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Comics Magazine #2
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | June 1936 | Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: William Cook? |
| Notes | "Logo now reads The Comics Magazine Funny Pages, indicia remains The Comic Magazine. All stories in #1 and #2 are taken from DC's inventory. Contents page lists:""The Round-Up"" and ""The Stamp Collectors"", they do not appear in this issue. 1st Mayer cover." |
| Cover | Absolutely the Nuts |
| Featuring | J. Worthington Blimp |
| Credits | Pencils: Sheldon Mayer | Inks: Sheldon Mayer |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Featuring | Contents Page |
| Notes | inside front cover; with indicia; one illo |
| Text Article | The Funny Pages (1 page) |
| Featuring | Editorial |
| Notes | humor |
| Comic Story | "Captain Bill and his posse lost the trail..." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Further Adventures of Jane and Johnny |
| Credits | Script: W. M. Allison | Pencils: W. M. Allison | Inks: W. M. Allison |
| Comic Story | "Down with capitalism" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Freddie Bell, He Means Well |
| Credits | Script: Matt Curzon | Pencils: Matt Curzon | Inks: Matt Curzon |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "Sometimes a perfectly good theory..." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Skinny Shaner |
| Credits | Script: Tom McNamara | Pencils: Tom McNamara | Inks: Tom McNamara |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | racist humor |
| Comic Story | "His teeth were chattering, and both knees shook..." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Koko |
| Credits | Script: M. MacIntyre | Pencils: M. MacIntyre | Inks: M. MacIntyre |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | racist humor |
| Comic Story | "Boy! Here Ah is starvin' to death and we ain't got nothing to eat!" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Porkchops 'n' Gravy |
| Credits | Script: Al Stahl | Pencils: Al Stahl | Inks: Al Stahl |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | humor |
| Comic Story | "Oh Captin! The boys are gonna take the ship from you!" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Cap'n Tripe |
| Credits | Script: Tom Cooper | Pencils: Tom Cooper | Inks: Tom Cooper |
| Comic Story | "Bart Regan is conducting an important official..." (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Federal Agent |
| Credits | Script: Jerry Siegel | Pencils: Joe Shuster | Inks: Joe Shuster |
| Content | Characters: Bart Regan (1st, next seen in Detective Comics #1) |
| Text Story | The Son-of-a-Gun Comes Through (3 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Wallace Kirk | Letters: typography |
| Notes | text with 1 illo. |
| Comic Story | "I'll getcha hat fer ya mister!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Alfy Elephant |
| Credits | Script: Stan Randall | Pencils: Stan Randall | Inks: Stan Randall |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "As told by L. Soutter Ogden, Pennsylvania" (1 page) |
| Featuring | T'aint So! |
| Credits | Script: R. G. Leffingwell | Pencils: R. G. Leffingwell | Inks: R. G. Leffingwell |
| Notes | This story is told entirely in pictures and records a new departure in narrative form. The publishers of this magazine are happy to be the first to offer this style of story telling to its readers and ask all of you write your opinion... |
| Comic Story | The Golden Idol (7 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Tom Cooper | Pencils: Tom Cooper | Inks: Tom Cooper |
| Featuring | Subscription offer |
| Notes | Magic, how to. This page also has "Swappers' Mart" where readers are given free ads to trade items with others. |
| Text Article | Stamp Collectors (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Phillip Pace |
| Illustration | The Round-Up (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: W. M. Allison | Pencils: W. M. Allison | Inks: W. M. Allison | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | 2-page illo. |
| Text Article | Junior Library (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Frances Hope |
| Comic Story | "Blaw-w!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Shocky |
| Credits | Script: Stan Randall | Pencils: Stan Randall | Inks: Stan Randall |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Featuring | Magic Hand |
| Credits | Script: Presto Merritt | Pencils: Presto Merritt | Inks: Presto Merritt | Letters: text |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Comic Story | "Recruit Frederick Lord reports for duty with the Mexican Expeditionary Force." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Major Frederick Lord |
| Credits | Script: Palmer | Pencils: Palmer | Inks: Palmer |
| Content | Genre: Western; Humor |
| Comic Story | "Well we've shot all the gold dust we had..." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Freaks of Luck |
| Credits | Script: Livingston | Pencils: Livingston | Inks: Livingston |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "Where we goin' Pop?" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Big Sid |
| Credits | Script: Stan Randall | Pencils: Stan Randall | Inks: Stan Randall |
| Activity | Lesson No. 2: Bodies (1 page) |
| Featuring | Learn Cartooning |
| Credits | Script: John Patterson | Pencils: John Patterson | Inks: John Patterson |
| Notes | puzzle |
| Featuring | Crossword Puzzle |
| Credits | Pencils: Stanley Ashworth | Inks: Stanley Ashworth | Letters: typeset |
| Text Article | Aeronautical Advisory Service (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Clark answers questions on Aeronautics |
| Credits | Script: Captain Raymond Clark | Letters: typeset text |
| Comic Story | "Bill Horton has just made his first inspection of the Black Lagoon..." (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Black Lagoon |
| Credits | Script: Tom Cooper | Pencils: Tom Cooper | Inks: Tom Cooper |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Comic Story | "Kitchy kich!" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | My Grandpa |
| Credits | Script: Tom McNamara | Pencils: Tom McNamara | Inks: Tom McNamara |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "Ham Shanks and his pal Poss are helping their old friend Spike Kelly..." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Skipper Ham Shanks |
| Credits | Script: John Patterson | Pencils: John Patterson | Inks: John Patterson |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor |
| Comic Story | "Dickie--take this umbrella and go fetch..." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Dickie Duck |
| Credits | Script: Matt Curzon | Pencils: Matt Curzon | Inks: Matt Curzon |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "Come on Foggy--let's go out and soak up some sunshine---" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Spunk Hazard |
| Credits | Script: Stan Randall | Pencils: Stan Randall | Inks: Stan Randall |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "Hello! This is the fire department isn't it?" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Loony Louie |
| Credits | Script: John A. Patterson | Pencils: John A. Patterson | Inks: John A. Patterson |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Comic Story | "Hmmmmm" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Evidence Eddy |
| Credits | Script: R. G. Leffingwell | Pencils: R. G. Leffingwell | Inks: R. G. Leffingwell |
| Content | Genre: Detective; Humor |
| Comic Story | "Balmy is the day and Cannonball trips..." (1 page) |
| Featuring | Cannonball Jones |
| Credits | Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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