsworth contributed “Little Linda” starting with the second issue. He became a key editor for the early DC titles.
Leo O’Melia took over the art chores, as of issue 4, on “Barry O’Neil” which was an adventure strip set in the far east. His towering draftsmanship made the strip a standout. Although overshadowed by the fame of “Superman”, his early Action Comics covers are highly coveted by golden age fans.
Henry Kiefer drew “Wing Brady”. Kiefer produced material for many golden age companies through his association with the Chesler Shop and Iger Shop. He drew many esoteric features, such as “Dr. Nerod” for Green Giant Comics, “Liberty Lads” for Champion Comics and mainstream stories for Classics Illustrated.
Jack Warren, who drew the humorous western strip “Loco Luke”, continued in this vein by drawing a variety of humor and humorous western strips for Novelty Publications, Hillman and others.
BIG BOOK OF FUN COMICS #1 OCT 1935
Gerber and Overstreet call it "very rare," Comic Book Marketplace listed it among the "50 Rarest Golden Age Comics," Gary Carter, whose DC collection was the stuff of legend, dubbed it the second-rarest DC comic issue, and another DC completist, Ian Levine, once dubbed it one of the 20 rarest DCs as well.
This giant is the very first comic book annual, and the only thing that kept it off Overstreet's list of the 100 most valuable comic books is that no NM- value is listed by the Guide. This is a large comic (10 1/4" x 15"), with blank inside covers and no indicia. It has 48 pages, with 32 pages in color and the rest in black and white.
There's an ad for this in New Fun #6, dated October 1935. One of the first comic books ever published, and came out at a time that DC had only one series, New Fun which was publishing its last issue.
This comic giant contained 47 different story reprints from previous issues of New Fun #1 to #4.
Jack Woods and Don Drake are the main characters featured with multiple stories.
NEW COMICS #1 NOV 1935
After New Fun Comics, another Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published another title. This was New Comics (December, 1935) and again it featured all new material. Among the artists who's work featured in here was Walt Kelly, Sheldon Mayer and Vincent Sullivan, all three would be important to the development of comics. The title would go through many name changes, turning into New Adventure Comics with issue #12, then to simply Adventure Comics with issue #32. Like New Fun, the title went through a period of volume 2 with new numbering starting with New Adventure Comics #1, then New Adventure Vol 3 #1 and stopping with Vol. 3 #2, before returning to #22 continuing it's original numbering run. This title with the help of many superhero features would last until 1983, ending with issue #503.
This is the first issue of DC Comics' second series. This title ran 11 issues as New Comics before turning into New Adventure Comics and then becoming the title DC fans of every generation grew up with, Adventure Comics. The series had a lifespan of 48 years and 503 issues, and this key first issue is ranked among the 100 most valuable comic books by Overstreet. It's got a cover by Vin Sullivan, with interior art by early DC aces Sheldon Mayer and Whitney Ellsworth, as well as a name that may surprise you: Walt Kelly!
Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973), commonly known as Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Studios, contributing to Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo. At that time he did some work for DC Comics in 1935-1936. In 1941 Kelly transferred at the age of 28 to work at Dell Comics, where he created Pogo, which eventually became his platform for political and philosophical commentary.
NEW COMICS #1
Jibby Jones / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils and story :Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Characters:Jibby Jones
Gulliver's Travels / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script: and art Walt Kelly
Adventure
Characters:Gulliver; Lilliputians
adapted from GULLIVER'S TRAVELS by Jonathan Swift
Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed / comic story / 4 pages
Script: and art Sheldon Mayer
science fiction
Characters:Oliver Weed; Uriah Mowcher; Fritz
Sheldon Mayer (April 1, 1917 – December 21, 1991) was an American comic book writer, artist and editor. One of the earliest employees of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications, Mayer produced almost all of his comics work for the company that would become known as DC Comics.
He is among those credited with rescuing the unsold Superman comic strip from the rejection pile.
Between 1936 and 1938, Mayer worked for Dell Comics, producing illustrations, house advertisements and covers for titles including Popular Comics, The Comics and The Funnies. Also in 1936, he joined the McClure Syndicate "as an editor working for comics industry pioneer M.C. Gaines." While working for the McClure syndicate, Mayer came across Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's unsold Superman comics strip, which he "immediately fell in love with." He recalled in a 1985 book that, "The syndicated press rejected it about fifteen times. I was singing [its] praises so much that in 1938 Gaines finally took the strip up to Harry Donenfeld, who was looking for original material to run in his new title, Action Comics," where the soon-to-be iconic character debuted as the lead feature of the first issue. Action Comics editor Vin Sullivan is also among those credited with discovering Superman. Mayer retired from editing in 1948, "to devote himself full-time to cartooning". He began to write and draw a number of humor comics for National, including the features The Three Mouseketeers, Leave It to Binky, a teenage humor book, and Sugar and Spike. Sugar and Spike proved to be one of Mayer's longest-lasting strips, starring two babies who could communicate in baby-talk that adults could not understand. Mayer even signed the stories he drew, something rare at National Periodical Publications in the late 1950s when Sugar and Spike debuted.
FAMOUS FUNNIES #6
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page
(report information)Script:Ham Fisher ?Pencils:Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]Inks:Al Capp [as Ham Fisher] in issue #5
Dixie Dugan / comic story / 0.8 page
(report information)Script:J. P. McEvoyPencils:J. H. StriebelInks:J. H. Striebel in issue #5
Strange As It Seems / cartoon / 1 page
(report information)Script:John HixPencils:John Hix in issue #5
The Nebbs / comic story / 0.8 page
(report information)Script:Sol HessPencils:Wallace A. CarlsonInks:Wallace A. Carlson in issue #5
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages
(report information)Script:Philip Francis NowlanPencils:Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins]
Genre:science fiction
Keeping Up With the Joneses / comic story / 0.8 page
(report information)Script:Pop MormandPencils:Pop Mormand in issue #5
Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued until 1977. He also wrote the comic strip Abbie an' Slats (in the years 1937–45)). Comic strips dealt with northern urban experiences until the year Capp introduced "Li'l Abner," the first strip based in the South. Although Capp was from Connecticut, he spent 43 years teaching the world about Dogpatch, reaching an estimated 60 million readers in over 900 American newspapers and 100 foreign papers in 28 countries.
FAMOUS FUNNIES #7
DIXIE DUGAN / BUCK ROGERS / STRANGE AS IT SEEMS / JOE PALOOKA / DIXIE DUGAN / BUNGLE FAMILY / THE NEBBS /
Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 / comic story / 4 pages Script: and art by Norman Marsh
Norman Winfield Marsh (February 25, 1898 – February 10, 1980) was an American cartoonist.
Norman Marsh's career as a cartoonist began c. 1922. Circa 1947, he founded his own syndicate, Marsh Features Syndicate. Marsh created the character Dan Dunn in Detective Dan: Secret Operative No. 48, published by Humor Publishing Company in 1933. He later worked on Famous Funnies.
FAMOUS FUNNIES #8
Strange As It Seems
Buck Rogers
The Nebbs
Dan Dunn
S'matter Pop?
Dixie Dugan
The Bungle Family
Joe Palooka
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger (/'aɪgər/; August 22, 1903 – September 5, 1990)[1] was an American cartoonist. With business partner Will Eisner he co-founded Eisner & Iger, a comic book packager that produced comics on demand for new publishers during the late-1930s and 1940s. He started out doing strips humor humor strips as "Bobby", “Peewee" and "Happy Daze" for Famous Funnies starting with issue #9 and then various strips each month. Iger became founding editor of another such early comic book, Wow, What a Magazine in 1936 but brought Iger together with a 19-year-old Will Eisner — future creator of The Spirit. Iger eventually bought Eisners share of their joint company.
FAMOUS FUNNIES #9
Joe Palooka
Dixie Dugan
Strange as It Seems
S'matter Pop?
The Bungle Family
The Nebbs
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48
Strange as It Seems appeared as a syndicated cartoon feature in 1928 and became a familiar brand to millions around the globe for its comic strips, books, radio shows and film shorts. Created by John Hix, Strange as It Seems. It was a genre similar to Ripleys Believe It Or Not.
John McCary Hix was born on June 17, 1907 in Huntsville, Alabama - his series Strange As it Seems stayed popular. He died at a young age of 36 in 1944.
FAMOUS FUNNIES #10
Joe Palooka
Dixie Dugan
Strange As It Seems
S'matter Pop?
Buck Rogers
The Bungle Family
The Nebbs
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Dan Dunn
Joseph Patrick McEvoy (January 10, 1897 – August 8, 1958), also sometimes credited as John P. McEvoy or Joseph P. McEvoy, was an American writer whose stories were published during the 1920s and 1930s in popular magazines such as Liberty, The Saturday Evening Post and Cosmopolitan. Many of his stories were adapted to movies during this period, including It's a Gift (1934) starring W.C. Fields. McEvoy also had a hit play, The Potters (1923), contributed to the Ziegfeld Follies and wrote a number of novels, including Show Girl (1928) and Hollywood Girl (1929) which were adapted into the movies Show Girl (1928) and Show Girl in Hollywood (1930), both starring Alice White. He also wrote the books and lyrics for the musical revue, Americana which opened on Broadway in 1926 and was revived in 1928 and 1932.
McEvoy is perhaps best known as the creator and writer of the popular newspaper comic strip Dixie Dugan, based on Show Girl, distributed by the McNaught Syndicate and had a long run from 1929 to 1966.
FAMOUS FUNNIES #11
Joe Palooka
Dixie Dugan
Buck Rogers
Strange As It Seems
S'matter Pop?
Dixie Dugan
The Nebbs
The Bungle Family
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Dan Dunn
Harry J. Tuthill (1886–1957) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip The Bungle Family originally titled Home Sweet Home and launched in 1918. Retitled The Bungle Family in 1924 and ran until 1945. Distributed initially by the McClure Syndicate and later by the McNaught Syndicate, the strip was carried by 120 newspapers.
FAMOUS FUNNIES #12
S'matter Pop?
Buck Rogers
Strange As It Seems
Joe Palooka
Dixie Dugan
The Nebbs
The Bungle Family
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Dan Dunn
FAMOUS FUNNIES #13
Joe Palooka
Strange As It Seems
S'matter Pop?
Buck Rogers
Dixie Dugan
The Nebbs
The Bungle Family
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Dan Dunn
FAMOUS FUNNIES #14
Joe Palooka
Buck Rogers
Dixie Dugan
10. Harry Houdini
Strange As It Seems
The Nebbs
Smatter Pop?
The Bungle Family
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Strange As It Seems
Dan Dunn
FAMOUS FUNNIES #15
Buck Rogers
Dixie Dugan
Strange As It Seems
The Nebbs
Smatter Pop?
The Bungle Family
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Joe Palooka
The Nebbs
Dan Dunn
FAMOUS FUNNIES #16
Joe Palooka
Dixie Dugan
Strange As It Seems
Buck Rogers
The Nebbs
S'matter Pop?
The Bungle Family
Dixie Dugan
The Nebbs
Dan Dunn
FAMOUS FUNNIES #17
2ND Christmas cover featuring Santa Claus
This issue has not only a Buck Rogers 25th Century Disintegrator Pistol advertisement ; Daisy Air Rifles
But also 5 different Buck Rogers comic strips in this issue.
Joe Palooka
The Nebbs
The Bungle Family
Buck Rogers
S'matter Pop?
Buck Rogers
Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48
Strange As It Seems
Mickey Mouse Magazine began in the summer, to become Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories in 1940, and combined original material with reprinted newspaper strips in most issues.
MICKEY MOUSE MAGAZINE VOLUME 3
(1935–1940). Initially published by Hal Horne, it had artwork by John Stanley and text pieces by Irving Brecher. By mid-1936, Horne turned over the magazine to Kay Kamen who oversaw merchandising for Disney. Kamen the following year recruited Western Publishing to handle production and publication. Western added reprinted Disney comic strips to the book's lineup beginning with the July 1937 issue; these included Gottfredson's Mickey daily strips re-formatted and colored for serialized magazine publication.
Title: None, but it is referred to as the Summer Quarterly.
Cover Description: Mickey Mouse is opening a book and coming out from the pages are the Disney characters. The cover also says "A fun-Book for Boys and Girls to Read to Grown-ups".
Value and Pricing: The original price in 1935 was ten cents. We saw this Mickey Mouse Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 in a self-described good condition sell for $310. The pictures reflected a condition of at best a good condition for its age.
KRIM KO COMICS is a promotional comic book for Krim-Ko, a chocolate-flavor milk drink featured in two pages of ads.
#9 for example features a Full page to half-page comics featured in this issue: Wild Bill (an airplane adventure strip), Jim Hawkins (pirates) by Dick Moores, Johnny Brains, Susan, Pinto, King of the Range, Sammy, Great Deeds of Great Americans by Dick Moores, Tot and Tom by Nick Penn, Mocko the Monk, and Lucky Lucas. Partial color, 16 pages, all newsprint, 8.25-in. x 11-in. "Published on behalf of the Krim-Ko Co., by the Better Cartoons Bureau, Wright Wrigly Building, Chicago. The local dairy bottling Krim-Ko has exclusive charge of the Komics to Krin-Ko customers."
1936
1936 was a historic year in the comic industry. The number of comic publishers doubled from the year before and they all seemed to agree on this new standard modern size format with most having a standard 68 pages for 10 cents cover price. Eastern Comics fell from 1st place to 4th place for most prolific publisher of the year. A new wave of publisher and titles started to fill the newsstands with new monthly ongoing titles. Dell Comics was the years biggest new publisher of the new comic book format.
In February 1936 Chicago Tribune Syndicate teamed up with Max Gaines, his assistant Sheldon Mayer and George Delacorte (his third try at comic books) and created Popular Comics featuring a huge amount of well known characters. Among them, Dick Tracy, Terry & the Pirates, Gasoline Alley, Skippy, Mutt and Jeff, Tailspin Tommy, Little Orphan Annie and many more. The third and final try at comics would be what Delacourte needed to become a successful publisher, in fact Dell Publishing Co. would be one of the most successful comic publishers of all time. This title would last 145 issues and end in 1948.
Popular Comics was first published by Dell Publishing Co., in February 1936. It was an anthology of previously published newspaper strips but still one of the most important comics of all time as it launched Dell Comics as a big comic book publisher and they would eventually become the #1 popular in the comic business. Dell Publishing were successful publishers of pulp magazines and had previously released one of the first comic books in 1929, with 'The Funnies'. The reprints of newspaper comic strips published were mainly supplied by The Chicago Tribune Syndicate. Soon after launch Dick Tracy made his first comic book appearance and would be a regular feature for quite a few issues. Other characters who appeared in its pages over the years are: Don Winslow U.S.N, Terry and the Pirates, The Gumps, Little Orphan Annie and Tarzan.
After a time the comic branched out into using original characters and stories mixed in with the reprints. Original characters included: Voice the Invisible Detective, Professor Supermind and Son, Martin the Marvel Man and Dr. Hormone. Towards the end of its Popular Comics dropped the use of original material.
The title had a long run lasting 145 issues the last dated September 1948.
#1 features the first comic book appearance of Dick Tracy and Don Winslow. #6 feature the 1st app of Scribbly.
POPULAR COMICS #1
Popular Comics #1 (Dell, 1936) Dell's first modern comic book, featuring reprints of some of the most popular comic strips of the day, including Dick Tracy (with Dick making his first comic book appearance), Gasoline Alley, The Gumps, Little Orphan Annie, Terry and the Pirates, Don Winslow (his first appearance), Moon Mullins, Mutt & Jeff, Tailspin Tommy, Smokey Stover, and more. Overstreet doesn't list values beyond VF 8.0. The issue is rated by The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books as a "7" or "scarce." There is a Rockford pedigree copy of this book surviving graded 6.5
Cover appearances: Dick Tracy; The Gumps; Gasoline Alley; Harold Teen; Little Orphan Annie; Tailspin Tommy; Skippy; Terry and the Pirates; Mutt and Jeff
Always Belittlin'
Believe it or Not
Ben Webster's Page
Bos'n Hal Sea Scout
Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete
Cicero's Cat
Dick Tracy
Don Winslow of the Navy
Ella and her Fella
Gasoline Alley
Harold Teen
Herby
How to Fly
Jinglet
Kitty Higgins
Little Folks
Little Joe
Little Orphan Annie
Little Stanley
Looie
Lovey Dovey
Maw Green
Moon Mullins
Mort Green & Wife
Mutt and Jeff
On the Range
Skippy
Smitty
Smokey Stover
Tailspin Tommy
Terry and the Pirates
Texas Slim
The Gumps
Toonerville Folks
Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner
Zipper
Chester Gould (November 20, 1900 – May 11, 1985) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977, incorporating numerous colorful and monstrous villains. In 1931, Gould was hired as a cartoonist with the Chicago Tribune and introduced Dick Tracy in the newspaper The Detroit Mirror on Sunday, October 4, 1931. The original comic was based on a New York detective Gould was interested in. The comic then branched to the fictional character that became so famous. He drew the comic strip for the next 46 years from his home in Woodstock, Illinois. Gould's stories were rarely pre-planned, since he preferred to improvise stories as he drew them.
Frank Henry Willard (September 21, 1893, Anna, Illinois–January 11, 1958, Los Angeles, California) was a cartoonist best known for his comic strip Moon Mullins which ran from 1923 to 1991. He sometimes went by the nickname Dok Willard.
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Alvah Posen (1895 - June 10, 1960) was an American cartoonist on several comic strips, but he is best known for his strip Sweeney & Son and as co-producer of the now-lost Marx Brothers film, Humor Risk (1921). Sweeney & Son was a Sunday page which began in 1933, distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate, and continued for the next 25 years.
Fred Harman (February 9, 1902 - January 2, 1982) was an American artist, best known for his popular Red Ryder comic strip, which he drew for 25 years, reaching 40 million readers through 750 newspapers. Promoting Red Ryder as "America's famous fighting cowboy", Slesinger began an intensive campaign of merchandising and licensing with a parade of comic books, Big Little Books, novels, a serial films series, radio programs, commercial products, and apparel
#3
REG’LAR FELLERS
Percy Lee Crosby (December 8, 1891 – December 8, 1964) was an American author, illustrator and cartoonist best known for his comic strip Skippy. Adapted into movies, a novel and a radio show, Crosby's creation was commemorated on a 1997 U.S. Postal Service stamp. An inspiration for Charles Schulz's Peanuts, the strip is regarded by comics historian Maurice Horn as a "classic...
Following a full-page house ad in the March 15, 1923, issue, Skippy premiered in Life and quickly became a success. It became a syndicated comic strip two years later, initially by Johnson Features, Central Press Association and Editors Features Service, before publisher William Randolph Hearst signed Crosby to his King Features Syndicate. King distributed its first daily Skippy on October 7, 1926, and its first Sunday on April 1, 1929. Crosby retained the copyright, a rarity for strip artists of the time.
The strip focused on Skippy Skinner, a young boy living in the city. Usually wearing an enormous collar and tie and a floppy checked hat, he was an odd mix of mischief and melancholy.
The popular strip at one point guaranteed Crosby $2,350 a week, an enormous sum at the time. Crosby published a Skippy novel and other books; there were Skippy dolls, toys and comic books. The comic was adapted as the 1931 movie Skippy by Paramount Pictures. A hit, it won director Norman Taurog the Academy Award for Best Director, and boosted the career of young star Jackie Cooper, who played the title role. From 1928 to 1937, Crosby produced 3,650 Skippy strips
Frank Oscar King (April 9, 1883 – June 24, 1969) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Gasoline Alley. In addition to innovations with color and page design, King introduced real-time continuity in comic strips by showing his characters aging over generations. Gasoline Alley is a comic strip created by Frank King and currently distributed by Tribune Media Services. First published November 24, 1918, it is the second-longest-running comic strip in the US (after The Katzenjammer Kids) and has received critical accolades for its influential innovations
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MAJOR STRANGE
TOM MIX
Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. (June 4, 1884 – August 9, 1964) was an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for writing and illustrating his Toonerville Folks comic panel, which ran from 1913 to 1955 in 250 to 300 newspapers across North America. The cartoons are set in the small town of Toonerville, which appears to operate in its own little universe.
Bill Holman (March 22, 1903 – February 27, 1987) was an American cartoonist who drew the classic comic strip Smokey Stover from 1935 until he retired in 1973. Distributed through the Chicago Tribune, it had the longest run of any strip in the screwball genre. Holman signed some strips with the pseudonym Scat H. He once described himself as "always inclined to humor and acting silly.
#5
DON DIXON
Walter Berndt (November 22, 1899, Brooklyn, New York – August 15, 1979, Port Jefferson, New York) was a cartoonist known for his long-run comic strip, Smitty, which he drew for 50 years. Berndt's first strip, That's Different, drawn for the Bell Syndicate, lasted less than a year. In 1922, he created Smitty, which he continued until 1973, working with his assistant Charles Mueller.
Little Joe was a Western comic strip, created in the early 1930s by Ed Leffingwell and later continued by his brother, Robert Leffingwell. Distributed by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, this Sunday strip had a long run spanning four decades. It was never a daily strip.
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SCRIBBLY 1ST APP
Hal Forrest (Philadelphia, July 22, 1895 -? ) was an American comic strip artist best known for his work on Tailspin Tommy When he was 16, he drew a comic strip, Percy the Boy Scout, for the Philadelphia Telegraph, and a year later he became the youngest scoutmaster in the country, heading the 13th troop established in America. While he was with the 479th Pursuit Squadron, U.S. Air Corps Reserve, at Clover Field in Santa Monica, Forrest drew Artie the Ace, the first aviation comic strip, which led him to develop, in 1928, the popular Tailspin Tommy, syndicated in more than 200 newspapers as both a Sunday and daily strip.
Milton Arthur Paul "Milt" Caniff (February 28, 1907 – April 3, 1988) was an American cartoonist famous for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips.
The daily strip began October 22, 1934, and the Sunday color pages began December 9, 1934. Initially, the storylines of the daily strips and Sunday pages were different, but on August 26, 1936, they merged into a single storyline. In 1946, Caniff won the first Cartoonist of the Year Award from the National Cartoonists Society for his work on Terry and the Pirates.
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Al Smith (March 21, 1902 – November 24, 1986 [1]) was an American cartoonist whose work included a long run on the comic strip Mutt and Jeff. Bud Fisher appeared to lose all interest in his Mutt and Jeff strip during the 1930s, and after his assistant Ed Mack died in 1932, the job of creating the strip fell to Al Smith. The strip retained Fisher's signature until his death, however, and not until December 7, 1954 was the strip signed by Smith. Smith continued to draw the strip until 1980. Smith also drew the strips Rural Delivery and Cicero's Cat, the topper strip accompanying Mutt and Jeff.
The spin-off strip Cicero's Cat starred Desdemona, a cat that Smith originally introduced in 1933 as a pet for Mutt's son, Cicero. This pantomime strip was a "topper", a Sunday-only feature packaged with the Sunday strip.
Gaar Campbell Williams (December 12, 1880 - June 15, 1935) was a prominent American cartoonist who worked for the Indianapolis News and the Chicago Tribune.
The Tribune reprinted his work in at least a dozen portfolios: Zipper (1935) reprinted 25 of his 1932-34 cartoons about the dog Zipper. Hunting and Fishing (1935) reprinted 30 of his cartoons from 1927-34. Others were Among the Folks in History (four portfolios), Mort Green and Wife, Our Secret Ambition, Something Ought to be Done About This, Static, A Strain on the Family Tie and Wotta Life! Wotta Life!
By the time of his death in 1935, his cartoons were being published in 39 newspapers.
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Harold Lincoln Gray (January 20, 1894 – May 9, 1968) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the newspaper comic strip Little Orphan Annie. He is considered to be the first American cartoonist to use a comic strip to express a political philosophy.
From 1921 to 1924, he did the lettering for Sidney Smith's The Gumps. After he came up with a strip idea in 1924 for Little Orphan Otto, the title was altered by Chicago Tribune editor Joseph Medill Patterson to Little Orphan Annie, launched August 5, 1924.
Films, radio and merchandising made Gray a multi-millionaire.[
Carl Frank Ludwig Ed (July 16, 1890 – October 10, 1959) was a comic strip artist best known as the creator of Harold Teen. His name is pronounced eed. Harold Teen debuted in the New York Daily News during February 1919. He said he started the strip because there was no comic strip on adolescence. I thought every well-balanced comic sheet should have one." Carl Ed's strip was widely read in the 1920s, and his readers became familiar with such slang as "shebas", "sheiks" and "pantywaist". Some of these were words and phrases created by Ed, such as, "Fan mah brow." With the popularity of the strip, Ed profited from merchandising of games, figurines and other products.
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APPLE MARY
SKULL VALLEY
SMILIN’ JACK
SWEENEY
Martin Michael Branner (1888 – May 19, 1970), known to his friends as Mike Branner, was a cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Winnie Winkle. He launched Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner as a daily strip in September 1920, followed by a Sunday page in 1923. Edith Branner served as the model for the character of Winnie Winkle. By 1939, Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner was printed in 125 newspapers in America and Europe for a combined circulation of more than eight and a half million. The title was shortened to Winnie Winkle in 1943.
Robert Sidney Smith (February 13, 1877 – October 20, 1935), known as Sidney Smith, was the creator of the influential comic strip, The Gumps debuting February 12, 1917
The Gumps had a 42-year run in newspapers, continuing until October 17, 1959. The strip, its merchandising (toys, games, a popular song, playing cards, food products) and media adaptations made Smith a wealthy man. Smith's strip was adapted into a live-action/animated film series in 1920–21 by Wallace Carlson. During production, Carlson formed a partnership with Gumps writer Sol Hess, and together they launched The Nebbs, a Gumps-like family comic strip which began May 1923 and continued until 1946. In 1922, Smith signed million-dollar contract ($100,000 per year for ten years). Two years later, he published the 183-page Andy Gump, His Life Story (1924). In 1935, he signed a new contract, giving him $150,000 a year. On his way home from signing that contract, he crashed his car and died in a head-on collision at the age of 58 on October 20, 1935.
Don Winslow of the Navy was an American comic strip created by Frank Victor Martinek and distributed by the Bell Syndicate from 1934 to 1955. The title character was a spychasing Lieutenant Commander in Naval intelligence. The comic strip led to a radio adventure serial that began in 1937, as well as film serials that began in 1942. Original comics stories also appeared in Fawcett comic books starting in 1943.
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Zack Terrell Mosley (December 12, 1906 - December 21, 1993 ) was an American comic strip artist best known for the aviation adventures in his long-running The Adventures of Smilin' Jack which ran in more than 300 newspapers from 1933 to 1973.
Frances Edwina Dumm (1893 – April 28, 1990) was a writer-artist who drew the comic strip Cap Stubbs and Tippie for six decades and is also notable as the nation’s first full-time female editorial cartoonist, She used her middle name for the signature on her comic strip, signed simply Edwina. Dumm continued to write and draw Tippie until her 1966 retirement (which brought the strip to an end).
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FUNNIES #1
Dell Publishing's second publication by this name was a standard American comic book published during the 1930s and 1940s to rival Eastern Color's successful comic-book series Famous Funnies, it similarly reprinted newspaper comic strips, mostly NEA-syndicate comics such as Alley Oop, by V. T. Hamlin, and Captain Easy, by Roy Crane, as well as others including Mutt and Jeff, by Bud Fisher, and Tailspin Tommy, by Hal Forrest. Packaged by Max Gaines and editor Sheldon Mayer, it ran 64 issues (Oct. 1936 - May 1942). It began running original material in #2 with Mayer's feature Scribbly, about a boy cartoonist, laid out to look like a Sunday newspaper comic strip. A few other original comics followed, including six-page adaptations of B-movie Westerns by 1938. The Funnies #1 features the 1st comic book appearances of alley Oop, Captain Easy and others. There is a Lamont Larson pedigree copy that grades 7.5. The debut issue of the series featured 37 different strip titles mostly 1 page each.
James Robert Williams (March 30, 1888, Nova Scotia, Canada – June 17, 1957) was a cartoonist who signed his work J. R. Williams. He was best known for his long-run daily syndicated panel, Out Our Way. As noted by Coulton Waugh in his 1947 book, The Comics, anecdotal evidence indicated that more Williams' cartoons were clipped and saved than were other newspaper comics. Out Our Way first appeared in newspapers on March 20, 1922. With 40 million readers by 1930, appearing in more than 700 newspapers at their peak.
Edgar Everett Martin (July 6, 1898 - August 31, 1960), known to his family and friends as Abe Martin, was an American cartoonist, who kept his comic strip, Boots and Her Buddies, running for decades, eventually reaching an audience of 60 million readers.. Syndicated by NEA, it appeared in 500 newspapers during the 1940s, with about half that carrying the Sunday strip. In the post-WWII years, the figure climbed to 700 newspapers
Gladys Parker (1910 – April 28, 1966) was an American cartoonist for comic strips and a fashion designer in Hollywood. She is best known as the creator of the comic strip Mopsy, which had a long run over three decades. Parker was one of the few female cartoonists working between the 1930s and 1950s
Developing Mopsy in 1939, Parker modeled the character on herself. By the end of the 1940s, Mopsy was published in 300 newspapers. In 1947, Mopsy began in St. John Publications' Pageant of Comics #1. Two years later, St. John gave her a title of her own, and Mopsy ran for 19 issues (February 1949 to September 1953). Charlton Comics reprinted several of those comic books in 1951. In 1955, Berkley Books published a Mopsy paperback collection. St. John also ran Mopsy as filler pages in its romance comics.
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Scribbly Jibbet, the boy cartoonist written and drawn by Sheldon Mayer, received his own title in 1948 after years of appearances in All-American Comics and Comic Cavalcade. Scribbly was the beneficiary of a teen comics boom that also saw the launch of "Leave it to Binky." The series still contained Mayer's work but now focused more on romance and Scribbly's attempts to get a steady job, with the previously regular guest star (Red Tornado) notably absent from its pages. During the 15 issue run of Scribbly, the character also appeared in "Leave it to Binky" and "Buzzy." Scribbly ran regularly in the Funnies starting with issue #2
Bela P. Zaboly (May 1910 – April 1985), aka Bill Zaboly, was an American cartoonist best known for his work on Thimble Theatre with Popeye. In the early 1930s created the Sunday strip Otto Honk about moon-faced, dim-bulb Otto, who was variously employed as a private eye, movie stunt man and football player. Zaboly discontinued this strip in 1936. He took over the Popeye daily strip from 1939 to1954
Royston Campbell Crane (November 22, 1901 – July 7, 1977), who signed his work Roy Crane, was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip characters Wash Tubbs in 1924, Captain Easy in 1929 and Buz Sawyer in 1943. He pioneered the adventure comic strip, establishing the conventions and artistic approach of that genre. Comics historian R. C. Harvey wrote, "Many of those who drew the earliest adventure strips were inspired and influenced by his work."
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Vincent Trout Hamlin (May 10, 1900 – June 14, 1993), who preferred the name V. T. Hamlin, created the popular, long-run comic strip Alley Oop, syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association. He wrote Alley Oop from 1932 to 1971.
Merrill Blosser (May 28, 1892 – 1983) was the creator of the comic strip Freckles and His Friends, which had a long run (1915–71)
Carl T. Pfeufer (September 29, 1910 – May 5, 1980) was an American comic-book artist, magazine illustrator, one of the primary early artists of the Marvel Comics superhero the Sub-Mariner; and the longtime artist of Western hero Tom Mix's comic books. In 1935, Pfeufer and writer Bob Moore created a science-fiction adventure comic strip titled either Don Dixon which became more and more popular in the comics each year. Pfeufer's first sub-Mariner art for Marvel Comics was Marvel Mystery Comics #32 (June 1942), He also drew isues of Sub-Mariner Comics, All Winners Comics, All Select Comics, Captain America Comics and Blonde Phantom Comics up to 1948.
Dell Comics was also associated with a 4 issue free giveaway series in 1936 titled Butterfly Comics.
8 page issues printed in standard modern comic book size. Newsprint/ saddle stitched. The giveaway was sponsored by Butterfly Bread. Reprinting popular Comics such as: Smokey Stover, Tailspin Tommy, Gumps, plus "Red Magic" a novelty feature by A. W. Nugent. These are extremely rare.
Knock Knock was a one-shot release from Dell Comics in 1936 with a 10 cent cover price. Color cover with bw interior. 8 X 9 ¾ cardstock saddlestitched one shot with Enoch Knox by Bobby Dunn
1936 PART 4
William Cook and John Mahon started a publishing company called comics magazine co.
The Comics Magazine #1 was dated May 1936 as their first release. Cook and Mahon were former employees of National Allied Publications, owned by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson - the company that gets later renamed to DC Comics.
The duo published the premiere issue of The Comics Magazine using inventory content from National Allied's submissions. It has been suggested that its possible this was in lieu of pay. All stories in #1 and #2 are taken from DC's inventory. The series would feature a character named The Clock, who was the first masked hero in comics. The title would last until 1940 ending with issue #42.
The Comics Magazine #1 would feature a character and two creators that go on to become famous. Mr. Mystic was created and done by Siegel and Shuster, the two would go on to create Superman. This character is a Superman prototype. Mr.Mystic was not in a costume in this issue, but the weird thing was the character would later appear in DC Comics More Fun #14, with the story (called "The Koth and the Seven") continuing on from one publishers book to the next. Another Siegel and Shuster character to appear in this title was Federal Agent, later renamed Federal Men when they also appeared in DC Comics. The Comics Magazine would change it's name to Funny Pages with issue #6.
Dr. Mystic / comic story / 2 pages
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters: Dr. Mystic [Dr. Occult]; Zator (introduction); Koth (introduction)
Zator appears to attack the city but only to attract Dr. Mystic's attention. He has come to bring Dr. Mystic through the spirit world to the Seven, but they are attacked by Koth on the way.
Borrowed from More Fun Comics. First installment of the Super Dr. Occult story line that continues in More Fun Comics #14.
When this #1 comic hit newsstands, it was the only series other than DC's More Fun and New Comics to have original content rather than strip reprints... but by all accounts the material herein was originally intended for those two DC titles! That certainly explains the presence of work by Sheldon Mayer and Walt Kelly, as well as the attribution of the cover art to Vin Sullivan.
This new publisher only lasted about a year before being sold to the founders of Ultem Publications, who not long thereafter sold to Joe Hardie who began Centaur. This title turned into Funny Pages which ended up as a Centaur title
The Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
Borrowed from New Comics.
J Worthington Blimp / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Borrowed from New Comics.
Cannonball Jones / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script: art Walt Kelly humor
Comics Magazine #1 to #2 (changes to Comic Magazine Funny Pages #3)
Comics Magazine 1936 0.15 68 2
COLOR COLOR 7.25 X 10.5 paper cover / newprint / saddlestitched May 1936
#2
Sheldon Mayer cover artwork
Federal Agent / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster
Characters: Bart Regan (1st, next seen in Detective Comics #1)
Cannonball Jones / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Walt Kelly humor
#3
Title changes to Funny Pages #3
The Sapphire Eye of Sehkmet / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script: Will Eisner [as Jack Seaman]
Pencils: Kenneth Ernst
Genre:humor
#4
The Sapphire Eye of Sehkmet / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script: Will Eisner
Pencils: Kenneth Ernst
Genre:adventure
#5
Script:
Will Eisner ? (see notes)
Pencils: Kenneth Ernst (signed)
Inks: Kenneth Ernst
Colors:
#6
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 2 pages
Script: art George E. Brenner [as Geo E. Brenner] (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brian]
first masked hero in U.S. comic books);
"Slick" Martin (villain)Synopsis:The Clock suscessfully foils a bank robbery.
Continues directly into Funny Pages #7.
The Clock also appears in Funny Picture Stories #1 which has the same cover date.
#7
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script: art George E. Brenner [as Geo E. Brenner] (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; "Slick" Martin (villain); "Killer" Katz (villain)
Synopsis:With two-fisted gumption, the Clock easily makes quick work of the bank robbers
The Clock is a fictional masked crime-fighter character created in 1936, during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The first masked hero to appear in American comic books.
Created by cartoonist George Brenner, the Clock first appeared in two Comics Magazine Company publications: Funny Pages #6 and Funny Picture Stories #1 both cover-dated November 1936. His first appearances were in two-page features. The Clock's secret identity was eventually disclosed as Brian O'Brien, a wealthy member of high society.
The Clock may be a “missing link” between pulp and comic-book heroes. A hypnotist with a secret underground lair, his minimalist costume as a master of disguise was a three-piece suit and mask. The Clock used a number of gadgets (including a cane whose head becomes a projectile, and a diamond stud which fires tear gas), and customarily left a calling card with a clock face and "The Clock Has Struck".
The character appeared in Funny Pages #6–11 and other titles from the Comics Magazine Company, including Detective Picture Stories and Keen Detective Funnies. In 1937 the company was bought by Ultem, which encountered financial difficulties and sold the Clock (and other characters) to Quality Comics. Ultem was purchased and renamed Centaur Publications; despite the sale to Quality, Centaur continued to reprint old Clock stories.
FUNNY PICTURE STORIES #1
The Clock is on cover drawn by George Brenner
George E. Brenner (1913 - 1952) was an American cartoonist in the mid 1900s. He created comics such as The Clock, Bozo the Iron Man, and 711. Brenner was first employed by the Comics Magazine Company before moving to Everett "Busy" Arnold's Quality Comics group in late 1937, attaining the title of Executive Editor. He subsequently worked on titles such as Crack Comics, Doll Man Quarterly, Feature Comics, Police Comics, and Smash Comics. The cover for Smash Comics #22 was drafted by Brenner. One of the pseudonyms he used was "Wayne Reid"
The Clock / comic story / 7 pages (
Script: art George Brenner
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:The Clock (introduction ?)
Synopsis:The Clock captures a night-watchman who was in on a jewel heist.
The Clock also appears in Funny Pages V1 #6 which has the same cover date. The Clock's civilian name of Brian O'Brien is not given until the character's later run in Feature Funnies.
Allen Bert Christman, known professionally as Bert Christman, was an American cartoonist. Christman and writer Gardner Fox are generally credited as co-creating the original, Wesley Dodd version of the DC Comics character the Sandman. While the character's first appearance is usually given as Adventure Comics #40 (cover-dated July 1939), he also appeared in DC Comics' 1939 New York World's Fair Comics omnibus, which historians believe appeared on newsstands one to two weeks earlier, while also believing the Adventure Comics story was written and drawn first.[3][4] Each of the two stories' scripts were credited to the pseudonym "Larry Dean"; Fox wrote the untitled, 10-page story in New York World's Fair #1, while he simply plotted, and Christman scripted, the untitled, six-page story, generally known as "The Tarantula Strikes", in Adventure #40.
Christman's plane was shot down and he was killed in 1942 while parachuting by the Japanese Army Air Force
Dick Kent / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Script: art Arthur Pinajian adventure story with Kent as last name
#2
The Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Script: art George Brenner [as George E. Brenner]
Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
Characters:The Clock
Synopsis:"The Clock again! A sinister figure of mystery. The police want to know his name."
DETECTIVE PICTURE STORIES #1
Eddie Brannigan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Script: ART George Brenner
Synopsis:
Detective Brannigan tracks down Krautz, the Phantom Killer.
Not a Clock story although blurbed as such on cover.
By the end of the year, Comics magazine co would be the first to publish titles devoted to a single theme. They were Detective Picture Stories, Western Picture Stories, and Funny Picture Stories. Despite the title, Funny was about Adventure type stories. Detective Picture Stories would last 5 issues and they would include some work by creators who later become famous like Wil Eisner and Bob Kane. The title may have continued on with another name but the specifics are not known. Funny Picture Stories lasted almost as long, but they did 3 volumes, resetting the numbers back to #1 each time. The 1st went 9 issues, the 2nd went 11 issues (#6 being the first with the Centuar Comics name on it) and the 3rd lasted 3 issues before the title gets renamed to Comic Pages from #4 and up. This series also had work from people who later become famous, among them Charles Biro and Bob Wood best known for Crime Does Not Pay comic, and Fred Guardineer who did a lot of work for DC Comics. Lastly, Western Picture Stories lasted 4 issues. All with Wil Eisner work in them.
1936 - KING COMICS
In April of 1936, another major comic strip syndicate would jump in the comic book business. King Features created King Comics. David McKay was a publisher who had done some comic books through King Features, and he had the job of doing this one with the editor Ruth Plumly Thompson. In it Flash Gordon, Popeye, Mandrake the Magician would be among the popular strips to make their appearance in the first issue. Later on The Lone Ranger, The Phantom, Prince Valiant, Blondie and Little Lulu would be among the other popular strips to appear in the title. The comic would last 159 issues and end in 1952. Out of it would spring Standard Publishing a comic book company with many different titles.
King Comics #1 (David McKay Publications, 1936) The list of first appearances in this book is like a who's who of pre-Golden Age superstars, including Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond, Brick Bradford, Henry, and Mandrake the Magician. Popeye conks an ape's noggin on this Joe Musial "gorilla" cover, for the premiere issue of a title that would run for almost two decades. Overstreet doesn't even list values for this issue in grades above VF.
#1 Joe Musial cover art
Cover: Little King; Popeye; Wimpy; Henry; Swee'pea; Olive Oyl; Maggie; Barney Google
King Features Syndicate, Inc. is a print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation that distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide.
William Randolph Hearst's newspapers began syndicating material in 1895 after receiving requests from other newspapers. In 1914, Hearst and his manager Moses Koenigsberg consolidated all of Hearst's syndication enterprises under one banner. Koenigsberg gave it his own name (the German word König means king) when he launched King Features Syndicate. Production escalated in 1916 with King Features buying and selling its own staff-created feature material. Syndication peaked in the mid-1930s with 130 syndicates offering 1,600 features to more than 13,700 newspapers
William Randolph Hearst (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chain and whose flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human interest stories. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 after being given control of The San Francisco Examiner by his wealthy father. Acquiring more newspapers, Hearst created a chain that numbered nearly 30 papers in major American cities at its peak. He later expanded to magazines, creating the largest newspaper and magazine business in the world. He was twice elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives, and ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of New York City in 1905 and 1909. His peak circulation reached 20 million readers a day in the mid 1930s, but he was a bad money manager and was so deeply in debt that most of his assets had to be liquidated in the late 1930s; but he kept his newspapers and magazines. His life story was the main inspiration for Charles Foster Kane, the lead character in Orson Welles's film Citizen Kane.
Joe Musial (1905 – June 6, 1977), American comics artist and illustrator.
After joining the staff of "King Features Syndicate" in 1932, he drew as a "ghost" artist for comic strips, such as "Blondie", "Secret Agent X9", "Bringin Up Father", "Tillie the Toiler" and several Flash Gordon story books. Following the death of Charles H. Winner in 1956, he took over the comic strip "The Katzenjammer Kids" (the world's oldest continuing comic strip) until 1976. He was also the author of some books like "Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom" (1949) and "Popeye, How to Draw Cartoons", In 1946, he was one of the first members of the then new founded “National Cartoonists Society (NCS)”, he was brought to testify - with Walt Kelly and Milton Caniff - at the hearings of the US Senate hearings which led to the establishment of the famous "Comics Code Authority" in 1954. For the "David McKay Company", he drew a great part of the covers of the "Magic Comics", "King Comics (magazine)" and "Ace Comics" issues
Clarence Gray (November 14, 1901 – January 5, 1957) was an American comic strip artist, best known for his long run drawing the science fiction adventure strip Brick Bradford for more than two decades.
In 1933, he created Brick Bradford with writer William H. Ritt, a columnist with the Central Press Association of Cleveland. Launched by the Central Press Association as an adventure strip, it quickly developed into one of the leading science-fiction strips of the 1930s. The daily comic strip was joined by a Sunday page in 1934, followed by a companion strip, The Time Top in 1935.
Billy DeBeck (April 15, 1890 – November 11, 1942), American cartoonist. He is most famous as the creator of the comic strip Barney Google, later retitled Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. The strip was especially popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and featured a number of well-known characters, including the title character, Bunky, Snuffy Smith, and Spark Plug the race horse. Spark Plug was a merchandising phenomenon, and has been called the Snoopy of the 1920s. DeBeck drew with a scratchy line in a "big-foot" style, in which characters had giant feet and bulbous noses. His strips often reflected his love of sports. In 1946, the National Cartoonists Society inaugurated the Billy DeBeck Memorial Awards (or the Barney Awards), which became the Reuben Award in 1954.
Nicholas Afonsky was a Russian artist, Born in Kovno in 1892, He was wounded five times during World War I, before boarding a ship to the USA in July 1923. Afonsky did his first comics work for the Wheelan-Nicholson Inc. syndicate under the pen name Meetrich. In 1934, he started out drawing the 'Little Annie Rooney' Sunday page, that was created by Ed Verdier and Brandon Walsh in 1927. He worked on the feature until 1943, and added the toppers 'Fablettes' and, most notably, 'Ming Foo'. The oriental character Ming Foo was introduced in the strip in 1934, and he got his own companion feature in 1935. Afonsky worked for King Features on Alex Raymond's 'Secret Agent X-9' (1938). He passed away in 1943, and was succeeded on 'Little Annie Rooney' by Darrell McClure.
Carl Thomas Anderson (14 February 1865 – 4 November 1948) was an American cartoonist best remembered for his comic strip Henry. Readers followed the pantomime adventures of the mute, bald-headed Henry in strips. In 1933, he sold his first Henry cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post for $50, and it became a regular weekly feature in that magazine. Within only months, Henry was being published in 50 American newspapers, including 15 Hearst papers. Anderson continued to work on the strip until his death in 1948. In 1934, the first Henry book was published featuring 60 cartoons from The Saturday Evening Post.
Jack Burnley (January 11, 1911 - December 19, 2006) was the pen name of Hardin J. Burnley, an American comic book artist and illustrator. Burnley was the first artist, after co-creator Joe Shuster, to draw Superman in comic books. Jack Burnley began his comics career working for the King Features Syndicate, providing cartoons for the sports section . His first published DC Comics assignment was the cover illustration for New York World's Fair 1940 the 2nd annual; the cover portrayed Superman with Batman and Robin, the first time the trio had ever appeared together in print. Burnley went on to provide uncredited artwork for Action Comics until 1947. Burnley co-created (with writer Gardner Fox) the superhero Starman, which first appeared in Adventure Comics (April 1941). He "became DC's top ghost artist," working on the main characters and titles. In addition to pencilling over 100 covers, he also worked (for a brief time in 1944), as uncredited penciler on both the Batman and Superman Sunday comic strips.
Charlie Schmidt was one of the creators of 'Radio Patrol'. This daily strip came about in 1933, when the editors of the Boston Daily Record assigned Charlie Schmidt and Eddie Sullivan to invent a detective strip. The daily strip ran until 1946, the Sunday strip until 1950. During the thirties, the popular comic was adapted for radio and a movie serial.
Lee Falk (April 28, 1911 – March 13, 1999), was an American writer, theater director and producer, best known as the creator of the popular comic strips The Phantom (1936–present) and Mandrake the Magician (1934-2013). At the height of their popularity, these strips attracted over 100 million readers every day. Falk also wrote short stories, and he contributed to a series of pulp novels about The Phantom.
A playwright and theatrical director/producer, Falk directed actors such as Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, and Chico Marx.
Philip Davis (March 4, 1906 – 16 December 1964), better known as Phil Davis, was an American artist who illustrated Mandrake the Magician, written by Lee Falk The strip was launched June 11, 1934 with Davis illustrating and Falk scripting. Davis continued drawing it until his death in 1964.
Nat Edson (1909-2001) He was a ghost artist on the 'Tim Tyler's Luck' daily strip (originally created by Lyman Young) from 1934 to 1945. Tim Tyler strips appeared in King Comics starting in 1936.
He was an artist who created numerous adventure and western strips for Dell Publishing from 1950 to 1972. For Dell's Disney productions, he illustrated among others ''Toby Tyler' and 'Zorro'. He has also drawn adventure comics for Quality, Lafayette, DC and Standard in the 1940s. He has illustrated some episodes of 'Tarzan' as well.
Elzie Crisler Segar (December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known professionally as E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre. The strip made its debut on December 19, 1919, featuring the character Olive Oyl. On January 17, 1929, when Castor Oyl needed a mariner to navigate his ship to Dice Island, Castor picked up an old salt down by the docks named Popeye. Popeye's first line in the strip, upon being asked if he was a sailor, was "'Ja think I'm a cowboy?" The character stole the show and became the permanent star. Popeye became a forerunner to superheroes and one of the most important characters of the 20th century. Segar is widely regarded as one of the most influential and talented cartoonists of all time, among the first to combine humor with long-running adventures.
Alexander Gillespie "Alex" Raymond (October 2, 1909 – September 6, 1956) was an American cartoonist, best known for creating Flash Gordon for King Features in 1934. The strip was subsequently adapted into many other media, from a series of movie serials (1936–1940) to a 1970s television series and a 1980 film.
Flash Gordon was created as competition to Buck Rogers as the mots popular sci-fi comic strip in the world. Alex Raymond later created another popular strip in 1946: Rip Kirby is a popular comic strip featuring the adventures of the eponymous lead character, a private detective created by Alex Raymond in 1946.
Lou Hanlon was the artist of the daily crime comic 'G-Man', that appeared with scripts by George Clark in the Chicago Tribune from 1935 to 1940. Hanlon was furthermore a sports cartoonist and a member of the National Cartoonists Society. G-Man appeared in comics starting with King Comics #1 in 1936.
George McManus (January 23, 1884 – October 22, 1954) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Irish immigrant Jiggs and his wife Maggie, the main characters of his syndicated comic strip, Bringing Up Father. In 1904, McManus created the first American family comic strip, The Newlyweds, about an elegant young couple and their baby Snookums. In 1913 he created Bringing Up Father which achieved great success from 1913 until his death. McManus said that Bringing Up Father had earned him $12,000,000 during his lifetime.
Otto Soglow (December 23, 1900 – April 3, 1975) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip The Little King which first appeared in The New Yorker in 1930 running until his death in 1975.
Clayton Knight OBE (March 30, 1891 – July 17, 1969) was an American aviator during World War I. He was also an aviation artist and illustrator, and is known for being one of the founders of the Clayton Knight Committee and the illustrator of the comic strip Ace Drummond. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, the comic strip ran as a Sunday page from 1935 to 1940. According to Rickenbacker's autobiography, at its peak, the strip ran in 135 newspapers. In 1936, the strip was adapted into a movie serial.
Charles Flanders (1907-1973) is am american artist who had greatest success drawing already established titles. He took over 'Secret Agent X-9' from Alex Raymond, which he continued until 1938. and he continued the 'King of the Royal Mounted' Sunday page from 1936. He became the sole artist on this strip in 1938. A year later, he was assigned to Fran Striker's 'The Lone Ranger', which he drew until 1971.
Ruth Plumly Thompson (27 July 1891 – 6 April 1976) was an American writer of children's stories, best known for writing many novels placed in Oz, the fictional land of L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. Between 1921 and 1939, she wrote one Oz book a year. She had stories in comic books starting with King Comics #1 in 1936.
1936 - TIP TOP COMICS
Lev Gleason would get a comic strip Syndicate behind him and become the editor of Tip Top Comics #1 with all United Features syndicated comic strips. Under their umbrella was Tarzan, Li'l Abner, Broncho Bill, Captain and the Kids and other popular strips. Eventually Charlie Brown and Snoopy in Peanuts appeared in this series in 1951. This title also gave us the first published work of Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis, both would go on to make EC Comics very popular and successful. The series would also end up becoming one of the first comic book Trade Paper Back, with bound reprints of a number of issue being up for sale at the 1939 Worlds Fair. First set had issues 1-12, second 13-24, the third 25-36. This title would be published by both St. John Publishing and later Dell Publishing, stretching out and last 225 issues ending in 1961.
One of the very first comic books ever made Tip Top was put out by the United Features which owned the rights to a large number of newspaper comic strips. The first comic book appearance not only of Tarzan, but also Li'l Abner, Fritzi Ritz, Ella Cinders, and the Captain and the Kids. Jerry Siegel made a pitch to Tip Top Comics to publish his story about Superman, however the story was rejected. Issues #1-188 are published by United Features. Many of the earliest issue feature Tarzan cover appearances.
E. W. Scripps started his newspaper career in the 1885 and by 1909, it was including comics, pictures and features as well. His empire grew and delivered content to 400 newspapers in 1920 and about 700 in 1930. At that time, it had some 100 features available. United Feature Syndicate was formed in fall 1931. Fortune Magazine said in 1933 that United Feature was one of the "Big Four" American syndicates (along with King Features Syndicate, Chicago Tribune Syndicate, and the Bell Syndicate). From 1936 to 1954, United Features published their own line of comic books, using their comic strip features as characters. After ending the line in 1954, most of their comics would be continued by St. John Publications.
Tip Top Comics #1 features a classic early cover with characters Li'l Abner; Tarzan; Mammy Yokum; Ella Cinders; The Captain; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Fritzi Ritz
Li'l Abner and Tarzan are in a boxing match watched by the other characters
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres. He published 20 Tarzan books between 1912 and 1938. 5 different Tarzan strips were featured in Tip Top Comics #1 and Tarzan would be featured in almost every issue of this comic series.
Paul F. Berdanier was an American cartoonist, illustrator, etcher and painter. He did art on various features for United Feature Syndicate from the 1930s throughout the 1950s. He succeeded Russ Murphy as the artist of the comic strip 'How It Began' on 6 July 1931, and continued it until 6 May 1939. He added the topper strips 'Sources' (1933), 'Of All Things' (1934) and 'Twice Told Tales' (1937-1939). He was also present in United Features comic books like Tip Top Comics with features like 'Sparkman' (1943-45) and 'Tripple Terror' (1943-46). Berdanier was also a teacher at Washington University. Of All Things started in comic book format in Tip Top Comics #1.
Harry F. O'Neill wrote and drew the 'Broncho Bill' newspaper strip from 1928 to 1950. The strip was syndicated by United Features and was also reprinted in comic books like Sparkler and Tip Top Comics.
Gus Mager (1878–1956), American painter, illustrator and cartoonist during the first half of the 20th century. He was the creator of several comic strips, notably Hawkshaw the Detective and Sherlocko the Monk.
Bernard Dibble worked at the staff of the United Feature Syndicate. He assisted on the comic strips 'Captain and the Kids' and 'Hawkshaw the Detective' in the 1920s. He then drew the 'Captain and the Kids' strip from 1932 to 1938. In the late 1950s, he came up with the 'Fritzi Ritzi' Sunday page.
Ernest Paul "Ernie" Bushmiller, Jr. (August 23, 1905 – August 15, 1982 was an American cartoonist, best known for creating the long-running daily comic strip Nancy. Bushmiller took over the Fritzi Ritz comic strip in 1925. The character of Fritzi was modeled after Bushmiller's fiance, Abby Bohnet. The couple married July 9, 1930. Bushmiller introduced Nancy, Fritzi's niece, to the strip on January 2, 1933. The character proved popular, so she appeared more often. As Aunt Fritzi was seen less frequently, the strip was eventually retitled Nancy in 1938. The popular strip was translated into various languages, including Italian, German, Swedish and Norwegian. Phil Fumble was a Bushmiller strip which ran from 1932 through 1938.
Dudley T. Fisher Jr. (1890 – July 10, 1951) was a syndicated newspaper cartoonist, best known for his character Myrtle who was introduced in his Sunday page, Right Around Home, distributed by King Features Syndicate under various titles from 1937 to 1964.
Robert Moore Brinkerhoff was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1880. He created his first and only comic strip, 'Little Mary Mixup' in 1917. This comic about a mischievous little girl evolved as time went by: by wartime, Little Mary had grown up and even joined the fight against the Nazis. He died in Minneapolis in 1958.
Hal Foster (August 16, 1892 – July 25, 1982), Canadian-American comic book artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip Prince Valiant. His drawing style is noted for a high level of draftsmanship and attention to detail. In 1928, he began one of the earliest adventure comic strips, an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan. In 1937, he created his signature strip, the weekly Prince Valiant, a fantasy adventure set in medieval times.
Laverne Harding (October 10, 1905 – September 25, 1984) was an American animator.
Harding, who worked for the Walter Lantz studio for much of her half-century career in animation, is among the earliest woman animators. Working for the Lantz studio from 1934 until 1960,[2] Harding was particularly noted for her work on Woody Woodpecker cartoons; she designed the version of the character that was in use from 1950 to 1999. After leaving Lantz, she animated for Hanna-Barbera cartoons such as Yogi Bear. She later worked on Pink Panther cartoons. Her art on Cynical Susie began in Tip Top Comics #1.
Mo Leff has worked as an artist on the syndicated boxing strips 'Curly Kayoe' and 'Joe Palooka'. He worked as Al Capp's assistant on 'Li'l Abner' in the 1930s, until he went to work for Ham Fisher to ghost on 'Joe Palooka' in the late 1930s. It wasn't until Fischer's death in 1955, when Leff started signing the strip. Leff worked on 'Joe Palooka' until 1959. Mo had done his own 'Peter Pat' Sunday page for United Features from 1934 to 1938. He also contributed to the syndicate's comic books, like Tip Top Comics.
Robert L. Dickey was born in 1861. Horses and Dogs feature prominently in his newspaper strips 'Mr. and Mrs. Beans', 'Buster Beans' and 'Buckey and his Pals', which appeared in the 1930s. He also did dog cartoons for Life magazine from 1914 to 1930, He died in October 1944.
Edward Daniel Kuekes (February 2, 1901 – January 13, 1987) was an American editorial cartoonist. He won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for a Korean War cartoon called "Aftermath". Kuekes also drew a number of comic strips including Alice in Wonderland and its accompanying strip Knurl the Gnome for United Features Syndicate in 1934.
J. Carver Pusey was the artist of the pantomime newspaper strip 'Benny', that appeared in papers from 1929 to 1939. He also made strips called 'Cat Tales' and 'Duckie'.
Charles Plumb (November 13, 1899 - January 19, 1982) was an American cartoonist best known for maintaining a high quality of artwork on the comic strip Ella Cinders over three decades. He also drew the topper strip Chris Crusty which ran above Ella Cinders from 1931 to 1940.
1936 - DC
New Comics was DC Comics 2nd ongoing series and again it featured all new material. Among the artists who's work featured in here was Walt Kelly, Sheldon Mayer and Vincent Sullivan, all three would be important to the development of comics.
NEW COMICS #2
Sagebrush 'n' Cactus / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Robert Leffingwell humor; western-frontier
1ST APP OF Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Steve Carson (introduction); Officer Walsh (villain); Kate Lane (villain, dies)
Synopsis:Steve discovers that Kate Lane and Patrolman Walsh are behind the kidnapping. Mayhem ensues
J. Worthington Blimp / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script: Sheldon Mayer
The Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script: Sheldon Mayer Genre:science fiction
Gulliver's Travels / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:Walt Kelly last appearance
NEW COMICS #3
Jibby Jones / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan
J. Worthington Blimp / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Court Chuckles / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Maxwell]
Genre:humor
Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Genre:science fiction
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Morton Brent, Jr. (introduction, villain); Grayson (introduction)
NEW COMICS #4
Jibby Jones? / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan
Strange Adventures of Mr. Weed / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Genre:science fiction
last appearance
J. Worthington Blimp / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
last appearance
Submarine Terror [Part 1](Table of Contents) Federal Men / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Steve Carson; Franklin D. Roosevelt (guest)
Serene Summerfield, the preferred pen-name of Serena Summerfield, (August 9, 1885 - July 1966) was a commercial artist and early comic book artist and one of the earliest females to create original artwork. Her first known comics work was a two-page science-fiction piece entitled "Stratosphere Special", which appeared in New Comics #4 (cover dated March-April, 1936) for DC Comics predecessor, National Allied Newspaper Syndicate, Inc. The second and last installment appeared in New Comics #5. She then took the concept to Henle Publications as the near-identical "Space Limited (Above the Stratosphere)", which was published in Wow, What A Magazine! #1-4.
NEW COMICS #5
Jibby Jones / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Whitney Ellsworth
Federal Men / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
black and white
Genre:adventure
Characters:I: Steve Conrad
Creig Valentine Flessel (February 2, 1912 – July 17, 2008) American comic book artist and an illustrator and cartoonist for magazines ranging from Boys' Life to Playboy. One of the earliest comic book illustrators, Flessel drew the covers of many of the first American comic books, including the pre-Batman Detective Comics #2-19 (April 1937 - Sept. 1938). He both wrote and drew the two-page "Steve Conrad, Adventurer", premiering in New Comics #5 (June 1936); the two-page sports feature "Pep Morgan", premiering More Fun #12 (Aug. 1936); "Bret Lawton" and "Speed Saunders" (the latter with writer E. C. Stoner and later Gardner Fox), both premiering in Detective Comics #1; "Bradley Boys", premiering in More Fun #13; "As writer-artist, Flessel created the DC character the Shining Knight, in Adventure Comics #66 (Sept. 1941). He is also the artist who drew the first cover appearance of the Golden Age Sandman in Adventure Comics #40 generally considered the character's first appearance.
Merna Gamble was an artist who drew an adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities for DC Comics predecessor National Allied Newspaper Syndicate's New Comics/New Adventure Comics #4-25.
NEW COMICS #6
Who Ate My Fish?](Table of Contents) cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Whitney Ellsworth
Genre:humor; children
Steve Conrad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventure
Characters:Steve Conrad; Keith Roland; Sam; Myra; Judd
Synopsis:Steve and his friends are exploring the mysterious island when they get caught in a tropical storm. Then they are attacked by natives.
Federal Men / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Steve Carson; The president (not drawn as Roosevelt)
Synopsis:A gigantic tank attacks the capitol. Men in gas masks enter the White House and capture the President
NEW COMICS #7
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Whitney Ellsworth
Genre:humor; children
Kid with crab on cover.
Steve Conrad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventure
Characters:Steve Conrad; Myra; Captain Judd; Devachan (villain)
Synopsis:Devachan orders Myra to be sacrificed to the volcano
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Carson
Synopsis:In disguise, Steve mows down part of the invading army in order to reach the Experimental Science Building where he hopes to find something to end the invasion
NEW COMICS #8
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Whitney Ellsworth
Boy with apples and man with gun on cover.
Steve Conrad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventureCharacters:Steve Conrad; Devachan (villain); Myra; Captain Judd; Sam; Keith Roland
Synopsis:Steve and Myra fall into the volcano and land in a lake. There they run into Sam and Keith and a mystery man with a canoe
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Carson; Jean Dennis (introduction); Ralph Ventor
Synopsis:Washington is attacked by a gyro copter. Reporter Jean Dennis shows up and wants the inside scoop
Blood Pearls / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (signed)
Pencils:
Munson Paddock [as Pad]
Genre:adventure
Characters:Baslyn (villain); Dato Penang; Tsao-Chung's daughter
Synopsis:Baslyn wants the Blood Pearls so badly he is willing to kidnap a chinese girl to exchange for them.
Munson Leroy Paddock worked as a magazine and newspaper artist, and later drew for the early comic book industry. Paddock illustrated comics strips like 'Mr. Bluff' (1907-08),'Little Miss Thoughtful' (1908), 'Naughty Ned' (1909) His art appeared in early National/DC features like 'The Blood Pearls' and 'Monastery of the Blue God'. At Fox Comics, he was an artist of the features 'Chen Chang', 'The Green Mask' and 'Tex Maxon'. Paddock drew Casey Jones' for Quality, 'Res King' and 'The Shadow' for Street & Smith, as well as 'Ibis', 'Captain Midnight' and 'Mr. Scarlet' for Fawcett.
NEW COMICS #9
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Whitney Ellsworth
Kid boxers and referee on cover.
Straight from Hollywood / illustration / 1 page (report information)
Script: Laidlaw
Genre:non-fiction
Characters:Spanky McFarland; Boris Karloff; Harpo Marx; Joe E. Brown
Steve Conrad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventureCharacters:Steve Conrad; Professor Brombay
Synopsis:Professor Brombay wants Steve and his friends to lead the Sea People in a revolt against Devachan.
I: Prof. Brombay, Zoanthroids
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Carson; Jean Dennis; Ralph Ventor; 4K-11 (villain)
Synopsis:Steve disguises himself as one of the crew and sneaks aboard the Invisible Empires floating island, but he is unable to stop them from unleashing their giant metal robot upon the city.
NEW COMICS #10
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Whitney Ellsworth (signed)
Genre:humor
Synopsis:Boy and girl with pennants
Do You Know? / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel ?
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventure
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
NEW COMICS #11
X-Mas Number(Table of Contents) cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Whitney Ellsworth (signed)
Genre:humorKeywords:Christmas; X-mas
Christmas carolers on cover.
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventureCharacters:Professor Bromberg; Myra; Steve Conrad; Sam; Keith Roland; Devachan (villain)
Synopsis:Steve and his friends lead the sea people in a revolt against the Zoanthropis.
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Steve Carson; Ralph; Nate Devlin (Introduction, villain)
Synopsis:Steve and Ralph chase a group of bank robbers. Devlin figures it would be clever to hide on a movie set where they try to convert a bank robbery scene into the real thing.
Alex Lovy (September 2, 1913 – February 14, 1992) was an American animator, who spent the majority of his career as an animator and director at Walter Lantz Productions. Lovy's early career was spent as a comic artist at DC Comics and he became an animator at the Lantz studio in the late 1930s. Slim and Tex appear in New Comics #11. Dale Daring also appears in New Comics #11.
MORE FUN #7
More Fun was the first comic book of a standard size to publish original material, and it continued publication until 1947.
Little Linda / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Whitney Ellsworth
Genre:adventure; childrenCharacters:Little Linda
Down By the Old Mill Stream / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Walt Kelly (signed)
Genre:humor
Henri Duval / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:adventure; historical
Doctor Occult / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernaturalCharacters:Doctor Occult; Rose Psychic; Sander Amster; The Vampire Master
2023: Super Police / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Script:Ken Fitch (signed)
Pencils:Clem Gretter (signed)
Genre:science fiction
MORE FUN #8
Spike Spalding / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vin Sullivan (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Spike Spalding
Henri Duval / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (Signed)
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:Henri Duval
Synopsis:Henri Duval must protect the King from enemies disguised as musketeers
Doctor Occult / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Doctor Occult; Lois Amster; Sander Amster; The Vampire Master
Synopsis:The Vampire Master tries to hypnotise Lois into killing her husband
Little People / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Walt Kelly
Characters:Corby O'Glin (Intro)
only appearance
Magic Crystal of History / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Ray Wardel
Genre:children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Bobby; Binks
Synopsis:Bobby and Binks are about to break through the lines of the enemy surrounding the city
Raymond Wesley Wardell was born December 31, 1886 in Brooklyn, New York. In 1935 he worked on a syndicated newspaper comic strip entitled The Magic Crystal of History. The strip was also published in the February 1936 issue of More Fun Comics, which was one of the earliest American comic books. Barreaux ran a comic shop affiliated with Harry Donenfeld's publishing empire. During the Great Depression Raymond Wardell became president of the American Artists Equity, an organization of commercial artists that lobbied the National Recovery Administration (NRA) to reduce artist exploitation. According to The New York Times, he claimed "The entire artists' fraternity are victims of worse sweatshop conditions than those which formerly prevailed in the garment trade. Among the objectionable conditions is the practice by shops of auctioning off art jobs to the lowest bidder.
MORE FUN #9
Charlie Fish / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Vince Sullivan (signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Charlie Fish
Last "strip" cover. Paper cover.
Henri Duval / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (Signed)
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:Henri Duval
Synopsis:Henri swipes a Musketeer's outfit and distracts the guards so he can rescue his friends
Acorn Antics / illustration / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:fantasy-supernatural
only appearance
2023: Super Police / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:Ken Fitch (signed)
Pencils:Clem Gretter (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Kiddlaw; Axel Yoke; Rex Cosmos
Synopsis:Kiddlaw leaves Rex and Axel for dead. They follow an underground river looking for a way out.
Dr. Occult / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Doctor Occult; Sander Amster; Vampire Master (dies); Mrs. Amster
Synopsis:The Vampire Master succombs to a blazing death, but Doc and the Amsters escape
MORE FUN #10
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan
Genre:humor; children
Don Drake / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:Ken Fitch
Pencils:Creig Flessel [as Fless]
Genre:sword and sorcery
Characters:Don Drake; Krenon; Betty; Queen Zira (intro)
Synopsis:Krenon leads a revolt against Queen Zira
2023: Super Police / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:Ken Fitch (signed)
Pencils:Clem Gretter (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Axel Yoke; Rex Cosmos; the Queen of Fortune (intro)
Synopsis:Axel and Rex are lost in an underground cavern where they find a strange civilization
Fishy Frolics(Table of Contents) illustration / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Doctor Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Doctor Occult; Burke; Lieutenant Day; Methusaleh
Synopsis:A madman believes he can transfer others longevity to himself by killing them
Henri Duval / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster [as Hugh Langley]
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:Henri Duval
Synopsis:Duval is captured
Treasure Island / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils:Sven Elven (signed)
Genre:historicalCharacters:Squire Trelawney; Jim Hawkins; Long John Silver
Synopsis:The voyage finally gets under way
last appearance; adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel
MORE FUN #11
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan
Doctor Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Doctor Occult; Jenkins; Westly (intro, a werewolf)
Synopsis:Doctor Occult and a young girl are attacked by a werewolf.
The Ole Swimmin' Hole(Table of Contents) illustration / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Calling All Cars / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (Signed)
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy Kean (intro) and the Radio Squad, Doris Bailey, Commissioner Bailey; The Purple Tiger's gang (Intro)
Synopsis:The Purple Tiger's gang kidnap Doris Bailey, the Police Commisioner's daughter
MORE FUN #12
NEW SLICK COVERS BEGIN
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan
Genre:humorSynopsis:Boy chasing butterfly
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Pep Morgan (introduction)
Dr. Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Doctor Occult; Westly; Mrs. Daniels (Intro)Synopsis:Westly asks Occult to help cure him. Meanwhile, Occult discovers an entire boarding house full of werewolves
Calling All Cars / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy Kean; Commissioner Baily; Doris Bailey (Commissioner's daughter); The Purple Tiger (villain); The Purple Tiger's Gang (villains)
Synopsis:The Purple Tiger, a hooded and robed leader of a gang of crooks and kidnappers, has Doris Bailey, spoiled daughter of the Police Commissioner, kidnapped.
Continued from issue #11, wherein the Purple Tiger was never seen
MORE FUN #13
Volume 2 #1
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan
Genre:humorSynopsis:Boy perfuming skunk
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventureCharacters:Chuck Kelly; Tubs Miller; Lank O'Doul; Pep Morgan
Synopsis:Pep scores a run with his eyes closed
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventureCharacters:Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley
Synopsis:Tom and Jack get lost in the woods and build a hut.
Thrilling True Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:Richard Speed
Pencils:Creig Flessel
Doctor Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Doctor Occult; Mrs. Daniels (death); WestleySynopsis:Occult is rescued by Westley
Calling All Cars / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (Signed)
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy Kean; The Purple Tiger; Commisioner Bailey
Synopsis:Gangsters capture Sandy and the commissioner and deliver them to the Purple Tiger
MORE FUN #14
Volume 2 #2
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Genre:humor; childrenSynopsis:Kids taking apples to teacher
Dr. Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Calling All Cars / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (Signed)
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean; The Purple Tiger; Commisioner Bailey
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:sports
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley
MORE FUN #15
Volume 2 #3
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Genre:humorSynopsis:Kid getting mule to kick a field goal
Dr. Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventureCharacters:Doctor Occult; Zator, the Seven; Koth (villain)
Calling All Cars / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventure
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventureCharacters:Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley
Thrilling True Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils: creig flessel
Genre:adventure
MORE FUN #16
Volume 2 #4
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Characters:Santa Claus
Synopsis:Kid bear-trapping Santa Claus
Doctor Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Doctor Occult; Zator, the Seven; Koth (villain, Origin in flashback)
Synopsis:Koth, an alien marooned on Earth when his spaceship crashed, is preparing to wipe out the population
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventureCharacters:Pep Morgan
Synopsis:Pep has to play football after fighting off hooligans who attempt to prevent him from reaching the game
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventureCharacters:Tom Bradley; Jack Bradley; Harry Mattson (Intro)
Synopsis:Lost in the woods, Tom and Jack meet Harry Mattson, a wanted man.
Duotone in red and black
Detective Comics #1(Table of Contents)(Expand) / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Calling All Cars / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy KeanSynopsis:Sandy has to disarm a madman with a reporter's "help
NEW BOOK OF COMICS #1 (DC, c. 1936) Overstreet lists this as the first regular-size comic annual, and the second DC annual of any size. The issue's a coveted Gerber "8," and it's dubbed "rare" by Overstreet as well. Extremely rare comic that Heritage Auctions has only sold 1 copy ever. The cover copyright date is 1936, and the stories reprinted are from New Comics #1-4 and More Fun Comics #9, none of which had a cover date later than March 1936. The cover bears the copyright "Nicholson Pub. Co." Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was the founder of DC. Siegel and Shuster's Dr. Occult is among the characters inside.
cardboard cover / newsprint interior / square bound
A 2ndd issue would come out in 1938.
FEDERAL MEN ASHCAN COPY.
An ashcan copy is a term that originated in the Golden Age of Comic Books, meant to describe a publication produced solely for legal purposes (such as copyright), and not normally intended for distribution. These are extremely rare as only a few copies are made by and for the publisher for legal purposes. Never for sale and therefore unknown to the public until decades later. Federal Men by Siegel and Shuster might be the earliest ashcan comic ever made with the idea that DC may have considered publishing a Federal Men ongoing title.
1936 FAMOUS FUNNIES
FAMOUS FUNNIES #18
S'Matter Pop? / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:Victor Pazmiño
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher
Pencils: Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]
Genre:sports
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher
Pencils: Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]
Genre:sports
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Genre:children
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Genre:detective-mystery
FAMOUS FUNNIES #19
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher (?)
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Alley Oop / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
V.T. Hamlin
1st comic-book app. of Alley Oop (Overstreet's credit of this to The Funnies #1 is erroneous)
Alley Oop is a syndicated comic strip created in 1932 by American cartoonist V. T. Hamlin, who wrote and drew the popular and influential strip through four decades for Newspaper Enterprise Association.
Captain Easy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane
1st comic-book app. of Captain Easy (Overstreet is erroneous in crediting it to The Funnies #1)
Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune was an American action/adventure comic strip created by Roy Crane that was syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association beginning on Sunday, July 30, 1933. The strip ran for more than five decades until it was discontinued in 1988.
FAMOUS FUNNIES #20 MARCH
This is the first modern comic book to ever reach a 20th issue.
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher (?)
Alley Oop / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
V.T. Hamlin
Captain Easy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Happy Daze / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Pee Wee / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
FAMOUS FUNNIES #21 APRIL 1936
Alley Oop / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
V.T. Hamlin
Captain Easy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher (?)
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
FAMOUS FUNNIES #22 MAY 1936
Alley Oop / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
V.T. Hamlin
Captain Easy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre: science fiction
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher (?)
Screen Oddities / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Capt. Roscoe Fawcett
Pencils:Jimmy Thompson [as Thompson] (signed)
Genre:non-fiction
Characters:James Melton; Myrna Loy; Carole Lombard; Sybil Jason; Gary Cooper; Harriet Hoctor; Fred Astaire; Joe E. Brown; Nino Martini; Eddie Cantor; Roger Imhoff; Leo Carrillo
FAMOUS FUNNIES #23 JUNE 1936
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Alley Oop / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
V.T. Hamlin
Captain Easy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre: science fiction
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher (?)
FAMOUS FUNNIES #24 JULY 1936
Pee Wee / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Happy Daze / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Alley Oop / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
V.T. Hamlin
Captain Easy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre: science fiction
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher (?)
FAMOUS FUNNIES #25 AUG 1936
Pee Wee / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Happy Daze / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Alley Oop / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
V.T. Hamlin
Captain Easy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre: science fiction
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher (?)
Dickie Dare / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Genre:adventure
1st comic-book app.
Scorchy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Noel Sickles
Genre:adventure; aviation
Characters:Scorchy; Tex; Ann; Col. Patterson
1st comic-book app.
Oaky Doaks / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Ralph Briggs Fuller
1st comic-book app.
Noel Douglas Sickles (January 24, 1910 – October 3, 1982) was an American commercial illustrator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Scorchy Smith. The series, which started in 1930, was heavily influenced by Roy Crane’s adventure strip Wash Tubbs.
Ralph Briggs Fuller (March 9, 1890 - August 16, 1963) was an American cartoonist best known for his long running comic strip Oaky Doaks, featuring the humorous adventures of a good-hearted knight in the Middle Ages. He signed the strips RB. Fuller. Oaky Doaks was launched on June 17, 1935, many months before the start of Prince Valiant. The Oaky Doaks Sunday strip, which began in 1941, was initially drawn by Bill Dyer (who also worked on The Adventures of Patsy) and later by Fuller where he remained until the strip ended in 1961.
FAMOUS FUNNIES #26 SEPT 1936
Above the Crowd / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Stookie Allen
Genre:non-fiction; aviation; biography
Characters:Captain Ernst Lehmann (captain of the Hindenburg zeppelin)
This issue was on the stands 9 months before the famous crash. Lehmann was on board only as an observer; he wasn't the captain on the fatal flight.
Dickie Dare / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Genre:adventure
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Captain Easy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre: science fiction
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher (?)
FAMOUS FUNNIES #27 OCT 1936
War On Crime; S'matter Pop?; Napoleon / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
1st photo-cover in comics (part photo, part-art)
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier (signed)
Pencils:
Hammon (signed)
Genre:crime
1st true-crime stories in comics. Ledger Syndicate- began May 1936
In May 1936, J. Edgar Hoover contacts cartoonist Rex Collier and proposes a comic strip based on true stories of FBI Agents. Collier’s strip, "War on Crime", is reprinted in the October issue (#27) of Famous Funnies — the first "true crime" story in comic books.
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre: science fiction
Dickie Dare / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Genre:adventure
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher (?)
FAMOUS FUNNIES #28 NOV 1936
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script:
Rex Collier
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre: science fiction
Dickie Dare / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Genre:adventure
Nippie / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Lank Leonard
Mickey Finn / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Lank Leonard
1st app. in comic books
Frank E. Leonard (January 2, 1896 – August 1, 1970), better known as Lank Leonard, was an American cartoonist artist who created the long-running comic strip Mickey Finn, which he drew for more than three decades.
Mescal Ike / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S.L. Huntley
Pencils:
Art Huhta
Genre:humor
Newspaper artist Arthur Huhta cooperated with S. L. Huntley on strips like 'Mescal Ike' and 'Lolly Gags' in the 1930s. He worked as an assistant on 'The Nebbs' in 1928. Between 1929 and 1946, he made the 'Dinky Dinkerton' strip.
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
FAMOUS FUNNIES #29 DEC 1936
Santa Claus; Napoleon / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmiño
Inks:
Victor E. Pazmiño
Xmas cover
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script:
Rex Collier
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script: Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils: Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre: science fiction
Dickie Dare / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Genre:adventure
Mickey Finn / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Lank Leonard
Pencils:
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)
Script: Ham Fisher (?)
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Eastern Color also released an oddball one-shot in 1936 titled Daisy Comics.
Daisy Comics nn (Eastern Color, 1936) This giveaway promo premium comic from Daisy Air Rifles featured Joe Palooka and Buck Rogers. For such comic strip icons that both enjoyed long exposure in various comic book titles, this miniature (5 1/4" by 7 1/2") artifact seems undervalued. In fact, this comic sports the first full cover appearance of Buck Rogers.
1936 - WOW
Wow, What a Magazine! #1 (Henle Publications, 1936).
Volume: ? Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 52 Indicia frequency: ? Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Henle Publications Editing:S. M. Iger Color: Color Cover; Black and White with some Duotone Interiors Dimensions: Magazine Size; 9.5 inches x 11.25 inches Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publisher: Henle
Pedigree: Lost Valley pedigree
Artists/Writers: Dick Briefer cover Will Eisner art
Significance: 1st Will Eisner art in comics. Fu Manchu, Buck Jones and Captain Scott Dalton begins.
First comic book work of Will Eisner and the first comic produced by S. M. "Jerry" Iger. Aka Wow What A Magazine! Dick Briefer cover.
Pee Wee / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
Tom tinker / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Doctor Fu Manchu / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
Inks:
Leo O'Mealia
Genre:adventureReprints:
Bell Syndicate strip reprints
Space Limited / illustration / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Serene Summerfield
Jocko and His Car / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:humor
Larry and Tessie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Lou Ferstadt
Louis Goodman Ferstadt (7 October 1900–August 1954) was a Jewish American muralist and comics artist.
He painted murals at the RCA Building and the Eighth Street Subway station in New York City on the occasion of the 1939 World's Fair.[6] He drew comics, including "Chuck",[7] "Mr. Risk",[8] and "The Bouncer". Ferstadt identified as a communist and regularly contributed comic strips for the Daily Worker newspaper.[
Bully Hayes the Black Pirate / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Genre:adventure
The Flame / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
William Erwin "Will" Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. He was an early contributor to formal comics studies with his book Comics and Sequential Art (1985). The Eisner Award was named in his honor, and is given to recognize achievements each year in the comics medium; he was one of the three inaugural inductees to the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
In 1936, high-school friend and fellow cartoonist Bob Kane, of future Batman fame, suggested that the 19-year-old Eisner try selling cartoons to the new comic book Wow, What A Magazine! "Comic books" at the time were tabloid-sized collections of comic strip reprints in color. By 1935, they had begun to include occasional new comic strip-like material. Wow editor Jerry Iger bought an Eisner adventure strip called Captain Scott Dalton, an H. Rider Haggard-styled hero who traveled the world after rare artifacts. Eisner subsequently wrote and drew the pirate strip "The Flame" and the secret agent strip "Harry Karry" for Wow as well.
Wow lasted four issues (cover-dated July–September and November 1936). After it ended, Eisner and Iger worked together producing and selling original comics material, One of the first such comic-book "packagers", their partnership was an immediate success, and the two soon had a stable of comics creators supplying work to Fox Comics, Fiction House, Quality Comics (for whom Eisner co-created such characters as Doll Man and Blackhawk), and others. Turning a profit of $1.50 a page, Eisner claimed that he "got very rich before I was 22," later detailing that in Depression-era 1939 alone, he and Iger "had split $25,000 between us", a considerable amount for the time.
Wow, What a Magazine! #2 (Henle Publications, 1936).
Publisher: Henle
Pedigree: Lost Valley pedigree
Artists/Writers: Will Eisner and Louis Ferstadt art
Significance: Popeye article. Painted cover.
CGC census 12/16: 1 in 8.0, none higher.
Popeye / comic story / 1 ? page (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar
Genre:humor
Scott Dalton / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:adventure; historical
The Flame / comic story / 1 ? page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Genre:adventure; historical [no title indexed](Table of Contents)
Captain Scott Dalton / comic story / 1 ? page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Genre:adventure
[no title indexed](Table of Contents)
Harry Karry / comic story / 1 ? page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Genre:detective-mystery [no title indexed](Table of Contents)
The Adventures of Hiram Hick in New York / comic story / 1 ? page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Bob Kane (born Robert Kahn; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998) was an American comic book writer and artist who, with writer Bill Finger, created the DC Comics superhero Batman and also his sidekick Robin. He entered the comics field two years later, in 1936, freelancing original material to editor Jerry Iger's comic book Wow, What A Magazine!, including his first pencil and ink work on the serial Hiram Hick. The following year, Kane began to work at Iger's subsequent studio, Eisner & Iger, which was one of the first comic book "packagers" that produced comics on demand for publishers entering the new medium
Wow, What a Magazine! #3 (Henle Publications, 1936).
Publisher: Henle
Pedigree: Lost Valley pedigree
Artists/Writers: Will Eisner cover and art Bob Kane, Elsie Segar, Dick Briefer and Louis Ferstadt art
Significance: Ripley's "Believe it or not" and Popeye articles.
CGC census 12/16: 1 in 7.5, none higher.
Harry Karry / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Will Eisner
Characters:Harry Karry
The Flame / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Genre:adventure
Script:
Jack Demsey (credited)
Pencils:
E.C. Segar (illustration)
Genre:non-fiction
Characters:Popeye
Synopsis:Dempsey writes about Popeye's punching abilities, accompanying by a Thimble Theatre Popeye illustration. ["Poor Popeye. He sure is feeling low
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 0.6 page (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar (signed)
Pencils:
Pee Wee / comic story / 0.75 page (report information) Script:
S.M. “Jerry” Iger [as S.M. Iger] (signed)
Pencils:
Genre:humor; children
Harry Karry / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Bill Rensie]
Pencils:
Genre:adventure
Adventures of Hiram Hick / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor
Pee Wee / comic story / 0.34 ? page (report information) Script:
S.M. “Jerry” Iger [as S.M. Iger] (signed)
S.M. “Jerry” Iger
Genre:humor; children
Captain Scott Dalton / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Wm. Eisner] (signed)
Will Eisner
Genre:adventure
text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
Otto Soglow
Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:Otto Soglow text story and photograph, along with “Little King” paper doll cut-outs
Life In The Roar - comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Wow, What a Magazine! #4 (Henle Publications, 1936).
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Dick Briefer ?
Genre:humor
The Flame / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Genre:adventure; historical
Scott Dalton / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Genre:adventure; historical
Harry Karry / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
The Adventures of Hiram Hick in New York / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor
Pew Wee / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:humor; children
Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar
Popeye / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jack Dempsey
The Little King / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Otto Soglow
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Flash Gordon / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
MICKEY MOUSE MAGAZINE
Here are details of #14 Vol 2 #2 from Nov 1936
There are many different Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck 1 page comic strips throughout.
Minnie Mouse also appears.
40 BIG PAGES OF MICKEY MOUSE #1 ONESHOT
Reprints Mickey Mouse Magazine #1, but with a different cover; ads were eliminated and some illustrated stories had expanded text. Cardboard cover, 10 1/4-in. x 12 1/2-in., 40 pgs, PC/BW. Cover price $0.10.
*Large 10 x 12
*illustrated paperback children's type binding, "linen" type
*story, comic, picture, puzzle and activity book
*Rare early Donald Duck
Chester Gump Finds The Hidden Treasure Western 1936 FREE 1 3.5 x 5.75 part of an 8 title series. Free with Lemix and Korlix Desserts.
Not to be confused with the common big little book of the same title.
KNOCK KNOCK
Overstreet lists this as 'No. 801' due to a small number written in the lower left hand of the cover artwork. Overstreet also lists Gerona Publications as a copublisher but Whitman is the only publisher listed. Dunn apparently invented the Knock Knock joke in this book.
48 PAGES Of black and white knock knock jokes.
Publication Date:
1936
Number of Issues Published:
1
Color:
Color Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions:
8" w x 9 3/4" h
Paper Stock:
Cardstock cover
Binding:
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:
One-shot
A variation of the format in the form of a children's game was described in 1929
In 1936, the standard knock-knock joke format was used in a newspaper advertisement.
A 1936 Associated Press newspaper article said that "What's This?" has given way to "Knock Knock!" as a favorite parlor game. The article also said that Knock Knock seemed to be an outgrowth of making up sentences with difficult words, an old parlor favorite.
Fred Allen's December 30, 1936 radio broadcast included a humorous wrapup of the year's least important events, including a supposed interview with the man who "invented a negative craze" on April 1: "Ramrod Dank... the first man to coin a Knock Knock."
"Knock knock" was the catchphrase of music hall performer Wee Georgie Wood, who was recorded in 1936 saying it in a radio play, but he simply used the words as a reference to his surname and did not use it as part of the well-known joke formula. The format was well known in the UK and US in the 1950s and 1960s before falling out of favor. It then enjoyed a renaissance after the jokes became a regular part of the badinage on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders and the Lost Herd (1936) was a radio giveaway by the Hecker-H.O. Company. Story by Peter Dixon. Art by Glen Thomas. 92 pages (22 pages of color comics and rest in novel form with B&W illustrations), 5-in. x 8-in.
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders In the Tunnel of Gold (Magazine Enterprises/AC Comics, 1936) Condition: VF. Radio promotional comic. Has text and 22 color pages. Given away by Hecker-H. O. Co., the makers of H. O. Oats.
Hecker H-O Company published a variety of premiums, including comics, to promote their various products which included Force Toasted Whole Wheat Flakes, H-O Quick Oats, Presto Cake Flower, Hecker's Cream Farina, and H-O Old Style Oats. Among other things, Hecker sponsored THE H-BAR-O RANGERS (CBS Radio Network 1932-1936) featuring Bobby Benson and Superman (1940-1942). The Company existed from 1920-1969 as Hecker H-O Company but was based on a much older firm, Hornby's Oats (hence the H-O in the company name).
Editors Press Service 1936 - 1940
United States
Total Number of Issues:
292
Editors Press Service published material printed in the United States for distribution overseas. Editors Press Service was formed by Joshua B. Powers publishing in the U.S. with T. V. Boardman distributing in the U.K. Boardman also had is own U.K. publications
Years based on the known dates of the Australian version of WAGS, which started before the British version and ended long after. It seems likely that other comic publications (possibly strips rather than books) were distributed earlier as the company may have started as early as 1933 The title would eventually feature comic strips by Bob Kane, Will Eisner and Frank Willard among others. Many of the comic strips would appear in USA publications but from various publishers.
The publication itself had a unique history. It was a transcontinental production: conceived, put together and printed in the U.S., but sold and distributed in Great Britain and Australasia.
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1937 JANUARY
All the comic books and magazines with a cover date of January 1937 came out in late 1936. The market was now established with 10 monthly titles competing for readers.
Which of these would have caught your attention on the newsstand?
Lets take an indepth look at the highlights of every comic with a January 1937 cover date.
DETECTIVE PICTURE STORIES #2
Detective Picture Stories #2 (Comics Magazine, 1937) Overstreet notes of the title, "all issues are very scarce", and Gerber rates this issue a "7". Early appearance of the Clock.
This comic book featured the longest running comic strip pages so far in comics with an average of 7 pages per strip.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
William Allison
The Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
The Master Mind(Table of Contents) comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George Merkle
George Merkle was the pseudonym of George A. Marko born in 1901.
In the late 1930s his comic book career began. Using the name George Merkle, his first creation was the Master Mind which appeared in Detective Picture Stories, January 1937; Funny Pages, January 1938; Amazing Mystery Funnies, August 1938; and Keen Detective Funnies, August 1939. The sporadic appearances of the Master Mind suggests the stories were used as fillers.
Speed Rush / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
J. M. Wilcox
James Milton Wilcox was born July 27, 1895 in Columbus, Ohio. In 1933 his pen and ink story illustrations began to appear in Chicago-based pulp magazines, such as The Magic Carpet Magazine and Weird Tales, which was an innovative pulp magazine that featured otherworldly and macabre subjects. The December 1933 issue of Weird Tales has the first published appearance of Robert E. Howard's Conan. Those first illustrations of Conan are by J. M. Wilcox. In 1935 his pen and ink illustrations were published in the pulp magazine Thrilling Western. His drawings appeared in Ace Sports, Exciting Western, Western Aces, and Western Trails. In 1937 he began a secondary career drawing comic books for Chesler Studio. He signed most of his work for comics, "Jim Wilcox." Over the next two decades he drew comic books for Centaur, Dell, Fawcett, Gilberton, and Novelty Comics.
Clem Bowers / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Victor Dowling
Victor J. Dowling was an American comic book artist from New York. He made features like 'The Age of Stone', 'Bailey of the Tropics', 'Windy Parks' and 'Wings of Crime' for Centaur Comics. He spent the 1940s drawing for Feature Comics and did his final comic book work in the early 1950s, when he contributed to the Atlas mystery titles 'Adventures into Terror', 'Adventures into Weird Worlds' and 'Uncanny Tales'.
The Amateur Murderer(Table of Contents) comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Tom Mcnamara
Tom McNamara was a newspaper cartoonist and an artist for early comic books. McNamara's comic strip 'Us Boys' was published through the International Feature Service from 1910 to 1928. In the 1920s, he was based in Hollywood and worked as a writer for the 'Our Gang' series by Hal E. Roach Studios and as a director of Mary Pickford in 'Little Annie Rooney' and 'Sparrows', among other things. Between 1935 and 1946, he drew for comic books such as New Fun, Buzzy and All Funny by National Allied Publications (later DC) in New York.
Famous Funnies #30 (Eastern Color, 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
Alec and Itchy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
Jimmy George
Pencils:
Merle Mulholland
Inks:
Merle Mulholland
Merle Julian Mulholland was born in Pennsylvania on June 22, 1898
He created the comic strip Alec and Itchy in 1931 and 1932. He died June 3, 1944
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Genre:crime
Characters:Dick Galatas; Pretty Boy Floyd; Richetti; J. Edgar Hoover; John Dillinger
Keywords:True crime story
Ledger Syndicate
Napoleon / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Clifford McBride
Clifford McBride (January 26, 1901 – May 21, 1951) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Napoleon and Uncle Elby.
He created Elby, a character based on his uncle, Henry Elba Eastman. He soon began to add situations involving Elby's dog, Napoleon. McBride began Napoleon as a daily strip on June 6, 1932, reaching a wider audience once he connected with the McNaught Syndicate. His Sunday strip was added in 1933, and the following year, the title was changed to Napoleon and Uncle Elby. McBride's cartoons appeared in such magazines as Life and Cosmopolitan, and he profited from hardcover reprints, comic books and the licensing of his character as a spokesdog during the 1940s for Red Heart Dog Food. Merchandising included a stuffed toy of Napoleon. Napoleon and Uncle Elby was a 1945 hardcover collecting 116 of McBride's strips.
Skyroads / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Dick Calkins
Pencils:
Russell Keaton
Russell Keaton was born in Corinth, Mississippi, in 1910. His first comics job was assisting Dick Calkins on the early 'Buck Rogers' and 'Skyroads' newspaper strips in 1929. He eventually took over the 'Buck Rogers' Sunday page completely from 1930 to 1933. In 1939, Russell Keaton got his pilot's license and launched his own strip: 'Flyin' Jenny' for the Bell Syndicate. He died in 1945 at age 35
Toddy / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
George Marcoux
Genre:children
George Marcoux:
Worked on comics during the 1930’s until he became ill. In about 1942, he went back to work, beginning with the Street & Smith title Shadow Comics before creating "the boy with the most comics in America": Supersnipe in 1942. He drew Supersnipe until his death in 1949.
Funland / activity / 1 page (report information) Script:
A. W. Nugent
Pencils:
Arthur William Nugent (1891 - March 25, 1975), better known as Art Nugent, was an American cartoonist notable for his long-running syndicated puzzle feature, Funland (aka Uncle Art's Funland), which he drew for four decades. He sometimes used the signature A. W. Nugent.
He created Funland in 1933. Along with the games, riddles, connect-the-dots art, crossword puzzles and anagrams, it introduced his autobiographical character, Uncle Nugent (aka Uncle Art). It was distributed by United Feature Syndicate to more than 100 newspapers. In the 1940s, he created funny animal stories for Popular Comics and other comic books, which also carried Funland reprints. In "Pint-Size Pete" for The Big All-American Comics (1944), Pete heads into town to seek fame and fortune in hopes of saving his father's farm.
Dickie Dare / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Colton Waugh
Pencils:
Frederick Coulton Waugh (10 March 1896, Cornwall, England – 23 May 1973) was a cartoonist, painter, teacher and author, best known for his illustration work on the comic strip Dickie Dare and his book The Comics (1947), was the first comprehensive history and analysis of comic strips.
Adventures of Patsy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Mel Graff
Pencils:
Mel Graff
Genre:adventure
Melvin Graff 1907-1975 drew the comic 'The Adventures of Patsy' for Associated Press starting in 1934.
Six years later, Mel Graff succeeded Austin Briggs on the 'Secret Agent X-9' series. Mel Graff drew this police comic until 1960. It was syndicated in 130 newspapers, including several Spanish-language papers in South America, Cuba and Mexico.
Connie / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Frank Godwin
Frank Godwin (October 20, 1889 – August 5, 1959), American illustrator and comic strip artist, notable for his strip Connie and his book illustrations for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Robinson Crusoe, Robin Hood and King Arthur. In 1938, Godwin stepped in to replace illustrator Kemp Starrett on writer Paul Powell's daily strip Roy Powers, Eagle Scout ("the official strip of the Boy Scouts of America") which continued until 1942. Godwin's two major strips, seen over three decades, were Rusty Riley (1948–59) and Connie (1927–44).
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher
Pencils:
Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]
Genre:sports
copyright McNaught Syndicate
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher
Pencils:
Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Olly of the Movies / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Julian Ollendorf
Pencils:
Julian Ollendorf
julian Ollendorff was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 14, 1881,
Olly of the Movies was Ollendorff’s longest-running strip, from January 22, 1934 to 1938.
Jane Arden / Lena Pry / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Monte Barrett
Pencils:
Russell Ross
Genre:adventure
Characters:Jane Arden; Johnny; Terry Rand; Sue; Wanda Hays
Synopsis:Jane is on the trail of an actor who preys on young women.
copyright McNaught Syndicate
Russell Ross was assigned to the 'Jane Arden' strip in 1935, when the original artist Frank Ellis suddenly didn't send his drawings anymore. The 'Slim and Tubby' character Tubby also switched comics and became Arden's regular side-character. Ross drew the 'Jane Arden' strip with text by Monte Barrett until 1952. He continued to draw the strip with writer Walt Graham until 1955,
Above the Crowd / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Stookie Allen
Pencils:
Genre:non-fiction
rep from Sports Novels Magazine (Popular Publications
Benjamin David "Stookie" Allen (30 January 1903 - 6 January 1971)[1] was a cartoonist who created the nationally syndicated comic strip Mugsey. He worked on Flapper Fanny during the 1930s with his wife, Gladys Parker, In addition to Flapper Fanny, Mugsey and Heroes of Democracy, Allen created and drew Argosy magazine's Men of Daring and Women of Daring
Homer Hoopee / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Locher
Pencils:
Genre:adventureCharacters:Homer Hoopee; Egbert
copyright the Associated Press
Fred H. Locher was a comic artist from Los Angeles who drew for Hearst newspapers. He drew the daily comic strip 'Cicero Sapp' from 1921 to 1928. In 1943, he briefly drew 'Homer Hoopee'.
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger
Inks:
S. M. Iger
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Indexer Notes
copyright Eisner-Iger
The Funnies #4 (Dell, 1937) CGC VG- 3.5 Brittle pages. Christmas cover.
characters:Major Hoople [Santa Claus]Keywords:Christmas; snow
Captain Easy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane
Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 0.7 page (report information) Script:
Bud Fisher
Cicero's Cat / comic story / 0.3 page (report information) Script:
Bud Fisher
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
Inks:
Sheldon Mayer
Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
V.T. Hamlin
Pencils:
V.T. Hamlin
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1.2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 1.8 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
G-Men On The Job / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Dick Blair
Pencils:
Milt Youngren
Milt Youngren created 'G Men on the Job' with Dick Blair in the 1930s, which appeared in a Big Little Book and in a comic strip format in Dell's The Funnies comic book. He provided art for several other Big Little Books and illustrated advertising strips for Schwinn Bikes starring 'Speedy Wheeler' in the 1940s.
Reg'lar Fellers / comic story / 0.6 page (report information) Script:
Gene Byrnes
Pencils:
Gene Byrnes
Inks:
Gene Byrnes
Eugene Francis Byrnes (March 18, 1889 – July 26, 1974)[1] created the long-running comic strip Reg'lar Fellers, which he signed Gene Byrnes. His humorous look at suburban children (who nevertheless spoke like New York street kids) was distributed by the Bell Syndicate and other syndicates from 1917 to 1949.
FUNNY PICTURE STORIES #3 COMICS MAGAZINE
Lengthy 7 page comic strips all detective themed.
Dick Kent / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Art Pinajian
Genre:adventureCharacters:Dick Kent
Double Trouble(Table of Contents) comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jeo E. Buresch
JOE BURESCH 1916-2004
Since the mid-1930s, he had been active as a syndicated artist. His highlights include: 'Crosby's Country Cousins' (1939-42) and the long running daily 'Dinah Mite' panel (1953 throughout the 1980s), Way back in the 1930s, Buresch had also done comic book art for Centaur Comics. He was a writer/artist for Detective Picture Stories and Western Picture Stories, Keen Detective Funnies and the author of features like 'Buck Rush', 'The Caveman Cowboy', 'Double Trouble', 'Hezzy of the Hills', 'Jimmy and Jean', 'Mountain Murder', 'Pat O'Day', 'Pete Kid Calahan' and 'Roadhouse Racket'.
Bob Colby / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Martin Filchock
Genre:adventure
Martin "Marty" Filchock (January 6, 1912 - September 5, 2012) was an American cartoonist. Filchock illustrated more than a hundred magazines including The Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Readers Digest, and The Journal of the American Medical Association. At the time of his death at age 100, he was described as the "oldest working cartoonist."[2] He had had his first cartoon published in 1925 when he was only 13 years old
King Comics #10 (David McKay Publications, 1937) Joe Musial cover.
Characters:Little King; Popeye; Wimpy; Henry; Swee'pea
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar
Pencils:
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea; Alice the Goon; Olive Oyl;
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Genre:adventure; science fictionCharacters:Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Hans Zarkov
Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Carl Anderson
Genre:humorCharacters:HenryReprints:
from Henry Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1936
Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Genre:non-fiction; sports
from Sport Features Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937
Rosie's Beau / comic story / 0.15 page (report information) Script:
George McManus
Pencils:
George McManus
Genre:humorReprints:
from Rosie's Beau Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1936.xx.xx - 1936.xx.xx
Runs across top of Bringing Up Father Sunday strip.
Bringing Up Father / comic story / 0.85 page (report information) Script:
George McManus
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernaturalCharacters:Mandrake the Magician; Lothar
from Mandrake the Magician Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1935.06.
Mickey Mouse Magazine #v2#4 [16] (January 1937)
Minnie Mouse / Donald Duck / Pluto / 3 Little Pigs and others
More Fun Comics #v2#5 (17)
Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Inks:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Colors:
?
Genre:humorCharacters:Spike Spalding
Doctor Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Doctor Occult; Koth (villain); The Seven
Synopsis:Occult conjures up a phantom army to defeat Koth.
Conclusion
Calling All Cars / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy Kean; Dan Bowers (villain); Amos Twist (villain); Jimmy; the Chief
Synopsis:Sandy tries to take on the gamblers, but the Department won't back him
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventure
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Pencils:
Thrilling True Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Richard B. Speed (signed)
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Wing Brady / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Tom Hickey
Pencils:
Genre:adventure
Characters:Wing Brady; Lynn Harding; Ali Ben Saad (villain); Captain Chevigny; RonelliSynopsis:Wing makes a break for freedom.
Duotone in red and black
Mark Marson / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Tom Hickey
Pencils:
Genre:science fiction
Brad Hardy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Tom Hickey
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (signed)
Tom Hickey born 1910 was active in comic book art since the mid-1930s. For National/DC, he worked on features like 'Wing Brady', 'The Golden Dragon', 'Bruce Nelson', 'Brad Hardy' and 'Mark Marson' in the second half of the 1930s. He then worked extensively for Dell Publications in the 1940s, doing 'Rex, King of the Deep', 'Raja Bill', and 'Tom and Jerry',
New Adventure Comics #12 (DC, 1937)
The first issue of this title, the numbering of which continues from New Comics, is a Gerber "scarce", Whitney Ellsworth cover and Joe Shuster art are featured.
Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Homer Fleming
Pencils:
Genre:western-frontier
Homer William Fleming born on October 10, 1882 Homer's comics career spanned from 1936 to 1951.
Wrote and illustrated for DC Comics from 1936 through 1945.
Steve Conrad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Pencils:
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Professor Grant (introduction); Jor-L (a Federal Man of 3000 A.D.; in Prof. Grant's fantasy, not to be confused with Superman's father, introduction);
Popular Comics #12 (Dell, 1937)
Dick Tracy Christmas cover. Interior artists include Sheldon Mayer.
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Skippy / comic story / 0.6 page (report information) Script:
Percy Crosby
Little Orphan Annie / text story / 3.2 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / text story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Apple Mary and Dennie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Martha Orr
Pencils:
Martha Orr
Martha Orr was one of the few successful female cartoonists of her generation. Her uncle was Carey Orr, cartoonist with the Chicago Tribune. She created the newspaper comic about the old but wise 'Apple Mary' in 1934. Orr's strip dealt directly and realisticly with the Great Depression, mixing the theme of economic hardship with melodramatic storylines.
The character lost her trademark apple cart and the strip gradually evolved into 'Mary Worth' after it was continued by Allen Saunders and Dale Connor in 1938, when Martha Orr retired to devote herself to her family.
Tip Top Comics #9 (United Features Syndicate, 1937)
Tarzan is the cover feature, and his adventure inside the comic is drawn by Hal Foster.
This issue contains the first published work of Jack Davis, who at the age of 12 won an art contest and had his drawing published somewhere in this issue
Tarzan / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Foster
Pencils:
Hal Foster
Inks:
Hal Foster
Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Al Capp
Pencils:
Al Capp
Inks:
Al Capp
1937 - FEB
The comic industry was growing and was obviously a success at this point as a few new publishers joined in the competition. For the first time ever we had more than 10 different monthly titles on the newsstands and this month we had a big jump up to 14 titles competing for your dime.
Star Comics #1 (February 1937) Chesler / Dynamic, 1937
Oversized
Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 68 Indicia frequency: monthly Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Chesler Publications, Inc. Editing:Harry "A" Chesler Color: color Dimensions: 8 3/8" x 11 3/8" Paper Stock:
This issue's tied with Star Ranger #1 as the first Chesler-published comic book, This issue is notable for having original material back when that was the exception rather than the rule! Dan Hastings is the most familiar character represented here, and H. C. Kiefer is the best-known artist. The cover is by W. C. Brigham.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
W. C. Brigham
Inks:
W. C. Brigham
Fred Schwab (August 25, 1917 – May 13, 2000)[1][2] was an American cartoonist whose humor panels and short features were published in a wide variety of comic books from at least 1938 to 1950, during a period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. His notable comic-book appearances include Timely Comics' Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), the first publication of the company that would become Marvel Comics; and some of the earliest publications of the companies that would become DC Comics.
Jingle Jingle / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Schwab?
Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Inks:
Fred Schwab
Schwab's first known comic-book credit is as writer and artist of the two-page "Tenderfoot Joe" Western-humor feature in Centaur Comics' Star Ranger #1 (Feb. 1937). Other early work includes the one-page "Silly Sleuths" in the publisher Detective Comics #1-2, 5 and 7 (March-April, July, Sept. 1937), from Detective Comics Inc., "The Great Boodini" in Centaur's Funny Pages vol. 2, #3 (Nov. 1937); "Butch the Pup" in More Fun Comics #33-35 (July-Sept. 1938), from DC a Sherlock Holmes parody feature for Fox Comics' Mystery Men Comics #1-2 (Aug.-Sept. 1939); and issues of National's Adventure Comics, Action Comics, and others. For Funnies, Inc., in 1939, either Schwab or Martin Filchock drew the cover of Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (sources differ), an unpublished series designed to be a promotional giveaway in movie theaters. That comic is best known for the first appearance of the superhero the Sub-Mariner, created by fellow Funnies, Inc. freelancer Bill Everett. When Funnies, Inc. then supplied the contents of Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), the first comic book published by Marvel Comics predecessor Timely Comics, the packager included both an expanded version of the Sub-Mariner story plus five one-panel gags by Schwab that appear on the inside front cover under the rubric "Now I'll Tell One".[7]
Schwab also supplied humor pieces and features in the 1940s for Columbia Comics' Big Shot Comics; Fiction House's Fight Comics; Four Star Publications' Captain Flight Comics; Fox's Fantastic Comics; Novelty Press' Target Comics; and Timely's Daring Mystery Comics
Sources of Famous Quotations / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Creig Flessel ?
Round Table Adventures / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Rafael Astarita ?
Genre:adventure
Characters:King Arthur; Queen Guinevere
Bob Phantom / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Kenny the Magician (credited)
Pencils:
Rafael Astarita
Genre:detective-mystery
Raphael Jerard Norman Astarita was born August 2, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York City. In 1935 Raphael Astarita was twenty-three when he began to work for comic books. He drew a two-page strip about King Arthur for New Comics. He signed the work "Rafael Astarita" instead of using his birth name "Raphael." His friends called him "Raf." He drew for the Chesler Shop (1936-1939) and Eisner & Iger (1939-1941). He joined the staff at Fiction House Comics in 1942 and worked there for two years.
In 1947 Rafael Astarita became Art Director at Ned Pine's Standard Comic Books.
From 1950 to 1951 he worked for Avon Comics.
Star Ranger #1 (Chesler Publications, 1937)
Considered to be the very first Western comic.
Tied as the first comic published by Chesler Comics.
There is a Jesse James story.
Ace and Deuce and Air Plunderer appearances.
Creig Flessel art. Large format.
Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 68 Indicia frequency:
Chesler Publications, Inc. Editing:Harry "A" Chesler; Kenneth Fitch (managing editor) Color: color Dimensions: 8 3/8" x 11 3/8" Paper S
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
W. M. Allison
Inks:
W. M. Allison
Silver Saddle(Table of Contents) comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Frank Gruber (signed)
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Lariat Law(Table of Contents) comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
W. C. Miller (signed)
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
The Return of Tarzan(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Dick Ryan
Genre:humor; jungleSynopsis:An African native is quite excited to learn he's been cast in the next Tarzan movie.
has nothing to do with Tarzan; features a tribe of apes
Western Picture Stories #1 (February 1937) Comics Magazine Company, 1937 Series
Volume: 1 Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 68 Indicia frequency: ? Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Comics Magazine Company, Inc.
Not only is this issue considered the first Western comic (tied for the honor with Chesler's Star Ranger), it's one of the first comic books to focus on a single theme, at a time when most series were a mix of very different genres a la Famous Funnies. This cover is the only time we've seen Will Eisner called Bill Eisner, but it's quite early in that great artist's career, appearing just half a year after his debut in Wow #1. The cover art is credited to William Allison.
'Wild Tex' Martin / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Synopsis:Blood flows when a "sheep" man meets a "cattle" man
Famous Frontiersmen
text article / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Ray Burley
Synopsis:Buffalo Bill Cody. The first of a series.
Text and illustrations.
Detective Picture Stories #3 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
There is a Mile High Pedigree copy of this early comic. - one of the earliest comics from Edgar Church's massive collection, and a very historic one at that. Detective Picture Stories is listed by Overstreet as the first single-themed comic book; this third issue of the series is dated one month before DC's Detective Comics #1. All issues of this title are considered very scarce.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
J. M. Wilcox
Pencils:
J. M. Wilcox
Inks:
J. M. Wilcox
Roy Graham / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Moore Jr
Edward McDowell Moore Jr. was born in Maryland on June 7, 1918.
In the early 1930s Ed Moore, assisted Norman Marsh on Dan Dunn, a comic strip in 1937 to 1938. Moore also assisted on Don Wilson in 1938.
Bayfront Cowboy(Table of Contents) comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Ellis Edwards
Edwards was a Pre-Golden Age writer, artist who worked in the mid-late 1930s for Centaur and National Periodicals
Famous Funnies #31 (February 1937)
Napoleon cover image
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher (?)
Hammond Edward Fisher (September 24, 1900 – December 27, 1955) was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist who signed his work Ham Fisher. He is best known for his popular long-run on Joe Palooka, which was launched in 1930 and ranked as one of the top five newspaper comics strips for several years.
Fisher hired Al Capp, who later achieved fame as the writer-cartoonist of Li'l Abner. While ghosting on Joe Palooka, Capp claimed to have created the storyline about a stupid musclebound hillbilly named “Big Leviticus”, who was an obvious prototype for the Li'l Abner character. When Capp quit Joe Palooka in 1934 to launch his own strip, Fisher badmouthed him to colleagues and editors, claiming that Capp had stolen his idea. For years, Fisher would bring the characters back to his strip, billing them as “the Original Hillbilly Characters” and advising readers not to be “fooled by imitations”. It has long been taken for granted that the hillbilly-characters in Joe Palooka were the creations of Capp while he was ghosting Fisher's strip, and that Fisher's later denial of Capp's involvement in the strip was the result of professional jealousy. However, while there is no doubt that Capp did a substantial amount of work on Joe Palooka for several months, as an artist and probably also to some degree a writer, comics historians Denis Kitchen and Michael Schumacher have recently made a case that there is no way of knowing whether Capp or Fisher invented the hillbillies
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
The Funnies #5 (February 1937) Dell
Dan Dunn cover
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Pencils:
Norman Marsh
Inks:
Norman Marsh
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Genre:teen
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1.2 pages (report information)
Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 1.8 pages (report information)
Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Funny Pages #v1#8 (February 1937) Comics Magazine
Jack Dolittle / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Martin Filchock (signed)
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
George E. Brenner [as Geo E. Brenner] (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; "Slick" Martin (villain); "Killer" Katz (villain)
Funny Picture Stories #4 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books rates this book an "8" or "rare" on
Will Eisner did art on "The Brothers Three" story, and the "Tom Dawson" story is drawn by Steve Jussen. Robert Thompson provided the cover art for the issue.
The Brothers 3 / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Silver Speed(Table of Contents) illustration / 2 pages (report information) Pencils:
Will Eisner (signed)
Inks:
Will Eisner (signed)
Rocky Baird / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Paul J. Lauretta
Paul J. Lauretta dec 28 1918 to 2000 - was one of Joe Shuster's early assistants on the 'Superman' comic. He primarily inked stories and did backgrounds, but he also did pencilling on some of the dailies. He was also the writer of the 'American Ace' comics, that appeared in Motion Picture Funnies Weekly. When he left Timely publishers, he continued the comic as 'Lieutenant Lank' at Centaur.
Paul Lauretta was an artist for Timely Comics and contributed to Marvel Mystery Comics #2 and #3. He created the character of American Ace, which was deemed too politically intense for younger readers and Lauretta was let go from Timely.
Tom Dawson / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Steve Jussen
Steve Jussen worked for Centaur comic books through Funnies Inc. in the late 1940s. He did script and art on features like 'Christopher's Coffin', 'Jerry Frost, Sea Scout', 'Tom Dawson' and 'Zardi, Eternal Man'
King Comics #11 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
E. C. Segar and Alex Raymond art.
Cover characters include Popeye , Flash Gordon, Henry, Little Annie Rooney, and King Of The Royal Mounted.
Mickey Mouse Magazine #v2#5 [17] Western
Donald Duck cover appearance
Also Minnie Mouse, Pluto the pup, 3 little pigs and many other animal characters.
More Fun Comics #18 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1937)
Rampant racism is on display on this cover as an Eskimo goes ice fishing and ends up catching more than he bargained for!
There is a Mile High pedigree copy of this issue which is one of the earliest comics owned by original reader Edgar Church.
Gerber rates this comic "scarce."
Artists in this issue include Leo O'Mealia, Creig Flessel, Joe Shuster, and Vincent Sullivan.
Cover
Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Genre:humor
Synopsis:Eskimo catching African native while ice fishing
Keywords: stereotyping of African natives; stereotyping of Eskimos
Doctor Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventure; sports
Buckskin Jim / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Tom Cooper
Genre:western-frontier
last appearance
Mark Marson of the Interplanetary Police / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Tom Hickey
Genre:science fiction
Thrilling True Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Richard B. Speed (signed)
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventure
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventure
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean
New Adventure Comics #13 (DC, 1937)
It rates a "10" or "unique" on Gerber's Scarcity scale, and Gerber goes on to note that "less than 5 copies exist." Comic Book Marketplace ranked it among the "50 Rarest Golden Age Comic Books." Overstreet considers the book to be rare, and does not even list values above VF 8.0 for it.
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster story and art. Whitney Ellsworth cover
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Whitney Ellsworth (signed)
Kid and woman skating on cover
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
black and white]]
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:V: Sammy and a dope peddler
Popular Comics #13 (Dell, 1937)
A Gerber "7." Characters include Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, and Harold Teen. Artists include Sheldon Mayer.
The Gumps / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:humor
Characters:Andy Gump; Kayo Mullins; Dick Tracy (inset); Terry Lee (inset); Little Orphan Annie (inset); Smitty (inset
Little Orphan Annie / text story / 3.2 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Terry and the Pirates / text story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Tip Top Comics #10 (United Features Syndicate/Standard, 1937)
Li'l Abner cover.
Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Al Capp
Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Foster
Genre:adventure; jungleReprints:
from Sunday pages beginning 6/17/33
Alice In Wonderland / comic story / 0.7 page (report information)Script:
Olive Ray Scott
Pencils:
Ed Kuekes
Genre:children; fantasy-supernatural
1937 - MARCH
Detective Comics was the final publication of the entrepreneur Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, whose comics company, National Allied Publications, would evolve into DC Comics, one of the world's two largest comic book publishers, though long after its founder had left it. Wheeler-Nicholson's first two titles were the landmark New Fun Comics and New Comics. His 3rd and final title was Detective Comics
Wheeler-Nicholson was in debt to printing-plant owner and magazine distributor Harry Donenfeld. Wheeler-Nicholson took Donenfeld on as a partner in order to publish Detective Comics #1 through the newly formed Detective Comics, Inc., with Wheeler-Nicholson and Jack S. Liebowitz, Donenfeld's accountant, listed as owners. Wheeler-Nicholson was forced out a year later.
Originally an anthology comic, in the manner of the times, Detective Comics #1 (March 1937) featured stories in the "hard-boiled detective" genre, with such stars as Ching Lung (a Fu Manchu-style "yellow peril" villain); Slam Bradley (created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster before their character Superman saw print two years later); and Speed Saunders, among others. Its first editor, Vin Sullivan, also drew the debut issue's cover.
In March 1937, Detective Comics #1 came out. This comic was the first true DC comic book. This issue was the first production of two companies that formed the DC company. Most of the stories in this issue are racist towards Chinese people and they are the villains in the majority of the tales. One such story titled "Claws of the Red Dragon" was written by Major Malcolm Wheeler. Another story of note in here is called Slam Bradley done by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The character looks very similar to another they created. That being Superman. From the opening splash page to the different layouts to the tough guy hero saves the girls it's easy to see how there style paved the way for the typical comic hero story.
By 1938, Donenfeld, bought out Wheeler's other books to become the sole owner. He then took on a friend/accountant in his distribution business, Jack Liebowitz as a partner. The company was renamed National Periodical Publications. Liebowitz stayed at the offices and headed the accounting and creative part of DC, while Donnenfeld handled and expanded the distribution though his company Independent News Co.. Donnenfeld remained president of DC until his death in 1965. Liebowitz remained in DC until 1970 and later moved to the Board of Directors of the Warner Brothers company. Detective Comics is the longest running comic book title in history.
Detective Comics #1 (DC, 1937)
Possibly the most important comic book ever published and one of the 10 most valuable collectable comic books of all time.
This is the first issue of the comic series that gave the company DC its name. One of the first comics devoted to a single theme. The cover character is a Fu Manchu clone named Chin Lung, drawn by Vin Sullivan.
Bruce Nelson / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan
Genre:adventure
Characters:Sen Yoi
Keywords: mandarin hats; stereotyping of Chinese
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
E. C. Stoner
Pencils:
E. C. Stoner
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Elmer Cecil Stoner or E. C. Stoner (1897–1969) was an American artist who worked as a commercial illustrator. He created the art for the famous Planters mascot, Mr. Peanut, and was the first African-American artist to work in US comic books. He produced pencil art for the first issue of Detective Comics, which established DC Comics, and worked for a variety of other golden age companies such as Timely Comics, which became Marvel Comics. He created the short-lived comics series Blackstone, Master Magician in 1946 for EC Comics
Bret Lawton / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Bart Regan, Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:adventure
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Slam Bradley (introduction); Shorty Morgan (introduction); Sergeant Kelly; Captain Frawley; Rita Carlisle (introduction, daughter of the Carlisle chain-store owner); Mimi (Rita's dog); Fui Onyui (villain, introduction); un-named antique store owner (villain, death)
The Comics #1 (Dell, 1937)
The new medium of "comic books" was really taking off, so Dell followed up Popular Comics and The Funnies with this third anthology series reprinting popular newspaper strips of the day.
Tom Mix made his first comic book appearance here. Wash Tubbs and Myra North begin.
This issue featured reprints from comic strip dailies and from recent Big Little Books.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:humor
Characters:Wash Tubbs
Wash Tubbs / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane (credited)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Wash Tubbs; Bud; Captain Easy; Joe Picket; Willie Zarat (villain)Reprints:
from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service, Inc.) ?
Wash Tubbs was an American comic strip created by Roy Crane that ran from April 14, 1924 to January 10, 1988.
Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Genre:western-frontier
1st comic book appearance of the western movie star.
Thomas Edwin Mix (born January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies between 1909 and 1935. Mix appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent movies. He was Hollywood's first Western megastar and is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors who followed.
Myra North, Special Nurse / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ray Thompson (credited)
Pencils:
Charles Coll (signed)
Ray Thompson created the newspaper strip 'Myra North, Special Nurse' with staff artist Charles Coll in 1936. The daily strip about a crime-fighting nurse appeared in over 400 newspapers from 10 February 1936 until 25 March 1939, while a Sunday page appeared from 6 December 1936 to 31 August 1941. In 1945 he created the one-panel cartoon strip 'Homer the Ghost', which is also known as 'Homer the Invisible' or simply 'Homer'. The panel was syndicated by the York Herald Tribune Syndicate throughout the US and South-America until August 1947.
Feature Books #nn Dick Tracy - (David McKay, 1937)
This historic issue, the first all-Dick Tracy comic book, is deemed "Very Rare" by Overstreet, which notes, "Five known copies; two incomplete" Gerber assigned it the exclusive "9" rating.
100 pages
Color cover; Black and White interior (#[nn]-25); Color interior (#26-57) Dimensions: Oversized 9" x 12" (#[nn]-25);
Feature Book was from the David McKay Company
This historic title was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to different characters. This was the first time this was attempted in the comic book market.
The series started its numbering after two unnumbered issues ("Popeye" and "Dick Tracy"). The Feature Book series reprinted the popular newspaper strips of the time, such as: "Popeye", "Dick Tracy", "Little Orphan Annie", "The Lone Ranger", "Secret Agent X-9", "The Phantom", "Mandrake the Magician" and on.
The first 25 issues were oversized (23x30,5 cm) black and white comic books while issues 26-57 were standard sized color comic books.
Dick Tracy / comic story / 96 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Dick Tracy; Junior; the Chief;
reprinted in Feature Book #4 only a year later.
Feature Books #nn Popeye and the Jeep (David McKay Publications, 1937)
This 100-pager of Popeye and the Jeep is considered "Very Rare" by Overstreet. In fact, Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide doesn't even list it at all
Popeye / comic story / 96 pages (report information) Script:
E. C. Seegar
Genre:adventure
reprinted in Feature Book #3, only a year later
Western Picture Stories #2 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
Will Eisner art.
There is a Mile High Pedigree copy coming from the collection of Edgar Church and this was one of the earliest comics he owned.
cover / 1 page (report information)
Pencils:
Rodney Thompson
'Wild Tex' Martin / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
William Eisner
Detective Picture Stories #4 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Rodney Thompson
Hammer Donovan / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as William Eisner] (signed)
Famous Funnies #32 (Eastern Color, 1937)
First appearance of the Phantom Magician.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmiño
Genre:humor
Characters:Joe Palooka; Sam Smithers
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Genre:crimeCharacters:John Dillinger
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Genre:children
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher
Pencils:
Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]
Genre:sports
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher
Pencils:
Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]
Adventures of Patsy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Mel Graff
Genre:adventure
Characters:The Phantom Magician (intro); Patsy; King Silhouette; Thimble
Synopsis:The Magician makes his first appearance and turns King Silhouette into a sausage. Then he turns the cat into a sausage. Then Thimble eats one of them!
The Magician is dressed in green in this issue. Usually he's in red
The Funnies #6 (Dell, 1937)
This issue has a record setting 88 different strips and features in it.
Alley-Oop, Mutt & Jeff, and Reglar Fellers appearances
Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh (credited)
Genre:detective-mystery
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 2.68 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest (credited)
Pencils:
Hal Forrest (signed)
Myra North Special Nurse / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Ray Thompson ?
Pencils:
Charles Coll [as Coll] (signed)
Scribbly / comic story / 0.9 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer (credited)
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 0.22 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Scissor Sketches / illustration / 0.11 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 0.67 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Funny Pages #9 (Centaur, 1937)
The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books calls this issue "rare" (a Gerber "8"),
Will Eisner story and art are featured, and Victor Dowling did the cover.
Inside, there's story featuring The Clock.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Victor Dowling [as Dowling]
Inks:
Victor Dowling [as Dowling]
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner [as Geo. E. Brenner] (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; "Killer" Katz (villain, death
Funny Picture Stories #5 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
Terror of the Timber / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Clyde Yeadon [as Clyde Don]
Inks:
Clyde Yeadon
Clyde Yeadon, who often signed with Clyde Don, was a comic book artist during the 1930s and 1940s. His early work include Centaur features like 'Forbidden Island', 'Stubie' and 'Terror of the Timber'. He drew funny animal features and 'Trinket' for Timely, 'Dumm Dum the Clown' for Consolidated Book and 'Stubby and Trinket' for Dell Publishing. In 1948 he did a feature called 'The Mighty Bunyan' for Bell Syndicate.
King Comics #12 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Joe Musial cover. Jack Burnley art.
Mile High copy exists
Highlights include Popeye, Flash Gordon, G-Man, Mandrake the Magician and King of the Royal Mounted
Mickey Mouse Magazine #v2#6 [18] (March 1937)
Minnie Mouse cover 36 pages 10 cents
Wise Quacks Edited by Donald Duck / text story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Otto Messmer
Otto James Messmer (August 16, 1892 – October 28, 1983) was an American animator, best known for his work on the Felix the Cat cartoons and comic strip produced by the Pat Sullivan studio.
Feline Follies, starred Master Tom, a black cat, who was a prototype to Felix, which brought good luck to people in trouble.
Felix was the first cartoon character created and developed for the screen, as well as the first to become a licensed, mass merchandised character. Sullivan took the credit for Felix, and though Messmer directed and was the lead animator on all of the episodes he appeared in, Sullivan's name was the only onscreen credit that appeared in them. Messmer also oversaw the direction of the Felix newspaper strip, doing most of the pencils and inks on the strip until 1954. Felix the Cat starred in over 150 cartoons until 1931, when animation studios began converting to sound films. The newspaper strip’s popularity began to fade in the late 1930s, though the character was reintroduced to new fans via comic books in the 1940s. Messmer also produced more Felix comic books in the 1940s and 1950s
Mickey Mouse Comics / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Ted Osborne
Pencils:
Floyd Gottfredson
Arthur Floyd Gottfredson (May 5, 1905 – July 22, 1986) was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip. He has probably had the same impact on the Mickey Mouse comics as Carl Barks had on the Donald Duck comics.
Walt Disney Productions hired Gottfredson in 1929. In April 1930 he started working on the four-month-old Mickey Mouse comic strip. It had originally been scripted by Walt Disney. In May, Disney had Gottfredson assigned to the daily strip, Gottfredson continued to produce the Mickey Mouse strips for the next 45 years. Gottfredson's first daily strip was published in newspapers on his 25th birthday, May 5, 1930. On January 17, 1932 he began work on the newly inaugurated Mickey Mouse color Sunday strip which, in addition to the daily, he continued through mid-1938. Originally, Gottfredson drew the strips alone, but in 1934 he pulled back to plotting the stories and doing the penciling. Scripts were written by Ted Osborne (1934–49), Gottfredson continued illustrating the daily strip until he retired on October 1, 1975.
Silly Symphony Comics / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Ted Osborne
Pencils:
Al Taliaferro
Charles Alfred Taliaferro (August 29, 1905 – February 3, 1969), known simply as Al Taliaferro, was a Disney comics artist who produced Disney comic strips for King Features Syndicate. Taliaferro is best known for his work on the Donald Duck comic strip. Many of his strips were written by Bob Karp.
Taliaferro started his career lettering the Mickey Mouse strips (March 1931 – July 1932), and drew the Bucky Bug comics in 1932 as well as Silly Symphonies pages from 1932 to 1939. Taliaferro co-created a number of characters, including Huey, Dewey and Louie, Bolivar, Grandma Duck, and arguably Daisy Duck. He drew Donald Duck comic strips from 1938 until his death in 1969 in Glendale, California.
More Fun Comics #19 (DC, 1937).
Featured herein is Dr. Occult, generally accepted as the prototype for Superman, written and drawn by Superman's creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
Spike Spalding / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Inks:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Colors:
?
Genre:humorCharacters:Spike Spalding
Dr. Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Inks:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernaturalCharacters:Doctor Occult; Rose Psychic (intro)
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Thrilling True Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Richard B. Speed (signed)
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventure
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:adventure
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean; Jimmy Trent; Dan Bowers; Amos Twist
Detective Comics #1(Table of Contents)(Expand) / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
New Adventure Comics #14 (DC, 1937)
Empowered by his G-man badge, the little kid seems to have taken on enough power to whoop it up with two criminals on this Whitney Ellsworth cover.
There is a Mile High copy.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Whitney Ellsworth (signed)
Characters:Kid; crooks
The Adventures of Steve Conrad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Jungle Fever / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Winiarski
Genre:jungleCharacters:Red and Curly (intro
Ed Winiarski who sometimes signed his work "Win" or "Winny"
Winiarski's earliest known feature is the four-part story "Jungle Fever", which he wrote and drew across New Adventure Comics #14–16 (1937) and More Fun Comics #22 (July 1937), published by the company National Comics, the future DC Comics. Winiarski additionally drew and probably wrote the "Charlie Chan"-like Asian private eye feature "Mr. Chang" in Detective Comics #2 (April 1937). These were among the first of 100-story credits he would compile for the future DC. By 1941, Winiarski was also drawing for the companies Quality Comics and Hillman Periodicals. His first known credit for Timely Comics was art for the two-page text filler "All Winners" – a story that was also one of future Marvel legend Stan Lee's first comic works – in All-Winners Comics #1 (Summer 1941. As both writer and artist, he created the early superhero-humor feature "The Vagabond" in U.S.A. Comics #2 (Nov. 1941) – continuing it in the next two issues and in Young Allies Comics #4 and Comedy Comics #11 – as well as the single-appearance crusading-journalist feature "Powers of the Press", starring reporter Tom Powers (U.S.A. Comics #3). Also for Timely, Winiarski also wrote and drew such humor features as "The Creeper and Homer" (in Krazy Komics), "Oscar Pig" (in Terrytoons Comics), Millie the Model, and Hedy De Vine Comics. For Timely's 1950s successor, Atlas Comics, he drew numerous horror and suspense stories for anthologies including Strange Tales and Journey into Mystery, while also penciling, inking and probably writing the antics of trouble-prone "Buck Duck" in that funny animal's namesake comic and its predecessor, It's a Duck's Life In 1958, Winiarski did some work for Major Magazines' Mad-like satiric magazine Cracked.
Detective Sergeant Carey of the Chinatown Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Joe Donohue
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Detective Sgt. Carey (intro)
Joseph W. Donohoe 1911-1964 was a Golden Age artist, who worked through Funnies Inc in the 1940s. For National/DC, he made 'Detective Sergeant Carey' in 1937-41. He drew the 'Fearless Fellows' feature in Novelty's 'Blue Bolt' comic book (1944-47).
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Blackie Flint (villain, intro
Popular Comics #14 (Dell, 1937)
Characters include Dick Tracy, Harold Teen, and the Gumps. Artists include Sheldon Mayer.
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Inks:
Chester Gould
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 3.2 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Pencils:
Harold Gray
Inks:
Harold Gray
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Indexer Notes
0.8 x 4
[no title indexed](Table of Contents) Maw Green / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Pencils:
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Tom Mix / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Early appearance of character
Credits unknown
Tip Top Comics #11 (United Features Syndicate, 1937)
Tarzan cover feature
youngsters in 1937 were surely lured by the promise of a Tarzan pin-up inside
(there are strip reprints with Hal Foster art in the issue).
1937 - APRIL
For the first time ever 17 different comic books were on the stands with a cover date of April 1937
Ace Comics #1 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
first appearance of Jungle Jim by Alex Raymond, Chic Young's Blondie, Krazy Kat
ran for 151 issues
Ace Comics was a comic book series published by David McKay Publications between 1937 and 1949 — The title reprinted syndicated newspaper strips owned by King Features Syndicate, following the successful formula of a mix of adventure and humor strips introduced by McKay in their King Comics title in April 1936; some of the strips transferred from King Comics from issue #1.
The first issue of Ace Comics was published in April 1937, and included the adventures of hunter Jungle Jim written by Flash Gordon writer Alex Raymond, Chic Young's Blondie, and George Herriman's surreal Krazy Kat strip, all three characters going on to appear in every issue of Ace Comics
the adventures of orphan Tim Tyler in Tim Tyler's Luck and Curley Harper at Lakespur both by Blondie writer/artist Chic Young's brother Lyman Young. Tim Tyler's Luck ran in every issue of Ace Comics, while the Curley Harper strip ended with issue 100, although a single strip just called Curley Harper appeared in issue #107.
The Blondie strip also appeared in every issue of Ace Comics, as did classic the humor strip The Katzenjammer Kids by Rudolph Dirks.
The strip Seein' Stars which ran in the first 50 issues, was written by Arthur Beeman and was based around the Hollywood film industry — cartoon versions of a number of Hollywood stars, including Fred Astaire, Betty Grable and Judy Garland guested.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial
Inks:
Joe Musial
Genre:humor; children
Characters:Katzenjammer Kids; Pete the Tramp; Barney Google; Snuffy Smith; Elmer
Tex Thorne / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Zane Grey
Pencils:
Allen Dean
Inks:
Allen Dean
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:western-frontier
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Inks:
Alex Raymond
Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
H. H. Knerr
Genre:humor; children
Harold Hering Knerr (September 4, 1882 – July 8, 1949) was an American comic strip creator, who signed his work H. H. Knerr. He was best known as the writer-artist of The Katzenjammer Kids for 35 years.
Knerr was extremely prolific, producing more than 1,500 Sunday comic pages between 1901 and 1914
From 1903 to 1914, he drew The Fineheimer Twins, an imitation of The Katzenjammer Kids, which made it obvious he was the ideal artist to replace Rudolph Dirks on The Katzenjammer Kids.
Knerr took over The Katzenjammer Kids Sunday strip in November 1914
Elmer / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Doc Winner
Charles H. Winner (December 18, 1885 - August 12, 1956), better known as Doc Winner, was an American cartoonist, notable for his comic strips Tubby and Elmer, plus his contributions to Thimble Theatre, Barney Google and other King Features strips.
In 1923, he began his kid strip Tubby for United Feature Syndicate
Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Russ Westover
Russell Channing Westover (March 8, 1886 – May 3, 1966) was a cartoonist best known for his long-run comic strip Tillie the Toiler.
Westover worked on his concept of a flapper character in a strip he titled Rose of the Office. With a title change to Tillie the Toiler, it sold to King Features Syndicate. Leaving the Herald, he began Tillie the Toiler for King Features in 1921, leading to a 1927 film adaptation by Hearst's Cosmopolitan Pictures with Marion Davies as Tillie.
During the late 1920s, more than 600 papers were carrying Tillie The Toiler. In 1926, he added another strip, The Van Swaggers, to his Sunday page as a topper. Cupples & Leon published a series of at least eight Tillie the Toiler reprint collections beginning in the 1920s and continuing into the 1930s. Westover profited from another movie when Kay Harris appeared in the title role of Columbia Pictures' Tillie the Toiler in 1941.
Tim Tyler's Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lyman Young
Pencils:
Lyman Young
Inks:
Lyman Young
Lyman W. Young (October 20, 1893 – February 12, 1984) was an American cartoonist who created the strip Tim Tyler's Luck. His younger brother, Chic Young, was the creator of Blondie.
In 1927, he created his own strip, The Kid Sister, a spin-off of The Kelly Kids.[1]
Young launched Tim Tyler's Luck in 1928, and in 1935, he added a topper strip Curley Harper.
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chic Young
Murat Bernard "Chic" Young (January 9, 1901 – March 14, 1973) was an American cartoonist who created the popular, long-running comic strip Blondie. His 1919 William McKinley High School Yearbook cites his nickname as Chicken, source of his familiar pen name and signature. According to King Features Syndicate, Young had a daily readership of 52 million.
Young created Blondie. When it debuted September 8, 1930, it quickly became the most popular comic strip in America, gaining even more readers when Blondie and Dagwood married in 1933, followed by the 1934 birth of Baby Dumpling With films, radio, television and products, the strip became a licensing and media bonanza that made Young a wealthy man. During his lifetime, he produced more than 15,000 Blondie strips.[5] Described by former King Features president Joseph Connelly as "the greatest story teller of his kind since the immortal Charles Dickens," Young at his peak received more fan mail than any other cartoonist. His other works include the strip Colonel Potterby and the Duchess, which ran as a topper strip on the Blondie page from 1935 through 1963.
Etta Kett / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Robinson
Paul Dowling Robinson (June 19, 1898 – September 21, 1974) was a comic strip artist best known for his long-run Etta Kett comic strip.
In 1932, Robinson found success with Etta Kett. Etta Kett ran in more than 50 American newspapers for almost 50 years, starting December 1925 and continuing until November 24, 1974
Krazy Kat / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
George Herriman
George Joseph Herriman (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944). More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience among those in the arts.
Herriman began The Dingbat Family, starring E. Pluribus Dingbat and his family.[32] Herriman used typed lettering on the strip on July 26, 1910, but quickly went back to hand-lettering.
In July 1912, while Herriman had the Dingbats on vacation, Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse took over the strip, which was retitled Krazy Kat and I. Mouse for the duration.[39] On October 28, 1913, Krazy Kat debuted as an independent strip on the daily comics page.
Krazy Kat debuted in film in 1916. The first animated films starring a cat were produced by Hearst's International Film Service, though without Herriman's direct involvement
Don Winslow of the Navy #1 (Merwil Publishing, 1937)
This first issue of only two from Merwil, was a hybrid pulp/comic, with 16 pages of comics in color and a complete Don Winslow novel. The cover is a striking painted cover, and DC great Sheldon Mayer contributed interior art. Overstreet doesn't even list a value above VF 8.0
Sheldon Mayer art on the Captain Colorful and Jupiter Jones stories. Painted cover.
One of the first modern comic books ever published with a single character as the focus.
Don Winslow of the Navy was an American comic strip created by Frank Victor Martinek and distributed by the Bell Syndicate from 1934 to 1955. The title character was a spychasing Lieutenant Commander in Naval intelligence. The comic strip led to a radio adventure serial that began in 1937, as well as film serials that began in 1942. Original comics stories also appeared in Fawcett comic books starting in 1943
Western Action Thrillers #1 (Dell, 1937)
Square binding, 100 pages. Buffalo Bill story. Only issue of the title.
Buffalo Bill, The Texas Kid, Laramie Joe, Two-Gun Thompson, Rimrock O’Reilly and Wild West Bill appearances.
This was the 4th modern comic book ever from Dell Comics and their first one-shot.
Detective Comics #2 (DC, 1937)
Overstreet cites it as "rare"; and Gerber's The Photo-Journal Guide To Comic Books gives it an outrageous "9" or "Very Rare".
Creig Flessel did the cover; Superman co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster contributed scripting and interior art respectively.
2nd issue of the longest running comic book title of all time.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Bret Lawton / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Bret Lawton; Pedro (introduction); Spider Malone (villain)
last appearance
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventure
Characters:Bart Regan; Phillip Marsden (introduction); Sally Norris; Olga Balinoff (villain); the Captain (villain, introduction)
Feature formerly titled "Bart Regan, Spy".
Star Comics V1#2 (Harry 'A' Chesler, 1937)
A Gerber "8." Just the second copy we've ever offered. Great Dick Ryan cover and art!
There is a Billy Wright pedigree copy of this early comic.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Dick Ryan (signed)
Inks:
Dick Ryan (signed)
River of Death(Table of Contents) comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Sources of Famous Quotations / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Star Ranger #2 (Centaur, 1937)
Second issue of the first-ever Western comic book.
Here's the second issue of the first-ever Western comic book, dating from the Platinum Age. Centaurs are always hard to find, and this one's no exception: it's a Gerber "scarce," meaning less than 50 copies are thought to exist.
Jess Phoolin / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Fred Schwab
The Old One(Table of Contents) comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Daniels (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Bandit Raid(Table of Contents) comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Tom Curry (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Pal(Table of Contents) comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
W. C. Miller ? [as Vance Miller]
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Home on the Range(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Gopher Moore(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Midnight Mob(Table of Contents) comic story / 3 pages
Vanishing Herd(Table of Contents) comic story / 4 pages
Okie Doke(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Frederick B. Guardineer (October 3, 1913 – September 13, 2002)] was an American illustrator and comic book writer-artist best known for his work in the 1930s and 1940s and for his 1950s art on the Western comic-book series The Durango Kid.
Guardineer contributed two features to the seminal Action Comics #1, the comic book that introduced Superman. He joined the studio of the quirkily named Harry "A" Chesler, an early "packager" supplying comics features on demand for publishers entering the emerging medium of comic books. There he drew adventure features such as "Dave Dean" and the science-fiction feature "Dan Hastings" before going freelance in 1938. Guardineer's first known comics credits appear in Western stories Star Ranger #2 (cover-dated April 1937). He also created for Star Comics, '"Funny Pages and Funny Picture Stories.
He is among the contributors to the future DC Comics' landmark title Action Comics #1 (June 1938), the landmark comic that introduced Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's seminal superhero Superman. There Guardineer wrote, drew and lettered the 12-page feature introducing his magician-hero creation Zatara, a character remaining in the DC stable as of the 21st century. Guardineer was also one of the artists on two features handled previously by Creig Flessel in More Fun Comics: "Pep Morgan" (on which he sometimes used the pseudonym Gene Baxter) and, in Detective Comics, "Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator".
Gun Boss(Table of Contents) comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
[as Jack Melzer]
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Boss of the Ranch(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
Genre:humor
Pinto Pete(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
Hurtling Death(Table of Contents) comic story / 3 pages (report information)
Script:
Will Harr
Pencils:
Creig Flessel [as Valens Moreno] (signed)
Bull Moose(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel [as C.F.] (signed)
Hi-Lee Hi-Low(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
The Comics #2 (Dell, 1937)
The 3rd ongoing comic book title from Dell Comics
Features include Tom Mix. J.R. Williams, John Hix, Charles Coll, and Roy Crane art.
Wash Tubbs / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:adventure; humor
Characters:Wash Tubbs [Washington Tubbs II
International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Genre:spy
Characters:Doctor Doom
Western Picture Stories #3 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
There is a Mile High copy.
classic Native American teaching the cowboy.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
William Allison
Wild Tex' Martin / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
William Eisner
Detective Picture Stories #5 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
The first detective/adventure art by Bob Kane appeared in this issue, and Kane's seven-page story concerns the heir to a millionaire fortune, a fellow who has a bit of Bruce Wayne in him! This was the last issue of the first detective comic series. It's part color, part black and white. In addition to the Bob Kane connection, there's another DC tie -- this series' publisher, the Comics Magazine Company, was started by two gents who left the company now known as DC. The cover star is the Clock, who appeared in Quality comics in later years. the Clock, the first masked hero created for comic books.
The Clock / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
George E. Brenner
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:The Clock
The Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner [as Geo E. Brenner] (signed)
The Case of the Missing Heir(Table of Contents) comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Dr. J. R. Ferguson (death); Peterson (lawyer); Rodgers; Dorothy; John Williams; Matilda (maid); The Boss (villain); Slick Ranger (villain, make-up artist)
Synopsis:John Williams inherits a fortune from his uncle, unaware that clever criminals have secured the services of a make-up artist, who will pose as Williams and take over the fortune.
Famous Funnies #33 (Eastern Color, 1937)
Careers of Baby Face Nelson and John Dillinger are traced.
S'matter Pop? / cover / 1 page
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Genre:crime
Characters:John Dillinger
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S.M. Iger
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher
Pencils:
Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]
Genre:sports [
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher
Pencils:
Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]
The Funnies #7 (Dell, 1937)
Dell Comics 2nd ongoing comic series
Major Hoopoe / cover / 1
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Pencils:
Norman Marsh
Inks:
Norman Marsh
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Genre:teen [
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Funny Pages #10 (Comics Magazine, 1937).
The 1st ongoing comic title from Comics Magazine
Will Eisner artwork.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Ellis Edwards
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner [as Geo. E. Brenner] (signed)
The Sapphire Eye of Sekhmet / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
last appearance
Funny Picture Stories #6 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
Gerber (a 7 or "scarce")
War cover by an unidentified artist.
Tom Campbell / cover
Bob Steele / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
Genre:science fiction
King Comics #13 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Mile High pedigree
Thimble Theatre; Henry; Little King; Bringing Up Father; Just Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial (signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Jiggs; Mush Stebbins; Little King; Henry
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar
Pencils:
Genre:humorCharacters:Eugene the Jeep; Popeye; Rough House; Geezil;
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Alex Raymond
Pencils:
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Damon Runyon ?
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Genre:non-fiction; sportsReprints:
from Sport Features Sundays (King Features) 1937
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:adventureCharacters:Mandrake; LotharReprints:
from Mandrake the Magician Sundays (King Features) 1936-
Mickey Mouse Magazine #v2#7 [19]
Donald Duck cover
Minnie Mouse , Pluto, 3 Little Pigs etc.
Popular Comics #15 (Dell, 1937)
Features Terry and the Pirates, Dick Tracy, and others.
Larson pedigree
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 3.2 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Don Winslow / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Frank V. Martinek
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth
Tip Top Comics #12 (United Features Syndicate/Standard, 1937)
Tarzan
Lil Abner
Ella Cinders
Broncho Bill
Jim Hardy
1st appearance of JIM HARDY
Distributed by: United Feature Syndicate
First Appeared: 1936
Creator: Dick Moores
Richard Arnold Moores (December 12, 1909 – April 22, 1986) was an American cartoonist whose best known work was the comic strip Gasoline Alley, which he worked on for nearly three decades
He met Frank King while in Chicago, sharing a studio with him while drawing his own strip from 1936 to 1942: initially known as Jim Hardy, it later focused on a cowboy supporting character, Windy, and his horse, Paddles That was followed by 14 years working for Disney, drawing Uncle Remus and later Scamp and a short period in the 1950s at Western Publishing drawing funny animal comic books. The best known of these is the Mickey Mouse story "The Wonderful Whizzix" (Four Color #427, Oct. 1952), which some regard as the inspiration for the Disney's The Love Bug.
1937 - MAY
Feature Books #1 King of the Royal Mounted (David McKay, 1937)
This historic title was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to different characters. This was the first time this was attempted in the comic book market.
The series started its numbering after two unnumbered issues ("Popeye" and "Dick Tracy"). The Feature Book series reprinted the popular newspaper strips of the time, such as: "Popeye", "Dick Tracy", "Little Orphan Annie", "The Lone Ranger", "Secret Agent X-9", "The Phantom", "Mandrake the Magician" and on.
The first 25 issues were oversized (23x30,5 cm) black and white comic books while issues 26-57 were standard sized color comic books.
Feature Book was from the David McKay Company David McKay was also instrumental in Mickey Mouse merchandising, printing many of the fine Mickey Mouse books from the 1930s.
LuLu #1 (May 1937) Sun Publications, 1937 Chicago, Illinois
Price: 0.25 USD Pages: 52 Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Sun Publications
Editing:Don Ulsh Color: Black and White
Binding: saddle- stitched Publishing Format: ongoing series
cover /
Pencils:
Don Ulsh
Genre:humor
Cover logo appears to read: "It's a Lu-Lu" on this issue only.
May 1937 - 1941 ?
21 (#1 - #21)
Filled with bawdy one panel gags and jokes. Contains adult content.
Ace Comics #2 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
2nd comic book appearances of Jungle Jim by Alex Raymond, Chic Young's Blondie, Krazy Kat. All 3 characters appear in all 151 issues of this series.
Ace Comics was a comic book series published by David McKay Publications between 1937 and 1949 —
Contains some newspaper strip reprints.
Appearances by Tex Thorne, Tillie the Toiler, Etta Kett, Blondie, Ripleys Believe It Or Not and many more.
Seein’ Stars ran in the first 50 issues featuring Hollywood movie stars.
The adventures of orphan Tim Tyler in Tim Tyler's Luck and Curley Harper at Lakespur both by Blondie writer/artist Chic Young's brother Lyman Young. Tim Tyler's Luck ran in every issue of Ace Comics, while the Curley Harper strip ended with issue 100, although a single strip just called Curley Harper appeared in issue #107.
The Blondie strip also appeared in every issue of Ace Comics, as did classic the humor strip The Katzenjammer Kids by Rudolph Dirks.
Don Winslow of the Navy #2 (Merwil Publishing, 1937)
This is the final issue of only two from Merwil, A hybrid pulp/comic, with 16 pages of comics in color and a complete Don Winslow novel. DC great Sheldon Mayer contributed interior art. Painted cover.
One of the first modern comic books ever published with a single character as the focus.
Don Winslow of the Navy was an American comic strip created by Frank Victor Martinek and distributed by the Bell Syndicate from 1934 to 1955.
Detective Comics #3 (DC, 1937)
Overstreet calls it "rare", while Gerber calls it "very rare with a rating of 9", signifying that between six and ten are thought to exist. and one of the only reasons that it's been kept out of Overstreet's Top 100 Golden Age Comics list is only because no value above VF is listed;
Creig Flessel provided the "jailbird in the spotlight" cover and interior art for the issue. Joe Shuster and Sven Elven art. Jerry Siegel story.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Keywords:convicts
Speed Saunders / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel ?
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Speed Saunders; Spider Liverman (villain); Lora
Shooting Lesson(Table of Contents) text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Capt. E. R. Anthony
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Jim Bettersworth (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Slam Bradley; Shorty; D'arcy (villain); Purnelli (villain)
Jim Bettersworth was a gag cartoonist for Boy's Life in 1938-39. He drew the feature 'Slam Bradley' in National/DC's Detective Comics in 1937.
Star Comics #3 1937 Chesler Comics
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Dick Ryan (signed)
Inks:
Dick Ryan (signed)
Racist cover
Professor McScrewy / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as FBG] (signed)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer [as FBG] (signed)
Dan Hastings / text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:science fiction
Dan Hastings / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:science fictionCharacters:Dan Hastings, Dr. Carter,
Penny Aunty / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
John Lindermayer (signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Penny Aunty
John Lindermayer worked through the Harry "A" Chesler shop and the Eisner-Iger studio. In 1935-36, he published by DC/National's New Fun, doing features like 'Pelion and Ossa' and 'Oswald the Rabbit'. In 1939, he did a feature called 'Denny Scott of the Bengal Tigers' for Mystery Men Comics by Fox Comics. He also did various Centaur features, such as 'Granny and her Pets', 'His Highness', 'Penny Aunty' and 'Speed-a-way'. In Quality's Hit Comics, he did the 'Jack and Jill' feature in 1940.
Star Ranger #3 1937 Chesler Comics
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Inks:
Fred Schwab
The Buffalo(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Harr
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Lyin' Lou / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Maverick Puncher(Table of Contents) text story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Wagon Trail(Table of Contents) comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer [FBG]
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [FBG]
Inks:
Fred Guardineer [FBG]
The Comics #3 (Dell, 1937)
3rd series from Dell Comics reprinting popular newspaper strips of the day.
Early appearances of Tom Mix, Wash Tubbs and Myra North begin.
This issue featured reprints from comic strip dailies and from recent Big Little Books.
rated "scarce" by The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books. Newspaper strip reprints.
Ally Oop begins in this issue.
Wash Tubbs / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer ?
Genre:adventureCharacters:Captain Easy
Alley Oop and Dinny / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
V .T. Hamlin
Genre:adventure; science fiction
In the Name of the Law / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
William Engle
Pencils:
Henry Vallely
Genre:non-fiction; crime
Characters:"Legs" DiamondReprints:
from Big Little Book #1155.Altered.
HENRY E. VALLELY (1881-1950). Artist for fashion and women magazines, big little books and comics.
International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Conrad Vane
Pencils:
Jim Gary ?
Jim Gary (2 May 1905 - ?, USA)
worked at the commercial department of King Features Syndicate, where he illustrated book covers for adventure novels. In the mid-1930s, he worked with Stephen Slesinger on series for Whitman Publishing.
he illustrated the cowboy comic 'G-Men' and adaptations of Boris Karloff series. For Popular Comics and Crackajack Funnies, he drew the adventures of the Chinese detective 'Mr. Wong'. From 1939, Jim Gary was the artist of the 'King of the Royal Mounted' comic. Created originally as a Sunday page by author Zane Grey and artist Allen Dean in 1935, Jim Gary took over the comic from Dean's successor Charles Flanders. A daily feature had already been added to the Sunday page by that time, and Gary drew both until 1955. He was also the assistant of Fred Harman on 'Red Ryder' between 1938 and 1962.
Famous Funnies #34 (Eastern Color, 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
Genre:humorCharacters:Sam Smithers; Cam O'Flage
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Genre:crimeKeywords:True crime story
Kemp Starrett
(1890 - 1952, USA)
Kemp Starrett was a newspaper cartoonist and comic strip artist, He drew the 'Roy Powers, Eagle Scout' strip during the first year of its run, until it was taken over by Frank Godwin, another artist for the Ledger. Also for this newspaper, he worked on features like 'Babe Bunting' and 'War On Crime', but his longest running series was 'Vignettes of Life', which he drew from 1939 to 1952.
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Fisher's History of Boxing / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher
Pencils:
Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]
Genre:sports
copyright McNaught Syndicate
Joe Palooka / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Ham Fisher
Al Capp [as Ham Fisher]
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
copyright Eisner-Iger
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
The Funnies #8 (Dell, 1937)
Alley-Oop, Dan Dunn, Captain Easy, Mutt & Jeff, Tailspin Tommy, and others appearances.
Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh (credited)
Pencils:
Norman Marsh (credited)
Inks:
Norman Marsh (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Dan Dunn; Babs; Irwin; KayReprints:
from Dan Dunn Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 1936.09.20
Ben Webster's Page / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jay Jerome Williams [as Edwin Alger] (credited)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Ben Webster; Briar (a dog); Cap'n Avery [Phineas Avery]; Elmer Avery; Zebulon Zippy; Eel (villain); Sam Billop (villain)Reprints:
from Ben Webster's Page (Bell Syndicate) 1936
Edwin Alger
Edwin Alger Jr., pseudonym of Jay Jerome Williams, was the writer of 'Phil Hardy', drawn by George Storm in 1925. This strip appeared under the name 'Bound to Win' between 1927 and 1934. He is also the creator of the comic strip 'Ben Webster' (or 'Ben Webster's Career'), which appeared in newspapers between 1934 and 1940, and in comic books published by National/DC. It is possible that Alger did the art himself during the comic's early years, but in later years he has worked with several ghost artists.
The Tiny Mites / text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Cochran (credited)
Pencils:
George Scarbo (credited, signed)
Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
George Scarbo assisted JR Williams on the 'Out Our Way' feature. He created his own feature 'The Tinymites' in 1935. In the 1940s, he made his animal feature 'The Comic Zoo', featuring characters like 'Blackie Bear'.
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest (credited)
Four Aces / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest (credited)
Why Big Brothers Leave Home / comic story / 0.1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer [as Scribbly] (credited)
Genre:humor; childrenCharacters:Scribbly Jibbet; Dinky Jibbet
Scribbly / comic story / 0.9 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer (credited)
Why Big Brothers Leave Home / comic story / 0.1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer [as Scribbly] (credited)
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore ?
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer ?
Genre:adventureCharacters:Don Dixon; Mala; Prince Simbi; TekReprints:
from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sunday (Watkins Syndicate) ?
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Genre:adventure
Annibelle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
Virginia Krausmann (credited)
Pencils:
Virginia Krausmann (credited)
Inks:
Virginia Krausmann (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Characters:AnnibelleReprints:
from Annibelle Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) 1936.04.26
Virginia Krausmann was one of the female comic artists of the beginning of the twentieth century. She was especilly known for the versatility of her style, taking over many strips from other artists, such as 'Annibelle' from Dorothy Urfer (1936-1939) and 'Marianne' from Ethel Hays in 1936.
King Comics #14 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Joe Musial Popeye and Henry cover. Flash Gordon and Mandrake the Magician appearances.
Jack Burnley art.
Mile High pedigree
Thimble Theatre with Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial (signed)
Inks:
Joe Musial (signed
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Alex Raymond
Pencils:
Alex Raymond (signed)
Sport Features / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Damon Runyon ?
Pencils:
Jack Burnley (signed)
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Mickey Mouse Magazine #20 (1937) Western
Stories about Donald Duck, Pluto, Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Mortimer Mouse and others
More Fun Comics #20 (1937) DC
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Inks:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Colors:
?
Genre:humor; childrenCharacters:Spike Spalding
Thrilling True Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Richard B. Speed (signed)
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventure
Doctor Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Inks:
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernaturalCharacters:Doctor Occult; Rose Psychic; Nita Crane
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:humorCharacters:Hanko (intro);
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Mark Marson of the Interplanetary Police / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Tom Hickey
Genre:science fiction
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean; Jimmy Trent;
Detective Comics #3 / promo (ad
NEW ADVENTURE COMICS #15 (1937) DC
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Popular Comics #16 (Dell, 1937)
Features Dick Tracy, Skippy, Terry and the Pirates, Smitty, Gasoline Alley, and others.
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Don Winslow / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Frank V. Martinek
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth
Bos'n Hal / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Frank V. Martinek
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth
Inks:
Leon A. Beroth
was the leading artist of the daily 'Don Winslow of the Navy' strip from 1934 to 1952, that was written by Lt. Commander Frank V. Martinek.
Tip Top Comics #13 (United Features Syndicate, 1937)
Tarzan is the cover feature, and inside the issue are Hal Foster strip reprints of the Lord of the Jungle.
Other characters include Li'l Abner and the Captain and the Kids.
1937 - JUNE
A record setting 18 different comics on the stands that month for the first time ever The highest it would reach in 1937.
Picture Crimes #1 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Very rare book, similar in design and content to Detective Comics #1.
Gerber lists as "7" or "scarce",
No values are listed in Overstreet
All the stories are crime genre
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils: Edgar Franklin
Genre:crime
Edgar Franklin Wittmack (1894–1956) was an illustrator and cover artist for many of the most popular magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. His covers, were usually created as oil paintings. Where Rockwell specialized in the humorous aspects of small town life, Wittmack dealt mainly with male-oriented interests. He often painted heroic or action-type figures for the "Saturday Evening Post, "Outdoor Life"[3] as well as the "quality" pulp magazines such as Adventure [4] and Short Stories. [5]
However, he is probably most known for the covers he created for "Popular Science". His "retro-futuristic" style was used during the depression to artistically convert the ideas of inventive Americans into unique visual expressions of potential reality. He wrote and drew 2 series for Ace Comics in 1941-2 covering the early events of World War II at sea — Battle of the Atlantic and Battle for the Seven Seas.
Feature Books #2 Popeye (David McKay, 1937)
One of the nicest Popeye covers in comics, featuring Popeye and Swee'pea. Reprints strips by Segar, 52 pages.
This historic title was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to different characters. This was the first time this was attempted in the comic book market.
The first 25 issues were oversized black and white comic books
Popeye / comic story / 68 pages (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar
Genre:adventure; humor
Characters:Popeye; Olive Oyl; Toar; Zexa Peal
Newspaper daily strips modified for comic book format November 1935 thru January 1936.
LuLu #2 (May 1937) Sun Publications, 1937 Chicago, Illinois
Price: 0.25 USD Pages: 52 Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Sun Publications
Editing:Don Ulsh Color: Black and White saddle- stitched ongoing series
Genre:humor
May 1937 - 1941 ?
21 (#1 - #21)
Filled with bawdy one panel gags and jokes. Contains adult content.
Ace Comics #3 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
3rd comic book appearances of Jungle Jim by Alex Raymond, Chic Young's Blondie, Krazy Kat.
All 3 characters appear in all 151 issues of this series.
Ace Comics was a comic book series published by David McKay Publications between 1937 and 1949 —
Contains some newspaper strip reprints.
Appearances by Tex Thorne, Tillie the Toiler, Etta Kett, Blondie, Ripleys Believe It Or Not and many more.
Seein’ Stars ran in the first 50 issues featuring Hollywood movie stars.
Tim Tyler's Luck ran in every issue of Ace Comics, while the Curley Harper strip ended with issue 100,
The Blondie strip also appeared in every issue of Ace Comics, as did classic the humor strip The Katzenjammer Kids by Rudolph Dirks.
Detective Comics #4 (DC, 1937)
Gerber calls it "very rare with a rating of 8"
Early issue of the longest running title in comic book history which would lead to the creation of DC Comics.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel [as Fless]
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
Slam Bradley / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; VILLAIN: Terril Desmond (intro)
Star Comics #4 (Harry 'A' Chesler, 1937)
rated an "8" or "rare" by Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books.
1st modern comics cover of Little Nemo cover.
Little Nemo in Slumberland / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
The cover is by Winsor McCay, Jr., son of the creator of Little Nemo in Slumberland. You can tell it is not his father's work because the female characters are not drawn the same. Winsor McCay Jr. is also known as Bob McCay (his real name was Robert Winsor McCay).
Impy / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Robert McCay (21 June 1896 – 21 April 1962) was an American cartoonist during the golden age of comic books. He worked professionally under the names Winsor McCay Jr., and Bob McCay. He was the son of cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay.
In 1935, McCay signed with King Features Syndicate to produce Nemo in Adventureland, which featured the characters of his father's work Little Nemo as adults and ran until 1936. He also made political cartoons for the syndicate during the 1930s, In 1937, Harry "A" Chesler created a newspaper syndicate, signing McCay to produce a new version of Little Nemo, as well as a daily featuring Impie. Production continued on both after the syndicate was closed in 1938, being utilized in various comic books including Cocomalt Comics and Blue Ribbon, published by MLJ Publications (later Archie Publications). Street & Smith ran Little Nemo in 1942 in Shadow Comics. In 1945, McCay was again with Chesler’s shop, producing Little Nemo in Adventureland for Red Seal and Punch Comics until 1947, when the shop closed down for the final time Around 1939, McCay began working for DC Comics as a colorist, and would continue until about 1945. He was a background illustrator and inker at the Jack Binder Studio, working on the Fawcett character Bulletman, and Street & Smith’s Ajax the Sun Man and Blackstone the Magician.
Voice of the People / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer [FBG]
Ima Sphinx / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer ?
Dan Hastings / text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Dan Hastings / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
When Mother Was a Girl / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer ?
When Father Was a Boy / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer ?
Star Ranger #4 (Harry "A" Chesler, 1937)
Billy Wright pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Ryan
Inks:
Dick Ryan
Tala(Table of Contents) comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Daniels
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
The Last Hand(Table of Contents) text story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Charles R. Allen
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [As FBG]
Inks:
Fred Guardineer
The Gay Desperado(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Lyin' Lou / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Prairie Dog(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Western Picture Stories #4 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
This final issue of the short-lived Western-themed title is the hardest to find of the four that were published. Gerber lists it as an "8," meaning only 11-20 copies are believed to exist.
Mile High pedigree
Buck Bush / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joseph E. Buresch
Famous Frontiersmen / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Ray Burley
Pencils:
Ray Burley
Inks:
Ray Burley
Letters:
?
Genre:non-fiction; biography; western-frontierCharacters:Wyatt Earp
Funny Picture Stories #7 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
This final issue of the short-lived title
Professor Joshwink / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Eugene Koscik
Tom Dawson / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Steve Jussen (signed)
Steve Jussen worked for Centaur comic books through Funnies Inc. in the late 1940s. He did script and art on features like 'Christopher's Coffin', 'Jerry Frost, Sea Scout', 'Tom Dawson' and 'Zardi, Eternal Man'.
The Funnies #9 (Dell, 1937)
Mile High pedigree
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
G-Men On The Job / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Dick Blair
Pencils:
Milt Youngren
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Genre:teen
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Funny Pages #11 (Comics Magazine, 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
J. Patterson
The Clock / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
Tip Top Comics #14 (United Features Syndicate/Standard, 1937)
Over 100 funnies featuring newspaper reprints such as
Tarzan
Lil Abner
Ella Cinders
Jim Hardy
Captain and the Kids
Joe Jinks
Broncho Bill
Hawkshaw The Detective
And more
King Comics #15 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Mile High pedigree
Popeye cover
Popeye, Henry, Flash Gordon, and Little Annie Rooney., Henry, King of the Royal Mounted
New Adventure Comics #16 (DC, 1937)
This issue marks the first non-humor cover of the title, and is labeled "scarce" by Gerber.
Junior Federal Men Club begins with this issue.
Federal Men / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Colors:
?
Genre:adventure; detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Carson
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely [as Will Georgi]
Inks:
Will Ely
Bill Ely William J. Ely (b. 1919, USA)
William J. Ely worked as a comic book artist from the late 1930s to the early 1960s. Initially working through Funnies Inc, he did art on Dell features like 'Ellery Queen', 'Martan the Marvel Man', 'The Robinsons' and 'Caling All Cars'. He has worked extensively for National/DC titles, starting with features like 'Barry O'Neill', 'Larry Steele', Sandra of the Secret Service' and 'Dale Daring' in the 1930s, to mystery and crime features for House of Mystery, House of Secrets, Casebook Mystery and Tales of the Unexpected in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ely has also drawn adventure comics for Centaur, Fiction House, ACG/Creston, Ziff-Davis, Eastern Color, Hillman, Marvel and Charlton. He has illustrated such superhero comics as 'Rip Hunter, Time Master' and 'The Atom'.
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Jungle Fever / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Winiarski
Popular Comics #17 (Dell, 1937)
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Mickey Mouse Magazine #21 (1937) Western
Stories about Donald Duck, Pluto, Mickey Mouse, Mortimer Mouse and others
More Fun Comics #21 (1937) DC
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Inks:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Colors:
?
Genre:humor; children
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely [as Will Georgi] (signed)
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Pencils:
Creig Flessel [as Fless]
Thrilling True Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Richard B. Speed (signed)
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Doctor Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Doctor Occult; Rose Psychic; Custer the ButlerSynopsis:Occult discovers that Nita Crane's tomb is emtpy.
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Detective Comics #4 / promo (ad
Famous Funnies #35 (Eastern Color, 1937
Oaky Doaks / cover
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Sterret
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. I. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
1937 - JULY
16 different comic titles had a July 1937 cover date. A slight drop from the month before.
Gags #1 (United Features Syndicate, 1937)
Rare one-shot comic featuring jokes and cartoons from the publisher who gave us the monthly Tip T op Comics
#1 is labeled as the summer issue but there would never be a followup issue.
Feature Books #3 Popeye (David McKay, 1937)
This historic title was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to different characters. This was the first time this was attempted in the comic book market.
The first 25 issues were oversized black and white comic books
Single character for the entire issue = Featuring Popeye and the Jeep.
Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Elzie Segar
Genre:humor
Characters:Popeye; the Jeep
Popeye / comic story / 83 pages (report information) Script:
Elzie Segar
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; the Jeep; Wimpy; Swee' Pea; Olive OylReprints:
from Popeye newspaper strips March? thru July, 1936
LuLu #3 (1937) Sun Publications, 1937 Chicago, Illinois
Price: 0.25 USD Pages: 52 Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Sun Publications
Editing:Don Ulsh Color: Black and White saddle- stitched ongoing series
Genre:humor
May 1937 - 1941 ?
21 (#1 - #21)
Filled with bawdy one panel gags and jokes. Contains adult content.
Ace Comics #4 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
4th comic book appearances of Jungle Jim by Alex Raymond, Chic Young's Blondie, and Krazy Kat.
All 3 characters appear in all 151 issues of this series.
Ace Comics was a comic book series published by David McKay Publications between 1937 and 1949 —
Seein’ Stars ran in the first 50 issues featuring Hollywood movie stars.
Tim Tyler's Luck ran in every issue of Ace Comics
Curley Harper strip ran in the first 100 issues,
Blondie appeared in every issue of Ace Comics, as did the humor strip The Katzenjammer Kids by Rudolph Dirks.
Contains some strip reprints and features appearances by Tex Tyler, Tillie the Toiler, Etta Kett, and many more.
The Comics #4 (Dell, 1937)
3rd series from Dell Comics reprinting popular newspaper strips of the day.
Rates a 7 on the Gerber Scarcity Index.
Early appearances of Tom Mix, Wash Tubbs and Myra North
featured reprints from comic strip dailies and from recent Big Little Books.
Wash Tubbs / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Characters:Wash Tubbs
Keywords:fishing
Wash Tubbs / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Roy Crane
Genre:humor
Characters:Wash Tubbs; Lulu Belle
Reprints:
from Wash Tubbs strip (NEA)
Detective Comics #5 (DC, 1937)
Larry Steele begins in this issue that features art by Creig Flessel (cover and interior art) and Joe Shuster.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Winged Death(Table of Contents) text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Whitney Ellsworth [as Fredric Wells]
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely (Will George)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Larry Steele (introduction); Mr. Steele (introduction, Larry's father)
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel [as Fless]
Star Comics #5 (Harry 'A' Chesler, 1937)
Little Nemo story. Gerber rates this issue an "8", or "rare". Cover by Winsor McCay.
Little Nemo in Slumberland; Impy / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay Jr.] (signed)
Inks:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay Jr.] (signed)
Colors:
Bob McCay ?
Letters:
?
Genre:childrenCharacters:Little Nemo; Impy
Little Nemo in Slumberland / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Pencils:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Inks:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Colors:
Bob McCay
Letters:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Genre:humor; childrenCharacters:Little Nemo; Flip; Doctor Pill; Princess of Slumberland
Penny Aunty / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
John Lindermayer [as Linder Mayr] (signed)
Dan Hastings / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
When Father Was a Boy / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Star Ranger #5 (Centaur, 1937)
Fred Schwab 4th of July flag cover. Fred Guardineer art.
Cowboy 4th of July / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Rolling Plains(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as FBG]
Lyin' Lou / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer?
White Coat(Table of Contents) comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Daniels (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Rattlesnake(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as FBG] (signed
Free Gold(Table of Contents) comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Where Men Are Men(Table of Contents) illustration / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner?
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Eisner] (signe
Slim Pickens / comic story / 0.75 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed JGC)
Jack Ralph Cole (December 14, 1914 – August 13, 1958)[1] was an American cartoonist best known for creating the comedic superhero Plastic Man, and his cartoons for Playboy magazine.
Cole began drawing for the studio of the Harry "A" Chesler, one of the first comic-book "packagers" who supplied outsourced stories to publishers entering the new medium. There, Cole drew for Centaur Publications comics such as Funny Pages and Keen Detective Funnies. Lev Gleason Publications hired Cole in 1939 to edit Silver Streak Comics, where one of his first tasks was to revamp the newly created superhero Daredevil. Other characters created or worked on by the prolific tyro include MLJ's The Comet in Pep Comics—who in short order became the first superhero to be killed—and his replacement, the Hangman.
After becoming an editor at Lev Gleason and revamping Jack Binder's original Golden Age Daredevil in 1940, Cole was hired at Quality Comics. He worked with Will Eisner, assisting on the writer-artist's signature hero The Spirit—a masked crime-fighter created for a weekly syndicated newspaper Sunday supplement and reprinted in Quality Comics. At the behest of Quality publisher Everett "Busy" Arnold, Cole later created his own satiric, Spirit-style hero, Midnight, for Smash Comics No. 18 (Jan. 1941). Midnight, the alter ego of radio announcer Dave Clark, wore a similar fedora hat and domino mask, and partnered with a talking monkey—questionably in place of the Spirit's young African-American sidekick, Ebony White.[4] During Eisner's World War II military service, Cole and Lou Fine were the primary Spirit ghost artists; their stories were reprinted in DC Comics' hardcover collections The Spirit Archives Vols. 5 to 9 (2001–2003), spanning July 1942 – Dec. 1944. Cole created Plastic Man for a backup feature in Quality's Police Comics #1 (Aug. 1941). Plastic Man gained his own title in 1943
The Funnies #10 Lost Valley pedigree (Dell, 1937)
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Inks:
Carl Pfeufer
Tip Top Comics #15 (United Features Syndicate/Standard, 1937)
Highlights include
Tarzan
Lil Abner
Ella Cinders
Jim Hardy
Captain and the Kids
Hankshaw the Detective
And more
King Comics #16 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Joe Musial cover.
Mile High pedigree
Popeye cover
Popeye, Henry, Flash Gordon, and Little Annie Rooney., Henry, King of the Royal Mounted
New Adventure Comics #17 (DC, 1937)
New Adventure Comics #v2#5 (17)
Another funny cover by Creig Flessel, one of DC's stable of artists who would go on to create some of the most memorable action covers of the 1930s, such as Detective #13 and Adventure #46.
Larson pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Colors:
?
Characters:Boy (chased by bear
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bill Ely
Pencils:
Bill Ely [as Will Georgi]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bill Ely
Pencils:
Bill Ely (Will Georgi)
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Inks:
Joe Shuster
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Carson;
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Popular Comics #18 (Dell, 1937)
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Mickey Mouse Magazine #v2#10 [22]
Donald Duck cover
Funny animal stories
More Fun Comics #22 (DC 1937)
Some of the most influential scripters and artists of comics' early days contributed to this issue, including Creig Flessel, Vincent Sullivan, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and Leo O'Mealia.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Genre:humor
Synopsis:Kid returning from fishing trip
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely (Will Georgi)
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely (Will Georgi)
Genre:detective-mystery
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely (Will Georgi)
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Dr. Occult / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Mark Marson / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Tom Hickey
Genre:science fiction
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Jungle Fever / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Winiarski
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski [as Win]
Genre:jungle
Continued from NEW ADVENTURE COMICS #16; last appearance.
Famous Funnies #36 Lost Valley pedigree (Eastern Color, 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Inks:
Kemp Starrett ?
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Pencils:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger
Genre:childrenSynopsis:copyright Eisner-Iger
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
1937 - AUGUST
August had only 12 comics released this month
A large drop and the lowest since January
Feature Books #4 Dick Tracy (David McKay, 1937)
Dick Tracy the Detective(Table of Contents) Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Dick Tracy; Junior
Dick Tracy / comic story / 95 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Dick Tracy; Junior; the Chief;
Reprints:
Dick Tracy daily newspaper comic strips from 1935.
Ace Comics #5 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Snuffy Smith; Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial (signed)
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Alex Raymond
Genre:adventure; jungleReprints:
Newspaper strips from 1937
Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Feg Murray
Genre:non-fictionReprints:
Newspaper strip from 1936
Feg Murray
Frederic Murray
(15 May 1894 - 1973, USA) United States
Seein' Stars, by Feg Murray
Feg Murray was a sport cartoonist and columnist for the Los Angeles Times and did a feature called 'True Stories about Stamps' in True Comics around 1943. He is best known for his cartoon strip, 'Seein' Stars', in which he showcased several Hollywood celebrities of the time, in the style of Robert L. Ripley. 'Seein' Stars' appeared in hundreds of newspapers between 1941 and 1953. In addition, he was a radio host, among others on 'The Baker's Broadcast'.
The Pussycat Princess / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Anthony (credited)
Pencils:
Ruth Carroll (signed)
Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; childrenReprints:
Newspaper strips from 1936.
Ruth Carroll
(24 September 1899 - 5 December 1999, USA) United States
The Pussycat Princess, by Ruth Carroll (1945)
Ruth Carroll was born Ruth Crombie Robinson in New York in 1899. From 1936 through the end of World War II, she had a staff position at King Features Syndicate.
In 1935 she took over the 'Just Among Us Girls' cartoon panel from Paul Robinson for a few months. She was succeeded by Walter Van Arsdale. Carroll took over the weekly 'Pussycat Princess' comics after the sudden death of it's creator Grace Drayton in 1936. She continued the strip with scripts by Ed Anthony until 1947. She illustrated over 36 children's books from 1932 to 1976 (often written by her husband Latrobe), and also did (cover) illustrations for magazines like The American Girl
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chic Young
Genre:humorReprints:
Newspaper strips from 1936
Detective Comics #6 Billy Wright pedigree (DC, 1937)
Speed Saunders by Creig Flessel is the cover feature
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely [as Will George]
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventureCharacters:Captain Hanley; a spy
Mr. Chang / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski
Genre:adventureCharacters:Dr. Hugo Von Gratz (villain, introduction, death); Egor (villain, introduction)
last appearance
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Tropical Trouble(Table of Contents) text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Creig Flessel
Genre:detective-mystery
Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986) an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. Comic book historians estimate that he wrote more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics.
Fox is known as the co-creator of DC Comics heroes the Flash, Hawkman, Doctor Fate and the original Sandman, and was the writer who first teamed those and other heroes as the Justice Society of America. Fox introduced the concept of the Multiverse to DC Comics in the 1961 story "Flash of Two Worlds!"
Fox's earliest stories for DC Comics featured Speed Saunders with art by Creig Flessel and later Fred Guardineer beginning at least with Detective Comics #4 (June 1937] Speed Saunders was initially credited to "E.C. Stoner," which many believe to be a Fox pseudonym.
The Funnies #11 Lost Valley pedigree (Dell, 1937)
Mutt and Jeff / cover /
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Four Aces / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Genre:teen
[no title indexed](Table of Contents)
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tip Top Comics #16 (United Features Syndicate/Standard, 1937)
Tarzan cover.
Includes Tarzan, Li'l Abner, Bronco Bill, and others.
Gerber lists as "uncommon."
King Comics #17 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
The book's got all the top characters the King Features Syndicate had to offer, led by Flash Gordon (drawn by Alex Raymond) and Mandrake the Magician.
Cover: Popeye, falling victim to a prank by the one and only Henry, to the amusement of Jiggs from the "Bringing Up Father" strip! And don't forget Eugene the Jeep, hanging on for dear life, and Wimpy, who deals with it like he deals with every situation -- by eating a burger.
Flash Gordon, Little Annie Roonie, King Of The Wild Mounted also appear
New Adventure Comics #18 (DC, 1937)
Gerber calls this issue "rare."
Cover by Creig Flessel. Surfing cover.
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bill Ely [as Will Georgi]
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bill Ely [as Will Georgi]
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Inks:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Carson; Ralph Ventor
Popular Comics #19 (Dell, 1937)
Don Winslow of the Navy; Skippy; Harold Teen; Gasoline Alley / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Genre:drama; humor; teen; warCharacters:Don Winslow; Skippy Skinner; Harold Teen; Skeezix Wallet
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould (credited)
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff (credited)
Skull Valley / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Garrett Price (credited)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Bob; Pud Scum
Funny Fauna / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
Garrett Price
(1896 - 1979, USA) United States
Garrett Price became an illustrator for The New Yorker in the 1930s. In 1933 he developed the half-page Sunday strip 'White Boy', about the adventures of a young boy who is captured by a tribe of Native Americans, eventually living peacefully with them and learning their ways.
About halfway through its run, the strip suddenly switched both its locale and time period to a dude ranch in the 1930s, dropping almost all the characters and situations that had been developed thus far and changing its name to 'Skull Valley'. 'Skull Valley' ran until 1936. Price then left the comics field and focused on his work as a New Yorker cartoonist and cover artist.
Mickey Mouse Magazine #v2#11 [23
Mickey Minnie and Pluto cover
Donald Duck 3 Little Pigs and more
More Fun Comics #23 (DC, 1937
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Synopsis:Kid riding horse
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Dr. Occult / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (Reuths)
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Thrilling True Stories / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Richard B. Speed
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely (Will Georgi)
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely (Will Georgi)
Famous Funnies #37 (Eastern Color, 1937)
Napoleon / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
Genre:animalCharacters:Napoleon; Uncle Elby
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
copyright Eisner-Iger
1937 - SEPT
We were back up to 16 different comics published this month. And we had a new publisher enter the race.
Funny Picture Stories V2#1 (Ultem, 1937)
"Indicia says V1#10." Gerber lists this issue as an "8" ("rare"),
Comics Magazine Company Inc was formed in 1936. Another entrepreneur, Harry "A" Chesler, published Star Comics and Star Ranger through his own Chesler Publications, each with first issues cover-dated February 1937. These titles were soon bought out by I. W. Ullman and Frank Z. Temerson's Ultem Publications. In September 1937, Ultem acquired the Comics Magazine Company's titles, retaining Chesler as the packager for both his own previous titles and the two that were continued from the Comics Magazine Co. Financial difficulties forced Ultem to sell some of its properties, including the Clock, to "Busy" Arnold's Quality Comics. By January 1938, Ultem was bought out by Joe Hardie, Fred Gardner, and Raymond Kelly's Centaur Publications, Inc., which had been publishing pulp magazines since at least 1933. Hardie, Gardner, and Kelly used this base to create Centaur Comics, which began publishing in March 1938.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Charles Biro (signed)
Jack Strand / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Frank Frollo (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Rough House Annie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Charles Biro
Dormitory Daze / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Charles Biro ?
Cop Killer(Table of Contents) comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Lucky Coyne / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Creig Flessel ?
Feature Books #5 Popeye and his Poppa (David McKay Publications, 1937)
This historic title was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to different characters. This was the first time this was attempted in the comic book market.
The first 25 issues were oversized black and white comic books
Segar strip reprints.
Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Elzie Segar
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Poppa
LuLu #5 (1937) Sun Publications, 1937 Chicago, Illinois
Price: 0.25 USD Pages: 52 Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Sun Publications
Editing:Don Ulsh Color: Black and White saddle- stitched ongoing series
Genre:humor
May 1937 - 1941 ?
21 (#1 - #21)
Filled with bawdy one panel gags and jokes. Contains adult content.
The Comics #5 (Dell, 1937)
Wash Tubbs / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Keywords:baseball
Deadwood Gulch / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Boody Rogers [as Gordon Rogers]
Genre:western-frontier
Gordon G. Rogers (September 8, 1904, Hobart, Oklahoma – February 6, 1996), better known as Boody Rogers, was an American comic strip and comic book cartoonist who created the superhero parody Sparky Watts which debuted Monday, April 29, 1940 in some 40 newspapers. The strip ended when Rogers was drafted. During the 1930s, Rogers illustrated cowboy comics for Dell Comics and DC Comics.
Ace Comics #6 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
6th modern comic book appearances of Jungle Jim by Alex Raymond, Chic Young's Blondie, and Krazy Kat.
All 3 characters appear in all 151 issues of this series.
Ace Comics ran 1937 and 1949 —
Seein’ Stars ran in the first 50 issues featuring Hollywood movie stars.
Tim Tyler's Luck ran in every issue of Ace Comics
Curley Harper strip ran in the first 100 issues,
The Katzenjammer Kids by Rudolph Dirks was in every issue
Star Comics V1#6 Billy Wright pedigree (Harry 'A' Chesler, 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Charles Biro (signed)
Little Nemo in Slumberland / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay Jr]
Impy / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay Jr]
Genre:humor
no dialogue
Foxy Grandpa / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Charles Biro ?
Professor McScrewy / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer ?
Salute to a Policeman(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Dan Hastings / text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:science fiction
illustrated text story
["Lord Withering radios the Allied Commission..."](Table of Contents)
Dan Hastings / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Sources of Famous Quotations / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Ima Sphinx / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer ?
Star Ranger #6 Billy Wright pedigree (Centaur, 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Schwab
The Cowgirl(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Lyin' Lou / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Baldy(Table of Contents) comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Daniels
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Covered Wagons(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Human Pelts(Table of Contents) text story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Midnight Bandit Raid(Table of Contents) illustration / 2 pages (report information) Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Tubby of the T-Bone Ranch / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Wild West Junior / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Charles Biro
Detective Comics #7 Billy Wright pedigree (DC, 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Colors:
Keywords:Thompson submachine gun
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Rifles on the River(Table of Contents) text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Guy Monroe
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
hero, Kit Walker, named after The Phantom's secret i.d.
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
The Funnies #12 (Dell, 1937)
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople / cover /
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviation
Four Aces / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Genre:humor
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:adventure; science fiction ["So I waited a chance until I caught him..."](Table of Contents)
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Now You Tell One / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
Courtney Dunkel
Genre:humor
Courtney Dunkel
(1902 - 16 September 1982, USA)
Edward Courtney Dunkel was published in early Dell comic books like The Funnies and The Comics in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Dunkel was a cartoonist, illustrator and comic artist for Judge magazine in the 1930s. In 1944-45 and 1947 he did a newspaper feature called 'Hannah' for the McClure Syndicate.
Tip Top Comics #17 (United Features Syndicate, 1937)
Highlights include
Tarzan
Lil Abner
Ella Cinders
Jim Hardy
Captain and the Kids
Hankshaw the Detective
And more
King Comics #18 Mile High pedigree (David McKay Publications, 1937)
The book's got all the top characters the King Features Syndicate had to offer, led by Flash Gordon (drawn by Alex Raymond) and Mandrake the Magician.
Flash Gordon, Little Annie Roonie, King Of The Wild Mounted also appear
New Adventure Comics #19 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1937)
Gerber's "rare" designation.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Characters:two kidsSynopsis:Two kids playing pirates
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Carson
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Off the Set / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Gill Fox (signed)
Gilbert Theodore "Gill" Fox (November 29, 1915 – May 15, 2004)
American political cartoonist, comic book artist and editor, and animator.
Fox began his career in animation at Max Fleischer's studio, but left due to labor unrest. He entered the comic book industry, working for a number of studios and companies, including DC Comics. In 1940 he was an editor and a cover artist for Quality Comics, with his work gracing the covers of such titles as Torchy and Plastic Man. In 1941, he wrote several weeks of continuity for the Spirit daily newspaper strip. A 1941 comic book written by Gill Fox described the bombing of Pearl Harbor in surprising detail, precisely one month before it happened. He left his editorial position at Quality in 1943 to serve in World War II, where he worked for Stars and Stripes. Once discharged from military service, Fox freelanced for Quality Comics until the early 1950s.
Popular Comics #20 (Dell, 1937)
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould (signed)
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Milt Caniff
Dopey Dildock / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Loy Byrnes
Genre:humor
Streaky / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Loy Byrnes
Pencils:
Loy Byrnes (signed)
Loy Byrnes was an American comic artist who worked on 'Streaky', a newspaper comic originally started by Gus Edson. It appeared through the Chicago Tribune - New York News Syndicate between 1936 and 1938. In 1940, Loy Byrnes came up with 'Spunky'.
Mickey Mouse #24 (Western, 1937) Vol 2 #12
Indian boy on cover
More Fun Comics #24 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1937)
Gerber calls it "scarce
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan [as Vin Sullivan] (signed)
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Genre:adventureCharacters:I: Nita Noble
Mark Marson / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:
?
Pencils:
Tom Hickey
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Mark Marson
Dr. Occult / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths) (signed)
Inks:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths] (signed)
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Dr. Occult [Richard Occult]; Henri Duval (villain, introduction, not the same Henri Duval who had his own strip!
Famous Funnies #38 (Eastern Color, 1937)
Contains a full-color portrait of Buck Rogers on the interior cover.
Napoleon / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
Indexer Notes
copyright Eisner-Iger
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Keeping Up With the Joneses / comic story / 0.75 page (report information) Script:
Pop Momand
1937 OCTOBER
Feature Funnies was an American comic book magazine published by Comic Favorites, Inc. in the United States for 20 issues from 1937 until 1939.
Publisher Everett M. "Busy" Arnold, formed Comic Favorites, Inc. in collaboration with three newspaper syndicates: the McNaught Syndicate, the Frank J. Markey Syndicate and Iowa's Register and Tribune Syndicate. (Comic Favorites later became an imprint of Arnold's Quality Comics, established in 1939.)
Hiring cartoonist Rube Goldberg and Goldberg's assistant, Johnny Devlin, Arnold in mid-1937 began publishing Feature Funnies from his office in Manhattan. Goldberg drew many of the covers.
The new material came from comics "packagers," small studios that sprang up to produce comics on demand for publishers looking to enter the emerging comic-book field. Arnold relied mostly on Eisner & Iger, headed by Will Eisner and Jerry Iger. Arnold changed the title to Feature Comics beginning with issue number 21
Feature Funnies #1 (Quality, 1937)
Rube Goldberg provided cover and interior art for this issue, which had the first appearances of Mickey Finn and Dixie Dugan.
Mile High pedigree
This was the first comic released by the new company Comic Favorites Inc which would become Quality Comics.
This was the last #1 issue released in 1937 by any publisher. It was the final new publisher to enter the business in 1937.
Joe Palooka / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Star Snapshots / cartoon / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Genre:non-fictionReprints:
reprint from Wags?
Eisner/Iger shop material. Previously appeared in Wow! What a Magazine.
Toddy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
George Marcoux
Genre:humor
Characters:Toddy (first appearance in modern comics)
Jim Swift / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Cronin
1st appearance
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Reuben "Rube" Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970) was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complicated gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways, giving rise to the term Rube Goldberg machines for any similar gadget or process. Goldberg received many honors in his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning in 1948. Goldberg was a founding member and the first president of the National Cartoonists Society,[2] and he is the namesake of the Reuben Award, which the organization awards to the Cartoonist of the Year. The New York Evening Mail was syndicated to the first newspaper syndicate, the McClure Newspaper Syndicate, giving Goldberg's cartoons a wider distribution, and by 1916 he was earning $50,000 per year and being billed by the paper as America's most popular cartoonist
Flossie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Al Zere
Genre:humor
Characters:Flossie (first appearance
Al Zere was the artist of comic strips like 'So This is Married Life' (1924-26), 'The Wows' (1930-33), 'Flossie' (1935-37), and 'Rookie Joe' (1941). He took over 'Susie Sunshine' from Earl Hurd in 1930, and was succeeded a year later by Dick Richards.
Funny Picture Stories V2#2 (Ultem, 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Wood ?
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Goofy Gags / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Wood
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Vacation Cowgirl(Table of Contents) comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Wood [as B W]
The Little Black Bag(Table of Contents) comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Robert L. Wood
(1918? - 1962?, USA)
Bob Wood was an artist for the Harry "A" Chesler Group, he contributed work to companies like Lev Gleason (Silver Streak Comics, Daredevil Comics, Boy Comics), MLJ (Pep Comics, Top Notch) and Novelty Press (Target Comics). Wood has also worked on a daily comic called 'Goodbyeland' in 1937-38. Together with his Chesler colleague Charles Biro, he also edited some Lev Gleason titles, such as the infamous Crime Does Not Pay (1942). An interesting note is that Bob Wood was later convicted for murder and served prison time between 1958 and 1961.
Cutter Carson / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Dinner Time on the African Veldt(Table of Contents) illustration / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Bombs of Destiny(Table of Contents) comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Will Harr (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:aviation; war
Feature Books #6 Dick Tracy (David McKay, 1937)
Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Dick Tracy; Junior
Dick Tracy / comic story / 71 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Junior Tracy; Lips Manliss; Mimi; Athnel Jones
Reprints:
Reprints Dick Tracy newspaper comic strips from 1936.
LuLu #6 (1937) Sun Publications Chicago, Illinois
Extremely rare
Price: 0.25 USD Pages: 52 Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Sun Publications
Editing:Don Ulsh Black and White saddle- stitched ongoing series
Genre:humor
May 1937 - 1941 ?
21 (#1 - #21)
Filled with bawdy one panel gags and jokes. Contains adult content.
Ace Comics #7 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
The first Halloween cover on a modern comic book
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, the Katzenjammer Kids, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Jungle Jim, Krazy Kat, Blondie.
Detective Comics #8 (DC, 1937)
Billy Wright Pedigree - This shows you how early the Wright collection started: this book is one of the first 250 or so comics ever published, and pre-dated Action #1 by eight months, but when it came out, Billy Wright had already been buying DCs for 21 months!
classic cover art for this issue is credited to Creig Flessel (if the art looks familiar, it's probably because it was appropriated for the oddball Atomic Comics some eight years later).
Bruce Nelson / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Characters:Lu Gong ?
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Fred Dunn (introduction); the Skipper (introduction)
The Laughing Mummy(Table of Contents) text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventureCharacters:Pierre Blanc (introduction);
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
The Funnies #13 (Dell, 1937)
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople / cover /
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Four Aces / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Genre:humor ["Awestruck at the fate of the mad king..."](Table of Contents)
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tip Top Comics #18 (United Features Syndicate, 1937)
Tarzan is the cover feature.
The only ongoing comic series from United Features
King Comics #19 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
David McKays longest running ongoing series at this time
Joe Musial cover.
Mile High copy
Popeye and Henry cover
New Adventure Comics #20 (DC, 1937)
Mile High pedigree and Billy Wright pedigree
New Adventure Comics #v2#8 (20)
Tom Sawyer-esque cover by Creig Flessel,
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Characters:two kidsSynopsis:Two kids lost in swamp
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Carson; Junior Federal Men; Operator 48 (introduction)
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernaturalCharacters:Nadir; Arcot; Job (villain)
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
The Lone Ranger / promo (ad from the publisher)
Popular Comics #21 (Dell, 1937)
Dick Tracy
Skippy
Herby
Don Winslow
Little Oprhan Annie
Don Winslow
Harold Teen
Gumps
Terry and the Pirates
Winnie Winkle
Mickey Mouse Magazine #v2#13 [25]
Mickey Mouse cover
More Fun Comics #25 (DC, 1937)
Billy Wright pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Football cover by Vin Sullivan
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Genre:detective-mystery
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Doctor Occult / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Pencils:
Creig Flessel [as Fless]
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Pencils:
Creig Flessel [as Fless]
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Pencils:
Creig Flessel [as Fless]
Talk About Talkies / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
Mary Patrick
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Genre:western-frontierCharacters:Jack Woods; the sherriff; Dick Riley
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean; Larry
Just For Fun / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Russell Cole
Pencils:
Russell Cole [as Alger]
Lone Ranger / advertisement / 1 page
Famous Funnies #39 (Eastern Color, 1937)
Story of the Boy Scouts of America.
Napoleon is featured in this issue 5 times
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
Characters:Sam Smithers
Football cover
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Genre:crimeCharacters:Alvin Karpis; J. Edgar Hoover
copyright Ledger Syndicate
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
copyright Eisner-Iger
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
1937 - NOV
Feature Funnies #2 (Chesler, 1937)
Feature Funnies was an American comic book magazine published by Comic Favorites, Inc. in the United States for 20 issues from 1937 until 1939 from publisher Everett M. "Busy" Arnold, in collaboration with three newspaper syndicates:
This was the first comic title released by the new company Comic Favorites Inc which would become Quality Comics.
Lala Palooza / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg (signed)
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg (signed)
Genre:humor
strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate
Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lank Leonard (signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Mickey Finn; Uncle Phil
strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate
The Hawk / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:The Hawk [T. James Harrington II] (former football player and wealthy heir, introduction); Deputy Inspector Pat Doyle; Link (Hawk's ally); Rollo (Hawk's ally); Moore; un-named criminal (villain)
Synopsis:When Harrington overhears the Police talking about some mysterious crimes, he dons a suit, throws an over-sized hankerchief over his head and dons one taloned glove. As the Hawk, he captures the man who had beat and robbed Old Moore of the charity donation to the city orphanage, then takes him back to his lair, where his allies deliver the crook into Police custody, while the Hawk taunts Doyle with a letter.
Indexer Notes
Only appearance. This character was Quality's first masked hero (Brenner's The Clock preceded the Hawk at another company, but at Quality, the Clock came one issue after the Hawk).
Funny Picture Stories V2#2 (Ultem, 1937)
The series originally published by Comics Magazine was now published by Ultem Comics
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Wood ?
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Out on the Farm / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Ma and Pa / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Cheerio Minstrels / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as PG]
High Pressure Preston / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as PG]
Nothing but the Truth / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as PG]
The Firehouse Gang / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Spider-Legs / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Our Pup / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as PG]
"Look Mom. They forgot to put their pants on!"](Table of Contents) cartoon / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as PG]
Paul Gustavson (née Karl Paul Gustafson August 16, 1916 – April 29, 1977) was an American-immigrant comic-book writer and artist. His most notable creations during the Golden Age of Comic Books were The Human Bomb for Quality Comics, and the Angel, who debuted in Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), the first publication of Marvel Comics forerunner Timely Comics. The Angel would star in more than 100 stories in the 1940s. The Human Bomb would later be acquired by DC Comics and make sporadic appearances as late as 2005.
Gustavson began working in the studio of Harry "A" Chesler, a "packager" of comic books for starting at $12 a week" Gustavson began working for another comics packager, Funnies, Inc., which supplied publisher Martin Goodman with the contents of Marvel Comics #1. The packager also supplied Centaur Publications, for which Gustavson created A-Man, the The Arrow, Fantom of the Fair, and Man of War. Other notable work includes humor features in five early issues of DC's Action Comics, starting with issue #5 (Oct. 1938), and the two-page humor piece "Major Bigsbee an' Botts" in the oft-reprinted Batman #1 (Spring 1940). He later joined Quality Comics, one of DC's predecessors, where publisher "Busy" Arnold offered $25 a page. There Gustavson created the Human Bomb (premiering in Police Comics #1, Aug. 1941), aigning the earliest episodes with the pseudonym 'Paul Carroll. He wrote and drew the feature through September 1946. Gustavson also wrote/drew characters including Magno (premiering in Smash Comics #13, 1940); the Spider (premiering in Crack Comics #1, 1940); the Jester (in Smash Comics); and Rusty Ryan (in Feature Comics, May 1940), whose uniform was later copied by Captain America (Rusty Ryan preceded Captain America by 10 months). Gustavson, whose delicate, fine-line art resembles that of fellow Golden Age cartoonist Lou Fine, also worked on Blackhawk, Kid Eternity, Uncle Sam and other characters.
Feature Books #7 Little Orphan Annie - (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Mile High pedigree
This is one of the earlier newsstand purchases to enter the now famous Mile High Collection.
1st all dedicated Little Orphan Annie comic in the modern comic book format.
the only Little Orphan Annie title in the series.
Lulu #7 (Sun Publications, 1937)
R. C. Dell Thanksgiving cover.
Filled with bawdy one panel gags and jokes. Contains adult content.
Not listed in Overstreet.
Star Comics #7 (Ultem, 1937)
Mile High pedigree
This comic had been published by Harry Chesler but starting with issue #7 was now from Ultem Comics who now had the most titles on the newsstands.
Foxy Grandpa / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Charles Biro
Goobyland / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Charles Biro
Down Through the Ages with Fighting Men / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
His Own Medicine(Table of Contents) text story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (illustrations)
["Raskow leaves for Canada..."]
Dan Hastings / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
When Mother Was a Girl and When Father Was A boy / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Topsy Turvy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Clem Gretter
Clem Gretter was born in 1904.
Between 1929 and 1938, he worked on the syndicated 'Sue to Lou' feature.
He worked for Harry "A" Chesler's shop in the mid-1930s, and provided art for features like 'Bud and his Legendary Scouts', 'Dan Hastings', and 'Topsy Turvy' for Centaur. For National/DC, he did '2023: Super Police', 'Don Drake of the Planet Saro' and 'Ray and Gail' in More Fun Comics and New Comics. During the 1940s, he continued to work on comic books by Fawcett, Magazine Enterprises and Hawley Publications. He assisted on the syndicated 'Ripley's Believe it or not' panel between 1941 and 1949.
Star Ranger #7 (Ultem, 1937)
Billy Wright pedigree
This comic had been published by Harry Chesler but starting with issue #7 was now from Ultem Comics who now had the most titles on the newsstands.
Cowboy Jake / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Genre:humor; western-frontier
also features characters from Jess Phoolin
The Little Papoose(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Cowboy Jake / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Charles Biro ?
Lyin' Lou / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Wild West Junior / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Charles Biro
One Less Horse-Thief!(Table of Contents) illustration / 2 pages (report information) Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
center-spread art piece of the lynching of a horse-thief.
Bad Medicine / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer (signed) [as F.B.G.]
Ace Comics #8 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Turkey and thanksgiving cover
Jungle Jim, Blondie, the Katzenjammer Kids, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Krazy Kat.
Detective Comics #9 Billy Wright pedigree (DC, 1937)
Speed Saunders / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel ?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Death at Latitude 30(Table of Contents) text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Whitney Ellsworth [as Fredric Wells]
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Slam Bradley; Shorty; The Human Fly (introduction, villain)
The Funnies #14 (Dell, 1937)
Mutt and Jeff / cover
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:science fiction
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Glenn Chaffin
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviation
Four Aces / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Glenn Chaffin
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Salesman Sam / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
George Swanson
George Swanson
(1897 - December 1981, USA)
George Swanson was the artist on the 'Flop Family' strip. This comic, about an all American family, was distributed by King Features Syndicate from August 1943. The series started as a weekly page, under the name 'Dad's Family'. It was turned into a daily strip. Swanson drew the series for about forty years, until his death in 1981. Swanson, also drew series like 'Salesman Sam' (1920-1927), 'High Pressure Pete' (1927-1937), 'Officer 6 7/8' and 'Elza Poppin'.
Tip Top Comics #19 (United Features Syndicate, 1937)
Mile High pedigree
The only ongoing comic series from United Features.
Tip Top Comics ran for over 25 years
One of the main attractions of the first 60 issues was Hal Foster's Tarzan feature; another, Al Capp's Li'l Abner
The captain and the kids and Jim Hardy are also featured on the cover.
King Comics #20 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Mile High pedigree
Joe Musial football cover. Featuring Popeye with a can of spinach in sight!
New Adventure Comics #21 (DC, 1937)
V2#9
Mile High pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Synopsis:Kids making Tarzan movie
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Junior Federal Men;
Steve Carson does not appear in this story.
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Winnfield / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Gill Fox (signed)
Genre:humor
Characters:Winnfield (only appearance)
Popular Comics #22 (Dell, 1937)
Don Winslow of the Navy; Skippy; Harold Teen; Gasoline Alley / cover /
Skippy is featured in 4 different strips
Dick Tracy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould (credited)
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray (signed)
This is the same month that Feature Book #7 from David McKay Publishing featured an all Little Orphan Annie issue.
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff (credited)
Don Winslow of the Navy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Frank V. Martinek [as Lieut. Comdr. F. V. Martinek, USNR] (credited)
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth (credited)
Mickey Mouse Magazine V3#2 (K. K. Publications/Western Publishing Co., 1937)
Big Bad Wolf early Halloween cover.
More Fun Comics #26 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1937)
Kid and turkey / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Genre:humor
Thanksgiving cover
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Dr. Occult / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Famous Funnies #40 Lost Valley pedigree (Eastern Color, 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
War On Crime / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Dot and Dan in Santaland / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Robert Pilgrim
Genre:children
Characters:Santa Claus; Dot; Dan
copyright Bell Syndicate
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Neher
Fred Neher (1903–September 26, 2001) was an American cartoonist best known for his syndicated gag panel, Life’s Like That, which offered a humorous look at human nature, with a focus on American society and family life, for more than five decades.
From 1930 to 1934, he freelanced to magazines in 40 markets, including Punch, the English magazine. He was the first American to sell to Punch in 20 years. Neher drew Goofey Movies for five years, along with gag cartoons for 42 magazines, including Collier's and The New Yorker, when the Bell Syndicate launched Life's Like That on October 1, 1934. It ran until 1941
1937 - DEC
Feature Funnies #3 (Chesler, 1937)
Feature Funnies was an American comic book magazine published by Comic Favorites, Inc. in the United States for 20 issues from 1937 until 1939 from publisher Everett M. "Busy" Arnold, in collaboration with three newspaper syndicates:
This was the first comic title released by the new company Comic Favorites Inc which would become Quality Comics.
Mickey Finn / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lank Leonard
The Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; The Orchid; Mr. Glower; Monk (villain)Synopsis:The Orchid asks the Clock for help to beat a protection racket.
last app. in FUNNY PAGES (Comics Magazine Company) #11
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]
Genre:historical
Characters:The Hawk (introduction); Claw Carlos (villain); The Governor; His Daughter
Synopsis:The Hawk and Claw Carlos vie over a precious Ruby, that belongs to neither of them.
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #17 (April 23, 1937)
Funny Picture Stories V2#4 (Ultem, 1937)
Christmas cover - Hippopatomus dressed up as Santa Claus
Dick Ryan cover
Feature Books #8 Secret Agent X-9 - (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Secret Agent X-9 (art not by Raymond).
Mile High pedigree
Secret Agent X-9 / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Charles Flanders
Secret Agent X-9 / comic story / 69 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Charles Flanders
Genre:spy
Characters:Secret Agent X-9
Reprints:
Secret Agent X-9 newspaper reprints from 1937
LuLu #8 Sun Publications
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
R. C. Dell
Genre:humor
Cover in red and black only
Star Comics #8 (Centaur, 1937)
Severed head centerspread by Fred Guardineer;
Little Nemo appearance.
Christmas cover; Popeye and Mickey Mouse appear as toys in Santa Claus bag.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bob Wood
Inks:
Bob Wood
Star Ranger #8 (Centaur, 1937)
Mile High pedigree
Gustavson and Guardineer contributed art
Western genre stories
Dear Sandy Claus / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Inks:
Fred Schwab
Ace Comics #9 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Joe Musial cover.
Features art by Musial, Alex Raymond, and Chic Young.
Katzenjammer Kids; Pete the Tramp; Barney Google / cover / 1 page
Pencils:
Joe Musial
Tex Thorne / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Zane Grey
Pencils:
Allen Dean
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Chic Young
Detective Comics #10 (DC, 1937)
Speed Saunders / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventure
Characters:Bart Reagan
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Funnies #15 (Dell, 1937)
The Worry Wart / cover /
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:adventure; science fictionReprints:
from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sundays (Daily Eagle) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Glenn Chaffin
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviationReprints:
from Tailspin Tommy Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-
Four Aces / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Bill Freyse
Genre:humorReprints:
from Our Boarding House Sundays
William "Bill" Freyse (June 12, 1898 – March 1969) was an American cartoonist notable for his three decades of work on Our Boarding House, syndicated by Newspaper Enterprises Association.
In 1939, he took over Gene Ahern's Our Boarding House from Bela Zaboly and continued to draw it until his death in 1969. Over a 20-year period, Our Boarding House was written by William M. Braucher (1896–1958) Freyse drew the daily and Sunday panels for Our Boarding House with Major Hoople from the 1930s through the '60s. The strips were syndicated to hundreds of newspapers nationwide. He also created the cartoon version of The Lone Ranger and co-created The Green Hornet.
Tip Top Comics #20 (United Features Syndicate, 1937)
Christmas cover.
The Captain and the Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Rudolph Dirks
Tarzan appears in unaccredited story
Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Al Capp
The Captain and the Kids / comic story / 2.67 pages (report information) Script:
Rudolph Dirks
Pencils:
Rudolph Dirks
Rudolph Dirks (February 26, 1877 – April 20, 1968) was one of the earliest and most noted comic strip artists, well known for The Katzenjammer Kids (later known as The Captain and the Kids).
Dirks was born in Germany. His family moved to the USA. The New York World had a huge success with the full-color Sunday feature, Down in Hogan's Alley, better known as the Yellow Kid, starting in 1895. Dirks created The Katzenjammer Kids, and the first strip appeared on December 12, 1897. Gus Dirks assisted his brother with The Katzenjammer Kids during the first few years, until his suicide on June 10, 1902.
Frankie Doodle / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Ben Batsford
Ben Batsford was an American cartoonist born on June 5, 1893, in Canada. In 1921, he created the strip Billy's Uncle, which was syndicated until 1926. After that he joined King Features Syndicate, where he drew Doings of the Duffs for a while. From 1929-1930, he drew Little Annie Rooney, and from 1934-1938, he drew Frankie Doodle. In 1939, he drew Mortimer & Charlie, based on Edgar Bergen's popular radio show, and in the early 1940s, he illustrated the comic book Helpful Herbert.
King Comics #21 (David McKay Publications, 1937)
Mile High pedigree
Popeye is featured in a Christmas cover along with Wimpy and Henry by Joe Musial.
Jack Burnley interior art.
This title featured reprints of some of the most popular newspaper comic strips.
Gerber rates this as "uncommon" on his scarcity index,
New Adventure Comics #22 (DC, 1937)
Billy Wright pedigree
Gerber "8"
two kids are at the real North Pole with a letter addressed to Santa Claus!
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Eskimo and two kids on a sled.
Highlights in the Life of the Noted Explorer A. Hyatt Verrill/ 1 page
Script:
Will Ely
Genre:non-fiction; biography
only appearance
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
G-Woman / comic story / 9 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Tom Cooper ?
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:June Justis (Operator 23, introduction); Joe Dalton (introduction, villain); Jake Shiller (introduction, villain); Farmer (introduction, villain)
only appearance
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Steve Carson; Sammy Drake (Introduction, villain
Vikings / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?
Pencils:
Alex Anthony Blum [as Anthony]
Genre:historical
last appearance
Popular Comics #23 (Dell, 1937)
Halloween pumpkin cover
Features include Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates, Little Orphan Annie, and Don Winslow of the Navy.
Skippy, Smiling Jack, Harold Teen, Streaky, Winnie Winkle
Mickey Mouse Magazine #27 V3#3 (K. K. Publications, Inc., 1937)
This may be the first printed appearance anywhere of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!
The issue came out shortly before the movie was released, making this a special "sneak preview" of Disney's first feature-length cartoon.
Christmas cover features Mickey Mouse as Santa Claus with presents
More Fun Comics #27 (DC, 1937)
Gerber "7" ("scarce").
Vince Sullivan Christmas cover.
Santa Claus / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vin Sullivan (signed)
Genre:humor
Characters:Santa Claus
Synopsis:Santa has a flat tire
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Doctor Occult / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Dr. Occult; Sgt. Ellsworth; The Snake-God
Synopsis:Occult and Ellsworth battle a cult of snake worshippers
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (Signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean;
The Count / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Vin Sullivan (signed)
Genre:humor
Characters:The Count; Hives
only appearance
Jack Wyatt / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Homer Fleming (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Jack Wyatt; Yucca Terror; Sheriff Logan; Anne Loomis
only appearance
Mark Marson of the Interplanetary Police / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:humor; western-frontier
Bradley Boys / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Off The Set / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
Gill Fox (signed)
Genre:non-fiction
Characters:Barbara Stanwyck; Bert Wheeler; Bette Davis; Carl Andre
Keywords:celebrity
Are You Handicapped? / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Genre:non-fiction; biography
Characters:Helen Keller
Famous Funnies #41 (Eastern Color, 1937)
Lost Valley pedigree
Christmas cover.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmino
Genre:humor
Characters:Santa Claus and reindeer in sky
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Phil Nowlan
Pencils:
Dick Calkins
Genre:science fiction
copyright John F. Dille
Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Neher
Genre:humor
copyright Consolidated News
War On Crime / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
Genre:children
copyright Eisner-Iger
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Bliss
1937 - MISC
There were 10 unique comic related items released in 1937 that were either one-shot releases, promo items or weekly comic tabloids
Action Comics [ashcan] DC, 1937
This gruesome Craig Flessel cover graces the comic that was used to register the trademark and logo for Action Comics, where, only a few months later, Superman had his historic world premiere. The source for this and most other DC ashcans, was Sol Harrison, who worked for DC for 35 years. Very few ashcans were created to begin with and, of these, only a tiny fraction remain. Even more unusual is that this is the only ashcan whose cover art was not recycled from published art.
only three copies of the Action ashcan are known to exist, and one of those is in the permanent archives of DC comics, and the other is in the hands of a long-time ashcan collector.
black and white cover; black and white interior ?
Standard Golden Age U.S. size
Paper Stock:
glossy Velox cover ?; Velox interior ?
stapled
ashcan
National Allied Publications, Inc. (1 issue)
Ashcan edition created to secure trademark of title and logo. Second version named Action Funnies (DC, 1937 series).
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Genre:detective-mystery
The cover was originally intended for Detective Comics (1937) #2, but never used.
Slam Bradley / comic story / 10 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Rita Carlisle; V: Fui Onyui
Reprints:
US from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #1 (March 1937) [remaindered]
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel ?; E. C. Stoner ?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Cyril "Speed" Saunders; Mr. Moran; V: Cap'n Scum
Reprints:
US from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #1 (March 1937) [remaindered]
In the early days of comics publishing, the most common procedure to secure a trademark for a potentially valuable title was to create an ashcan edition of the proposed comic book.
Companies would simply create the title's logo, affix it to a piece of existing cover art, and then shoot a Velox of it. (A Velox is a positive photographic print typically used by newspapers as a pre-press proof, which accounts for ashcan covers being black and white rather than color.) After the cover was created, it was trimmed to comic-book size and then stapled to the interior of a previously published book, or sometimes just some loose story pages. The ashcan was now complete. For all practical purposes it had the appearance of a legitimate comic book - and since the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) apparently accepted them as authentic comic books for trademark registration, no higher authority in the country existed to dispute this claim
Action Funnies Ashcan Edition (DC, 1937/38)
It's purported that early DC executive Harry Donenfeld had four ashcans created to protect the most important title in comic book history: Action Comics, Action Funnies, Double Action Comics, and Triple Action Comics.
Unlike some ashcans, the cover art was not taken from a previously published comic but is art that was later used as the cover to Action Comics #3. Interior is Detective Comics #10.
Crackajack Funnies (giveaway) #nn (Malto-Meal, 1937)
Malto-Meal promotional comic.
Features G-Man, Freckles, Dan Dunn, Buck Jones, Major Hoople, The Nebbs, and more.
Malto-Meal giveaway.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Characters:Speed Bolton; Dan Dunn; Clyde Beatty; Freckles; Buck Jones
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Speed Bolton, Air Ace / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alden McWilliams
Alden Spurr McWilliams[1] generally credited as Al McWilliams (February 2, 1916 – March 19, 1993),[2] was an American comics artist who co-created the first African-American lead character of a comic strip. He started at Dell Comics on Crackajack Funnies #7 and also contributed to The Funnies; and the radio-show spinoff "Gang Busters" in Popular Comics and Four Color.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 1, 1942, fighting in such World War II battles as D-Day, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star and France's Croix de Guerre. he both wrote and drew the Quality Comics war-comics features "Spitfire" in Crack Comics and "Atlantic Patrol", "Pacific Patrol", and "Secret War News" in Military Comics. He drew the detective feature "Steve Wood" in Quality's National Comics. He later worked on the science-fiction stores in Planet Comics, the sports-oriented Fight Stories, and the aviation-adventure Wings. In 1952, he created the science-fiction comic strip "Twin Earths", which ran through 1963. McWilliams' and writer John Saunders' Dateline: Danger!, which ran from 1968 to 1974, introduced the first African-American lead character of a comic strip, Danny Raven, co-star of this adventure series about two intelligence agents working undercover as reporters. Other comic-strip work includes the Star Trek and Buck Rogers strips
Smokey Stover Fire Fighter of Foo #1010 (1937) Western, 1937 Series
Price: 0.05 USD Pages: 68 Indicia
color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: 5 9/16" x 7 5/16"
hardcover
Smokey Stover / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bill Holman
Genre:humor
Characters:Smokey Stover
various(Table of Contents) Smokey Stover / comic story / 63 pages (report information) Script:
Bill Holman
Genre:humor
Characters:Smokey Stover
Synopsis:various stories
Reprints:
reprinted daily newspaper strips from Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate
100 Pages of Comics #1 (Dell, 1937)
One-shot no date
100 page giant square bound with 10 cent cover
Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy, Major Hoople, Alley Oop, Tom Mix, and Tailspin Tommy.
Series features reprints from the 3 current Dell Comics ongoing series.
Tom Mix / cover /
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Dan Dunn / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Pencils:
J. R. Williams
Drums of Doom #nn (United Features Syndicate, 1937)
Skull cover.
By Lt. F. A. Methot.
Golden Thunder Appearance.
Debatably the first horror comic book cover theme ever.
Hefty 25 cent cover price on this one-shot
It was advertised in a package deal with subscriptions to Tip Top Comics in Boys Life Magazine
Lynd Ward. Vertigo, A Novel in Woodcuts. New York: Random House, 1937.
First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. 230 woodcuts.
patterned cloth boards
In black slipcase with black-lettered title label to front of case.
A Depression-era story, told entirely in woodcuts, without any text at all.
Pages: 500
Random House Brand:
Color: Black and white
Dimensions: 5 3/4" w x 8 1/4" h
Hardcover
Graphic Novel
All story pages appear on the right-hand (recto) page, with the verso (left-hand) pages blank.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Lynd Ward ?
Series topics presented in illustrated format:
Drunk driver; engraving; Great Depression; pantomime; strikebreaker; unemployment; woodcut; wordless
Gulf Funny Weekly (Gulf Oil Co., 1933-1941)
#197 and 50 other issues in 1937
The entire comic was 4 pages long and had a format of 10 ½ by 15. The comic was given away at Gulf Gas Stations making them probably the first comic book published and distributed outside of the newspaper market. The comic was advertised on radio (telling people to go to Gulf Gas stations to get them) when it debuted in April 1933.
Some of the highlights comic strip contributors are Stan Schendel who did The Uncovered Wagon, Victor did Curly and the Kids and Svess doing Smileage. These were one full page, full color comic pictures.
Much to everybodys surprise, the comics proved an very effective draw to the gas stations. People were quickly coming in and snatching them all up. Gulf decided to print out 3 million copies a week had the name changed to Comics Funnies Weekly. The series remained in tabloid sized and lasted 422 issues, ending on May 23, 1941.
Mile High pedigree and Davis Crippen pedigree
KRIM KO COMICS
#67 to 118 in 1937
promotional comic book for Krim-Ko, a chocolate-flavor milk drink featured in two pages of ads.
Partial color, 16 pages, all newsprint, 8.25-in. x 11-in. "Published on behalf of the Krim-Ko Co., by the Better Cartoons Bureau, Wright Wrigly Building, Chicago. The local dairy bottling Krim-Ko has exclusive charge of the Komics to Krin-Ko customers."
Cover story features Lola the Lost Flyer
Later in the year the title changes to Lola The Secret Agent
Could Lola be the first female detective in comics ?
WAGS UK was an american publication that was sold in distributed in England
Weekly tabloid
#1-51 in 1937 and would run 88 issues in total into 1938
Color: Full Color [#1-16];
16Color Pages, remainder Black and White [#17 onward]
Dimensions: 10.5 x 14.75 inches
Characters include Tarzan, Moon Mullins, Broncho Bill, The Comic Zoo and many others.
An Australian edition debuted first in 1936 and was longer running. The british version debuted in 1937.
The title would eventually feature comic strips by Bob Kane, Will Eisner and Frank Willard among others. Many of the comic strips would appear in USA publications but from various publishers.
The publication itself had a unique history. It was a transcontinental production: conceived, put together and printed in the U.S., but sold and distributed in Great Britain and Australasia.
In total 181 monthly comic books were published during 1937 plus these extras bring the total to over 330
1938 - JAN
1938 was the 5th year of the modern comic book format. The business was well established with a ½ dozen publishers competing for sales. The year began with 13 titles dated Jan 1938
Feature Funnies #4 (Chesler, 1938)
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #24 (June 11, 1937)
Lala Palooza / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg (signed)
lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humor
strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate
The Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
Genre:superheroCharacters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Captain Kane
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Genre:historicalReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #21 (May 21, 1937)
Funny Pages V2#5 (Ultem, 1938)
This is the very last month that Ultem Comics published any titles - 4 in total
Titles would be taken over by Centaur Comics starting in March 1938.
Mile High pedigree
Mr. Whipple / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson ?
Uncle Johnny's Clarinet / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as PG]
Spots / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as PG]
Death On The Bottom(Table of Contents) text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Daniels
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (illustration) (signed)
Funny Picture Stories V2#5 (Ultem, 1938)
Last issue from Ultem Comics
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Star Dust / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Gill Fox
Genre:non-fiction
Brief bio of actor Joel McCrea; three small cartoons at bottom of page illustrate trivia about Deanna Durbin, Alan Dinehart, and Nelson Eddy.
Feature Books #9 Dick Tracy - (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Tracy's fourth and last Feature Book.
Billy Wright pedigree
B&W strip reprints from 1935-1937 (with much editing). Advertisement for the series (Sequence 3) states that #10 will be on sale 15th February and that new issues are published on the 15th of each month.
Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Chester Gould
Dick Tracy / comic story / 70 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Star Comics #9 (Centaur, 1938)
Last issue from Ultem Comics
Charles Biro cover; Fred Guardineer art.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Salute To a Doctor(Table of Contents) text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Dan Hastings / text story / 8 ? pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch ? (see note)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Jingle Jingle / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed with interlocking PG)
Polly-Tix / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Schwab
Genre:humorReprints:
US in Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #13 (April 1942) [recolored]
Goobyland / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Charles Biro
Star Ranger #9 (Chesler, 1938)
Last issue from Ultem Comics
Rated a "7" or "scarce" by The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books
Billy Wright pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Ace Comics #11 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Blondie, Jungle Jim, Ripleys Believe It Or NOt
Detective Comics #11 (DC, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
Creig Flessel portrayed the dapper Speed Saunders
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Speed Saunders of the River Police / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel ?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Incident In Algiers(Table of Contents) text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Whitney Ellsworth
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Characters:Sgt. Bill Gaines (introduction)
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Baron Von Goetz (introduction, villain); Baroness Von Goetz (introduction, villain); Slam Bradley
Famous Explorer / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Ely ?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Funnies #16 (Dell, 1938)
Mutt and Jeff Christmas cover.
Alley Oop, Captain Easy, Dan Dunn, Major Hoople, Tailspin Tommy, many others.
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:adventure; science fictionReprints:
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
ailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Glenn Chaffin
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviationReprints:
Four Aces / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Tip Top Comics #21 (United Features Syndicate/Standard, 1938)
Tarzan cover.
Mile High pedigree
Lil Abner Captain and the Kids Ella Cinders Jim Hardy Broncho Bill Fritzi Ritz
King Comics #22 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Joe Musial cover.
Popeye cover
Lost Valley pedigree
New Adventure Comics #23 (DC, 1938)
Gerber "8."
Billy Wright pedigree
Creig Flessel (signed)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Robin Hood / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Sven Elven
black and white
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:Robin Hood (introduction)
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:The G-Girls [Norma; Rita](introduction); Junior G-Men [Fatty; Pete]
Synopsis:After being rejected for membership, the G-girls go off to find crime on their own.
Steve Carson does not appear in this story.
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
black and white
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Popular Comics #24 File Copy (Dell, 1938)
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Milt Caniff
Don Winslow of the Navy / comic story / 1.75 pages (report information) Script:
F. V. Martinek
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth
Genre:war
Mickey Mouse Magazine V3#4 File Copy (K. K. Publications/ Western Publishing Co., 1938)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs serial begins.
This issue was on the news stands before the release of the movie.
Donald Duck Sunday strip reprints begin, under the title "Ducky Symphony."
New Years cover featuring Donald Duck and Goofy
More Fun Comics #28 (DC, 1938)
The majority of this issue is reprinted in Double Action Comics #2 January 1940 DC
The New Year Baby welcomes 1938 on this Vin Sullivan cover.
Mile High pedigree
New Years Baby of 1938 / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vincent Sullivan (signed)
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-
Reprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940) [
Dr. Occult / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-
Reprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940) [black and white]
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Genre:humor; western-frontierCharacters:Hanko the CowhandReprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940)
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (Signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Mark Marson of the Interplanetary Police / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Reprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Johnnie Law;
Reprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940) [black and white]
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Reprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940) [black and white]
[The Lynching Part 1](Table of Contents)
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery; western-
Reprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940)
Famous Funnies #42 (Eastern Color, 1938)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:humorCharacters:Oaky Doaks; Sam Smithers
Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Neher
Genre:humor
copyright Consolidated News
War On Crime / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett?
Genre:crime
copyright Ledger Syndicate
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
copyright Eisner-Iger
1938 - FEB
Feature Funnies #5 (Chesler, 1938)
George Brenner cover.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #27 (July 2, 1937), #28 (July 9, 1937)
Bungle Family / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
George Brenner
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humor
strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Genre:superheroCharacters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien];
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Willis Rensie]
Genre:historicalCharacters:HawkReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #26
The Comics #6 (Dell, 1938)
Wash Tubbs / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:humor
Characters:Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy
Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Paul H. Jepsen
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Gordon Fife and the Boy King / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:adventure
My Big Brudder / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Frank Engli (signed)
Genre:humor
Frank Engli
(10 November 1906 - 1977, USA)
He worked in the animation department of the Fleischer Studios in Manhattan. There, he worked on many cartoons with 'Popeye' and 'Betty Boop'. From 1934 he worked as a letterer and colorist on the comics by Milton Caniff and Noel Sickles, including 'Terry and the Pirates', 'Male Call', 'Steve Canyon' and 'Scorchy Smith'. He stayed with Caniff until his retirement in 1977.
In addition to his lettering work, he created his own strip in 1940, 'Rocky, the Stone Age Kid', for Comic Book Magazine, which was published by the Chicago Tribune. In 1946 and 1947, he drew 'Looking Back', a strip distributed by Field Enterprises. He also did occasional work for Harvey Comics.
Did You Know? / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
Joe Archibald (signed)
Joe Archibald
(1898 - 1989, USA)
Joe Archibald was a writer and artist for comic books from the 1920s through 1950s. Archibald worked as a reporter during the 1920s and did art on syndicated features like 'Private Rhodes' (1930) and 'Saga of Steve West' (1928-29). He was present in The Funnies by Dell Comics in the late 1920s with features like 'Frosty Ayre', 'Lucky Duck' and 'Shylock Bones'. In the 1930s, he illustrated pulp novels, and did art on fillers for comic books by National/DC, such as 'Scrub Hardy', 'They Started Young' and 'Tinker Twins at Penn Point'. From the late 1940s throughout the 1950s he was an editor, artist and writer for Better Publications, illustrating sports features, puzzle pages, and stories with 'Roger Dodger', 'Space Cop Kelly' and 'Ginny'.
Cap'n Cloud / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Robert Weinstein
Genre:adventure
Robert "Bob" Weinstein illustrated the 'Cap'n Cloud' Sunday page for George Matthew Adams Service in the mid 1930s. In the early comic books by National/DC, he illustrated the features 'Cap'n Erik' and 'How to Build...'.
Feature Books #10 Popeye and Susan (David McKay, 1938)
Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Elzie Segar
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Olive Oyle
Popeye / comic story / 70 pages (
Elzie Segar
Genre:adventure; humor
Characters:Popeye; Olive Oyle; Susan Brown; the Jeep; Castor Oyl; Plastic Pan
Reprints:
from Popeye daily newspaper strips (King Features) (1937-04-05 - 1937-08-28)
Ace Comics #11 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
First appearance of the Phantom in comics. Joe Musial cover.
Katzenjammer Kids, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Krazy Kat.
The Phantom begins with this issue, with his first comics appearance.
The Phantom is a fictional, costumed crime-fighter who operates from the fictional country of Bangalla. The character was created by Lee Falk for the adventure comic strip The Phantom, which debuted in newspapers on February 17, 1936. The Phantom was later depicted in many forms of media, including television shows, movies, and video games.
Katzenjammer Kids; Pete the Tramp; Barney Google / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial
Inks:
Joe Musial
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
Genre:adventure; jungle; superhero
Characters:The Phantom; Diana Palmer
Reprints:
from The Phantom dailies (King Features) 1936.11.DD - 1936.11.DD
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Genre:jungleReprints:
from Jan 31, 1937 to Feb 21 1937 Sundays.
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chic Young
Pencils:
Chic Young
Detective Comics #12 (DC, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Billy Wright pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:crime
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel ?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Speed Saunders; Objaw-wa Indians (villains)
Counterfeit(Table of Contents) text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Vincent Sullivan
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Floyd Stimson / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Pierre (introduction); Niles Hogarth
The Funnies #17 (Dell, 1938)
Alley Oop / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
Inks:
Sheldon Mayer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:humorCharacters:Alley OopKeywords:snow skiing
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
G-Man vs. The Red X / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Reprints:
Reprinted from G-Man vs. The Red X (1936, Whitman) Big Little Book #1147 with most text removed
(c)Stephen Slesinger
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Four Aces / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
Tip Top Comics #22 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Li'l Abner / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Al Capp
Inks:
?
Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Al Capp
Pencils:
Al Capp
Tarzan / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Pencils:
Hal Foster (signed)
King Comics #23 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Popeye and Henry cover
Joe Musial cover.
New Adventure Comics #24 (DC, 1938)
Cosmic Aeroplane pedigree - likely the oldest comic book in this collection
rated "scarce" on the Gerber index
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Synopsis:Two men in a canoe going through rapids
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure
Characters:V: The Red Hatchet
Dale Daring does not appear in this story.
Colored in black, white and red only.
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Carson; Jerry Seffron (introduction);
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Boomerang Jones / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as Stan Babcock] (signed)
Characters:Boomerang Jones (introduction); Mungo (introduction); Slug (introduction, villain); Slug's gang of kidnappers (introduction, villain)
Only appearance.
Robin Hood / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Sven Elven
Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Popular Comics #25 (Dell, 1938)
Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates, Little Orphan Annie, The Gumps
Don Winslow, Skippy, Smitty, Skeezix,
Mickey Mouse Magazine #29 V3#5 (K. K. Publications/Western Publishing Co., 1938)
the first Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs cover, which also happens to be a Valentines Day cover.
third appearance anywhere.
More Fun Comics #29 (DC, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Whitney Ellsworth is no longer listed as associate editor.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vin Sullivan
Inks:
Vin Sullivan
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandra; Michael; Lucille Du Pont; Baron Von Schmidt
Synopsis:While on a vacation cruise Sandra and Michael stumble across a jewel robbery, which might be an inside job.
Reprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940
Dr. Occult / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Dr. Occult; Ed Murphy; Sgt. EllsworthSynopsis:Ed Murphy is electrocuted for his crimes but vows to come back from the grave.
Reprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940) [black and white
Hanko the Cowhand / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:humor; western-frontierCharacters:Hanko the CowhandReprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940
Mark Marson of the Interplanetary Police / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (signed)
Genre:science fictionCharacters:Mark Marson; Gail Hillary; Monty; BarwickeSynopsis:Mark begins his investigation with the Zoo Employees
Reprints:
US in Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series) #2 (January 1940
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Pep Morgan / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Pep Morgan; Peggy
next appearance in ACTION COMICS #1
Bradley Boys in the Wilderness / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (Signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks:
Joe Shuster
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean; Roy
Blister / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Harold Sherman (signed)
Genre:humor; childrenCharacters:Blister (only appearance);
Hal Sherman
Harold Sicherman
(b. 1911, USA)
Harold Sherman, born Harold Sicherman, was a comics artist during the Golden Age of Comics. He was a gag cartoonist and was present at National/DC with 'The Star Spangled Kid', created with Jerry Siegel and published in Star Spangled Comics during the 1940s. He created a character called 'Wonder Woman' in 1940, which he wanted to sell shortly before the Marston/Peters character appeared. Sherman was also present in DC's Leading Comics and More Fun Comics, as well as Better Publications' Startling Comics. He worked on 'Star Spangled Kid' until June 1943, when he went into the service. After World War II (circa 1946), he assisted Bernard Bailey on backgrounds of 'The Spectre'. Later he returned to gag cartooning. He also did work on the Harvey character 'Spooky'.
Famous Funnies #43 Lost Valley pedigree (Eastern Color, 1938)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmino
Genre:humorCharacters:Sam Smithers; Uncle Elby
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Phil Nowlan
Pencils:
Dick Calkins
Genre:science fiction
War on Crime / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett?
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
copyright Eisner-Iger
1938 - MAR
16 titles this month and this is the 1st of 3 months in a row where there would be growth in # of titles
Feature Funnies #6 (Quality/Chesler, 1938)
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #32 (August 6, 1937)
Joe Palooka / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Inks:
Rube Goldberg
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Inks:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humorCharacters:Lala Palooza
strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [ as Willis Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:historicalCharacters:Claw Carlos; The HawkReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #30
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Mike "Slick" Sparra (first appearance; villain)
Jim Swift / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Cronin (signed)
Pencils:
Ed Cronin (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Jim Swift; Marion Joyce; The Captain (villain)
last appearance
Funny Pages V2#6 (Centaur, 1938)
First issue of the title published by Centaur.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:
Bob Wood
Centaur Publications (also known as Centaur Comics) (1938–1942) was one of the earliest American comic book publishers. During their short existence, they created popular superhero characters, including Bill Everett's Amazing-Man.
By January 1938, Ultem was bought out by Joe Hardie, Fred Gardner, and Raymond Kelly's Centaur Publications, Inc., which had been publishing pulp magazines since at least 1933. Hardie, Gardner, and Kelly used this base to create Centaur Comics, which began publishing in March 1938. They also drew on the back inventory of stories to fill out the early issues of their new titles with reprints. Centaur Publications, Inc. ceased production at the end of 1940, but continued to produce comics under the name Comic Corporation of America. Centaur ceased publication four years later, primarily due to poor distribution, but in that period had created several colorful characters, including Bill Everett's Amazing Man. Everett would later go on to comics fame by introducing Namor The Submariner to Timely (later Atlas, then Marvel Comics.) Everett's first nationally published comic work was the cover of Amazing Mystery Funnies #1 (1938.)
Funny Picture Stories V2#6 (Centaur Publishing, 1938)
First Centaur issue of the title.
Fred Guardineer cover and art. Jack Cole, Bob Wood, Gill Fox, and Dick Ryan art.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Funny Picture Stories (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#4 (December 1937)
Joe Hardie [as Uncle Joe]
Synopsis:Editorial introducing "Uncle Joe" as the new editor of Funny Pages, Funny Picture Stories, Star Comics, and Star Ranger Comics.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Laughing At Life / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson ?
Phony Crimes / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as Gus] (signed)
Insurance Ike / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Get Your Man(Table of Contents) text story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Harold S. Martin
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:detective-mystery
Nothing But the Truth / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson ?
Star Comics #10 (Centaur, 1938)
Little Nemo appearance.
First issue by Centaur Publications,
rated a "7" ("scarce") in Gerber's rarity index.
Charles Biro cover. Fred Guardineer and Gill Fox art
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Charles Biro
Don Marlow / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Star Ranger #10 (Centaur, 1938)
tied with Funny Pages #6 and Funny Picture Stories #6 as the first comic published by Centaur, who purchased it indirectly from Harry Chesler.
Mile High pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Schwab (signed)
Inks:
Fred Schwab (signed)
The Roundup / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Trail Blazers / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Lyin Lou / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Killing to Live(Table of Contents) illustration / 2 pages (report information) Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Wild Horse(Table of Contents) comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed
Medicine Man / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Spurs / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed
Jest the Type / filler / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Inks:
Jack Cole (signed)
Feature Books #11 (David McKay, 1938).
Little Annie Rooney.
Annie Rooney(Table of Contents) Annie Rooney / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Darrell McClure
Annie Rooney / comic story / 71 pages (report information) Script:
Darrell McClure
Genre:adventure
Characters:Annie Rooney; Zero; Miss Lydia
Reprints:
Annie Rooney newspaper comic strip reprints from 1936
Little Annie Rooney is a comic strip about a young orphaned girl who traveled about with her dog, Zero. King Features Syndicate launched the strip on January 10, 1927, not long after it was apparent that the Chicago Tribune Syndicate had scored a huge hit with Little Orphan Annie.
Darrell Craig McClure (February 25, 1903 – February 27, 1987), was an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for his work on the comic strip Little Annie Rooney from 1930 to 1966. The strip took its name from an 1890 song by Michael Nolan.
Ace Comics #12 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Blondie, Jungle Jim, and Believe it or Not appear.
Joe Musial cover.
Detective Comics #13 (DC, 1938)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel ?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Hero of the Air / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely ?
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Peter Rawley (introduction); Bart Reagan; Sally Norris
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Funnies #18 (Dell, 1938)
Herky / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Genre:humor; children
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Reprints:
from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sundays (Daily Eagle)
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:adventure
Reprints:
from Tad of the Tanbark Sundays (Daily Eagle)
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Glenn Chaffin
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviation
Reprints:
from Tailspin Tommy Sundays (Bell Syndicate)
Four Aces / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviation
Reprints:
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate)
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
Tip Top Comics #23 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
The Captain and the Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Genre:humorCharacters:Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; the Captain; Mama Katzenjammer
Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Al Capp
The Mad Moon Mine(Table of Contents) text story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Lieutenant Fred A. Methot
Pencils:
Hoyle? (signed)
Genre:horror-suspense; western-frontierCharacters:The Claw
Indexer Notes
Chapter 3
Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Foster
Joe Jinks / comic story / 1.33 pages (report information) Script:
Vic Forsythe
Victor Clyde Forsythe, (August 24, 1885 – May 24, 1962), was an American artist, most known for his illustrations and desert paintings. He is the illustrator of many different comics, including Joe Jinks. He is also believed to be considered one of the original "Desert Painters".
In 1918, he created his most famous cartoon, "Joe's Car"/ In 1928, Forsythe renamed the cartoon from "Joe's Car" to "Joe Jinks", the name of the character. This was done since Joe had gone from being a car-obsessed man to an airplane pilot as well as a boxing manager. He officially retired from the comic the following year in 1938.[2]
King Comics #24 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Popeye and Henry head the cast of characters.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial (signed)
Characters:Olive Oyl; Popeye; Wimpy; Henry
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar (signed)
Reprints:
from Thimble Theatre Sundays (King Features Syndicate)
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond (credited)
Reprints:
from Flash Gordon Sundays (King Features Syndicate
Sport Features / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Burnley (signed)
Characters:Max Baer; Buddy BaerReprints:
from Sport Features Sundays (King Features Syndicate
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk (credited)
Pencils:
Phil Davis (signed)
Reprints:
from Mandrake the Magician Sundays (King Features Syndicate)
New Adventure Comics #25 (DC, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Junior Federal Men of 3000 A. D. (introduction);
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure
Characters:Captain Don Brewster; Ali
Dale Daring does not appear in this story.
Monastery of the Blue God / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils:
Munson Paddock
Genre:adventure
Characters:Corporal Drenoff; Count Von Bolander; Slotny
End of series (although story is labeled continued).
Robin Hood / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Part 3
Sven Elven
The Adventures of Steve Conrad / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel
Tale of Two Cities / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Charles Dickens (original); Merna Gamble (adaptation)
Pencils:
Merna Gamble
Genre:historical
Episode 22
End of series. Story is completed
Crusades / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Vernon Henkel
Characters:Guy De Lusignan (introduction); Saladin (introduction, villain)
Only appearance.
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Captain Quick / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Sven Elven
End of series.
Episode 22
Popular Comics #26 (Dell, 1938)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:humor
Characters:Dick Tracy; Little Orphan Annie; Skeezix Wallet; Uncle Willie
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould (credited)
Pencils:
Chester Gould (credited)
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Pencils:
Harold Gray (signed)
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff (credited)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie [George Webster Confucius]
Reprints:
from Terry and the Pirates Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1936.xx.xx
"Copyright, 1936, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc
Don Winslow of the Navy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Frank V. Martinek [as Lieut. Comdr. F. V. Martinek, USNR] (credited)
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth (credited)
Genre:adventure; military
Characters:Don Winslow; Red; The Crocodile (villain)Reprints:
from Don Winslow of the Navy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 1936.10.04
from Don Winslow of the Navy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 1936.10.11
"Copyright, 1936, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc."
Mickey Mouse Magazine #30 V3#6 File Copy (K. K. Publications/ Western Publishing Co., 1938)
Snow White serial concludes. Lonesome Ghost appearance.
Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse cover
More Fun Comics #30 (DC, 1938)
1st DC comic to reach 30th issue and only the 2nd comic title ever to reach 30 issues
Cool oriental cover by Creig Flessel, it's the first non-humor cover in this series.
Gerber calls this issue "scarce" and estimates only 21 to 50 copies still exist.
Mile High pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Doctor Occult / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed
Hooves of the Tartar Horde / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (signed)
Pencils:
Alexander Nikitin (signed)
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:Alan de Beaufort; Helen; Juchi; Subatoi; Chatagai; Inaljuk
Synopsis:The forces of Genghis Kahn capture the city of Otrar in Persia.
continued in Warrior #1 pub by Blackerby in 1945
Spike Spalding / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Vince Sullivan
Genre:adventureCharacters:Spike Spalding; Pincus; Uncle George
Synopsis:The adventures over, Spike resumes a normal existence.
last appearance
Buzz Brown / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Buzz Brown (intro); Sandy MacLean
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (Signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy Kean; Jimmy
Little Linda / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Whitney Ellsworth
Genre:children
Characters:Linda; Lars Larsen; Yvonne Darling; Ted Reele
Synopsis:Lars rescues Linda and Ted from the waterfall
last appearance
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Pirate Gold / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sven Elven
Genre:historical
Characters:Captain Dennis; Jeff Roberts; Jean
Synopsis:Captain Dennis and Jeff rescue Jean from the Orientals
last appearance
Snow White and Her Friends
Talk About Talkies / comic story / 2 pages
Script:
Kathleen Waters
Characters:Snow White; Jane Withers; Glen Morris
Hope Hazzard / comic story / 9 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Lovy
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Hope Hazzard (intro); Serge Rasoff; Princess Fiesole; Inspector Thomas
Synopsis:Hope Hazzard inherits Fenton Manor and immediately gets involved in a diamond smuggling case.
only appearance.
Famous Funnies #44 (Eastern Color, 1938)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:humor
Characters:Oaky Doaks; Big Chief Wahoo
Screen Oddities / illustration / 1 page (report information) Script:
Roscoe Fawcett [as Captain Roscoe Fawcett]
Pencils:
Bruno Thompson [as Thompson]
Characters:Mae Clarke; Fred Stone; Leslie Howard, Ginger Rogers; Nelson Eddy; Miriam Hopkins; Irene Dunne; Clark Gable; Carl Brisson; Robert Taylor; Charlie Chaplin; Marlene Dietrich
Synopsis:Odd facts about screen stars.
Reprints:
from Screed Oddities daily panel (Bell Syndicate
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Phil Nowlan
Pencils:
Dick Calkins
Genre:science fiction
copyright John F. Dille
Life's Like That / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Neher
Genre:humor
copyright Consolidated News
War on Crime / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett?
Genre:crime
copyright Ledger Syndicate
Big Chief Wahoo / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Allen Saunders
Pencils:
Elmer Woggon
Genre:humor
copyright Publishers syndicate
1st appearance
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
copyright Eisner-Iger
1938 - APRIL
17 comics with a cover date of April
Comics On Parade #1 by United Feature Syndicate. April 1938, goes to #104 1955.
First issue featured Tarzan by Hal Foster, Captain and the Kids, Little Mary Mixup, Abbie & Slats, Ella Cinders, Broncho Bill, and Li'l Abner.
Historic first issue of a title that ran for 17 years.
The cover features all the main characters posing together including Tarzan.
One of the most important series debuting in 1938.
The 2nd longest running title for United Feature Syndicate and their 2nd success story.
Funny Picture Stories Laundry Giveaway #nn (Comics Magazine Co./Centaur Publications, 1938) promotional comic. A copy of this comic would normally have been printed with the name of a local laundry on the covers and inside, but this was one of the copies that was used to promote the idea to the laundry owners and has the generic "Your Laundry Name" printed in those locations instead. This comic has 16 pages.
It is not clear if this promotional version is scarcer than a finished one with the laundry name printed on, and which version the Overstreet price refers to.
Contents differ from the regular issue with the same cover.
Feature Funnies #7 (Quality, 1938)
The Clock, Dixie Dugan, Jane Arden, Gallant Knight, and Ned Bryant.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #36 (November 11, 1937), #65
Mickey Finn / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Lank Leonard (signed)
Gallant Knight / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Vernon Henkel (signed)
Genre:historical
Characters:Tyrone Neville [the Gallant Knight] (introduction, origin); Baron Melrot (introduction, villain)
Synopsis:Merlot assassinates the King and seizes the throne. Sir Neville joins a band of woodland outlaws to take arms against him.
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #64
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humor
strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate
The Clock / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Captain Kane; The Owl [Baldy Getzmore] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:The Owl threatens Baldy Getzmore, a former rum runner. But the Clock exposes cunning subterfuge.
Reprints:
from Wags (Editors Press Service, 1937 series
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Genre:historical
Characters:Hawk; Carlos (villain)Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #34
Clip Chance at Cliffside / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
Pencils:
George Brenner (Scott Sheridan)
Characters:Clip Chance (introduction); Slim (introduction); Chink (introduction); Bart (introduction, villain)
Funny Pages V2#7 (Centaur, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
2nd issue from Centaur Publications which had taken over the title just one month earlier
Numerous funny strips and westerns etc.
Funny Picture Stories V2#7 (Comics Magazine, 1938)
Gerber calls this issue "scarce," estimating that only 21 to 50 copies still exist in any condition
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Fred Schwab ?
Inks:
Fred Schwab ?
Grin and Laff / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Kermit Jaediker (credited) [as Kermit Ray]
Pencils:
Ray Gill (signed) [as Kermit Ray]
Genre:humor
four one-panel gag pieces.
Ray Gill
(11 March 1918 - 1 April 1984, USA)
Ray Gill was an American comic book writer, artist and editor
He was a writer and editor for Funnies Inc. on a great many features between 1937 and 1941. He did his early scripts for Centaur Comics titles, while also providing art for the feature 'Pals and Pastimes'. He wrote and illustrated fillers for Lev Gleason's New Friday imprint in 1939.
Throughout the 1940s, Gill was writing scripts for various Timely and Novelty Comics features, co-creating 'Airman' and 'Terry Vance'. He also did the art for a couple of these features, including 'Mighty Mouse', 'Super Rabbit' and 'Edison Bell'. He was also an artist for Archie Comics during this period.
By the 1950s, Gill was doing editorial work for Stanley Publications and Fawcett; he was senior editor on Fawcett's 'How-to' line of books. His final comic book art was with characters like 'Junior Hopp' and 'Peter Cottontail' for Stanmor in 1952-54.
Don't Look Now / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Genre:humor
four one-panel gags cartoons.
Laughing At Life! / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed) [as PG overlapping initials]
Phoney Crimes / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed) [as interlocking P. and G.
Insurance Ike / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jack Cole
Pencils:
Jack Cole
Nothing But the Truth / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Roughhouse Annie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Charles Biro
Pencils:
Charles Biro
Jim Comes Through/ 5 pages (report information) Script:
Maurice Gutwirth
Pencils:
Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Maurice Gutwirth was a Golden Age comic artist, working through studios like Chesler, Eisner/Iger and Funnies Inc. Early work includes Centaur features like 'Doc Doyle', 'Lucky Doyle, Master Detective' and 'Sky Menace'. He drew among others 'Dr Frost' in Prize Comics (Feature Comics), and worked on Archie features like 'Bentley of Scotland Yard', 'Secret Assignments' and 'Silver Fox'.
For Better Publications, he illustrated 'American Eagle' (in Exciting Comics), 'Four Comrades', 'Jimmy Cole', 'Lucky Lawrence' and 'Sergeant Bill King'. He was the creator of 'USA', comics's first female super-patriot, for Quality Comics. He was present at Timely/Atlas with 'Captain America', 'The Falcon', 'Human Torch' and 'Phantom of the Underworld', and at Ace Periodicals with 'Buckskin', 'Marvo the Magician', 'Vulcan' and 'Sky Smith'.
The Comics #7 (Dell, 1938)
Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Paul H. Jepsen
Characters:Rod Rian
Sci-fi story that later ran in Flash Comics #2-11 at DC Comics in 1940
Gordon Fife and the Boy King / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Inks:
Carl Pfeufer
The Mystery of the Hooded Horseman(Table of Contents) comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Script:
Norman Fallon
Norman Fallon was a comic book inker in the 40's during the Golden Age of comics. He worked on titles like Batman and World's Finest alongside artists such as Dick Sprang and Jerry Robinson. His first DC work is Batman #19.
Ted Strong / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Al Carreno
Pencils:
Al Carreno
Al Carreno
(1905 - 1964, Mexico) Mexico
Albert "Al" Carreno was born in Mexico City. He was asked to do a comic strip for an eight-page tabloid comic section. The result was a western, 'Ted Strong', but it was dropped after a few years.
Then Al Carreno went on to comic book illustration, working variously at Fox, Fawcett, National, Prize, Marvel, Pines and Ziff Davis throughout the 1940's and 1950's. He worked on titles such as 'Ibis', 'Red Gaucho', 'Captain Marvel', and 'The Blue Beetle'. In the 50's he also became active in the National Cartoonist Society and became NCS membership chairman. He also worked on 1950’s Atlas horror.
Star Comics #11 (Centaur, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
Gerber "9" issue ("very rare") as well as a Gerber "white space."
Sources list this as the first published comic book art by Jack Cole but this is not his first as we have mentioned him previously.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Jack Cole
Inks:
Jack Cole
Gertie the Cashier / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Genre:humor
This strip includes images of Mickey Mouse, W. C. Fields, Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Katherine Hepburn, Stan Laurel, Jimmy Durante, Betty Boop, Frankenstein, Oliver Hardy, Greta Garbo, and Groucho Marx.
Belly Laughs / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Genre:humor
Salute to a Teacher / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Little Nemo in Slumberland / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.] (signed)
Genre:fantasy-supernatural
Winsor McCay Jr. is aka Bob McCay.
Professor McScrewey / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer ?
Inks:
Fred Guardineer ?
King Kole / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Cole ?
Inks:
Jack Cole ?
The Prince / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Basil Wolverton ?
Pencils:
Basil Wolverton ?
Genre:humor
Rumoured 1st comic work of Basil
Down Through the Ages / illustration / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Characters:Robin Hood; Little John )
Dan Hastings / text story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Characters:Dan Hastings
Don Marlow / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Tell Me? Mr. Wise Guy / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Genre:humor
Star Ranger #11 (Centaur, 1938)
Fred Schwab cover. Fred Guardineer centerfold.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Inks:
Fred Schwab
Feature Books #12 Blondie (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Blondie. Gerber "8" or "rare", according to The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books.
Features Blondie in her first solo comics venture.
Blondie / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Genre:humor
Characters:Dagwood; Blondie; Baby Dumpling
Blondie / comic story / 71 pages (report information) Script:
Chic Young
Genre:humor
Characters:Blondie; Dagwood; Baby Dumpling; Daisy
Reprints:
from Blondie (King Features) 1937.02.02 to 1937.06.05
Ace Comics #13 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
The Phantom, Jungle Jim, Blondie, Ripley's Believe It or Not, the Katzenjammer Kids, Krazy Kat
Barney Google; The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial (signed
["In the search for Peter Hawkins' lost son, Hawkins and Kolu were captured..."](Table of Contents) comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Alex Raymond
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chic Young
She was also the feature of Feature Book #12 that same month
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
Genre:jungle; superher0
3rd comic book appearance
Detective Comics #14 (DC, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
Speed Saunders ? / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Colors:
?
Genre:detective-mystery
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel ?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
The Law at Work / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Oil from China(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Vincent Sullivan [as Paul Dean]
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Basil Montague (introduction, villain, death)
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:The Boss (introduction, villain, death)
Quentin Roosevelt, Heroic Fighter(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Funnies #19 (Dell, 1938)
Mutt and Jeff cover. Alley Oop, Captain Easy, Dan Dunn, Major Hoople, Out Our Way, many others.
Mutt & Jeff / cover / 1 pag
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Pencils:
Norman Marsh
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Reprints:
from Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire Sundays (Daily Eagle) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:adventure
Reprints:
from Tad of the Tanbark Sundays (Daily Eagle) xxx
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Glenn Chaffin
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviation
Reprints:
from Tailspin Tommy Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviation
Reprints:
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate)
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
Tip Top Comics #24 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Tarzan cover.
Ella Cinders Jim Hardy Fritzi Ritz Broncho Bill
Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Al Capp
Pencils:
Al Capp
King Comics #25 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial [as Musial](signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Olive Oyl; Henry
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar
Pencils:
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Characters:Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Hans ZarkovReprints:
from Flash Gordon Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-07-04 - 1937-07-25
Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Mandrake the Magician; Lothar; Prince Paulo (villain)
Indexer Notes
from Mandrake the Magician Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-07-04 - 1937-07-25
Popular Comics #27 (April 1938) Dell, 1936
Editing: Maxwell Gaines; Sheldon Mayer (assistant)
All Chicago Tribune strips move to Super Comics next month
The Gumps; Harold Teen; Smitty; Little Orphan Annie / cover / 1
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould (credited)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Dick Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Pat Patton; Chief Brandon; Nina; Florio Stark; Madeline; Baldy Stark (villain)Reprints:
from Dick Tracy Sundays 1937.03.07-1937.03.28
Next appearance in Super Comics #1
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Little Orphan Annie; Daddy Warbucks [Oliver Warbucks]; Sandy (a dog); The Asp; J. Preston Slime; Boris SirobReprints:
from Little Orphan Annie Sundays 1937.02.28-1937.03.21
Next appearance in Super Comics #1
Harold Teen / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Carl Ed (credited)
Genre:teen
Characters:Harold Teen; Lillums Lovewell; Shadow Smart
Chicago Tribune, NY News Syndicate. Next appearance in Super Comics #1
Smilin' Jack / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Zack Mosley (credited)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Cookie; VelvetReprints:
from Smilin' Jack Sundays Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. May 3, 1936 -May 10, 1936
Next appearance in Super Comics #1.
Gasoline Alley / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Frank King (credited)
Genre:dramaCharacters:Skeezix Wallet; Sissy; Brick; Trixie
copyright 1936 by Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. Next appearance in Super Comics #1
Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Martin Branner (signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Winnie Winkle; Perry Winkle; Mr. Winkle; Mrs. Winkle; Mascot (a dog)Reprints:
from Winnie Winkle Sundays 1936.04.26-1936.05.17
Copyright 1936 Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. May 3- 36 on page 2.
Next appearance in Super Comics #1
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff (credited)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie [George Webster Confucius]; Captain Blaze [also as Sparks]
Reprints:
from Sunday Terry and the Pirates 1936.08.02-1936.08.09
Little Joe / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Leffingwell (credited)
Genre:western-frontierCharacters:Little Joe; Utah; Yellow PonyReprints:
copyright 1936 Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate.
Next Appearance in Super Comics #1.
Don Winslow of the Navy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Frank V. Martinek [as Lieut. Comdr. F. V. Martinek, USNR] (credited)
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth (credited)
Genre:warCharacters:Don Winslow; Red; The Crocodile (villain)Reprints:
from Don Winslow Sundays 1936.10.18-1936.11.08
copyright 1936 by the Bell Syndicate. 10-18-36
Moon Mullins / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
Frank Willard (credited)
Pencils:
Frank Willard (credited)
Genre:humorCharacters:Kayo; Mrs. Mullins; Professor Smug
copyright Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. Next Appearance in Super Comics #1
Mickey Mouse Magazine #31 V3#7 (K. K. Publications, Inc., 1938)
Seven Dwarfs Easter cover.
Famous Funnies #45 (Eastern Color, 1938)
Mile High pedigree and Lost Valley Pedigree
Big Chief Wahoo / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmino
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Phil Nowlan
Pencils:
Dick Calkins
Genre:science fiction
copyright John F. Dille
War On Crime / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Genre:crime
copyright Ledger Syndicate
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
copyright Eisner-Iger
1938 - MAY
Brand new and just what you’ve been waiting for
Superman !!
Superman is not mentioned anywhere in the ad but the iconic cover of the upcoming Action Comics #1 sure grabbed your attention.
This ad was posted identical in all 3 of DC’s comic books with a May 1938 cover date making these the first appearances of Superman in comic books. Detective #15, New Adventure #26 and More Fun #31.
18 comics in May
Super Comics #1 (Dell, 1938)
This issue marks the beginning of Terry and the Pirates, Dick Tracy, Smitty, the Gumps, Little Orphan Annie, Smilin' Jack, Gasoline Alley, and many more.
These characters moved over from Popular Comics #27 in April
Almost every strip in this issue is a continuation from Popular Comics
1938 that ran for over a decade, until 1949
Edgar Church Mile High pedigree,
Gerber 8, in his The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books, advises this is a "rare" issue, meaning an estimated 20 or less in existence.
Dick Tracy; Little Orphan Annie; Terry and the Pirates / cover /
Dick Tracy / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mysteryReprints:
from Dick Tracy Sundays 37.04.04 to 37.04.25
Continued from Popular Comics 27 (Dell, 1936 series)
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Genre:dramaReprints:
from Little Orphan Annie Sundays 37.04.04 to 37.04.25
Continued from Popular Comics 27 (Dell, 1936 series)
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Genre:adventure
Continued from Popular Comics 27 (Dell, 1936 series)
Comics On Parade #2 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Tarzan, Li'l Abner, Nancy, Fritzi Ritz, Captain and the Kids, others.
Feature Funnies #8 (Quality, 1938)
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #40 (December 3, 1937)
Jane Arden; Lena Pry / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Russell Ross
lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humor
strip reprints: Frank J. Markey Syndicate
The Clock / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Captain Kane; Mr. O'Brien; Maroni (villain)
Synopsis:Captain Kane asks the Clock to capture Maroni before Maroni has him transferred.
Reprints:
from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series)
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:historical
Characters:The Hawk; Claw Carlos
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #38 (November 19, 1937
Funny Pages V2 #8 (Centaur, 1938)
3rd issue from Centaur
Features art by Gill Fox, Frank Frollo, Bob Wood, Craig Fox, George Nagle, and Claire S. Moe.
Funny Picture Stories v2 #8 (centaur, 1938)
Go on! Knock it off!(Table of Contents) cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Charles Biro
Inks:
Charles Biro
Frozen Justice(Table of Contents) comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jack Cole
Pencils:
Jack Cole
Star Comics #12 (Centaur, 1938)
Little Nemo appearance.
Billy Wright pedigree
Riders of the Golden West begins.
Gerber "7" issue ("scarce").
Star Ranger #12 (Centaur, 1938)
Last issue.
rom Centaur's third month of publishing. .
Billy Wright pedigree
becomes "Cowboy Comics" with next issue.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jack Cole [as J. Cole] (signed)
Art by Cole, Fred Guardineer, and Paul Gustavson.
Feature Books #13 Inspector Wade - (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books rates the issue a "7" or "scarce".
Inspector Wade(Table of Contents) Inspector Wade / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Lyman Anderson
The Swiss Headwaiter(Table of Contents) Inspector Wade / comic story / 36 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Stark [as ghost for Edgar Wallace]
Pencils:
Lyman Anderson
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Inspector Wade; Donavan
Reprints:
from Inspector Wade of Scotland Yard (King Features Syndicate) 1937 6-17-37-8-26-37
Original story appeared in the Scotland Yard Book by Edgar Wallace. Original printing unknown. Wallace died 3 years prior to the start of the comic strip.
The Black(Table of Contents) Inspector Wade / comic story / 36 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Stark [as ghost for Edgar Wallace]
Pencils:
Lyman Anderson
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Inspector Wade; Donavan; The Black
Reprints:
strip reprints King Features 8-28-1937 thru 11-6-37
based on 1935 novel by Edgar Wallace featuring Detective Minter
Lyman Anderson
(5 May 1907 - 1993, USA)
In the early 1930s, major publisher Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson conceived a comic book, 'New Fun'. Anderson worked on the first two issues.
In 1934 Anderson was contacted by Sheldon Stark as a possible artist for a strip Stark was designing for King Features Syndicate. The resulting strip, 'Inspector Wade', appeared in daily newspapers later that year.working on it until 1938
Ace Comics #14 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial
Genre:humor
Characters:Katzenjammer Kids; Barney Google
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Genre:jungleCharacters:Jungle Jim; Blackie; Bhutan; Lil De Vrille; Hawkins
Reprints:
April 25-May 16, 1937 Sundays
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Chic Young
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
Genre:adventure; jungle; superheroCharacters:The Phantom; GuranReprints:
from daily strips beginning Dec 16, 1936
Detective Comics #15 (DC, 1938)
issue contains a "coming soon" ad for Action #1!
Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster actually drew two stories for this issue as well.
Billy Wright pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information)Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Action Comics #1 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel ?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Oscar the Gumshoe / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Lightning Strikes Once(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Vincent Sullivan [as Paul Dean]
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Mr. Death; Bart Reagan; Sally Norris
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Chester Glass; Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
Ruth Harkness: Her Adventures in the Far East(Table of Contents) comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
The Funnies #20 (Dell, 1938)
Alley Oop / cover / 1
Tim McCoy / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Genre:western-frontier
Adapted from the Monogram motion picture.
Dan Dunn / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Genre:crime
Reprints:
from Dan Dunn Sundays (Publishers Syndicate) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviation
Reprints:
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate) xxxx-xx-x
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Tip Top Comics #25 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Lost Valley pedigree
Cover of Captain and the Kids - Katzenjammer Kids
TARZAN, Lil Abner, Jim Hardy
King Comics #26 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Joe Musial cover.
Lost Valley pedigree
Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial (signed)
Inks:
Joe Musial (signed)
Colors:
?
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Henry
thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Reprints:
from Thimble Theatre Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-08-08 - 1937-08-29
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Genre:adventure; science fictionCharacters:Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Hans Zarkov
Reprints:
from Flash Gordon Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-08-01 - 1937-08-22
Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Genre:non-fiction; sports
from Sport Features Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937
Brick Bradford / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
William Ritt
Pencils:
Clarence Gray
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Reprints:
from Brick Bradford Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-08-01 - 1937-08-22
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernaturalCharacters:Mandrake the Magician; Lothar
Reprints:
from Mandrake the Magician Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-08-01 - 1937-08-22
Feature Books ad text story / 1 page :
Feature Book #13 on sale May 15th (Inspector Wade)
New Adventure Comics #26 (DC, 1938)
This is widely considered the rarest DC comic!
DC collector Ian Levine put together a complete run of every DC comic and this was the very last book he could locate.
inside cover has an ad for Action #1, making this one of the very first times an image of Superman saw print. The cover art was in the hands of DC's best cover artist of the early era, Creig Flessel. The interior is a mix of adventure and humor, with the creators of DC's two greatest characters both contributing: Bob Kane drew some gag strips for the issue, and Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster drew the Federal Men feature.
First issue published by Detective Comics Inc. per the indicia.
Cover
Creig Flessel (signed)
Characters:Indian (fighting eagle
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Steve Carson; A reckless driver; Junior Federal Men Club; Sandy Kean;
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Nadir; The Captain (death); Sammy (introduction); the Renegade (introduction) [The Pirate Ship: Part 1](Table of Contents)
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure
Characters:Captain Don Brewster;
Robin Hood / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Sven Elven
Characters:I: Little John and the Merry Men
Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Genre:humor
Characters:Prof. Doolittle (intro)
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:adventure
Characters:Rusty; Specs; Tubby; Chen Fu (villain)
Milton "Bill" Finger (February 8, 1914 – January 18, 1974) was an American comic strip and comic book writer best known as the co-creator, with Bob Kane, of the DC Comics character Batman, and the co-architect of the series' development. Although Finger did not receive proper credit for his hand in the development of Batman, Kane acknowledged his contributions years after Finger's death.
Finger also wrote many of the original 1940s Green Lantern stories after co-creating the original Green Lantern (Alan Scott), and would go on to contribute to the development of numerous other comic book series. He was posthumously inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1999. His name provided the basis for the Bill Finger Award, founded by Jerry Robinson and presented annually at the San Diego Comic-Con International to honor excellence in comic book writing.
Odds 'n Ends / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff
Sheldon "Shelly" Moldoff (April 14, 1920 – February 29, 2012)[1] was an American comic book artist best known for his early work on the DC Comics characters Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and as one of Bob Kane's primary "ghost artists" on the superhero Batman. He co-created the Batman supervillains Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, the second Clayface, and Bat-Mite, as well as the original heroes Bat-Girl, Batwoman, and Ace the Bat-Hound. Moldoff is the sole creator of the Black Pirate.
Click Evans / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Maurice Kashuba
Pencils:
Maurice Kashuba (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Click Evans (intro, a newsreel cameraman)
only appearance
This is the first DC published work by Maurice Kashuba.
Popular Comics #28 (Dell, 1938)
1st app of Gene Autry in comics
Gene Autry / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
adapted from a 1938 Republic movie
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Science fiction
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Son of the Minute Men / text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sam Merwin Jr. [as Carter Sprague]
This series precedes by a year Merwin's 1st published sf story in the pulp "Thrilling Wonder Stories".
More Fun Comics #31 (DC, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
Published a month before Action #1 and contains an ad for that book.
Creig Flessel cover with a Robinson Crusoe theme.
This is the first issue published by Detective Comics, Inc., 480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY.
cover
Creig Flessel (signed)
Superman / advertisement / 1 page
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Inks:
Will Ely (signed)
Doctor Occult / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Leger]
Pencils:
Joe Shuster [as Reuths]
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Buzz Brown / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Hank 'n' Hunk / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Russell Cole [as Alger]
Genre:humorCharacters:Hank; Hunk
only appearance.
Slaphappy and his Pappy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
B. Block (signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Slaphappy; Pappy
Only appearance.
Collared(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Thomas Delaney
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as F.B.G.]
Inks:
Fred Guardineer [as F.B.G.]
Mark Marson of the Interplanetary Police / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Mark Marson; Diane Greystone; Ransford; Monty
last appearance
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Inks:
Will Ely (signed)
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean; Larry Trent
Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane [as Robert Kane]
Inks:
Bob Kane
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:humor; childrenCharacters:Ginger Snap (intro); the Colonel
Brad Hardy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Brad Hardy; Genral Porgo; KardosSynopsis:Porgo wakes and faces Brad with his sword.
black and white;
last appearance
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Biff Brody and Pop Beaner / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel ?
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Biff Brody; Pop Beaner; Tony The Runt; Farmer Kettlesoup; Brainie
Synopsis:Biff captures a criminal by having an auto accident.
Only appearance.
Red Logan / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Winiarksi [as WIN]
Genre:adventure
Characters:Red Logan (intro); Trigger; Butch
1st appearance
Mickey Mouse Magazine V3#8 (K. K. Publications/Western Publishing Co., 1938)
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
Mickey Mouse / text story / 3.5 pages
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 2 pages
Ingersoll Mickey Mouse Wrist Watch/ Mickey Mouse / advertisement / 1 pag
Famous Funnies #46 (Eastern Color)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmiño
Genre:humor
Characters:Sam Smithers; Pigtails
War On Crime / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Kemp Starrett ?
Genre:crimeCharacters:Brunette; Vandenbush
True crime story. copyright Ledger Syndicate
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
copyright Eisner-Iger
1938 - JUNE
The golden age of comics began June 1938 with the first appearance of the alien superhero Superman.
There were 18 comics on the newsstands that month.
Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938)
The first appearance of Superman is also considered the first superhero comic and therefore the beginning of the golden age of comics,
Published on April 18, 1938 (cover-dated June), by National Allied Publications, a corporate predecessor of DC Comics, it is considered the first true superhero comic; and though today Action Comics is a monthly title devoted to Superman, it began, like most early comics, as an anthology of different strips and genres.
Action Comics was started by publisher Jack Liebowitz. The first issue had a print run of 200,000 copies, which promptly sold out, although it took some time for National to realize that the "Superman" strip was responsible for sales of the series that would soon approach 1,000,000 a month. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were paid $10 per page, for a total of $130 for their work on this issue. Liebowitz would later say that selecting Superman to run in Action Comics #1 was "pure accident" based on deadline pressure and that he selected a "thrilling" cover, depicting Superman lifting a car over his head.
Jack Liebowitz signed a cheque on March 1, 1938 from Detective Comics made payable to Jerome Seigel and Joe Schuster. Both of the creators names were spelled incorrect. The check, in the amount of $412, includes an accounting of the items being paid for. At the very top is “Superman $130,” Next is the payment for the June 1938 Detective Comics at $210. Following that are payments of $36 each for Adventure Comics and More Fun. It would also appear that DC Comics used this check as evidence in their 1939 lawsuit against Victor Fox, given the fact that the evidence stamp from this case is clearly visible on the reverse of the check, as are the actual endorsement signatures of Siegel and Shuster themselves.
Superman was instantly popular possibly due to the shocking unbelievable cover of the first issue. Superman would appear in each issue but would NOT appear on the cover again until issue #7. Sales were growing though due to popularity and a readers poll after a few months found 80% of readers chose Superman as their favorite strip in Action Comics.
In the very first comic book price guide from Argosy in 1965 the ten cent comic was listed with a value of $50.00 unheard of at that time when the comic collectibles market was brand new. The first Overstreet Price Guide in 1970 listed it as the most valuable comic ever at $300.00. In every annual Overstreet guide the price would rise and rise and rise. Only once did it fall to 2nd place in the late 1980s but otherwise has always ranked as the most valuable comic book of all time.
On August 24, 2014, a copy graded 9.0 by CGC was sold on eBay for US$3,207,852. It is the only comic book to have sold for more than $3 million for a single original copy. Action Comics would go on to run for 904 numbered issues up until 2011 when the series was restarted with a new #1.
There is a Billy Wright pedigree copy.
Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)
Pencils: Joe Shuster
Inks: Joe Shuster
Superman / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Clark Kent] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis:A space vehicle from a destroyed world lands on Earth, and its occupant becomes Superman. In addition, a scientific explanation for this being's powers is given.
Reprints:
US in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February-March 1973)
US in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 (1974)
This strip was originally prepared for newspaper publication, cut up and repaged.
Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (unnamed); Lois Lane; Daily Star; Evelyn Curry; Bea Carroll (villain); Butch Matson (villain); Senator Barrows (villain); Alex Greer (villain)
Synopsis:Superman delivers a witness to the governor to stop an execution, then stops a wife-beater. Later Superman, as Clark Kent, goes out with Lois, but she earns the wrath of Butch Matson and Superman must save her. Finally, Clark is assigned a story on the South American republic of San Monte. He heads to Washington DC to find out who is behind Senator Barrows pushing legislation which will embroil the United States in a war in Europe by grabbing lobbyist Alex Greer and scaring the truth out of him.
Reprints:
US in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)
which is reprinted
Story continues in Action Comics #2.
Originally prepared for newspaper publication, cut up and repaged, most probably by Joe Shuster.
Vince Sullivan, Sheldon Mayer, and Harry Lampert are often cited as having done the paste-up work based on their own claims.
Lets analyze the first storyline of Superman and see what we learn
Superman was inserted into a rocketship as an infant by his father and sent to Earth from an unnamed planet that was being destroyed from old age. The baby is found in the ship and found by a passing motorist who turned the child over to an orphanage. They discovered the baby had amazing strength and could lift heavy items. As an adult now named Clark Kent, he could leap great lengths, hurdle a 20 story building, run faster than an express train. Kent came from a planet whose inhabitants physical structure was millions of years advanced.
In his first adventure he leaves a woman outside near a tree tied up and gagged. He goes to see the governor but is not very diplomatic in his approach. He grabs the butler and carries him up the stairs. The governors bedroom door is made of steel which Superman breaks through. The butler pulls out a gun and shoots Superman in the chest. Superman gives the governor papers on releasing a prisoner about to face electrocution. The next morning wearing hat and glasses reporter Clark Kent sees the paper about the released convict and is happy there is no mention of Superman. The unnamed editor of the Daily Star newspaper asks Clark Kent if he has heard of Superman. Reports are out about Superman already. Clark Kent is sent to a residential address about a wife beating. When he gets there the main is beating his wife. Superman aggressively lifts the main and violently throws him hard against the wall. The man stabs Superman in the chest but the blade breaks. The man faints ! We meet Lois Lane for the first time typing at her desk at the Daily Star. Clark Kent asks her for a date and this time she says yes. Later that evening they are out dancing when the mobster Butch Matson tries to cut in but Lois slaps him in the face. Kent doesn’t want to fight so Lois storms off. On the road Butch forces Lois’ taxi to stop and they take her against her will. With Lois in the car they drive off but Superman is standing in the middle of the road. He leaps over the car before they hit him. Superman lifts the car, shakes it upside down and until everyone falls out before he smashes the car. Superman hangs Butch Matson at the top of a telephone pole. Lois is started as Superman lifts her and carries her back to the city. Clark Kent takes a train to Capitol City to check up on Senor Barrows. Superman climbs the wall of his high rise apartment. Superman confronts Alex Greer, the corrupt lobbyist and grabs him by the foot as they leap through air. Superman plans to take him to the Capitol building but the strip ends with him missing his leap.
And so begins the startling adventures of the most sensational strip character of all time : Superman.
Zatara Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Zatara (introduction); Tong (introduction); Brady (death); Captain Kennedy; The Tigress (introduction, villain); Babcock (villain)
Synopsis:Zatara and Tong investigate the murders of several railroad detectives and the theft of over $200,000 in loot.
Reprints:
US in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 (1974)
He first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938), and was created by writer and artist Fred Guardineer.
Pep Morgan / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Pep Morgan; Pop Burkett; Sailor Sorenson; Boomerang; O'Rourke; Doc Lowery (villain)
Synopsis:When the Boxing Commission runs a dirty fight trainer out of town, he swears his revenge...against Pep.
Reprints:
US in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 (1974)
Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Scoop Scanlon; Rusty James; Arnold (villain)
Synopsis:An international jewel thief arrives in America as a prisoner, but Scoop and Rusty are on hand to witness his escape with the help of his gang lying in wait.
Reprints:
US in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 (1974)
Tex Thomson / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch ?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Tex Thomson (introduction ); Bob; Betty; unnamed gangster chief (intro, villain, death); Monk (villain); Sonja (villain)
Synopsis:Ken is framed for the murder of a man, and, with the help of Betty and Bobby, sets out to prove his innocence.
Reprints:
US in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 (1974)
Stardust / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as the Star Gazer]
Genre:non-fiction
Characters:Fred Astaire; Constance Bennett; Charles Boyer; Wheeler; Woolsey
Synopsis:Interesting facts about celebrities Fred Astaire, Constance Bennett, Charles Boyer and the comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey are provided in this illustrated filler.
Reprints:
US in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 (1974
Odds 'n Ends / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Genre:non-fiction
Reprints:
US in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 (1974)
Inside back cover.
Circus the Comic Riot #1 (Globe Syndicate, 1938)
Basil Wolverton art on Spacehawks and Disk Eyes. Pewee Throttle by Jack Cole. Jack Hinton by Will Eisner. Van Bragger by Bob Kane.
Mile High pedigree
Gerber and Overstreet both consider this comic "scarce,"
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Will Hammell
Inks:
Will Hammell
Peewee Throttle / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jack Cole
Pencils:
Jack Cole
Jack Hinton the Guardsman / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Van Bragger / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Side Streets of New York / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane [as Robert Kaye]
Pencils:
Bob Kane [as Robert Kaye]
Dinty and Mope / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
James Pabian
Inks:
James Pabian
James A. "Jim" Pabian (April 14, 1909 – July 23, 1996) was an American screenwriter and director of short films. He co-wrote and directed the Tom and Jerry short The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off. He also co-wrote another Tom and Jerry short, Haunted Mouse. Both were released by MGM in 1965.
Pabian also worked as an artist for Dell Comics in the 1940s and 1950s, and created the syndicated daily comic strips Hollywood Johnnie, Screen Girl, and Go Go Gruver. He first worked in comics in Circus The Comic Riot #1 in 1938.
Spacehawks / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Basil Wolverton
Pencils:
Basil Wolverton
Genre:science fiction
Disk-Eyes the Detective / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Basil Wolverton [as Dennis Langdon]
Pencils:
Basil Wolverton [as Dennis Langdon]
Genre:detective-mystery
Basil Wolverton (July 9, 1909 – December 31, 1978) was an American cartoonist and illustrator, and "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People who Prowl this Perplexing Planet." His many publishers included Marvel Comics and Mad magazine.
Disk-Eyes the Detective and Spacehawks were published in 1938 in Circus comics. In 1940, Spacehawk (a different and improved feature) made its debut in Target Comics , published by Novelty Press. It ran for 30 episodes (262 pages) until 1942.
Wolverton's humor feature Powerhouse Pepper, about a superstrong if none-too-bright boxer, appeared in various comic books published by Timely Comics from 1942 through 1952. He worked on many other Timely titles and created other unique characters.
Natty Nats / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Ed Nofziger
Pencils:
Ed Nofziger
Ed Nofziger
(1913 - 16 October 2000, USA)
began working for the Saturday Evening Post in 1938 and also in the comic book market in 1938.
After World War II, he went into animation, working for UPA studios drawing 'Mister Magoo', and creating the character Mother Magoo. He later worked at Hanna-Barbera where he did the 'Ruff and Ready' comic strips and stories.
Sprinkle Puss / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Dave Gerard
Pencils:
Dave Gerard
Dave Gerard (June 18, 1909 - August 31, 2003) was a prolific magazine humor cartoonist from the 1940s through to the 1960s, most notably for Collier's Weekly, Country Gentleman, and The Saturday Evening Post. Between 1953 and 1966, Gerard drew the newspaper comic strip Will-Yum. Will-Yum was also featured in a Dell comic book. He began in comic books in 1938 with Circus #1.
Beau Gus / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Wesley Morse
Pencils:
Wesley Morse
Wesley Morse (June 17, 1897 – June 20, 1963) was a cartoonist who is most famous for his creation of the Bazooka Joe comic strip for the bubble gum company Topps in 1953.
Morse was one of only two known authors of underground "Tijuana Bible" comics in the 1930s (Doc Rankin is believed to be another), Morse drew 60 of the little booklets, as well as four of the larger, more expensive 16 page books from the same publishers.
Morse worked on various comic strips starting in 1925.
Beau Gus which appeared in the early comic book Circus: The Comic Riot in 1938.
Galahad Jones and His Lady / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Eldon Frye
Pencils:
Eldon Frye
Eldon Frye – Artist, Illustrator, Designer, Cartoonist
Eldon Reed Frye (1909-1990) was a nationally known artist whose oil portraits of aviation pioneers hang in San Diego’s Aerospace Hall of Fame. His helpful-hint “Putterin’ Pete” cartoon series was syndicated around the world.
Crackajack Funnies #1 (Dell, 1938)
Mile High pedigree - possibly the earliest comic to have a CGC 9.8 grade
One of Dell's earliest titles followed a common format of the day of reprinting popular comic strips. Over 20 different strips were represented in this first issue, including Dan Dunn, Don Winslow, Buck Jones, Tom Mix, Myra North, Major Hoople, and others.
Don Winslow; Dan Dunn; Freckles; Myra North; Tom Mix / cover
Dan Dunn / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Pencils:
Norman Marsh
Don Winslow / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
F. V. Martinek
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth
Genre:adventure; military
Characters:Don Winslow
Synopsis:Don and his crew are trying to rescue American civilians from the Spanish Civil War.
daily newspaper strip reprints.
Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Lewin
Genre:western-frontier
copyright by Stephen Slesinger. Probably from an unidentified Big Little Book.
Tom Traylor, G-Man X-32 / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Milt Youngren ?
Inks:
Milt Youngren ?
Mickey Mouse / promo (ad from the publisher)
Super Comics #2 (Dell, 1938)
Smokey Stover / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bill Holman ?
Inks:
Bill Holman ?
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Dick Tracy; Johnny Mintworth
Reprints:
from Dick Tracy Sundays 1937-05-09 to 1937-05-30
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Genre:adventure
Characters:Daddy Warbucks; The Asp; Annie; Sirob; Mr. Am
Reprints:
From Little Orphan Annie Sundays 1937-05-09 to 1937-05-30
terry and the Pirates / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Genre:adventure
Characters:Terry; Pat: Poppa Pyzon; Connie; The Dragon Lady
Reprints:
Chicago Tribune Sundays 10-04-36 to 10-25-36
The Lost Colony of Atlantis / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
William Ward
Pencils:
William Ward
Reprints:
from Mickey Mouse Weekly (Great Britain)
William A. Ward
(1887 - 1958, UK) United Kingdom
William Ward was a British animator and comic book artist, best-known for drawing the British 'Donald Duck' serials and his work for Gerald Swan comic books.
he was hired by Odhams Press to draw a series of continuing 'Donald Duck' comics for Mickey Mouse Weekly. Besides the dailies by Al Taliaferro and the early Italian comics, these stories are among the first comic appearances of the character. Ward's first story is even considered the first Duck adventure comic ever. He drew twelve serials between 1937 and 1940, and gave Donald co-stars like the girl Donna (from the short) and the Scottish sailor Mac (an original character). His stories had strange and wildly imaginative settings like the Wild West, the Arabian Nights, 5000 fathoms under the sea, the moon and the planet Venus.
Comics On Parade #3 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Tarzan leads the march on the cover with such notables as Li'l Abner, the Katzenjammer Kids, Nancy, Abbie N Slats and others following behind him.
Lamont Larson Pedigree
The Comics #8 (Dell, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
["Pop! Have you seen my arrow?"](Table of Contents) cover / 1 page
Ted Strong / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Carreno (credited)
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Ted Strong; Dud; Gus; Jack Baldwin; Mr. Dorgan (villain); Zorrillo Pete (villain)
Reprints:
from Ted Strong Sunday (The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.) 1935
Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Pencils:
Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Rod Rian; Karin; Taro; Unicor warriors
Reprints:
from Rod Rian of the Sky Police newspaper strip (The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc.) 1935
Gordon Fife and the Boy King / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Baltos [Count Baltha]; Magda; Nicky [Nicholas]; Rognal
Reprints:
from Gordon Fife and the Boy King newspaper strip (Watkins Syndicate)
Tex Ritter / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Norman Fallon (credited)
Genre:western-frontier
The Enchanted Stone of Time / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Adolphe Barreaux (credited)
Pencils:
Adolphe Barreaux (credited)
Genre:fantasy-supernatural
dolphe Barreaux
Charles Barr
(9 January 1899 - 23 October 1985, USA)
He became a highly productive artist for pulp magazines published by Harry Donenfeld from the 1930s to the 1950s, including romance, detective and mystery titles. He also made a comic strip called 'Flossie Flip' for one these titles, The Police Gazette. Barreaux and Donenfeld joined forces and founded Barreaux Studios. One of his best known creations of the time was the adult comic strip 'Sally the Sleuth', that appeared in Spicy Detective Stories from 1934. Barreaux drew the comic until 1942, when several other artists had their turn on the strip. Sally was soon followed by other comic characters, such as 'Dan Turner'.
By 1935 Barreaux also found the time to create the syndicated comic strip 'The Enchanted Stone of Time', and a year later he was also present in comic books like More Fun Comics and New Fun Comics. Barreaux renamed his business Majestic Studios, that he headed from 1936 to 1953. The studio produced a great many comic features for the comic book industry. These include work for companies like Ace ('The Black Spider', 'The Raven'), DC/National ('The Magic Crystal of History', 'Tad Among the Pirates'),
Feature Funnies #9 (Quality Comics) 1938
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #44 (December 31, 1937
The masked hero The Clock appears on the cover the same month as Action Comics #1 with Superman
Joe Palooka / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Ed Cronin?
Inks:
Ed Cronin?
The Clock / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
Pencils:
George Brenner
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Joe Taff; Carteer; Captain Kane
Synopsis:The Clock solves a jewel robbery by threatening to use his usual assortment of torture devices.
Indexer Notes
from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:historical
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #42 (December 17, 1937
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humor
strip reprints Frank J Markey Syndicate
Feature Books #14 Popeye (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Popeye in "Wild Oats." E. C. Segar story, cover, and art. Considered "scarce" by Overstreet.
Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Elzie Segar
Genre:humor
Characters:Popeye
gold coins
Popeye / comic story / 71 pages (report information) Script:
Elzie Segar
Genre:humor
Characters:Popeye; Olive Oyle; the Jeep; Poppa
Reprints:
from Popeye newspaper strips 1937
Ace Comics #15 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Alex Raymond
Genre:jungleReprints:
Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Murat Young [as Chic Young]
Pencils:
Murat Young [as Chic Young]
Murat Young [as Chic Young]
Genre:humor; domestic
Reprints:
Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
Genre:adventure; jungle; superhero
Reprints:
Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937
Nicodemus O'Malley & his Whale, Palsy-Walsy / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Ad Carter
Pencils:
Ad Carter
Genre:children; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints:
Newspaper reprints from 1936 to 1937.
The Nicodemus strip occupies the top 1/3 of three Just Kids pages
August Daniel Carter (1895–1957) was an American comic strip cartoonist who created the long-running Just Kids strip. He was known as Ad Carter, the signature he used on his strips.
Just Kids looked like Reg'lar Fellers, as Carter imitated Byrnes' art style as well as his character set-up, especially in the early days. But while the imitation was never as popular as the original, it still carved out its own place in the public consciousness. In addition to pins, dolls, games and other merchandised products, it was the subject of a coloring book in 1928 and a 16-page comic book reprint in 1932. Starting in 1934, it was the subject of at least a half-dozen Big Little Books. In the late '30s, as modern-style comic books rose to prominence, Dell Comics put it in the back pages of several of its comic strip reprints
Detective Comics #16 (DC, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
on the stands at the same time as Action #1, and has an ad for it inside!
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Genre:crimeKeywords:gunfights; machine guns; motorcycles; policemen; rifles
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Creig Flessel ?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Speed Saunders; Mike Bruno (intro, villain); Miss Bannon; Joseph Bannon
Action Comics #! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Spy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventure
Characters:Barrow (intro, villain, death)
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Slam Bradley; Joan Carter (intro)
THE FUNNIES #21 June 1938 Dell Comics
Scribbly; Our Boarding House / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviation
Reprints:
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
The Wonderland of Oz / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Genre:fantasy-supernatural-supernatural
Characters:Tip; Mombi; Jack Pumpkinhead
Jack Randall / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Richard Rogers
Pencils:
Richard Rogers
Genre:western-frontier
Adapted from the Monogram motion picture
TIP TOP COMICS #26 JUNE 1938 UNITED FEATURES
Tarzan Captain and the Kids Jim Hardy Lil Abner Fritzi Ritz
Broncho Bill Frankie Doodle Little Mary Mixup Joe Jinks etc.
King Comics #27 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Lost Valley pedigree
Popeye and Henry cover
New Adventure Comics #27 (DC, 1938)
The book has the same June 1938 cover date as Action Comics #1, and this issue's ad for the latter book, featuring a black and white image of the Superman cover, is notable as one of the earliest known published images of Superman. The underwater cover is by Creig Flessel.
Second issue published by Detective Comics Inc.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Diver battling a shark
Flash! Here's a new magazine you can't afford to miss!(Table of Contents)(Expand) / promo (ad from the publisher) /
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Steve Carson; The Cobra (Introduction, villain);
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:adventure
Characters:Rusty; Tubby; Specs; Chen Fu (villain
Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Firing Squad Fizzle(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:
Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure
Characters:Dale Daring; Dwan Yo (Intro, villain)
Stardust / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Characters:Victor McLaglen; Jean Muir; Spanky McFarland from Our Gang ;
Junior Federal Men Club / text article / 1 page (report information)
Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Steve Carson]
Robin Hood / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Sven Elven
Pencils:
Sven Elven (signed)
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:Robin Hood; Little John; Will Gamewell
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Popular Comics #29 (Dell, 1938)
Mutt & Jeff / cover / 1 page
Mutt and Jeff appear 5 times in this issue. Herky appears 4 times.
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
part 2(Table of Contents) Son of the Minute Men / text story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:
Sam Merwin Jr. [as Carter Sprague]
This series precedes by a year Merwin's 1st published sf story in the pulp "Thrilling Wonder Stories".
More Fun Comics #32 (DC, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
Published the same month as Action #1, and has an ad for it on the inside front cover.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Vin Sullivan
Pencils:
Vin Sullivan (signed)
Synopsis:Kids painting horse into zebra
["Flash! Here's a new magazine you can't afford to miss!"](Table of Contents)(Expand) / Action Comics #1 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Inks:
Will Ely (signed)
Doctor Occult / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Doctor Occult; Rose Psychic
Synopsis:Dr. Occult has a new invention that lets him locate crime by tracking malignant thought waves. They can also teleport and turn invisible.
Indexer Notes
The story is continued but never finished. Dr. Occult next appears in ALL-STAR SQUADRON #49 some 40 years later.
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely
Cap'n Jerry / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
R. A. Burley (Signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Cap'n Jerry (intro)
Radio Squad / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy Kean; Blackie Turner (villain
Nevertheless It's True-- / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Genre:non-fiction
Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane [as Robert Kane]
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Odds 'n Ends / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely
Mickey Mouse Magazine #33 V3#9 (K. K. Publications, Inc., 1938)
2nd Dopey cover in this series
And the 3rd snow white and seven dwarfs related cover in this series.
Famous Funnies #47 (Eastern Color, 1938)
Lost Valley Pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:humor
Characters:Rudy Nebb; Pa Piffle
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Phil Nolan
Pencils:
Dick Calkins (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
F. O. Alexander
Pencils:
F. O. Alexander
Genre:adventure
Characters:Harry; Belinda; Rudolph Rassendale
Synopsis:Belinda and Harry manage to escape the beast and make it back into the spaceship
War On Crime / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Jimmy Thompson
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger
Genre:humor
copyright Eisner and Iger
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Pencils:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
1938 JULY
A Record setting 23 different titles this month - highest ever
Over in England The Beano Comic debuted published by DC Thomson.
The first issue dated July 30 featured the debuts of Lord Snooty, Wee Peem, Tin-Can Tommy, Hairy Dan, Ping the Elastic Man, Helpful Henry and Big Eggo.
Published weekly this series is a classic of UK pop culture with over 3500 issues published. Sales reached a high of 2 million copies a week by 1950.
Little Giant Comics #1 (Centaur, 1938)
Black and white with a color cover. Features stories, puzzles, and magic. Paul Gustavson art.
Volume: 1 Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 132 ?
Black and White interior
Dimensions: 6.75" x 4.5"
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Martin Filchock
infinity cover
Martin Filchock wrote and drew the majority of the strips in this issue
Many of the strips in this issue are reprinted from various different Centaur Comics published.
Gil Galan-G Man(Table of Contents) comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Craig Fox
Pencils:
Craig Fox
Lucky Coyne / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Charles Biro
Genre:crimeCharacters:Lucky Coyne
Reprints:
US from Funny Picture Stories (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#1 (September 1937)
Jack Strand In The Fourth Dimension / comic story / 18 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Frollo
Characters:Jack Strand
Reprints:
US in Funny Picture Stories (Centaur, 1938 series) #v2#11 (November 1938
Lucky Coyne / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel ?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Lucky CoyneReprints:
US in Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v2#6 (June 1939)
Previously credited to Will Eisner, but the other appearances of this story are all credited to Flessel
Action Comics #2 (DC, 1938)
The second appearance of Superman, this is one of the 15 most valuable comics in the hobby in its own right. Superman didn't make the issue's cover, but this was before DC had caught on to the fact that the Man of Tomorrow was the breakout character.
Leo O'Mealia show up on collectors' "all-time favorite covers" lists.
Billy Wright pedigree
Rockford Pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Leo E. O'Mealia (signed)
Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lola Cortez; George Taylor (cameo); Villains: Alex Greer; Emil Norvell
Synopsis:Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent by editor Taylor to San Monte in South America to cover a war that is brewing. Besides saving Lois from being executed as a spy, Superman proves the war is being fomented by munitions manufacturers led by Emil Norvell.
Reprints:
US in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)
which is reprinted
Originally prepared for newspaper publication, cut up and repaged. No black shading used. Clark works for the [Cleveland] Evening News. Superman wears blue boots.
The Superman strip begins continued right from the story in Action Comics #1
Superman not able to fly missed his mark when he leaped in the air. He fell 80 stories and hit the pavement smashing it on impact. Superman faces some criminals and they fire their rifles at him but the bullets do not harm him. Later we see the 2nd appearance of Lois Lane ever. Later Superman is on a large ship and leaning against the rail it breaks and he falls into the ocean. He swims away rather than try to get back on board. We later see Superman punch some thugs in the face. Superman later leaps through the air at an army base. While doing some reporting Lois Lane is framed and is kidnapped and put in front of the firing squad. Superman leaps over the prison wall and blocks the gunshots. Superman leaps over the wall carrying Lois. Superman then throws a man like he is tossing a javelin but its not clear if the man dies or not. Lois seems smitten with Superman. Superman leaps into the air to stop an army plane with guns blazing at him. The propeller shatters on Superman’s skin and so the plane crashes. Superman is able to stop a war. Clark Kent is seen in one panel with his chief.
Scoop Scanlon, Five-Star reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Inks:
Will Ely (signed)
Pep Morgan / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as Gene Baxter] (signed)
Tex Thomson / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch ?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Zatara, Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Tong; Miss Hendrix; Jim Hendrix; Adam Springer
Synopsis:Zatara investigates a murder on a reportedly haunted farm.
Gardner Fox credit from interview in Alter Ego #20 Jan 2003 in which Fox states this was his first Zatara story.
Play Ball(Table of Contents) activity / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Crackajack Funnies #2 (Dell, 1938)
Don Winslow; Wash Tubbs; Dan Dunn; Freckles; Myra North; Boots; Buck Jones / cover / 1 page
Dan Dunn / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Don Winslow / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
F. V. Martinek
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth
Genre:militaryReprints:
daily newspaper strip reprints
Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Lewin
Genre:western-frontier
copyright by Stephen Slesinger.
Probably from an unidentified Big Little Book
Circus the Comic Riot #2 (Globe Syndicate, 1938)
early work by Will Eisner (two years before the first Spirit section),
Jack Cole (three years before Plastic Man appeared),
Bob Kane (almost a year before Detective #27),
and Basil Wolverton.
Super Comics #3 (Dell, 1938)
Features include Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates, Little Orphan Annie, and Gasoline Alley.
Dick Tracy; Smilin' Jack; Harold Teen / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Characters:Dick Tracy; Harold Teen; Smilin' Jack; Annie Warbucks; Terry; Skeezix; Smitty; Andy Gump; Kayo
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Dick Tracy; Collie Vinso (villain); Johnny Mintworth; Pat Patton; Marge Denton; Carr (villain)
Reprints:
from Dick Tracy Sundays 1937.06.06-1937.06.27
Copyright 1937 by Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Milt Caniff
Pencils:
Milt Caniff (signed)
Genre:adventure
Reprints:
Chicago Tribune Sundays 11-01-36 to 11-29-36
Smilin' Jack / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Zack Mosley
Pencils:
Zack Mosley (signed)
Comics On Parade #4 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Fritzi Ritz, Captain and the Kids, Tarzan, Li'l Abner, others.
The Captain and the Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Cover includes head shots of Little Mary Mixup, Slats, Fritzi Ritz, Li'l Abner, Ella Cinders and Tarzan.
Tarzan of the Apes / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Li'l Abner / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Al Capp
Pencils:
Al Capp
Genre:humor
Characters:Mammy Pansy Yokum; Bessie Hunks (her sister
Keen Detective Funnies #8 (Centaur, 1938)
first issue of the title formerly known as Detective Picture Stories.
Contains a story featuring The Clock.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Gill Fox
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); Wood Police (inset); Broken Skull (inset); Rocky Baird (inset); Cap'n Jim (inset)
Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
Pencils:
George Brenner
Reprints:
US from Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #v1#1 (November 1936)
Funny Pages V2#9 (Centaur, 1938)
Charles Biro cover. Gill Fox art.
Billy Wright pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Charles Biro (signed)
Inks:
Charles Biro (signed)
Jingle Jingle / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Spots / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Funny Picture Stories #v2#9 (July 1938) Centaur, 1938 Series
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inks:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed
Don't Look Now / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Jack Strand / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Frank Frollo
Pencils:
Frank Frollo
Genre:science fiction
Phoney Crimes / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson [as Gustavson] (signed)
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as Gustavson] (signed)
Nothing But The Truth / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Tell Me Mr. Wise Guy? / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
The Yellow Death Part 2(Table of Contents) text story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Omar Gwinn (credited)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Genre:adventure
Feature Funnies #10 (July 1938) Quality Comics, 1937 Series
Mickey Finn / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Lank Leonard
Inks:
Lank Leonard
Gallant Knight / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Vernon Henkel
Pencils:
Vernon Henkel
Genre:historicalCharacters:Sir Neville; King Melrot; Baron BorekReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #76
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humor
strip reprints Frank Jay Markey syndicate
Archie O'Toole / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Genre:humor; children
Characters:Archie O'Toole (first appearance); Gil. O Teen
Synopsis:King Gil O. Teen demands that every one in his kingdom with a beard should be shot, boycotted or sent to a concentration camp. But Archie O'Toole a young artist, accedentally defenestrates him and becomes the new king.
Universal Phoenix Features
The Clock / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
Pencils:
George Brenner
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Tad Carney; Killer Casca
Synopsis:Killer Casca discovers the Clock's identity. The Clock swears he'll never live to tell anyone.
Universal Phoenix Features
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:historicalCharacters:The Hawk; Chieko; Logan; Merrystone
Synopsis:Chieko sets a trap for the Hawk- for the reward money.
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #46 (January 14, 1938
Star Comics #13 (Centaur, 1938)
Fred Guardineer art.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Ryan (signed)
Joe Dimaggio(Table of Contents) cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Gill Fox (signed)
Pencils:
Gill Fox (signed)
Surprise For Moe(Table of Contents) comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed
Impy / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.] (signed)
Pencils:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.] (signed
Scoop Cody / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Ken Ernst ? [as KE]
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Mask (Scoop Cody; intro
Dan Hastings / text story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
R. H. Livingston [as RH]
Genre:science fiction
Down In Flames(Table of Contents) illustration / 2 pages (report information) Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Don Marlow / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:science fiction
King Kole's Kourt / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Cole
Long Tusk(Table of Contents) comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Daniels (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Cowboy Comics #13 (Centaur, 1938)
Overstreet calls #13 "rare" and Gerber gave it a scarcity rating of "8."
This was a single-theme comic back when very few such comics were published. The release date is just one month after Action #1, a time when Centaur was publishing more titles than DC was. The reason for the #13 is that Cowboy was an entitling of Star Ranger, and with #15, the title was changed again to Star Ranger Funnies.
This issue's features the Centaur logo which the publisher did not use very often.
Billy Wright pedigree
Feature Books #15 Barney Baxter In The Air - (David McKay, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Barney Baxter in the Air was an American comic strip by Frank Miller. It started its run in 1936 for the Denver's Rocky Mountain News and later was syndicated by King Features.
Barney Baxter was an "adventure strip" involving heroic exploits centering on aviation
Color cover; Black and White interior (#[nn]-25); Color interior (#26-57) Dimensions: Oversized 9" x 12"
Barney Baxter In The Air(Table of Contents) Barney Baxter / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Frank Miller
Genre:adventure
Barney Baxter / comic story / 71 pages (report information) Script:
Frank Miller
Pencils:
Frank Miller
Genre:adventure
Characters:Barney Baxter; Gus
Reprints:
Reprints Barney Baxter newspaper comic strips from 1938
Ace Comics #16 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Joe Musial cover
Featuring the Phantom, Blondie, Jungle Jim, Believe It Or Not, Krazy Kat, and many more.
Detective Comics #17 (DC, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
first appearance of Dr. Fu Manchu in Detective. Creig Flessel is the cover artist.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Oscar the Gumshoe / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:I: Bill Graham, Vera Sanders;
Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Sax Rohmer
Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
Genre:adventureCharacters:I: Sir Denis Nayland Smith, Dr. Petrie; V: Dr. Fu Manchu (I)
strip reprints; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer; ; also reprinted in WOW COMICS (Henle) #1-4
Spy / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventureCharacters:The Hooded Hordes (Introduction, villains); Bart Reagan; Betsy Norris
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:V: Ramon Gonzales (I); I: Sporty Morgan (Shorty's brother
The Funnies #22 (July 1938) Dell, 1936 Series
Captain Easy / cover /
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviationReprints:
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
The Wonderland of Oz / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Genre:fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Jack Pumpkinhead; Mombi; Tip
Synopsis:Tip releases Jack from Mombi and they flee together into Oz
Tim McCoy / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Genre:western-frontier
Adaptation of the Monogram motion picture.
Tip Top Comics #27 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Lost Valley pedigree
Tarzan / cover / 1 page
Tarzan / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Burne Hogarth
The Haunted House on the Hill - chapter five text story / 3 pages
Script:
Lieut. F. A. Methot
Genre:adventure
Horror title
King Comics #28 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Lost Valley pedigree
Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial [as Musial]
Genre:humor
Characters:Popeye; Swee'pea; Henry
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar
Pencils:
E. C. Segar
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Pappy; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea
Synopsis:Popeye get Melankonus because Swee'pea's real mother has taken him away.
Reprints:
from Thimble Theatre Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-10-03 - 1937-10-24
Barney Baxter in the Air / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Miller (signed)
Genre:adventure; aviation
Reprints:
from The Barney Baxter Sundays (King Features Syndicate
Same month that Feature Book features this strip
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Characters:Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Hans Zarkov
Reprints:
from Flash Gordon Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-09-26 - 1937-10-17
King of the Royal Mounted / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Zane Grey
Pencils:
Charles Flanders
Genre:adventure; western-frontier
Reprints:
from King of the Royal Mounted Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937
Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Genre:non-fiction; sports
from Sport Features Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937
Brick Bradford / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
William Ritt
Pencils:
Clarence Gray
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Synopsis:Brick returns to the surface world.
Reprints:
from Brick Bradford Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-09-26 - 1937-10-17
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Mandrake the Magician; Lothar
Reprints:
from Mandrake the Magician Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-09-26 - 1937-10-17
Feature Books(Table of Contents) text story / 0.33 page (report information) Script:
Feature Book #12 on sale April 15th
New Adventure Comics #28 (DC, 1938)
A "scarce" issue, according to Gerber,
Fred Guardineer, Leo O'Mealia, Bob Kane, and Joe Shuster art.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Characters:Sailor; pirates
Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:adventure
Characters:I: Lt. Commander Don Kerry, "Red" Murphy, Admiral Allen;
Tom Brent / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jim Chambers
Pencils:
Jim Chambers
Characters:I: Tom Brent;
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:Mr. Linn (Introduction, Villain);
Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor
Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Winiarski
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski
black and white
Genre:adventureCharacters:I: Gabby McGuire;
Dale Daring / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Robin Hood / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Sven Elven
Pencils:
Sven Elven
Characters:I: Friar Tuck
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:adventure
Characters:V: Chen Fu
Popular Comics #30 (Dell, 1938)
Skippy; Katrinka / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer ?
Genre:adventure; humor
Characters:Skippy; Katrinka
Don Dixon / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Don Dixon; Dr. Matt Lugoff; Milos; Lord Jard; Wanda; Mala; Kath
Brooklyn Eagle Sunday strip reprint. Probably 1937.
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest (credited)
Pencils:
Hal Forrest (signed)
Genre:adventure; aviation
Characters:Tailspin Tommy; Skeets; Betty
Bell Syndicate. # 401-404. All strips were numbered not dated
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Genre:jungleCharacters:Tad; Speed
Brooklyn Eagle Sunday page. Topper for Don Dixon
More Fun Comics #33 (DC, 1938).
full page ad for Action #2 inside, and is graced by DC's powerhouse creators, Bob Kane, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
Mile High pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vince Sullivan (signed)
Inks:
Vince Sullivan (signed
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean; Jimmy
Buccaneer / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Baily
Spotlights In Sports / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Genre:biography; sports
Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane [as Robert Kane]
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor; children
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Stardust / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:non-fiction; biographyCharacters:Paul Muni; Tyrone Power; Katherine Hepburn; Charles LaughtonKeywords:celebrity
Nevertheless It's True / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Genre:non-fictionCharacters:Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse Magazine #34 V3#10 (K. K. Publications, Inc., 1938)
First solo Goofy cover.
Famous Funnies #48 (Eastern Color, 1938
Mile High Pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Characters:Napoleon; Jitter
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Hairbreadth Harry / comic story / 0.8 page (report information) Script:
F. O. Alexander
Pencils:
F. O. Alexander
Genre:adventureCharacters:Harry; Belinda; Rudolph Rassendale
Synopsis:The spaceship crashlands in the Swiss Alps.
Science fiction
War On Crime / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Jimmy Thompson
Genre:crime
True crime story.copyright Ledger Syndicate
Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger
copyright Eisner-Iger
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Pencils:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
1938 - AUGUST
Little Giant Movie Funnies #1 (August 1938) Centaur
Color cover; Black and White interior Dimensions: 6.75" x 4.5
First comic book devoted completely to movies with funny spoofs
Billy Wright pedigree
A Gerber "8."
132 pages.
Ovanhoe The Secret Treasure, Rags The Wonder Dog
Contains stories, puzzles, and magic tricks.
Paul Gustavson and Bob Wood art.
Amazing Mystery Funnies V1#1 (Centaur, 1938)
The first published comic book work of Bill Everett.
The cover was the youngster's only contribution to this premiere issue, which features a mixture of reprints and new material.
Billy Wright pedigree
Volume: 1 Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 52
Skyrocket Steele cover only, feature begins in issue #2
The majority of this issue is reprinted from past issues of Funny Picture Stories from the past 2 years.
Skyrocket Steele / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Skyrocket Steele Dodge; Sari Marston
Reprints:
US in The Bill Everett Archives (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #1 - Amazing Mysteries (December 2011)
While featured on the cover, there is no Skyrocket Steele story in this issue
Little Giant Comics #2 (Centaur, 1938)
Black and white with a color cover. Features stories, puzzles, and magic.
Paul Gustavson did art in issue #1 so its possible he contributed to #2 as well.
Volume: 1 Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 132 ?
Black and White interior
Dimensions: 6.75" x 4.5"
Martin Filchock wrote and drew the majority of the strips in issue #1 so its possible he contributed to #2 as well.
Many of the strips in this issue are reprinted from various different Centaur Comics published.
Action Comics #3 (DC, 1938)
Overstreet's "scarce" rating and Gerber's 8 ("rare") rating
The third appearance of Superman, one of the 30 most valuable comics of all time
Cover art is by Leo O'Mealia.
Billy Wright pedigree
[The Blakely Mine Disaster](Table of Contents) Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (not named); Stanislaw Kober; Thornton Blakely (villain)
Synopsis:After Superman saves a group of miners from a cave-in, Clark Kent senses a story that may mean that the mine's owner, Thorton Blakely, is actually running unsafe mine operations and blaming accidents on the miners themselves.
Superman in miners outfit pulls himself up a mine cable while lifting up an unconscious minor.
Reprints:
US in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)
Superman appears in only one panel in his own costume in this story. Wears blue boots. Clark Kent appears in only one panel dressed in his business suit.
Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Inks:
Will Ely (signed)
Letters:
?
Genre:adventureCharacters:Scoop Scanlon; Rusty James;
Pep Morgan / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as Gene Baxter] (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Pep Morgan; Blackie; Davis
Synopsis:Pep attempts to win race car prize, despite dirty tricks from his opponents.
Opening frame shows Pep reading Action Comics
Tex Thomson / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Zatara Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Zatara; Tong; Tigress
Synopsis:Zatara foils the latest scheme of the Tigress
3rd app of Zatara
Crackajack Funnies #3 (Dell, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Dell File copy
Copyright 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1938 by Publishers' Syndicate Inc., NEA Service, Inc., Bell Syndicate, Inc., and Steven Slesinger, Inc. Distributed by American News Company.
Don Winslow; Wash Tubbs; Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48; Freckles; Myra North, Special Nurse / cover
Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48 / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Pencils:
Norman Marsh (signed)
Don Winslow / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
F. V. Martinek (signed)
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth (signed)
Genre:adventure; war
Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Lewin (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Circus the Comic Riot #3 (Globe Syndicate, 1938)
overstreet "scarce" and a Gerber "8" ("rare").
Will Eisner, Basil Wolverton, Jack Cole, and Bob Kane art.
On-sale date: 1938-07-13
Final issue from this short lived series and the only title from this publisher in 1938
Super Comics #4 (Dell, 1938)
Gerber's Photo-Journal terms this issue "scarce," estimating that less than 50 copies exist.
The book's star-studded lineup includes Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, Terry and the Pirates, Gasoline Alley, Harold Teen, and many more.
Dick Tracy; Orphan Annie; Mutt / cover /
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Johnny Mintworth; Danny Supeena (villain)
Reprints:
from Dick Tracy Sunday (Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate) 1937.07.04-1937-07-25
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Pencils:
Harold Gray
Genre:adventureCharacters:Annie; Sandy; Mr. Am
Reprints:
from Little Orphan Annie Sundays (Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate) 1937-07-04 - 1937-07-25
The Lost Colony of Atlantis / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
William Ward
Pencils:
William Ward
Genre:adventure
Reprints:
from Mickey Mouse Weekly (Odhams, 1936 series
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Pencils:
Milton Caniff
Genre:adventureCharacters:Pat Ryan; Terry Lee; ConnieSynopsis:The Dragon Lady lures Pyzon's men away with the promise of women.
Reprints:
from Terry and The Pirates Sundays (Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate) 1936-12-06 - 1937-01-03
Wings Of Fortune / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Reg Perott
Pencils:
Reg Perott
Genre:aviationReprints:
from Mickey Mouse Weekly (Odhams, 1936 series
The City of Jewels / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Jock McCail
Pencils:
Jock McCail
Genre:adventure
Reprints:
from Mickey Mouse Weekly (Odhams, 1936 series
Comics On Parade #5 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Rates a 7 on the Gerber Scarcity Index.
Cover features Tarzan swimming with all the ot her main characters such as
Lil Abner, Captain and the Kids, Abbie and Slats, Ella Cinders, Fritzi Ritz, and others.
The Comics #9 (Dell, 1938)
scarcity rating of "7" from Gerber's Photo-Journal. Tex Ritter appearance
Salesman Sam / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
George Swanson
Pencils:
George Swanson
This strip appears 8 times in this issue - the highest record of repeated strips so far in comics.
Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Paul H. Jepson
Pencils:
Paul H. Jepson
Gordon Fife and the Boy King / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Feature Funnies #11 (Chesler, 1938)
Bungle Family / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Cronin ?
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner (signed)
Pencils:
George Brenner (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Captain Kane; Doyle; Silk Basso; Muscles Mulloy
Synopsis:The Clock appears to have murdered real estate broker Tyrone Carron
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:historicalReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #50 (February 11, 1938
Archie O'Toole / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:humor
Characters:Archie O'Toole; Spider; Gil O.TeenSynopsis:Archie abolishes spinach- and fights a duel with Gil O.Teen
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humor
strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate
Screen Snapshots / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:biography
Universal Phoenix Features
Cowboy Comics #14 (Centaur, 1938)
This was a single-theme comic back when very few such comics were published. Centaur was publishing more titles than DC was. This is the 2nd and final issue of this title
With #15, the title was changed again to Star Ranger Funnies.
This issue's features the Centaur logo which the publisher did not use very often.
Native american Indian cover. Same month as Feature Book #16 featured Red Eagle.
Feature Books #16 Red Eagle - (David McKay, 1938)
Oversized with rough, heavy stock cover. 76 pages.
Mile High pedigree
First comic devoted to a native american Indian
Same month as Cowboy Comics #1 4had a native american Indian cover.
Red Eagle / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Jimmy Thompson (signed)
Genre:western-frontierCharacters:Red Eagle
Red Eagle / comic story / 33 pages (report information) Script:
Jimmy Thompson
Pencils:
Jimmy Thompson
Genre:western-frontierCharacters:Red Eagle
Original Material?
Ace Comics #17 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Featuring the Phantom, Blondie, Krazy Kat, and many more.
Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial
Inks:
Joe Musial
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Chic Young
Genre:humor; domestic
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
Genre:adventure; jungle
Detective Comics #18 (DC, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Fu Manchu was actually the star of a feature at this time, and the lineup of good guys included Slam Bradley (two-fisted sleuth), Speed Saunders (plainclothes cop), Buck Marshall (range-ridin' detective), Bart Regan (spy), and Cosmo ("the phantom of disguise").
Dr. Fu Manchu / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Inks:
Fred Guardineer
Oscar the Gumshoe / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Sax Rohmer
Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
Genre:adventureCharacters:Nayland Smith; Fu Manchu
Reprints:
from Bell Syndicate dailies (1931.xx.xx)
strip reprints; adaptation of THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer
Spy / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventure; detective-mysteryCharacters:Bart Reagan; Sally Norris; Villain: Akmet and two enemy spies (one Dies; Introduction for all); Introduction: Maharaja KahoonSynopsis:Bart proposes to Sally
Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Malone (introdcution); Villain: Gini (Introduction)
Story in black and white
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
The Funnies #23 (August 1938) Dell,
Herky / cover
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviationReprints:
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
The Wonderland of Oz / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Walt Spouse
Pencils:
Walt Spouse
Genre:fantasy-supernatural-supernatural
Characters:Tip; Jack Pumpkinhead; Wooden Sawhorse
Synopsis:Tip and Jack continue on their path and bring a wooden sawhorse to life so they can ride it.
Tip Top Comics #28 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Lost Valley pedigree
Li'l Abner cover and story.
Tarzan, Captain and the Kids, Jim Hardy, Frankie Doodle, Ella Cinders, Little Mary Mixup
King Comics #29 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Joe Musial cover. Jack Burnley art.
Lost Valley pedigree
Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial [as Musial](signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
E. C. Segar
Pencils:
E. C. Segar
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'peaSynopsis:Swee'pea "runs" away from his real mama.Reprints:
from Thimble Theatre Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-10-31 - 1937-11-21
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Genre:adventure; science fictionCharacters:Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Hans ZarkovReprints:
from Flash Gordon Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-10-24 - 1937-11-14
King of the Royal Mounted / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Zane Grey
Pencils:
Charles Flanders
Genre:adventureReprints:
from King of the Royal Mounted Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937
Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Genre:non-fiction; sports
from Sport Features Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937
Brick Bradford / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
William Ritt
Pencils:
Clarence Gray
Genre:adventureReprints:
from Brick Bradford Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-10-24 - 1937-11-14
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernaturalCharacters:Mandrake the Magician; Lothar
from Mandrake the Magician Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1937-10-24 - 1937-11-14
New Adventure Comics #29 (DC, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Gerber "7."
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Soldier fighting Arab thieves on cover
Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:adventure
Characters:El Diablo (villain); Rose Del Muerte (first appearance; villain)
Candid Comic Camera / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor
first appearance
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor
Robin Hood / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Sven Elven
Pencils:
Sven Elven
Dale Daring / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Popular Comics #31 (Dell, 1938)
Tim McCoy, Mutt and Jeff, and Tailspin Tommy appear.
Toby; Tailspin Tommy; Skippy; Herky; Shark Egan; Toonerville Trolley / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Genre:adventure; humorCharacters:Toby; Tailspin Tommy; Skippy; Herky; Shark Egan; SkipperKeywords:firecrackers
Tim McCoy as Tim Carson / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jim Gary
Inks:
Jim Gary
Genre:western-frontierCharacters:Tim Carson [also as El Votago]; Kate Wiley; Tex Bowen; Nancy Bowen; Butch (villain); Bart Kane (villain)Reprints:
Big Little Book reprint?
Based on the movie "Two Gun Justice," featuring Tim McCoy as Tim Carson, Betty Compson as Kate Wiley and directed by Alan James
Don Dixon / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Genre:science fictionCharacters:Don Dixon; Dr. Matt Lugoff; Milos; Lord Jard; Wanda; Mala; Kath
Brooklyn Eagle Sunday strip reprint. Probably 1937.
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest (credited)
Pencils:
Hal Forrest (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Tailspin Tommy; Skeets; Betty; Paul; Jerry; Socrates (a dog); Martin (villain); Pete (villain); Pop Sutter (villain)Reprints:
# 401-404. Bell Syndicate. All strips were numbered not dated
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Genre:western-frontierCharacters:Tad; Speed
Brooklyn Eagle Sunday page. Topper for Don Dixon.
More Fun Comics #34 (DC, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Kid and dog chased by man / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Vince Sullivan (signed)
Inks:
Vince Sullivan (signed)
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Inks:
Will Ely (signed)
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean; Larry Trent
Buccaneer / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Inks:
Will Ely (signed)
Butch the Pup / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Schwab
Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Genre:humorCharacters:Butch the pup (Intro
Now You Know / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Stardust / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:non-fiction; biographyCharacters:Boris Karloff; Alice Faye; W.C.Fields; Stepin Fetchit
Here and There / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Sport Dust / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Genre:non-fiction; sports
Mickey Mouse Magazine #35 V3#11 File Copy (K. K. Publications/Western Publishing Co., 1938)
Mickey the Sheriff begins.
Contains a color feature on Snow White's Animal Friends.
Famous Funnies #49 Lost Valley pedigree (Eastern Color, 1938)
Napoleon / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmiño
Genre:humor; animalCharacters:Napoleon; Uncle Elby
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
War On Crime / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Jimmy Thompson
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Pencils:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
1938 - SEPT
For the 2nd time in comic book history a record setting 23 different titles were on the newsstands this month.
Fiction House began in 1921 as a pulp-magazine publisher of primarily aviation, Western and sports pulps. In 1938 Fiction House expanded into comic books, an emerging medium began to seem a viable adjunct to the fading pulps. Receptive to a sales call by Eisner & Iger, one of the prominent "packagers" of that time who produced complete comic books on demand for publishers looking to enter the field, Scott released Jumbo Comics #1 (Sept. 1938). Fiction House star Sheena, Queen of the Jungle appeared in that initial issue. Will Eisner and S.M. "Jerry" Iger had created the leggy, leopard-wearing jungle goddess for the British magazine Wags, under the joint pseudonym "W. Morgan Thomas".
Fiction House's other features in that initial foray included the period adventure "Hawks of the Seas" (continuing a story from Quality Comics' Feature Funnies #12, after Eisner-Iger and Quality had had a falling out Future industry legend Jack Kirby did his first comic book for Jumbo Comics following his debut in Wild Boy Magazine: the science fiction feature The Diary of Dr. Hayward (under the pseudonym "Curt Davis")
Jumbo Comics #1 (Fiction House, 1938)
Considered one of Overstreet's Top 100 Golden Age Comics, this is the first published comic book art by Jack Kirby and also the very first comic published by Fiction House. Bob Kane and Will Eisner contributed to the issue as well.
It's called "rare" by Overstreet and Gerber gives it an 8 out of 10 on its scarcity scale.
The book also happens to have the first appearance of the publisher's most prominent character, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. This book is quite literally jumbo, measuring 10.5" x 14.5". The first 8 issues are oversized and cannot be graded by CGC.
Mile High pedigree of #1-8
Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 68
Monthly On-sale date: 1938-07-12
Editing: Malcolm Reiss (editor); Jerry Iger (feature editor); William E. Eisner (art director
Uncle Otto; Hawks of the Seas; Peter Pupp; Sheena / cover
Peter Pupp / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane ?
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Inks:
Bob Kane
Letters:
?
Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animalsCharacters:Peter Pupp; Tinymite; Watt A. DoggReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #26, #23
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
? [as Willis B. Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Inks:
Will Eisner
Letters:
?
Genre:historicalCharacters:The Hawk, Fluth; Sagua; MerrystoneReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #58
US in Jerry Iger's Classic Jumbo Comics (Blackthorne, 1985 series) #1 (June 1985)
Indexer Notes
Earlier pages from Hawks of the Seas were reprinted in Quality's Feature Funnies 3 through 12.
Bobby / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger
Genre:childrenCharacters:Bobby; Miss Eiffel;
The Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
? (adaptor); Alexandre Dumas (original author)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby [as Jack Curtiss] (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Edmond Dantes; M. Danglars; Fernand Mondego; the fair Mercedes
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #64, #65
Adapted from Alexandre Dumas's novel.
The Diary of Dr. Hayward / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby [as Curt Davis]
Inks:
Jack Kirby [as Curt Davis]
Letters:
?
Genre:science fictionCharacters:Stuart Taylor; Kromo; Dr. Hayward; Lora HaywardReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #64
Uncle Otto / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck]
Inks:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck]
Letters:
?
Genre:humor
Pee Wee / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger
Inks:
S. M. Iger
Letters:
?
Genre:humorCharacters:Pee Wee; Bushy; Uncle Shamus
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils:
Mort Meskin
Genre:jungle
Characters:Sheena [Sheena Rivington]; Bob Reynolds (appears in all Sheena stories); Professor Van Dyke
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #58, #56
US in Jerry Iger's Classic Jumbo Comics (Blackthorne, 1985 series) #1 (June 1985)
US in Out of the Shadows (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) (June 2012)
Indexer Notes
Script is reportedly by Eisner.
Gilda Gay / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Genre:humor
Characters:Gilda Gay; Buster; Joe; Monty
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
? [as Morgan Thomas]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:spyCharacters:ZX-5; Major Jason
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #50 (February 11, 1938
Heroes of Sport / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
? [as Tom Swift]
Pencils:
Will Eisner; Edwin Loughlin; Erwin
Genre:non-fiction; sports
The Hunchback of Notre Dame / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Dick Briefer (adaptor) [from Victor Hugo (original author)]
Pencils:
Dick Briefer
Genre:adventure
Characters:Quasimodo; Jehan; Esmeralda; Phoebus; Claude Frollo
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #17 (April 23, 1937), #21 (May 21, 1937)
From the classic novel by Victor Hugo
Richard "Dick" Briefer (January 9, 1915 – December 1980) was an American comic-book artist best known for his various adaptations, including humorous ones, of the Frankenstein monster. Under the pseudonym Dick Hamilton, he also created the superhero team the Target and the Targeteers for Novelty Press.
Wilton of the West / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Genre:western-frontierCharacters:Wilton; Bart Lugar; Luke Reed; Billy Danson;
Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994), born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.
He began in comics with Jumbo Comics #1 in 1938. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby, generally teamed with Simon, created numerous characters for that company and for National Comics Publications. At Crestwood Publications he and Simon created the genre of romance comics and later founded their own short-lived comic company, Mainline Publications. Ultimately, Kirby found himself at Timely's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, which in the next decade became Marvel. There, in the 1960s, Kirby and writer-editor Stan Lee co-created many of the company's major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk. The Lee-Kirby titles garnered high sales and critical acclaim, but in 1970, feeling he had been treated unfairly, Kirby left the company for rival DC. At DC, Kirby created his Fourth World saga in the early 1970s. Regarded by many as the greatest comic book artist of all time.
Amazing Mystery Funnies #2 (Centaur, 1938)
Bill Everett and Will Eisner artwork.
Mile High pedigree
Billy Wright pedigree
Bondage cover by Bill Everett.
1st bondage cover in comics ever
1st sexy female cover in comics ever
Skyrocket Steele / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Sari Marston; Vance Roy
Skyrocket Steele / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Bill Everett (signed)
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks:
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Skyrocket Steele Dodge (introduction); Sari Marston; Peter Muhr; King Kurt; Minister Craid; Tal (villain, Lieutenant in command of Mannin); Vance Roy (villain)
2038 A. D. / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
A. S. Van Eerde (signed)
Pencils:
A. S. Van Eerde (signed)
1st appearance of strip
Science fiction
The Brothers 3 / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Inks:
Will Eisner
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Characters:The Brothers 3Reprints:
US from Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #v1#4 (February 1937
Action Comics #4 (DC, 1938)
Before Superman took over the covers of this title completely, Leo O'Mealia distinguished himself with covers like this.
uncommon" according to The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books,
On-sale date: 1938-07-25
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Leo E. O'Mealia (signed)
Keywords:Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Superman / comic story / 12.75 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Clark Kent]; Tommy Burke; Mary; Coach Randall (villain); Ray Martin; Oliver Stanley; Wallace Dodd
Synopsis:Overhearing a crooked college football coach at Dale University plotting to populate his team with thugs to defeat rival Cordell University, Superman impersonates a football player from Cordell to straighten the situation out.
Superman uses some interesting measures to achieve his goal. He drugs a sports player with a hypodermic needle and then impersonates him on the team. He punches a fellow football player which knocks him across the room. During the football game Superman continues to carry the ball with 5 guys on his back.
Reprints:
US in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)
Pep Morgan / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as Gene Baxter] (signed)
Tex Thomson / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch ?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Scoop Scanlon; Rusty James;
Zatara Master Magician / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Zatara; Tong; Joan; Big Bill; Butch
Synopsis:Zatara defends the lovely dancer, Joan, from the advances of Big Bill.
Crackajack Funnies #4 File Copy (Dell, 1938)
Don Winslow; Wash Tubbs; Dan Dunn; Freckles; Myra North / cover /
Super Comics #5 (Dell, 1938)
File Copy
Smilin' Jack, Terry and the Pirates, Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, and many more pre-1940s comic characters are featured.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bill Holman
Dick Tracy / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Dick Tracy; Johnny Mintworth; Danny Supeena (villain)
Indexer Notes
copyright 1937 Chicago Tribune, NY News Syndicate
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Pencils:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Pencils:
Milton Caniff
Genre:adventureReprints:
from Terry and the Pirates Sunday (Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate) 1937-01-10 - 1937-02-07
Mickey Mouse / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Comics on Parade #6 United Features, 1938 Series
Lil Abner, Captain and the Kids, Abbie and Slats, Ella Cinders, Fritzi Ritz, and others.
5 pages of Tarzan strips
Keen Detective Funnies #9 (Centaur, 1938)
Featuring the Clock (first masked comic hero).
Billy Wright pedigree
Lamont Larson pedigree
This is the second issue of the series containing mostly reprints from earlier Centaur books including -
Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) v1#3
Western Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1937 series) #1
Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) v1#2
Detective Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #4
Detective Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #3
The Hidden Message(Table of Contents) cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
John Patterson
Pencils:
John Patterson
Reprints:
from Western Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1937 series
Wild Tex' Martin / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:western-frontier
Reprints:
US from Western Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1937 series) #1 (February 1937
The Clock / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
George E. Brenner
Pencils:
George E. Brenner
Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
Reprints:
US from Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #v1#2 (December 1936
The Comics #10 (Dell, 1938)
Clancy the Cop / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:humor
Rod Rian of the Sky Police / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Pencils:
Paul H. Jepson (signed)
Genre:science fictionCharacters:Rod Rian; Andres; Chan; Commandant Elmus; Karin; Taro; Unicors
Reprints:
from Rod Rian of the Sky Police newspaper strip (The George Matthew Adams Service, Inc
Gordon Fife and the Boy King / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Captain Gordon Fife; Baltos [Count Baltha]; Carol; Nicky [Nicholas]; Rognal
Reprints:
from Gordon Fife and the Boy King newspaper strip (Watkins Syndicate
Tex Ritter / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Norman Fallon (credited)
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Tex Rand; Captain Hayes; Captain Mendoza; Doc Thornton; Hickson; Louise Stanley; Mr. Walker; Pee Wee McDougal [also as Holt]; White Flash (a horse); Butch Regan (villain); Jeff Jeffries (villain)
Keywords:Arizona Rangers
Adaptation of the 1937 movie Riders of the Rockies
Funny Pages v2 #10 (Centaur, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Gerber's "rare" or Overstreet's "scarce"
first appearance of superhero, The Arrow, by Paul Gustavson.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Martin Filchock (signed)
Inks:
Martin Filchock
Arrow / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Arrow [Ralph Payne](introduction)
Indexer Notes
I: The Arrow (Ralph Payne
Funny Picture Stories V2#10 (Centaur Publications, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
Jack Strand - science fiction strip appears
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Ryan (signed)
Feature Funnies #12 (Chesler, 1938)
Joe Palooka / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Cronin
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Inks:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humor
strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate
Screen Snapshots / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:biography
Universal Phoenix Features
Clip Chance at Cliffside / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner [as Scott Sheridan]
Pencils:
George Brenner
Characters:Bob Hoyt (first appearance); Bill Webb (first appearance)
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Pencils:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Genre:superheroCharacters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Charitable Charley (villain, introduction
Archie O'Toole / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Genre:adventure; humor
Characters:Archie O'Toole; Gil O. Teen (villain); Sneezheim
Synopsis:Gil O. Teen tries to get Archie to fall in love with a female impersonator
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:historical
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #54
Continued in JUMBO COMICS (Fiction House) #1.
Star Comics #14 (Centaur, 1938)
Gill Fox cover; Fred Guardineer art.
Clang! Clang! Clang! / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Gill Fox
Inks:
Gill Fox
Little Nemo in Slumberland / comic story / 1 page
Feature Books #17 Gang Busters (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Gang Busters, their first appearance.
Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 76
Color cover; Black and White interior (#[nn]-25);
Oversized 9" x 12"
Adapted from the Famous Radio Program. Original Material
Gang Busters was an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered as G-Men, sponsored by Chevrolet, on July 20, 1935. After the title was changed to Gang Busters on January 15, 1936, the show had a 21-year run through November 20, 1957
The popularity of the radio show prompted a spin-off comic book published by DC Comics, which ran for 67 issues between 1947 and 1958. Big Little Books based on the series were also produced.
Universal Pictures made a very popular Gang Busters movie serial in 1942
Gang Busters / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Jimmy Thompson
Genre:crime
Gang Busters / comic story / 71 pages (report information) Script:
? (adaptor)
Pencils:
Jimmy Thompson (illos)
Genre:crime
This is a long text story with illustrations by Thompson thru out the book ranging from full page to small panel illos
Ace Comics #18 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial
Genre:humor; children
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Chic Young
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
Genre:adventure; jungle; superhero
Detective Comics #19 (DC, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
On-sale date: 1938-08-05
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Inks:
Fred Guardineer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Dave Grogan (introduction, villain, death); Gus (introduction)
Inspector Kent / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
George Newman (signed)
Pencils:
George Newman (signed)
Inks:
George Newman (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Inspector Kent (introduction); Dr. Ronald Wainwright (introduction
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Inks:
Will Ely
Letters:
?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Larry Steele; En Rico (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Story printed in black and white
Spy / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Inks:
Joe Shuster
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:adventure; spyCharacters:Bart Regan; Sally Norris; Rosa Rinaldo (villain, saboteur, introduction, death)Synopsis:Rosa, a female saboteur who has committed many acts of sabotage, interrupts the wedding of spies Bart and Sally, and uses a mirror that fires destructive rays. Unfortunately for Rosa, that leads to a spectacular, unfortunate end for her.
Indexer Notes
Bart Regan and Sally Norris almost get married
Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
? (Sax Rohmer adapatation) (credited to Rohmer)
Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
Inks:
Leo O'Mealia
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Genre:adventureCharacters:Dr. Fu-ManchuReprints:
from ?
Indexer Notes
Strip reprint, adapted from "The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu" by Sax Rohmer
A Dead Case(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]
Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Steve Malone; Luigi Ferrini (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Story printed in black and white
The Funnies #24 1938 Dell
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Genre:humor
Characters:Major Hoople
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviation
Reprints:
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
The Wonderland of Oz / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Walt Spouse
Pencils:
Walt Spouse
Genre:fantasy-supernatural-supernatural
Characters:Tip; Jack Pumpkinhead; Wooden Sawhorse
Synopsis:Tip, Jack and the Sawhorse reach the emerald city of Oz.
Keywords:Emerald City; Oz
The Singing Outlaw(Table of Contents) comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Richard Rogers
Genre:western-frontier
Adapted from the Universal motion picture
Heroes' Hall of Fame / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Stookie Allen
Pencils:
Stookie Allen
Genre:non-fiction; biography; animal
Synopsis:Biography of the heroic war dog Rags
Tip Top Comics #29 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree
Captain and the Kids cover
Tarzan, Lil Abner, Abbie and Slats, Ella Cinders, Fritzi Ritz and more
On sale date from Tip Top Comics to be published Tuesday, August 2, 1938
King Comics #30 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Lost Valley pedigree
Joe Musial cover.
Music instrument cover 1st ever with either a guitar or bass guitar as played by Popeye
Olive Oyl and Henry also on cover.
New Adventure Comics #30 (DC, 1938
On-sale date: 1938-08-08
Mile High pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Keywords:whale; Whalers
Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:adventure [)
Jest a Minute / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Nate Sharp; Tate; Roberts; Butch Durkin (introduction); Gat (introduction); Gat's partner (introduction
Nadir, Master of Magic / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernaturalCharacters:Captain Jim (Introduction)
last appearance; story never resolved
Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor
Robin Hood / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Sven Elven
Pencils:
Sven Elven
last appearance
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:adventure
Characters:V: Long Sin
Dale Daring / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure
Characters:V: U Hoang
Popular Comics #32 (Dell, 1938)
Tippie, Ted Starr, Skippy, Don Dixon, Tailspin Tommy, TimMcCoy featured in Phantom Ranger
More Fun Comics #35 (DC, 1938)
Creig Flessel cover. Bob Kane and Bernard Baily stories and art. Joe Shuster art.
On-sale date: 1938-08-01
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy Kean; Larry Trent; Scoop Hanlon
Synopsis:the Chief makes Larry dress up as a girl to catch robbers up at Lovers' Lane
Bloodhound Brown / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Russell Cole [as Alger]
Pencils:
Russell Cole [as Alger]
Genre:humor
Characters:Bloodhound Brown (only app.)
Buccaneer / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch ?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:adventure; historical
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Genre:humor; children
Characters:Ginger Snap
Sportettes / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Genre:non-fiction; sports
Characters:Bittsy Grant; Mel Ott; Freddy Lindstrom;
Cinema Dust / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Genre:non-fiction; biography
Characters:Joe E Brown; Wallace Beery; Eleanor Powell; Eddie CantorKeywords:celebrity
Sandra of the Secret Service / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandra of the Secret Service
Synopsis:Sandra finds herself in the middle of a war between gangsters
End of series
Mickey Mouse Magazine #36 V3#12 (K. K. Publications/Western Publishing Co., 1938)
File Copy
Donald Duck cover with skunk
Donald Duck reprints end in this issue.
Famous Funnies #50 (Eastern Color, 1938)
Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree
Chief Wahoo and Buck Rogers backup stories.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmino
Genre:humor
Characters:King Cedric
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Phil Nowlan
Pencils:
Dick Calkins
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Buck Rogers; Wilma Deering
copyright John F. Dille
War On Crime / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Jimmy Thompson
Genre:crime
Characters:J. Edgar Hoover
copyright Ledger Syndicate
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Pencils:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
1938 OCTOBER
21 titles this month.
13 October: E.C. Segar, creator of Thimble Theatre and Popeye, dies at age 44.
Little Giant Detective Funnies #1 (Centaur, 1938)
Gerber "8."
Billy Wright pedigree
Dimensions: 6.75" x 4.5"
Black and white with a color cover. Also contains puzzles and magic tricks.
Jumbo Comics #2 (Fiction House, 1938
The first eight issues measured 10 1/2" x 14 1/2"
This rare issue features the second appearance of Sheena, and three stories by a young Jack Kirby who went on to help create the Marvel Universe.
There is a strip of Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen that previews the cartoon "A Letter of Introduction
A Gerber "7", and "rare" according to Overstreet.
Black and White (#1-8); Color (#9 onwards) Dimensions: Tabloid:10.5 x 14 1/2 (#1-8); 8.5 x 10.5 inches
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #24 (June 11, 1937), #24 (June 11, 1937), #28 (July 9, 1937), #30, #62, #64, #64, #65, #72 (July 15, 1938)
Charlie McCarthy & Edgar Bergen / cover
Peter Pupp / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Characters:Peter Pupp; The Weather Man; Merkin (first appearance); Buddah the Genie (first appearance); The Cloud Men [Zeke (first appearance; villain); Zeke, Jr. (first appearance; villain)]
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #27 (July 2, 1937)
US in Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #19 (September 1940
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:historicalCharacters:Hawk; Merrystone (villain)
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #62
Jest Laffs / cartoon / 0.75 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor
Universal Phoenix Syndicate materia
Phil-Os-Sappies / cartoon / 0.25 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humorSynopsis:3 one-panel jokes
Universal Phoenix Syndicate material
The Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby [as Jack Curtiss] (signed)
Inks:
Jack Kirby [as Jack Curtiss] (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Edmond Dantes; Villefort; Danglars; Fernard Mondego
Synopsis:Dantes is arrested on trumped up charges.
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #68 (6/17/38
Bobby / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Pencils:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Characters:Bobby; Mister De Flicker
Universal Phoenix Features Syndicate
Uncle Otto / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck] (signed)
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck] (signed)
Genre:humor
Universal Phoenix Features. One Dated 8/23/37. The other three are not dated
The Diary of Dr. Hayward / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby [as Curt Davis] (signed)
Inks:
Jack Kirby [as Curt Davis] (signed)
Letters:
?; Jack Kirby (page 3)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Dr. Hayward; Mr. Eternity (introduction); Kromo (villain)Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #68 (6/17/38)
Sheena / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
? [as Morgan Thomas]
Pencils:
Mort Meskin
Inks:
Mort Meskin
Letters:
?
Genre:jungleCharacters:Sheena (origin continued); Prof. Van Dyke; the witch doctor; Cardweel Rivington (first appearance; death; flashback; Sheena's father); Bat Morgan (first appearance; villain)Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #68 (6/17/38
Wilton of the West / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
? [as Fred Sande] (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Wilton; Bart Lugar (villain, death
Red Fang(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:
Linton Davies
Characters:lead character named Johnny Storm
Pee Wee / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Genre:humor; children
Reprints:
US in Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #27 (May 1941)
Indexer Notes
Universal Phoenix Syndicate strips dated 10/4/37, 8/23/37. Two with no date
Gilda Gay / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Gilda; Judy
Universal Phoenix Syndicate date 12/6/37, 11/22/37. Two with no date
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Major Thorpe]
Characters:ZX-5; Baron de Rolf (villain)Synopsis:ZX-5 doubles back and captures his pursuers and then uses them to get over the border.
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #54
Little Giant Movie Funnies #2 (October 1938) Centaur, 1938 Se
Color cover; Black and White interior Dimensions: 6.75" x 4.5
This was now 1 of 3 titles published by Centaur in their Little Giant funny series all in small dimensions with 132 pages count.
Little Giant Comics #3 (Centaur, 1938)
Gerber "8" for good reason.
Color cover; Black and White interior Dimensions: 6.75" x 4.5
The content consists of comics, puzzles, and games
Action Comics #5 (DC, 1938
Billy Wright pedigree
Gerber "8"
On-sale date: 1938-08-25
cover / 1 page (report information)Pencils:
Leo E. O'Mealia (signed)
Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (not named)Synopsis:Lois and Clark compete with one another to get the scoop on the possible collapse of the Valleyho Dam.
Reprints:
US in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #3 (Winter 1939-1940
Lois Lane makes an appearance and newspaper editor George Taylor asks for Clark Kent saying that he has a job for him and that its not a job for a girl. Lois Lane is furious. Lois tricks Clark Kent and sends him a fictional story while she boards a train. Superman tries to prevent a train bridge from collapsing and then he works on saving the dam. Superman saves Lois and carries her and leaps through the air. Lois gives Superman their first kiss. She asks him to stay with her always.
The Diddle Family / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as P. Gustavson] (signed)
Genre:domesticCharacters:Diddle Family
Pep Morgan / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as Gene Baxter] (signed)
Genre:adventure
Valley of the Past(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information)
Script:
Richard Martin (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Dan; Pete
Synopsis:Two young men are camping in the Arizona wilderness when they encounter an ancient beast
Science fiction
Tex Thomson / comic story / 10 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch ?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:adventure
Scoop Scanlon, Five-Star Reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:adventure
Zatara Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Zatara; Tong; George; Professor Dunn; Amen-Hotep (villain)Synopsis:While visiting Egypt, Zatara helps Archaeology Professor Dunn find his lost expedition party
Star Light / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Genre:non-fiction
Crackajack Funnies #5 (Dell, 1938)
nude woman on the cover!
Mile High pedigree
File copy
On-sale date: 1938-08-23
Myra North / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Charles Coll
Inks:
Charles Coll
Colors:
?
Genre:adventure
Indexer Notes
Note: cover reprints a page from interior strip, but mis-colors a statue-image, creating a nude-woman panel on cover
Dan Dunn / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Pencils:
Norman Marsh (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Al Lewin
Pencils:
Al Lewin (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Jaragu and the Lost Islands / text story / 4 pages (report information)
Script:
?
Genre:adventure; jungle
Don Winslow / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Frank V. Martinek (signed)
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth (signed)
Genre:adventure; war
Super Comics #6 (Dell, 1938)
File Copy
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bill Holman
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Dick Tracy; Johnny Mintworth; Danny Supoena (villain); Chief Brandon; Pat Patton
copyright 1937 Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Pencils:
Harold Gray
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Milt Caniff
Pencils:
Milt Caniff (signed)
Comics On Parade #7 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Li'l Abner cover.
Tarzan, Abbie N Slats, Captain and the Kids, Ella Cinders, Alice In Wonderland, Broncho Bill etc.
Feature Funnies #13 (October 1938) Quality Comics
Mickey Finn / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lank Leonard
Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Genre:spy
Characters:Black X [Richard Spencer] (first appearance; origin); Major Gates [or Major Gale] (first appearance)
Synopsis:Richard Spencer is supposedly killed in a plane crash and becomes a spy known only as "Black X". He stops some important plans from falling into enemy hands and meets an enemy agent who looks exactly like him.
Eisner/Iger shop material.
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Inks:
Rube Goldberg
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate
Archie O'Toole / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Inks:
Will Eisner
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:humor; childrenCharacters:Archie O'Toole; Killer Diller (first appearance; villain); Sydney Slime; Earl of WintergreenSynopsis:The Earl of Wintergreen beats Killer Diller in a boxing match in order to become Archie's bodyguard.
Indexer Notes
Eisner/Iger shop material.
Screen Snapshots / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:biography
Eisner/Iger shop material.
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
Pencils:
George Brenner
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Z. Y. Callis (first appearance; villain)Synopsis:When Z.Y. Callis locks his employees out of his plant rather than pay them a raise, The Clock pays him a visit.
eisner/Iger shop material.
Gallant Knight / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Vernon Henkel
Pencils:
Vernon Henkel
historicalCharacters:Sir Neville; Sir Borat (first appearance; villain); Sir Giles; InezSynopsis:Sir Borat plots to get rid of Sir Neville because of jealousy.
Eisner/Iger shop material.
Star Ranger Funnies V1#15 (Centaur, 1938)
It's part of the first Western series (initially called Star Ranger, then Cowboy Comics)
The content was produced by the Iger shop, and includes art by that group's biggest name, Will Eisner.
Mile High pedigree
1st issue of this new title.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Genre:children; western-frontier
Home In the Ozarks / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Rangeography! / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Pencils:
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Inks:
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Genre:biography
Characters:"Wild Bill" Hickock; Bob Dalton; William Tilghman
The Ermine / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
George Filchock (signed)
Pencils:
? Filchock [as Phil Chalk] (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:The Ermine (Intro)
'Wild Tex' Martin / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner]
Pencils:
Will Eisner (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Spurs / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Slim Pickens / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Cole ?
Genre:humor; western-frontier
Medicine Man / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed
Feature Books #18 Mandrake the Magician (David McKay, 1938)
Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 76
Color cover; Black and White interior (#[nn]-25);
Mandrake the Magician is a syndicated newspaper comic strip, created by Lee Falk (before he created The Phantom). Mandrake began publication on June 11, 1934. Phil Davis soon took over as the strip's illustrator, while Falk continued to script. The strip is distributed by King Features Syndicate.
Mandrake the Magician / cover / 1 page (report information)
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:superhero
Characters:Mandrake
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 71 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:superhero
Characters:Mandrake; LotharReprints:
Mandrake the Magician newspaper comic strip reprints from 1937
Ace Comics #19 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Joe Musial cover.
Captain and the Kids on cover
Blondie, Ripleys Believe It Or Not, Jungle Jim etc.
Detective Comics #20 (DC, 1938)
first appearance of the Crimson Avenger. Like
rated "scarce" by Gerber.
On-sale date: 1938-09-07
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia (signed)
Synopsis:A policeman punches a criminal.
Keywords:automatic pistols; policemen
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Speed Saunders; Mandarin Hapsu (introduction, villain); Ming Toy (introduction, death
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Larry Steele; Delores; En Rico (Dies, villain
Spy / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventure; spy
Characters:Bart Reagan; Sally; Senator Barkly (introduction
Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Sax Rohmer
Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
Genre:adventure
Reprints:
Bell Syndicate strip reprints, 1932; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer
Give and Take(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]
Letters:
typeset
Characters:Detective Bedford
Bruce Nelson / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils:
Tom Hickey
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Bruce Nelson; Mrs. Warren (Intro, villain
Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jim Chambers ?
Pencils:
Jim Chambers
Genre:detective-mystery; superhero
Characters:The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (introduction); Wing (introduction); Myron Block (introduction, villain); Joe Marko (introduction, villain)
Synopsis:Lee Travis, editor of the Globe Leader, dons a weird costume in order to track down a murderer.
first chronological appearance and origin told in Secret Origins (DC, 1986 Series) #5
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Pete Hanson (introduction, villain); Muscles (introduction, villain); Langley (introduction, villain); O'Brien (introduction, villain); Mysto (introduction, villain); Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
Slam Bradley gains magic powers for this story only
The Funnies #25 (October 1938) Dell,
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople / cover
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviation
Reprints:
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate
Scribbly / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
The Wonderland of Oz / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Walt Spouse
Pencils:
Walt Spouse
Genre:fantasy-supernatural-supernatural
Characters:Tip; Jack Pumpkinhead; Wooden Sawhorse; General Jinjur; ScarecrowSynopsis:Jack meets the Scarecrow while Tip discovers General Jinjur is leading an all-female army against Oz.
Keywords:Emerald City; Oz
Border Wolves(Table of Contents) comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Norton S. Parker
Pencils:
Richard Rogers
Genre:western-frontier
Adapted from the Universal motion picture
Heroes' Hall of Fame / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Stookie Allen
Pencils:
Stookie Allen
Tip Top Comics #30 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree
Tarzan and lion on cover
lil Abner Captain and the Kids Jim Hardy Ella Cinders etc.
King Comics #31 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Joe Musial cover.
Popeye Olive Oyl and Henry on the cover
EC Segar, creator of Popeye died in October 1938
New Adventure Comics #31 (DC, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
This was the last issue before the name change to Adventure Comics, a name that stuck for the next 45 years!
On-sale date: 1938-09-09
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Characters:Eskimo; polar bear
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Jack Grant (villain); Peter Hazelton
Dale Daring / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure
Characters:Dale Daring
conclusion of adventure
Andy Handy / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Leo O'Mealia
Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
Genre:humor
Characters:Andy Handy
Indexer Notes
last appearance
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:adventure
Characters:Rusty; Ichabod Slade (villain); Omar
Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:adventure
Characters:El Diablo (villain
Popular Comics #33 (Dell, 1938)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Characters:Tailspin Tommy; Willis Willet; Shark Egan; Mutt
6 of the strips in this issue are reprinted from Popular Comics #1
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest (credited)
Pencils:
Hal Forrest (credited)
Inks:
Hal Forrest (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:adventure; aviationCharacters:Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]; Betty-Lou Barnes; Jerry; Skeets Milligan [also as Skeeter]; Socrates (a dog); Pete (villain); Pops Sutter (villain); Slade (villain)Reprints:
from Tailspin Tommy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 1937
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Genre:science fiction
Jack Randall / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Norman Fallon
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Jack Lane; Nola Walters; Tip; Bill Larson [as Moose Walters] (villain)
Based on Monogram picture starring Jack Randall
Dell Fast-Action books
Mickey Mouse; King of the Royal Mounted; Dan Dunn; Charlie McCarthy
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
More Fun Comics #36 (DC, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
The Masked Ranger and his sidekick Pedro begin their series run
Gerber considers this issue to be "scarce."
On-sale date: 1938-09-01
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Synopsis:Kid singing on amateur hour program
Masked Ranger / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jim Chambers (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Masked Ranger; Star; Pedro
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Johnnie Law; The Tiger Claw gang
Peekin at Pictures / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
The Sports Teacher / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Buccaneer / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:Dennis Stone; Captain Klaugh
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy Kean; Larry Trent
Lt. Bob Neal of Sub 662 / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Hirsch (signed)
Pencils:
Rusty Lehman (signed)
Genre:war
Characters:Lieutenant Bob Neal
1st comic book work of artist Rusty Lehman
Mickey Mouse Magazine V4#1 (K. K. Publications/ Western Publishing Co., 1938)
Adapts the animated short "The Brave Little Tailor".
Bobby and Chip by Otto Messmer begins.
The Practical Pig begins.
Famous Funnies #51 (Eastern Color, 1938)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmino
Genre:humor
Characters:The Great Gusto
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Phil Nowlan
Pencils:
Dick Calkins
Genre:science fiction
copyright John F. Dille
War On Crime / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Jimmy Thompson
Genre:crime
copyright Ledger Syndicate
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Pencils:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss
1938 - NOVEMBER
23 titles - tied for record
This month begins with a mystery.
Little Giant Detective Funnies #2 (Centaur, 1938) should have come out this month
But no copy has been verified to exist of issues #2 and #3 making it seem likely that copies were never distributed or sold
But what is odd is that if the series continued monthly than issue #4 would have had a cover date of January 1939 and there is confirmed a #4 issue of the series. So it appears this series has only a #1 and #4 issue timed perfectly 3 months apart.
Jumbo Comics #3 (Fiction House, 1938)
Black & White; oversized (10½" x 14½"
3rd comic book work of Jack Kirby PLUS the most impressive lineup of writers and artists breaking into comics this year: Will Eisner, Lou Fine, Bob Kane, Mort Meskin, Dick Briefer, Bernard Bailey, Jerry Iger
Joe Penner / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Will Eisner
Inks:
Will Eisner
Genre:humor
Characters:Joe Penner (from the RKO campus comedy movie "Mr. Doodle Kicks Off"); Sheena (feature panel); ZX-5 (feature panel); The Count of Monte Cristo (feature panel); Pee Wee (cameo panel); The Hawk (cameo panel); Bobby (cameo panel); Uncle Otto (cameo panel)
Keywords:football
Peter Pupp / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Genre:adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:Peter Pupp; Buddah the Genie; Tiny MiteSynopsis:Trip to the Moon, Part 3. Peter buys a secret formula to grow hair from a barber on another planet.
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #32 (August 6, 1937
Bobby / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Pencils:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Inks:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Letters:
?
Genre:humorCharacters:Eddie Cantor; Bobby; Teeny; Mr. De FlickerSynopsis:Bobby In Hollywood: Part 3
Indexer Notes
from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will EIsner [as Willis B. Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Inks:
Will Eisner
Letters:
?
Genre:historicalCharacters:Hawks of the Seas; Merrystone (villain); Claw Carlos (intro); Sagua; Governor LathropReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #68 (6/17/38), #66
Heroes of Sport / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
? [as Tom Swift]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Erwin]
Inks:
Will Eisner [as Erwin]
Letters:
?
Genre:non-fiction; sportsCharacters:Jake Kilrain; Babe Ruth; Bill Tilden; Kitty Rawls, Primo Carnera
Indexer Notes
Four panels of a sports strip from Universal Phoenix Syndicate. The Rawls strip is dated 9/27/37
Uncle Otto / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck]
Pee Wee / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Pencils:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Inks:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Letters:
?
Genre:humor; childrenReprints:
Four Universal Phoenix Features strips
Gilda Gay / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Gilda Gay - The Modern GirlReprints:
Four Universal Phoenix Features syndicate strips
Jest Laffs / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor
Universal Phoenix Features
Hunchback of Notre Dame / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Genre:adventureSynopsis:Part three.Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #27 (July 2, 1937), #28 (July 9, 1937), #30
Sheena / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils:
Mort Meskin (signed)
Genre:jungleCharacters:Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Bat Morgan (villain); Prof. Van DykeReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #65
Inspector Dayton / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils:
Will Eisner? [as George Thatcher]
Inks:
Eisner & Iger Shop
Genre:adventure; detective-mysteryCharacters:Inspector Dayton; Col. Case (first appearance; villain)Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #64
The Diary of Dr. Heyward / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby [as Curt Davis] (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Dr. Heyward; Stuart Taylor; Lora Lake; Mr. Eternity; Kromo (villain)Synopsis:Hayward reverses Kromo's mind transfer.
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #72 (July 15, 1938
The Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Jack Cortez]
Characters:Edmond Dantes; Villefort; Mercedes
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #72 (July 15, 1938
Jest For Fun / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Genre:humor
Universal Phoenix Syndicate
Ken Hammond / text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
? [as Linton Davies]
Pencils:
Lou Fine (signed)
Characters:Ken Hammond (first appearance; origin
ZX-5 Spies in Action / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner ? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils:
Will Eisner ? [as Major Thorpe]
Inks:
Eisner/Iger Shop
Genre:adventure; spyCharacters:ZX-5Synopsis:ZX-5 tries to sneak into the enemy barracks but he is identified. He escapes by hijacking a plane, but the pilot ejects him by doing an immelman and tossing ZX-5 out of the open cockpit.
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #58
Wilton of the West / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
? [as Fred Sande] (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Genre:western-frontierCharacters:Wilton; The Hooded Archer [Fleetfoot] (villain, introduction
Amazing Mystery Funnies V1#3 (Centaur, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Bill Everett is the cover artist of this early Golden Age comic,
Skyrocket Steele / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Skyrocket Steele Dodge; Sari Marston
Skyrocket Steele / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Skyrocket Steele Dodge; Sari Marston; King Kurt; Invex, the Invisible Man (villain, introduction); Vance Roy (villain
Dirk the Demon, 24th Century Archaeologist / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Bill Everett ?
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Dirk the Demon [Dirk Cay] (introduction); Baron Cay (introduction, Dirk's father);
2038 A. D. / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
A.S. Van Eerde (signed)
Pencils:
A.S. Van Eerde (signed)
A.S. Van Eerde ?
Genre:humor; science fiction
Humorous look at Earth tourists visiting Mars
Tracks in the Snow(Table of Contents) comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Howard L. Hastings ?
Pencils:
Howard L. Hastings [as H. L. Hastings] (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Joe Mearns (trapper); Charlie Big-Moose (full-blooded Indian and runner for the Hudson Bay Company); un-named half-breed
Synopsis:Joe muses in his lonely, isolated cabin in the wintery wilderness over the fact that two motherless children have staked him to trap furs for the money and he has little to show for it.
Reprints:
US from Western Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1937 series) #1 (February 1937
'Wild Tex' Martin / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
William E. Eisner (signed)
Pencils:
William E. Eisner (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Sheriff "Wild Tex" Martin; Rufe (land owner); Ned (Martin's Deputy); Breed (villain)
Synopsis:Old Rufe refuses to tell Breed the location of his land charter that lays in one of the richest gold fields in the world, and is shot. Rufe comes to Rufe's aid and the Sheriff and Deputy track Breed to Rufe's cabin in the gold fields.
Reprints:
US from Western Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1937 series) #3 (April 1937
Action Comics #6 (DC, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
Rockford pedigree
one of Overstreet's top 50 Golden Age comics.
6th app of Superman
Debut of an unnamed "office boy," who according to Overstreet as well as DC's own Who's Who is none other than Jimmy Olsen who would later star in his own comic series for 20 years.
On-sale date: 1938-09-26
DC's first-ever gorilla cover -- a theme the publisher would return to over and over
cover / 1 page (report information)Pencils:
Leo E. O'Mealia (signed)
Genre:jungle
Keywords:cameras; gorillas; jungles
Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks:
Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Paul Lauretta
Genre:superheroCharacters:Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (introduction, as an office boy); Nick Williams (villain, introduction); Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed)Synopsis:Clark Kent is introduced to a fighter manager who claims to be Superman's personal manager. But when Lois discovers the existence of a phony Superman, who is tied to that manager, the real Superman must act quickly to save Lois' life.Reprints:
US in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #3 (Winter 1939-1940
Here is what we learn in this particular story about the Superman mythology
At this point newspapers headline his activities with ever increasing regularity. The story is interesting as its about a man who claims to have all commercial legal rights to the Superman name. The phony Superman’s personal manager uses this name and likeness to advertise cars and gasoline. He tells Clark Kent that he has licensed Superman bathing suits, movie rights and to appear in comic books. Jimmy Olsen listens in on the conversation Jimmy Olsen looks to be about 13 years old, young, clean cut and blonde. Lois and Clark go to a dance that night and the female singer performs a song You’re A Superman. Lois sneaks off to meet the fake Superman and his manager only to prove they are frauds. They decide to kill Lois by throwing her out the window but Superman catches her.
Pep Morgan / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as Gene Baxter] (signed)
Tex Thomson / comic story / 10 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Chuckles / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Odds 'n Ends / cartoon / 0.75 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Genre:non-fiction; sports
Scoop Scanlon, Five-Star Reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Scoop Scanlon; Gentleman Jack (villain
Zatara Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Zatara; Tong
Crackajack Funnies #6 (Dell, 1938)
File copy
Mile High copy
On-sale date: 1938-10-07
This could be the 1st regular monthly comic book artwork published by Al McWilliams after it appears he made his comic book debut in the Crackajack Funnies (giveaway) #nn (Malto-Meal, in 1937)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Win Smith?
Genre:humor
Synopsis:children playing football
Dan Dunn / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Marsh
Pencils:
Norman Marsh
Capt. Frank Hawks-- Air Ace / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alden McWilliams
Don Winslow / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Frank V. Martinek
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth
Genre:adventure; war
Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Al Lewin
Pencils:
Al Lewin
Genre:western-frontier
Tom Traylor- G-Man X-32 / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
James Gary
Super Comics #7 (Dell, 1938)
Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates, and Little Orphan Annie are among the many features.
Rated "scarce" by Gerber.
Smokey Stover / cover / 1 page
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Dick Tracy; Johnny Mintworth; Danny Supeena (villain); Junior Tracy
c. 1937 Chicago Tribune, NY News Syndicate
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Harold Gray
Pencils:
Harold Gray
Genre:adventure; drama
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Milton Caniff
Pencils:
Milton Caniff
Genre:adventure
Comics On Parade #8 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Lil Abner cover
Tarzan Abbie N Slats Captain and the Kids Ella Cinders Broncho Bill etc.
Keen Detective Funnies #10 (Centaur, 1938)
Billy Wright pedigree
The majority of this issue is reprinted from Detective Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company)
#3 and #4 from 1937
Doc Doyle / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Maurice Gutwirth [as M. Gutwirth] (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Tell-Tale Smoke(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Pat Allen
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Reprints:
US in Fantoman (Centaur, 1940 series) #2 (August 1940
Funny Pages V2#11 (Centaur, 1938)
The Arrow, by Paul Gustavson, makes his second appearance in this issue.
Scarce" (Gerber 7) issue, with art by Gustavson, Jack Cole, and Bill Everett.
Nutty Fagin / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Jack Cole [as Sassafrass]
Pencils:
Jack Cole [as Sassafrass
The Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed) [as P. Gustavson]
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed) [as P. Gustavson]
Inks:
Paul Gustavson (signed) [as P. Gustavson]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:adventure; superheroCharacters:The Arrow; Dutch Kelly; Elaine Parker; Butts; MorleySynopsis:The Arrow rescues the kidnapped grown children of a millionaire from a gang of gamblers who are using their debts to force them to commit crimes
Sheep's Clothing(Table of Contents) text story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Pat Allen (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed) (illustrations)
Inks:
Bill Everett (signed) (illustrations)
Genre:crime
Characters:Bob Martin; Mrs. Martin (Bob's mother); Harold Busbee; Mister Sam; Gimpy (villain); Chollie [aka The Monk] (villain)
Jitney Joe / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed) [as P. Gustavson]
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed) [as P. Gustavson]
Smart Alec / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jack Cole
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed
Jingle Jingle / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed) [as P. Gustavson]
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed) [as P. Gustavson
Cheerio Minstrels / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Cole
Genre:humor
Racist depictions.
Spots / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed
Egbert / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Funny Picture Stories V2#11 (Comics Magazine, 1938)
Gerber "7" or "scarce."
Charles Biro presents us with a hair-raising cover,
Jack Strand / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Frank Frollo
Genre:adventure; science fictionCharacters:Jack Strand
Reprints:
US from Little Giant Comics (Centaur, 1938 series) #1 (July 1938
Phony Crimes / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inks:
Paul Gustavson
Genre:humorCharacters:Professor Twiddle
Little Nemo in Slumberland / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Pencils:
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Feature Funnies #14 (Chesler, 1938)
Will Eisner, Vernon Henkel, and George Brenner art. Football cover.
Ned Brant / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Cronin
Genre:sports
Gallant Knight / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Vernon Henkel
Pencils:
Vernon Henkel
Genre:historical
Characters:Sir Borat (villain); Sir Neville; Duke of Berengar; Inez
Synopsis:The Duke decrees that Borat and Neville must settle their differences in single combat.
Indexer Notes
Eisner/Iger shop material. Reprinted from Wags?
Archie O'Toole / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Genre:humorCharacters:Gil O'Teen (villain
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Pencils:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Captain Kane; Mayor Willis (death); Commissioner Litz (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:The Clock's secret identity, as a playboy and ace criminologist, is revealed in this story, and he establishes a relationship with Captain Kane, who speaks to the Clock through a screened door that masked O'Brien's face.
Eisner/Iger shop material. Reprinted from Wags?
Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Genre:spy
Characters:Black X; Jonathan Atcherson (first appearance; villain); Mulligan (first appearance
Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Art Pinajian
Pencils:
Art Pinajian
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP (first appearance); The Terror (first appearance; villain); Bateau (first appearance; villain); their gang (first appearance; villains
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humor
strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate
Star Comics #15 (Centaur, 1938)
Little Nemo appearance; Speed Silvers by Fred Guardineer and the Last Pirate by Carl Burgos begin.
Riggin' Bill / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Maurice Filchock
Inks:
Maurice Filchoc
Carl Burgos (né Max Finkelstein,[1] April 18, 1916, New York City, New York – March 1, 1984)[1][2] was an American comic book and advertising artist best known for creating the original Human Torch in Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939)
His earliest works include penciling and inking the six-page story "The Last Pirate", starring Count Rocco and his ship the Emerald Queen, in Centaur Publications' Star Comics, creating the features "Air-Sub DX", in Centaur's Amazing Mystery Funnies vol. 2, #4 (April 1939), and "Rocky Dawson"; and creating the robot hero the Iron Skull in Centaur's Amazing-Man Comics #5 (Sept. 1939).
Burgos and others, including Centaur Publications writer-artist Bill Everett, then followed Centaur art director Lloyd Jacquet to Jacquet's own newly formed packager, Funnies, Inc
Publisher Martin Goodman's new Timely Comics released Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939). That landmark issue included only writer-artist Carl Burgos' Human Torch but also Bill Everett's hit character the Sub-Mariner. A painted cover by veteran science-fiction pulp artist Frank R. Paul featured the Torch.
Burgos' character proved a hit, and quickly went on to headline one of comics' first single-character titles, The Human Torch. He next created the superhero character the White Streak in Novelty Press' Target Comics #1 (Feb. 1940), and, with writer John Compton, the superhero the Thunderer in Timely's Daring Mystery Comics #7 (April 1941)
Feature Books #19 Mandrake the Magician (David McKay, 1938)
76 pages oversized large size black and white interior
Mandrake the Magician / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:superhero
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 71 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:superhero
Characters:Mandrake; Lothar
Reprints:
Mandrake the Magician newspaper comic strip reprints from 1938
Ace Comics #20 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Joe Musial cover. Features art by Musial, Alex Raymond, and Chic Young.
Halloween cover with pumpkin
Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information)
Pencils:
Joe Musial
Genre:humor; children
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Chic Young
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
Detective Comics #21 (DC, 1938)
This issue features the second appearance of this title's first costumed hero, the Crimson Avenger,
art by Fred Guardineer, Joe Shuster, and Leo O'Mealia.
Mile High pedigree
Billy Wright pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
Inks:
Leo O'Mealia
Colors:
?
Synopsis:A policeman is shot.Keywords:policemen
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Phillippa Rowen (introduction, death); Betty Palmer (introduction); Big Shot Bettini (villain); Speed Saunders
Speed is shown reading DETECTIVE COMICS
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Tom Hayworth (introduction, villain); Dr. Avery (introduction, villain); Colby (introduction, villain
Spy / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventure
Characters:Baron Von Mundorf (introduction, villain); Lorenzo Rica (introduction, villain
Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Sax Rohmer
Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
strip reprints; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer
The Crime in Stone(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]
Bruce Nelson / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils:
Tom Hickey
Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jim Chambers ?
Pencils:
Jim Chambers
Genre:superheroCharacters:Miller; Miller's gang
2nd appearance
Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:V: The Ferrini gang (I
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Seth (introduction, villain ,death); Lord Atherton (introduction
Funnies #26 (Dell, 1938).
Sheldon Mayer cover.
Scribbly / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer [as S.M.] (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer [as S.M.] (signed)
Genre:humorCharacters:Scribbly
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviationReprints:
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate
Scribbly / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
The Crime Busters / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alden McWilliams
The Wonderland of Oz / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Walt Spouse
Pencils:
Walt Spouse
Genre:fantasy-supernatural-supernatural
Characters:Tip; Jack Pumpkinhead; Wooden Sawhorse; Scarecrow; General Jinjur
Synopsis:Jinjur's forces invade the Emerald City, but Tip and Jack faciliate the Scarecrow's escape astride the sawhorse.
Keywords:Emerald City; Oz
Western Trails(Table of Contents) comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Norton S. Parker
Pencils:
Richard Rogers
Genre:western-frontier
Adapted from the Universal motion picture
Tip Top Comics #31 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree Group
Rockford pedigree
Captain and the Kids cover
Tarzan 5 pages
Lil Abner / Jim Hardy / Frankie Doodle / Ella Cinders / Broncho Bill etc.
King Comics #32 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Lost Valley pedigree
Popeye is featured on the cover holding a musical bugle also with Henry.
Adventure Comics #32 (DC, 1938)
First issue of this new title - one of the longest running comic book titles of all time and would run for 45 years until 1983
On-sale date: 1938-10-10
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Bash Forelli (introduction, villain)
Dale Daring / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Winiarski
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski
Genre:adventureCharacters:Captain Desmo; The "Masked Man" (introduction; Captain Terhune); Colonel McAllister (introduction
Dot and Danny / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Romer
Pencils:
Romer
Genre:domesticCharacters:Dot; Danny
last appearance.
Ol' Oz Bopp / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Russell Cole
Pencils:
Russell Cole (Alger)
Genre:humorCharacters:Oz Bop
last appearance
Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humo
Tod Hunter / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:adventureCharacters:Tod Hunter; Hassim (villain)
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:adventureCharacters:Rusty; Ichabod Slade (villain
Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:adventureCharacters:El Diablo (villain
This Doggone World / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Stockton
Pencils:
Stockton
Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
only appearance
Popular Comics #34 (Dell, 1938)
Cover features Mutt
Plus Don Dixon, Skippy, Herky, Shark Egan
Plus strips of:
Tailspin Tommy, Jack Randall in Man’s Country etc.
More Fun Comics #37 (DC, 1938)
All issues of More Fun are "scarce to rare" according to Overstreet,
Mile High pedigree
On-sale date: 1938-10-03
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Genre:humor; sports
Characters:Kid football player chased by dog
Superman(Table of Contents)(Expand) / Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page
The Sports-teacher / activity / 0.75 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely (signed)
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Characters:Johnnie Law; Tigers Claw Gang
Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed
Peekin at Pictures / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Genre:biography
Rex Darrell / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Pencils:
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Rex Darrell [the Flying Fox] (first appearance
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean; Larry Trent
Buccaneer / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Dennis Stone; Captain Klaugh;
Mickey Mouse Magazine #38 V4#2 (K. K. Publications/Western Publishing Co., 1938)
First Huey, Dewey, and Louie cover
Famous Funnies #52 (Eastern Color, 1938)
Halloween pumpkin cover
Somebody's Stenog / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmiño
Genre:humor
Characters:Sam Smithers
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed
War on Crime / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Rex Collier
Pencils:
Jimmy Thompson ?
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Pencils:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss
1938 - DECEMBER
22 titles - one less than last month
This month begins with a mystery.
Little Giant Detective Funnies #3 (Centaur, 1938) should have come out this month
But no copy has been verified to exist of issues #2 and #3 making it seem likely that copies were never distributed or sold
But what is odd is that if the series continued monthly than issue #4 would have had a cover date of January 1939 and there is confirmed a #4 issue of the series. So it appears this series has only a #1 and #4 issue timed perfectly 3 months apart.
Jumbo Comics #4 (Fiction House, 1938)
Overstreet calls it "scarce" and Gerber calls it rates it an 8 or "rare."
The 2nd comic book work by Lou Fine folowing his debut last month in Jumbo Comics #3.
plus art by Will Eisner (origin of the Hawk), Dick Briefer ("Hunchback of Notre Dame"), Bob Kane ("Peter Pupp" and "Jest Laughs"), and more.
B & W; oversized
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #32 (August 6, 1937), #38 (November 19, 1937), #62, #64, #72 (July 15, 1938), #82 (September 23, 1938), #83 (September 30, 1938)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
S. M. Iger ?
Keywords:stereotyping of African-Americans; Thanksgiving; turkeys
Bobby / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Pencils:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Genre:humor
from Wags (UK) 1937
Inspector Dayton / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner ? [as George Thatcher] (signed)
Pencils:
Will Eisner ? [as George Thatcher] (signed)
Genre:adventure; detective-mysteryCharacters:Inspector Dayton; Patch; Col. Case (villain)
from Wags (UK) 64-65?
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:historical
Characters:The Hawk (origin,fb); Madeline (flashback; the Hawk's ex-fiancee); Madeline's Brother (Villain, Intro, Death, flashback)
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #71
Uncle Otto / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck] (signed)
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck] (signed)
Inks:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:humor
Indexer Notes
Universal Phoenix Syndicate
Peter Pupp / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:Peter Pupp; Buddah the Genie; Zula (first appearance; villain); Prof. Botts (first appearance); Prof. Botts' daughter (first appearance)
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #36 (November 11, 1937
Heroes of Sport / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
? [as Tom Swift]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Erwin]
Genre:non-fiction; sports
Second one dated 9/20/37. Universal Phoenix Syndicate
Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Jack Cortez]
Characters:Edmond Dantes; Napoleon Bonaparte
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #76
Pee Wee / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Pencils:
S. M. Iger (signed)
Genre:humor; children
Universal Phoenix Features. 7/12/37 and 5/31/37
Sheena / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils:
Mort Meskin (signed)
Genre:jungle
Characters:Sheena; Prof. Van Dyke; the witch doctor; Bat Morgan (villain; death)Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #69
Jest Laffs / cartoon / 0.75 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane [as Robert Kane]
Pencils:
Bob Kane [as Robert Kane]
Genre:humor
Universal Phoenix Features
Uncle Otto / comic story / 0.25 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck] (signed)
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck] (signed)
Hunchback of Notre Dame / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Genre:adventure; drama
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #31
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner ? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils:
Will Eisner ? [as Major Thorpe]
Genre:spyCharacters:ZX-5Synopsis:ZX-5 excapes death and then immediately gets himself in trouble again.
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #63
Diary of Dr. Hayward / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Curt Davis]
Inks:
Lou Fine [as Curt Davis]
Characters:Dr. Hayward; Mr. Eternity; Kromo (villain; death); Stuart Taylor; Lora
from Wags (UK) 1937 series #76?-77?
Diary of Dr. Hayward / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Curt Davis]
Genre:adventureCharacters:Dr. Hayward; Ali Ben Pasha (first appearance; villain); Stuart Taylor; Lora
Synopsis:Ali Ben Pasha has discovered the secret of invisibility.
from Wags (UK) 1937 series #78?-79
Wilton of the West / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Fred Sande]
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Wiley Wilton; Henry Fleetfoot (villain); Geoffrey; Marcia
Synopsis:Wilton rescues Geoffrey and Marcia from a bandit.
Universal Phoenix Features
Louis Fine (November 26, 1914 – July 24, 1971) was an American comic book artist
In 1938, Fine, like many other comics artists of the time, found work at Eisner & Iger, a prominent "packager" that supplied complete comic books to publishers testing the waters of the emerging medium. Fine's first published comics art was in Jumbo Comics
Fine went on to do exquisite and acclaimed work for Fox Feature Syndicate, where he supplied the cover of 1939's Blue Beetle #1 and drew such features as "The Flame" in Wonderworld Comics and the later eponymous series. For publisher Everett M. "Busy" Arnold's Quality Comics, he drew features including "The Black Condor" (initially under the pseudonym Kenneth Lewis) in Crack Comics; "Doll Man" (under the pseudonym William Erwin Maxwell) in Feature Comics; "The Ray" in Smash Comics; "Uncle Sam" in National Comics; and "Stormy Foster" in Hit Comics. Fine became particularly prominent as a cover artist.
Fine, along with Plastic Man creator Jack Cole, was a ghost-artist on Will Eisner's celebrated Sunday-supplement newspaper comic book The Spirit during Eisner's World War II military service, Fine inking over Cole's pencil work. Some of these were reprinted in Quality's Police Comics and The Spirit comic book, where Fine's work continued to appear through 1949, five years after Fine had left comics.
Joe Simon, an artist and the first editor of Marvel Comics, called Fine his "favorite artist.... He was also Jack Kirby's favorite artist. I know that Jack was a fan of and greatly influenced by Fine’s work".
Amazing Mystery Funnies #3 (#4) (Centaur, 1938)
Cover and art by Bill Everett.
For a 2nd month in a row the issue was numbered #3
So some call it #3B and for easy reference I am going to call it #4.
The majority of the comic strips in this issue are all reprinted from previous comics published by Centaur.
Dirk the Demon / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Dirk the Demon
Dirk the Demon on cover but not present in this issue
Skyrocket Steele / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Skyrocket Steele Dodge; Sari Marston; King Kurt; Tal; Vance Roy (villain); Invex the Invisible Man (villain
Dave Dean / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Norman Daniels (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Characters:Dave Dean (introduction); Shorty (introduction)
Reprints:
US from Funny Pages (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#1 (September 1937
Action Comics #7 (DC, 1938)
One of the 10 most valuable comics of all time and the 2nd most valuable Superman related comic ever.
Superman appeared on a comic book cover for just the second time here.
After #1 and #7, Superman's next cover appearance was #10, and while every issue from #12 onward at least showed the costumed hero in a small vignette, he did not become the full-fledged permanent cover feature until #19. Oft-repeated comic book lore has DC's management puzzled at the unexpectedly strong sales of Action (an anthology series with many different characters sharing its 64 pages) and actually surveying newsdealers only to find out that kids were not asking for Action Comics but simply requesting the comic with Superman. While it's not clear whether DC discovered this before or after #7 came out, the striking cover image leaves little doubt that this one sold out in a hurry. The cover art is by the character's creator Joe Shuster, and it's worth noting that Superman's "S" has changed since issue #1 (the version seen here is closer to the final look of the symbol) and our hero is wearing his familiar boots here, not the ankle-high shoes he sported on #1. Also, #7 is the first comic book cover ever to show the word "Superman!" Other distinctions: it's the second superhero cover of any comic (at best, the Crimson Avenger's cover on Detective Comics #22, also December 1938, ties it for the honor), and this is also the first cover to show Superman as we know him best today: airborne. We would say "flying," but in these early stories his power was simply to take gigantic leaps!
On-sale date: 1938-10-25
Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Letters:
Paul Lauretta
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Curly; George Taylor (unnamed); Jordan; Derek Niles (villain); Trigger
Synopsis:The Jordan Circus is having a rough go of it and the promissory notes are coming due, so Superman decides to join the circus to help it pay off those notes and get it back into the black.
Wears yellow boots, "S" symbol is all yellow;
Clark Kent gets bullied at the Daily Star and Lois Lane is not impressed. Later at the circus Superman is able to crush a gun with his bare hands. Superman gets a job as the new strongman at the circus and an ad is placed in the newspaper about Superman. Superman lifts an elephant during his circus show. Superman dangerously hurls a man high up into the sky and catches him 3 times in an effort to scare him. Bullets bounce off Superman’s chest.
Pep Morgan / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as Gene Baxter]
Ad for Siegel and Shuster School of Humor on page Coyote Canyon Bill / cartoon by Fred Schwab
The Diddle Family / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as P. Gustavson] (
Tex Thomson / comic story / 10 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch ?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed
Now You Know / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed
Scoop Scanlon. Five Star Reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed
Zatara Master Magacian / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Zatara; Tong
WesThrills! / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Terry Gilkison [as Gil Kesson] (signed)
Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters:Buffalo Bill; John Slaughter; Wild Bill Hickok
Some facts about western heroes
Crackajack Funnies #7 (Dell, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
File copy
On-sale date: 1938-11-10
Don Winslow; Dan Dunn / cover
Dan Dunn / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Norman Marsh (signed)
Capt. Frank Hawks-- Air Ace / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al McWilliams (signed)
Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Lewin (signed
Don Winslow / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Leon Beroth
Super Comics #8 (Dell, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Chester Gould had begun his "Dick Tracy" strip in 1931, and the plainclothes detective had emerged in the fledgling comic book genre as early as 1936, by 1938 settling in with this title for some nine years before finally getting his own book
On-sale date: 1938-11-18
Dick Tracy / cover /
Red Ryder / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Terry and the Pirates / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Milt Caniff
Little Orphan Annie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Harold Gray
Comics On Parade #9 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Li'l Abner / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Al Capp
Genre:humor
Characters:Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum
Li'l Abner / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Al Capp
Pencils:
Al Capp
Genre:humor
includes gun ad with Abner
The Return of Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Alice in Wonderland / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Olive Ray Scott
Pencils:
Ed Kuekes
Keen Detective Funnies #11 (Centaur, 1938)
On-sale date: 1938-10-27
Billy Wright pedigree
Most of the comic strips in this issue were reprinted from previous comics published by Centaur.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Martin Filchock (signed)
Inks:
Martin Filchock (signed
Funny Pages V2#12 (Centaur, 1938)
Larson pedigree
Paul Gustavson art.
On-sale date: 1938-11-03
Skid Davis / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al McWilliams
The Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Genre:superheroCharacters:The Arrow [Ralph Payne]
Reprints:
US in Fantoman (Centaur, 1940 series) #2 (August 1940
Wild Horse(Table of Contents) comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Reprints:
US from Funny Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #v1#1 (November 1936
Feature Funnies #15 (Quality, 1938)
Joe Palooka / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Ed Cronin
Genre:sports
Characters:Joe Palooka; Knobby
Gallant Knight / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Vernon Henkel
Pencils:
Vernon Henkel
Genre:historical
Characters:Sir NevilleSynopsis:Traveling far from home, Neville defends a lonely castle from strange invaders.
Eisner/Iger shop material. Reprinted from Wags?
Archie O'Toole / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Genre:humor; children
Characters:Archie O'Toole
Synopsis:Archie goes to America to seek out a loan for his country, Pyromania. He finds it by signing advertising endorsements.
Eisner/Iger shop material.
The Clock / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George Brenner
Pencils:
George Brenner
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Captain Kane; Tony Malta (villain); Jake
Synopsis:Tony Malta tries to frame the Clock for murder.
Eisner/Iger shop material. Reprinted from Wags?
Lala Palooza / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Genre:humor
strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate
Espionage Starring Black X / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Genre:spy
Characters:Black X; Major Murdock; Joshua Hawkins; Count Rokk (villain)
Synopsis:A foreign pirate submarine is sinking American ships and trying to drag the US into war.
Indexer Notes
Eisner/Iger shop material
The Barbarian(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Robert Hyatt
Pencils:
Edward Cronin (illustration)
Characters:Konar the Barbarian (first appearance
Star Comics #16 (Centaur, 1938)
The Phantom Rider begins. Carl Burgos and Paul Gustavson art.
My lawn mower you borrowed last summer! / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Terry Gilkison
Inks:
Terry Gilkison
Phantom Rider / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
A. L. Petersen
Pencils:
A. L. Petersen
Genre:western-frontierCharacters:The Phantom Rider (Intro
Picture Queries / activity / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Genre:non-fiction
Keywords:Franklin D. Roosevelt; Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands; the Titanic
It's All In Fun(Table of Contents) cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson (signed)
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson (signed
Fadeaway Farr / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Binder
Genre:western-frontier
Speed Silvers / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Officers Bloo and Gold / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Basil Wolverton ?
Pencils:
Basil Wolverton ?
Genre:humor
Last Pirate / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Carl Burgos
Pencils:
Carl Burgos
Genre:adventure
Feature Books #20 The Phantom (David McKay Publications, 1938)
The first solo Phantom comic published in the U.S.
Some consider this The Phantom #1
The Phantom also appears this same month in Ace Comics #21
Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 76
Color cover; Black and White interior (#[nn]-25);
Oversized 9" x 12" (#[nn]-25)
The Phantom / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Ray Moore
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Phantom; Diana
The Phantom / comic story / 71 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Phantom; Diana
Reprints:
The Phantom newspaper comic strip reprints from 1936
Ace Comics #21 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Joe Musial cover.
The Katzenjammer Kids / cover
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chic Young
Pencils:
Chic Young (signed
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
The Phantom also appears this same month in his own solo feature in Feature Book #20
Detective Comics #22 (DC, 1938)
Billy Wright Pedigree
This is just the second superhero cover in the history of comics! It's tied for that honor with Action #7, with of course only Action #1 coming earlier.
This is his only cover appearance of the series.
Jim Chambers is the cover artist for the book.
Bob Kane, Joe Shuster, and Fred Guardineer art.
On-sale date: 1938-11-07
Crimson Avenger / cover / 1 page (report information)Pencils:
Jim Chambers
Genre:superhero
Characters:Crimson Avenger
Keywords:machine guns; stereotyping of Chinese
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:V: Fui Onyui (D); I: Yat Sin
Synopsis:Slam Bradley disguises himself as Chinese in order to infiltrate an opium den, then pretends to smoke opium before making contact with an allied agent.
Indexer Notes
Opium story.
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Maniacs (villains, death); a girl; Larry Steele
story in black and white
Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jim Chambers?
Pencils:
Jim Chambers
Genre:superhero
Characters:V: Sgt. Haines (I); I: Mr. Gates
A Sticky Clue(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox (Paul Dean)
[Break-in at the Bartilian Embassy](Table of Contents) comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventure; spy
Characters:Morgan (intro); Nitchova (intro
Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Sax Rohmer
Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
Genre:adventure
Indexer Notes
strip reprints; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer
Oscar the Gumshoe / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
The Funnies #27 (Dell, 1938)
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople / cover
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Genre:adventure; aviationReprints:
from Four Aces Sundays (Bell Syndicate
Scribbly / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
The Crime Busters / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alden McWilliams
The Wonderland of Oz / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Walt Spouse
Pencils:
Walt Spouse
Genre:fantasy-supernatural-supernaturalCharacters:Tip; Jack Pumpkinhead; Wooden Sawhorse; Scarecrow; Tin Woodsman; Winkies
The Last Stand(Table of Contents) comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Norton S. Parker; Harry O. Hoyt
Pencils:
Richard Rogers ?
Genre:western-frontier
Adapted from the Universal motion picture
Tip Top Comics #32 (United Features Syndicate, 1938)
Jack Davis' first published work.
Mile High pedigree
Davis Crippen D copy pedigree
Tarzan / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Paul Berdanier (signed
Tarzan / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Hal Foster
Genre:jungleReprints:
from newspaper strips
Li'l Abner / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Al Capp
Pencils:
Al Capp
Genre:humor
Reprints:
from newspaper strips
Tip Top Cartoon Club(Table of Contents) text article / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Contest page for readers.
One cartoonist-reader was Jack Davis of Atlanta, Ga
Jack" Davis, Jr. (December 2, 1924 – July 27, 2016) was an American cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories. He was one of the founding cartoonists for Mad in 1952
King Comics #33 (David McKay Publications, 1938)
Popeye and Henry bump into each other on a rainy day for this cute cover image
Mile High pedigree
Lost Valley pedigree
Thimble Theatre; Henry / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial (signed)
Characters:Popeye; Henry
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bela Zaboly ? [as E. C. Segar ](credited)
Genre:humor
Reprints:
from Thimble Theatre Sundays (King Features) 1938-02-21 - 1938-03-20
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Raymond (signed)
Reprints:
from Flash Gordon Sundays (King Features) 1938-02-13 - 1938-03-06
King of the Royal Mounted / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Zane Grey (credited)
Pencils:
Charles Flanders (signed)
Sport Features / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Burnley (signed)
Characters:Max Schmeling
Brick Bradford / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
William Ritt (credited)
Pencils:
Clarence Gray (signed)
Reprints:
from Brick Bradford Sundays (King Features) 1938-02-13 - 1938-03-06
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk (credited)
Pencils:
Phil Davis (signed)
Reprints:
from Mandrake Sundays (King Features) 1938-02-13 - 1938-03-06
Radio Patrol / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Eddie Sullivan (credited)
Pencils:
Charlie Schmidt (signed)
Reprints:
from Radio Patrol Sundays (King Features) 1938-02-13 - 1938-03-06
Adventure Comics #33 (DC, 1938)
2nd issue of this title that ran for 45 years
Mile High pedigree
Creig Flessel provided the cover art here, with Bob Kane and Joe Shuster contributing story art.
On-sale date: 1938-11-09
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Synopsis:Man grabbing strut of airplane
Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Salty Sam / comic story / 0.67 page (report information) Script:
Fred Schwab [as Stockton]
Pencils:
Fred Schwab [as Stockton]
Genre:humor
Characters:Salty Sam (introduction, only appearance)
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Biff Davis (villain)
Dale Daring / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Now You Know / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Nevertheless It's True... / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Cinema Dust / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:adventureCharacters:Rusty; The Duchess (villain, introduction
Billy the Kid / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Whitney Ellsworth
Pencils:
Whitney Ellsworth (signed)
Genre:humor; children
Characters:Billy the Kid (introduction, only appearance
Popular Comics #35 (December 1938) Dell,
Toonerville Folks / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fontaine Fox
Pencils:
Fontaine Fox
Tad of the Tanbark / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Tailspin Tommy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Hal Forrest
Pencils:
Hal Forrest
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 page
Sci-fi
More Fun Comics #38 (DC, 1938)
Mile High pedigree
Billy Wright pedigree
On-sale date:1938-11-01
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Inks:
Creig Flessel
Colors:
?
Genre:humorCharacters:Kid hunter stalked by bears
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Sandy Kean; Larry Trent;
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely
Characters:Johnnie Law; Helen
Now You Know! / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Buccaneer / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Mickey Mouse Magazine #39 V4#3 (K. K. Publications/Western Publishing Co., 1938)
Ferdinand the Bull cover and feature story.
Famous Funnies #53 (Eastern Color, 1938)
Christmas cover.
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmiño
Buck Rogers / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Pencils:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
1939 JANUARY
Amazing Mystery Funnies V2#1 (Centaur, 1939)
The majority of comic strips in this issue are reprinted from previous comics from Centaur
Skyrocket Steele / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Terry Gilkison
Skyrocket Steele / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Skyrocket Steele Dodge; Sari Marston; King Kull; Vance Roy (villain)
Funny Pages V3 #1 (Centaur, 1939
Bob Kane and Paul Gustavson art.
Bruce Wayne prototype in "Case of the Missing Heir," by Bob Kane.
Appeared three months before the first Batman appearance.
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Fred Schwab (signed
Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Genre:superhero
Reprints:
US in The Arrow (Centaur, 1940 series) #1 (October 1940
The Case of the Missing Heir(Table of Contents) comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Reprints:
US from Detective Picture Stories (Comics Magazine Company, 1936 series) #5 (April 1937
Funny Picture Stories V3#1 (Comics Magazine, 1939)
The majority of the comic strips in this issue were reprinted from previous comics from Centaur
Art by Bob Kane, Al McWilliams, and Paul Gustavson.
Canvas Dusters(Table of Contents) comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Irving Settel
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.(Table of Contents) statement of ownership
Lloyd Jacquet (editor); Joseph J. Hardie (publisher); Raymond J. Kelly (owner, business manager); S. J. Fried (owner); Harle Publications, Inc. (owner); Centaur Pubications, Inc. (owner)
Synopsis:Statement of ownership for Funny Picture Stories for October 1, 1938.
Keen Detective Funnies #v2#1 (January 1939) Centaur
Many of the strips in this issue are reprinted from previous comics from Centaur
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Rocky Baird / comic story / 7 pages (report information) Script:
Paul J. Lauretta
Pencils:
Paul J. Lauretta
Star Ranger Funnies v2 #1 (Centaur, 1939)
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Home in the Ozarks / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Genre:humor
Characters:Duddy Heffer; Fud Heffer
Rangeography! / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Pencils:
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Genre:non-fiction; biography
Characters:Capt. L.H. McNelly; John Wesley Harding; Sam Houston
Synopsis:Bios of historic Texas Rangers and facts about the Rio Grande and the Mavericks that populated the early Texas frontier territory
Single Series #2 Broncho Bill (United Features Syndicate, 1939)
Bronco Bill / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:western-frontier
Synopsis:Bill shoots while riding his horse
Broncho Bill; Bumps / comic story / 63.67 pages (report information) Script:
Harry O'Neil
Pencils:
Harry O'Neil
Genre:western-frontier
Broncho Bill strip is at top of page with Bumps "topper" bellow.
Copyright notices on individual strips have dates blanked out.
Tip Top Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Little Giant Detective Funnies #4 (January 1939) Centaur, 1938 Series
Extremely rare last issue of this series in small dimension size still but now printed in an upright position. Issues #2 and #3 are not known to exist of this series so this lone issue was printed in 1939.
Jumbo Comics #5 (Fiction House, 1939)
Mile High copy
Considered "scarce" by Gerber
huge book is wrapped by a Christmas cover.
Will Eisner, Dick Briefer, Bob Kane, and Bob Powell art.
On-sale date: 1938-11-28
Oversized, 10.5" x 14.5". Full color cover, black and white interior.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #36 (November 11, 1937), #38 (November 19, 1937), #42 (December 17, 1937), #81 (September 16, 1938), #81 (September 16, 1938), #82 (September 23, 1938), #82 (September 23, 1938), #83 (September 30, 1938), #83 (September 30, 1938
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Will Eisner
Characters:Sheena; the Hawk; Spencer Steel; Doctor Hayward
Bobby / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger
Genre:humor; children
Characters:Bobby; Mr. Von Snitzel; Mr. De Flicker; Laurel & Hardy (Cameo); Marx Brothers (Cameo); Bert Wheeler (Cameo); Edward G. Robinson (Cameo); Charlie McCarthy (Cameo); Edgar Bergen (Cameo)
Indexer Notes
from Wags (UK) 1937
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:The Hawk; Governor Lathrop; Captain Clogg; Jeremy; Doctor SnydeReprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #74
Uncle Otto / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck]
Peter Pupp / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:Peter Pupp; Zula; Budah
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #40 (December 3, 1937
The Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Jack Cortez]
Genre:adventureCharacters:Edmond Dantes; Abbe Faria
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #80
Pee Wee / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger
Genre:humor; childrenCharacters:Pee Wee; Tommy
10/18/37 and 11/22/37. Universal Phoenix Syndicate.
Gilda Gay / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Genre:humorCharacters:Gilda Gay
8/24/37. First strip date is illegible. Universal Phoenix Features.
Sheena / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils:
Mort Meskin ?
Inks:
Mort Meskin ?
Letters:
?
Genre:jungleCharacters:Sheena; Bob Reynolds; natives
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #72 (July 15, 1938
Jest Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
The Hunchback of Notre Dame / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Briefer
Genre:drama; historicalCharacters:Clopin; Esmeralda; Jehan; Gringoire
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #35
Keywords:adaptation
adapted from novel by Victor Hugo
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Major Thorpe]
Genre:spyCharacters:ZX-5; "her highness"Synopsis:ZX-5 is recognized while trying to escape back to Chesterland.Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #65
Ken Hammond / text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Lin Davies
Pencils:
Lou Fine
Genre:jungle
The Diary of Dr. Hayward / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Curt Davis]
Genre:adventureCharacters:Stuart Taylor; Dr. Hayward; Lora Hayward; Ali Pasha
from Wags (UK) 1937
Wilton of the West / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Fred Sande]
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Wilton; Miss Marcia; Geoffrey
Universal Phoenix Features
Action Comics #8 (DC, 1939)
Billy Wright pedigree
Superman's first use of super-hearing was in this issue.
Fred Guardineer cover art
On-sale date: 1938-11-25
cover / 1 page (report information)Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:historical
Keywords:British army; Native Americans; tomahawks
Art is an homage to N.C. Wyeth's illustration "The Battle at Glen Falls" for the book _Last of the Mohicans_ (1919 edition)
Superman / comic story / 12.75 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks:
Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Clark Kent]; Frankie Marello; Box-Ears; Nick; Pinky; Gimpy (villain)
Synopsis:Superman decides to get involved in a case involving wayward boys being used by a petty criminal, who uses the boys to steal items from wealthy people that he can sell for quick cash...all at their expense.
wears red boots, "S" symbol is all yellow. Uses super-hearing for the first time.
Superman gets quite violent punching a man who is on the phone and throwing his entire body against the wall and then dropping him face first into a garbage can. The police are about to arrest a boy when Superman grabs the boy. The police order him to stop and shoot their gun at Superman. Superman later leaps through the air while carrying a boy under each arm. Superman saves a life by blocking a speeding bullet. Superman tosses the rifleman into the river. Another punk hits Superman on the back of the head with a wrench but it bends and Superman feels no pain. Superman carries 2 punks and walks a telephone wire and risks their life to scare them. Later Superman is able to leap over numerous city blocks in one giant leap. Superman uses his bare hands to knock down some cheaply made slum buildings to help end a crime wave in the area.
Pep Morgan / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as Gene Baxter] (signed)
Genre:adventure
Tex Thomson / comic story / 10 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch ?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Tex Thomson; Dr. Kichung (villain
Odds 'N' Ends / comic story / 0.66 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff [as Moldoff] (signed
Scoop Scanlon, Five Star reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Zatara Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed
Oscar the Gumshoe / comic story / 0.66 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Crackajack Funnies #8 (Dell, 1939)
File Copy
First appearance Speed Bolton.
On-sale date: 1938-12-16
Tom Traylor- G-Man X32 / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
James Gary
Genre:adventure
Cover is blow-up of interior panel
Don Winslow / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Frank V. Martinek (signed)
Pencils:
Leon A. Beroth (signed)
Genre:adventure; war
Super Comics #9 File copy (Dell, 1939)
On-sale date: 1938-12-20
Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:detective-mystery
Dick Tracy / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Danny Supeena; Johnny Mintworth
8-22-38
A Dick Tracy Thriller / text story / 2 pages (report information)
Pencils:
Chester Gould (signed)
Comics On Parade #10 (United Features Syndicate, 1939)
Mile High pedigree
Li'l Abner cover.
6 pages of Lil Abner
Tarzan Abbie N Slats Captain and the Kids Ella Cinders Broncho Bill etc.
Feature Funnies #16 Quality, 1939
Mickey Finn / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Cronin
Screen Snapshots / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:biographyCharacters:Hedy LaMarr
Eisner/Iger shop material. Reprinted from Wags?
Archie O'Toole / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Genre:humor
Characters:Archie O'Toole; Suzy (intro, unnamed); Two crooks
Synopsis:Coming back from New York with enough money to balance the budget, King Archie is accosted by two crooks while trying to rescue a girl from a balloon. Archie and the girl escape and he takes her back to Pyromania with him.
Eisner/Iger shop material
Gallant Knight / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Vernon Henkel (signed)
Pencils:
Vernon Henkel (signed)
Genre:historical
Characters:Sir Neville; The Black Baron (first appearance?; villain)
Synopsis:Sir Neville attempts to rescue a young lad who has been captured by the Black Baron, but the Baron captures and imprisons him instead.
Indexer Notes
Eisner/Iger shop material.
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Pencils:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Slick Hart (villain); Gyp Nolan (villain)
Synopsis:When villains steal a famous diamond as soon as it arrives in New York, the Clock goes after them.
Eisner/Iger shop material.
Espionage / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Genre:spy
Characters:Black X; The Purple Hoods (first appearance; villains); Batu (First appearance); Madame L'Darge
Synopsis:Black X and his Oriental companion Batu stop a gang of saboteurs from blowing up the 71st Regiment.
Eisner/Iger shop material
Ace Comics #22 (David McKay Publications, 1939)
The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
H. H. Knerr
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
Genre:superhero
13th appearance in comic books
Detective Comics #23 (DC, 1939)
On-sale date: 1938-12-05
Speed Saunders / cover / 1 page (report information)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Speed Saunders
Keywords:revolvers; snow; snow skiing;
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:V: A murderer (I); I: Margot Lee
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:V: Baron Pakloff (I); I: Lord and Lady Ashley
Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jim Chambers?
Pencils:
Jim Chambers
Genre:superhero
Characters:V: "The Boss" and his zombies (I for all
Railroad Riddle(Table of Contents) text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]
Spy / comic story / 8 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:adventure
Characters:V: Dr. LaForge (I)
Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Sax Rohmer
Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
Genre:adventure
strip reprints; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer
Kops and Robbers / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Shuster Shop
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:I: Prof. Kenton, a bird-man, and an orange man; V: A flower-man (I)
Slam and Shorty go to the year 2,000,000,000 A.D
The Funnies #28 (Dell, 1939)
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Keywords: ice skating
Scribbly / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
Four Aces / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Hall Forrest
Pencils:
Hall Forrest
Newspaper reprints
The Wonderland of Oz / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
L. Frank Baum
Pencils:
Walt Spouse
The Crime Busters with Al Brady / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al McWilliams
Song of the Buckaroo(Table of Contents) comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
John Rathmell (credited)
Pencils:
Frank Frollo ?
Genre:western-frontier
Adaptation of a Monogram Picture starring Tex Ritter
Tip Top Comics #33 (United Features Syndicate, 1939)
Lost Valley pedigree
Tarzan and gorilla cover.
5 pages of Tarzan
Lil Abner / Captain and the Kids / Ella Cinders / Jim Hardy / Frankie Doodle etc.
Adventure Comics #34 (DC, 1939)
The third issue of one of DC's flagship titles
the series was titled New Comics from #1- 11 and New Adventure Comics from #12-31
Mile High pedigree
On-sale date: 1939-12-09
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Biff Davis (villain); Red (villain; introduction
The Sportsteacher / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Dale Daring / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:adventure
Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Ed Winiarski
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski
Genre:adventure
Characters:The "Masked Man" (villain
Professor Doolittle / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Cinema Dust / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Genre:non-fiction
Characters:Edward G. Robinson; John Boles; William Powell; Deanna Durbin
Candid Comic Camera / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Now You Know! / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:adventure
Characters:Long Sin (villain
Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:adventure
Characters:Ramon Fernando (villain
Tiny / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Fred Schwab
Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Genre:humor
Characters:Tiny (introduction; only appearance)
inside back cover
King Comics #34 (David McKay Publications, 1939)
Lost Valley pedigree
Popeye and Henry feature on the cover
Popular Comics #36 (January 1939) Dell
Skippy / cover / 1 page
Scribbly / comic story / 0.2 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer
Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Moore
Pencils:
Carl Pfeufer
Jack Randall / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
based on a Monogram movie
More Fun Comics #39 (DC, 1939)
Mile High pedigree
Christmas cover
On-sale date: 1938-12-01
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel
Genre:humor
Characters:Santa Claus; striking elves
Masked Ranger / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jim Chambers (signed)
Pencils:
Jim Chambers (signed)
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Masked Ranger; Pedro; Dave; Steve Delaney; Higey
Synopsis:The Masked Ranger rescues a young man from a lynch mob
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Johnnie Law; Bozo Brogan
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy Kean; Larry Trent
Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:humor
Peekin at Pictures / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (signed
Buccaneer / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:Dennis Stone; Captain Klaugh; Kaboz; Daneo; Regina
Mickey Mouse Magazine V4#4 (K. K. Publications/Western Publishing Co., 1939)
Mother Pluto strip reprints begins. Spotty, the Greedy Little Pig appearance.
On-sale date: 1938-12-09
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Tom Wood
Just Between Us(Table of Contents) text story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Floyd Gottfredson
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Merril de Maris
Pencils:
Floyd Gottfredson
Morty and Ferdie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Merrill De Maris
Pencils:
Floyd Gottfredson
Pluto / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Taliaferro
Spotty the Greedy Little Piglet(Table of Contents) comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Taliaferro
Famous Funnies #54 (Eastern Color, 1939).
Buck Rogers, Chief Wahoo, Dickie Dare, Scorchy Smith, and many other features.
Oaky Doaks / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmiño
Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmiño
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Philip Francis Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Pencils:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
1939 FEBRUARY
21 titles
Radio Funnies [ashcan] DC, 1939 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
[circa 1939] - March 1939
velox black & white cover; color interior
Dimensions:
standard Golden Age US
Ashcan comic produced to secure trademark of title and logo.
DC's Golden Age ashcan editions were hand-assembled comics using a specially created cover (featuring a new-title logo art and often unrelated artwork), and were used to establish a trademark for a particular title. Usually, only two to ten copies were produced, most of which were tossed in the trash after they served their purpose, hence the name "ashcan". They are the rarest of the rare for comic book collectors. Here's an example of an ashcan that goes even beyond that -- it's a previously unknown variant on a known ashcan-only title. The known comic was cover dated March, 1939, as a #1, and featured cover art taken from Adventure Comics #39, with interiors from Detective Comics #19. This version was just recently unearthed from a private collection. It has no cover date or issue number, and features cover art from Detective Comics #26, with contents taken from Detective #17. The black and white cover has "156B" penciled in the upper right corner, and in the lower right is typewritten "M. Charles Gaines," indicating this was publisher Max Gaines' personal copy.
The cover art is from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #26 and interior contents are from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #17.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #26 (April 1939) [cover in black & white]
Star Comics Vol. 2, #1 (Centaur, 1939)
Early masked hero cover however its not a superhero it’s a western hero.
Mile High pedigree
The Phantom Rider clocks a cowboy on the cover of this tough-to-find mix of adventure, funny-animal, and strip reprints.
Phantom Rider / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:western-frontier
Amazing Mystery Funnies V2#2 (Centaur, 1939)
The cover art is by Bill Everett, and it's early in his comics career.
Note the 2/39 cover date, eight months before Marvel Comics #1.
The fellow trussed up at the upper left is the hero of the piece, Skyrocket Steele.
Skyrocket Steele / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Skyrocket Steele Dodge; Sari Marston
Skyrocket Steele / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bill Everett
Pencils:
Bill Everett
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Skyrocket Steele Dodge; Sari Marston
The Vampire(Table of Contents) comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Tarpe Mills (signed)
Genre:fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters:Gaetano; Nino; Rosa (death); un-named man (Rosa's fiance); Constable; Captain of the City Police; Maria (death); Pietro (Maria's lover); old beggar (villain)Synopsis:It had been 97 years since the vampire of Salano had made an appearance, but when a woman and man were found, marks to their throats and bodies drained of blood, the authorities finally took the threat seriously and took steps to find the beast.
Reprints:
US in Masked Marvel (Centaur, 1940 series) #2 (October 1940
Tarpé Mills (1915–88) was the pseudonym of comic book creator June Mills, one of the first major female comics artists. She is best known for her action comic strip, Miss Fury, the first female action hero created by a woman. Born June Tarpé Mills, she signed her work by her middle name "Tarpé" to conceal her gender. Mills created several action comics characters: Devil's Dust, The Cat Man, The Purple Zombie, and Daredevil Barry Finn, before creating her most remembered character, Miss Fury, in 1941. The Miss Fury comic strip began April 6, 1941. A character based loosely on Mills' own appearance, the artwork was created in a glamorous style with considerable attention placed on the heroine's outfits
Keen Detective Funnies V2#2 (Centaur, 1939)
Billy Wright pedigree
Gerber "8"
On-sale date: 1939-01-02
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
RR (signed
Little Dynamite / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Reprints:
US in Fantoman (Centaur, 1940 series) #2 (August 1940
Stoney Dawson / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Carl Burgos (signed)
Reprints:
US in Amazing Adventure Funnies (Centaur, 1940 series) #1 (June 1940
Single Series #3 Ella Cinders (United Features Syndicate, 1939)
Ella Cinders / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:humor
Characters:Ella Cinders
Synopsis:Ella scrubs a floor.
Chris Crusty / comic story / 32 ? pages (report information) Script:
Bill Conselman (credited)
Pencils:
Charlie Plumb (credited)
Genre:humor
Reprints:
from Chris Crusty newspaper strip 1932-1933
Strip occupies the top tier thru 75% of the comic then switches to the bottom tier for the rest. Missing one strip due to ad. Last strip on inside back cover.
Ella Cinders / comic story / 32 ? pages (report information) Script:
Bill Conselman (credited)
Pencils:
Charlie Plumb (credited)
Genre:humor
Characters:Ella Cinders
Reprints:
from Ella Cinders newspaper strip reprints 1932-1933
Last strip on inside back cover.
Ella Cinders is a syndicated comic strip created by writer Bill Conselman and artist Charles Plumb. Distributed by United Feature Syndicate, the daily version was launched June 1, 1925, and a Sunday page followed two years later. It was discontinued in 1961. Chris Crusty ran above Ella Cinders as a topper strip from 1931 to 1940.
Little Giant Comics #4 (February 1939) Centaur,
Color cover; Black and White interior
Final issue of this smaller sized series that with this last issue was finally printed upright in standard comic format
Martin Filchock funny cover art
Jumbo Comics #6 (Fiction House, 1939)
Mile High,
Gerber was right on with his "9" rating
very-oversized book has early work by Will Eisner (who did the terrific cover), Jerry Iger, Bob Kane, and Dick Briefer.
The paper is alternating pink and white (some earlier issues were pink and green).
On-sale date: 1938-12-27
Editing: Malcolm Reiss (editor); Jerry Iger (feature editor); Will Eisner (art director
Oversized, 10.5" x 14.5". Full color cover, black and white interior.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #40 (December 3, 1937), #42 (December 17, 1937), #46 (January 14, 1938), #81 (September 16, 1938), #82 (September 23, 1938
Bobby / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Will Eisner
Genre:children
Keywords:policemen; snow; snowballs
Bobby / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger
Genre:children
Characters:Bobby; Philip Fadeout; Montmorency
Reprints:
US in Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #21 (November 1940)
Indexer Notes
from Wags (UK) 1937 series
Hawks of the Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisne
Genre:historical
Characters:Jeremy; Fluth; Caleb; Bogg; Sagua
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #79
Uncle Otto / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck]
Genre:humorCharacters:Uncle Otto
Universal Phoenix Feature
Stars On Parade / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
? [as Lora Lane]
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Genre:non-fiction
Characters:various Hollywood stars
Universal Phoenix Syndicate one strip dated 1?-9-37
Peter Pupp / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:Peter; Tinymite; Professor Botts; Zula
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #44 (December 31, 1937
Heroes of Sport / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
? [as Tom Swift]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Tom Swift]; ? [as Tom Swift]
Genre:non-fiction; sports
Universal Phoenix Features. 2nd strip dated 4-19-37
The Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner ?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Jack Cortez]
Genre:adventure
Characters:Edmund Dantes; Abbe Faria
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #84 (October 7, 1938
Pee Wee / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger
Pencils:
S. M. Iger
Genre:humor; children
Characters:Bobby; his mom
Universal Phoenix Features 4-28-37 and 7-26-37
Gilda Gay / comic story / 0.5 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Genre:humorCharacters:Gilda; Monty
Universal Phoenix Features 7-5-37 and 7-19-37
Life in the Roar / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Kane ? [as Robert]
Genre:humor
Universal Phoenix Features
Sport Short / comic story / 0.33 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Genre:non-fiction; sports
Universal Phoenix Features 4-26-37
Sheena / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils:
Mort Meskin
Genre:jungle
Characters:Sheena; Bob; white oil prospectors
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #75
Jest Laffs / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane [as Robert Kane]
Pencils:
Bob Kane [as Robert Kane]
Genre:humor
Universal Phoenix Features
Uncle Otto / comic story / 0.33 page (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Carl Heck]
Genre:humorCharacters:Uncle Otto
Universal Phoenix Features 5-3-37
The Hunchback of Notre Dame / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
? (adaptor); Victor Hugo (original author)
Pencils:
Dick Briefer
Genre:adventure
Characters:Quasimodo; Esmeralda; Gringoire; Phoebus
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #39
Indexer Notes
adapted from the novel by Victor Hugo.
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner ? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils:
Will Eisner (layouts); Bob Powell ?
Genre:spyCharacters:ZX-5; Major Hasting; Magda; Alexi
Synopsis:ZX-5 believes he is being trailed by enemy agents.
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #68 (6/17/38
Ken Hammond / text story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Lin Davies
Pencils:
Lou Fine (illo)
Genre:jungle
The Diary of Dr. Hayward / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Fine [as Curt Davis]
Genre:adventure
Characters:Ali Pasha; Stuart Taylor; Laura; Dr. Hayward
Reprints:
US from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #84 (October 7, 1938
Wilton of the West / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
? [as Fred Sands]
Pencils:
Lou Fine
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Wilton; Rusty; Snorty; Marcia
Universal Phoenix Features
Action Comics #9 (DC, 1939)
Billy Wright pedigree
second cover ever to mention Superman's name (#7 being the first, even #1 did not have his name)!
Now obvious to DC that it was Superman that was helping sell this title
The cover illustration is by Fred Guardineer.
On-sale date: 1939-01-02
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Keywords:automobile racing; automobiles
Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks:
Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Detective Captain Reilly; Mortimer Snoop
Synopsis:Superman, having torn down a slum area so that newer, more modern apartments could be built, is labeled as a crook by the Chief of Police, who assigns Detective Reilly (better known as "100% Reilly" because he always gets his man) to bring the Man of Tomorrow in.
"S" Symbol is all yellow.
Highlights of this story include: Superman lifts a tank into the air. Chief of Police reports that he believes Superman should be charged with destroying government property in the last issue. Lois Lane tells Clark Kent how much she dislikes him and after a heated discussion she reveals that there is someone else she cares for - Superman. The newspaper reports there is a $5,000 reward for capture of Superman but everyone fails.
Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Scoop Scanlon; Lefty Laroway
Pep Morgan / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer [as Gene Baxter]
The Diddle Family / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson ?
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson [as Gustavson
Tex Thomson / comic story / 10 pages (report information) Script:
Ken Fitch ?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:adventure
\Characters:Tex Thomson; Dr. Kichung (villain
Zatara Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Zatara; Tong
Candid Comic Camera / cartoon / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Comics On Parade #11 (United Features Syndicate, 1939)
Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae cover and "Sadie Hawkins Day" story.
Appearances by Tarzan, Ella Cinders, Broncho Bill, and more.
Feature Funnies #17 (Chesler, 1939)
Mile High pedigree
The Bungle Family / cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
"Quick!! There's a gas leak in the kitchen!"
Pencils:
Ed Cronin
Richard Manners / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Frank Frollo (signed)
Pencils:
Frank Frollo (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Richard Manners (first appearance; origin; a detective); Mr. Manners (first appearance); Doris Winthrop (first appearance); Nick Gordon (first appearance; villain)
Eisner/Iger shop material
Archie O'Toole / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Bud Thomas]
Genre:humor; children
Characters:Archie O'Toole; Queen Vera Venom of Twotimia (first appearance; villain); Hodge; Podge; Fudge; Lord Helpis; Suzy
The Clock Strikes / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Pencils:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Dr. T. Loden (first appearance); a window washer (first appearance; death); Nick (first appearance; villain); Slug (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis:Nick and Slug steal radium from a doctor's office.
Indexer Notes
Eisner/Iger shop material. Reprinted from Wags?
Espionage / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Pencils:
Will Eisner [as Will Erwin]
Genre:spy
Characters:Black X; Batu; Dr. Stieble (first appearance; villain; death)
Synopsis:Black X and Batu go after Dr. Stieble, a clearing house for all spy information in North America.Keywords:swords
Indexer Notes
Eisner/Iger shop material
Feature Book #21 ([1939]) David McKay,
Price: 0.10 USD Pages: 76
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior (#[nn]-25);
Oversized 9" x 12" (#[nn]-25)
The Lone Ranger / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Genre:superhero; western-frontier
Characters:Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger / comic story / 71 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Kressy
Genre:superhero; western-frontier
Characters:Lone Ranger; Tonto; Silver
Reprints:
Lone Ranger newspaper comic strip reprints from 1938-1939. Strips date from September 12, 1938 to January 14, 1939
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture.[7]
He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show conceived either by WXYZ (Detroit) radio station owner George W. Trendle, or by Fran Striker,[8] the show's writer. The radio series proved to be a hit and spawned a series of books (largely written by Striker), an equally popular television show that ran from 1949 to 1957, comic books, and several movies.
Ace Comics #23 (David McKay Publications, 1939)
Davis Crippen ("D" Copy) pedigree
The Katzenjammer Kids / cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Harold Knerr
Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Alex Raymond
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Ann Miller(Table of Contents) Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Feg Murray
Pencils:
Feg Murray
Buster Crabbe, Snow White(Table of Contents) Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Feg Murray
Pencils:
Feg Murray (signed)
Genre:non-fiction
Characters:Buster Crabbe [Flash Gordon
The Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Ray Moore
Genre:jungle; superhero
Detective Comics #24 (DC, 1939)
Mile High pedigree
Billy Wright pedigree
Gerber scarcity rating of "8."
The counterfeiting cover is by Fred Guardineer
On-sale date: 1939-01-05
cover / 1 page (report information)Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Inks:
Fred Guardineer
Colors:
?
Genre:crimeKeywords:bondage; counterfeiting; printing presses
Cleo and Clancy / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Inks:
Fred Guardineer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Fence Borden (Villain, Introduction); Nora Dobson (Villain, Introduction); Harry Karr (Villain, Introduction
Oscar the Gumshoe / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Inks:
Will Ely
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:detective-mysteryCharacters:Maurice Du Val (villain, introduction); Maxine Beaumont (introduction, death); Lucille Beaumont (introduction, death
Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Shuster Shop
Inks:
Shuster Shop
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:adventureCharacters:Jones (villain, introduction, death); crew of the WHIRLWIND (villains, introduction, death
Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Sax Rohmer
Pencils:
Leo O'Mealia
Inks:
Leo O'Mealia
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Genre:adventure
strip reprints; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer
Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jim Chambers?
Pencils:
Jim Chambers
Genre:superhero
Characters:Tony Sparta (villain, introduction); the River Gang (villains, introduction); Sin Lu (villain, introduction
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Shuster Shop
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Iron Fingers (villain, introduction); a tyrant (villain, introduction, death); the bird-man (villain, death); the plant-man (villain, death); the orange guy (villain, introduction); Prof. Kenton (guest-star
The Funnies #29 (Dell, 1939
Sheldon Mayer, Fred Harmon, Roy Crane, and Al McWilliams art.
Editing:Maxwell Gaines; Sheldon Mayer (assistant
Last MC Gaines issue. A number of features move to DC Comics' All-American Comics at this point
Scribbly / comic story / 3 pages (report information) Script:
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils:
Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Genre:humor; children
Next appearance in DC's All-American Comics #1
Ben Webster / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jay Jerome Williams [as Edwin Alger]
Pencils:
Russel Cole ?
Genre:adventure
Next appearance in All-American Comics #1 (DC, 1939 series
The Wonderland of Oz / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Walt Sprouse (adaptation); L. Frank Baum (original story)
Pencils:
Walt Spouse (signed)
Genre:fantasy-supernaturalCharacters:Jack Pumpkinhead; Sawhorse; Wogglebug
adapted from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Crime Busters / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Al McWilliams (signed)
Genre:crime
original material
Tex Ritter as Texas Dan / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
John Rathmell
Pencils:
Frank Frollo ?
Genre:western-frontier
Original Material
Tip Top Comics #34 (United Features Syndicate, 1939)
Tarzan cover literally explodes with colors from all over the rainbow
Gerber says the issue is "uncommon";
Mile High pedigree
Lil Abner / Captain and the Kids / Ella Cinders etc.
Adventure Comics #35 (DC, 1939)
Mile High pedigree
Gerber "7" on its scarcity scale.
On-sale date: 1939-01-09
Editing:Vincent Sullivan
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Gas House Gang / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Genre:humor
Characters:The Gashouse Gang (introduction and only appearance)
inside front cover
Cotton Carver / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Gardner Fox?
Pencils:
Geoff Newman
Genre:adventure
Characters:I: Cotton Carver; V: Quelta (I, D
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Dale Daring / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Will Ely
Pencils:
Will Ely
Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Genre:adventureCharacters:V: Ichabod Slade
Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Genre:adventureCharacters:V: El Diablo
King Comics #35 (David McKay Publications, 1939)
Mile High pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Joe Musial
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Genre:humorCharacters:Popeye; Wimpy; Henry
Thimble Theatre / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
E.C. Segar
Pencils:
Doc Winner [as E. C. Seegar]
Genre:humor
Reprints:
from Thimble Theatre Sundays (King Features) 1938-04-17 - 1938-05-08
Flash Gordon / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Don Moore
Pencils:
Alex Raymond
Genre:adventure; science fiction
Characters:Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Hans Zarkov; Ming the Merciless
Reprints:
from Flash Gordon Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1938.04.10 - 1938.05.01
Sport Features / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Genre:non-fiction; sports
Brick Bradford / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
William Ritt
Pencils:
Clarence Gray
Genre:adventureReprints:
from Brick Bradford Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1938.04.10 - 1938.05.01
Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Lee Falk
Pencils:
Phil Davis
Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernaturalCharacters:Mandrake the Magician; Lothar; Professor ThursbyReprints:
from Mandrake Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1938.04.10 - 1938.05.01
Mickey Mouse Books(Table of Contents)(Expand) / Mickey Mouse / promo (ad from the publisher)
Popular Comics #37 (February 1939) Dell, 1936
Mutt; Herky / cover
Don Dixon / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Genre:science fiction
Gun Packer(Table of Contents) comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Genre:western-frontierCharacters:Jack Denton
A comic version of a Monogram movie starring Jack Randall
More Fun Comics #40 (DC, 1939)
The first DC Comic to reach 40 issues and also the 2nd comic ever in the modern standard format to reach #40
Mile High pedigree
Overstreet says "all issues are scarce to rare,"
Gerber gave issue #40 a "7" rating.
On-sale date: 1939-01-03
cover / 1 page (report information) Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed)
Colors:
?
Genre:humorCharacters:Kids (on sled, going off hill
Johnnie Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely
Genre:detective-mystery
Radio Squad / comic story / 6 pages (report information) Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Sandy; Larry
Ginger Snap / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Now You Know / text article / 1 page (report information) Script:
Sheldon Moldoff
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
The Buccaneer / comic story / 5 pages (report information) Script:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Genre:adventureCharacters:Dennis Stone
Here and There / comic story / 2 pages (report information) Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Genre:humor
last appearance. Black and white. Inside back cover.
Mickey Mouse Magazine #41 V4#5 (K. K. Publications/ Western Publishing Co., 1939)
Valentine's Day cover, which incidentally was the first solo Pluto cover
File copy
Famous Funnies #55 (Eastern Color, 1939)
Lost Valley pedigree
cover / 1 page (report information) Script:
Victor E. Pazmino
Pencils:
Victor E. Pazmino
Genre:humor
Characters:Hairbreadth Harry; Belinda
Buck Rogers / comic story / 4 pages (report information) Script:
Phil Nowlan
Pencils:
Rick Yager [as Dick Calkins] (signed)
Genre:science fiction
Keywords:science fiction
Queenie / comic story / 1 page (report information) Script:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]
Pencils:
S. M. Iger [as Bob Bliss]