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Popular Comics
Date | Number: 44 | Lang: English (en)
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PublicationOctober 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly
 
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: The Masked Pilot
 
AdvertisementBoys and Girls! Enter This Big Contest! (2 pages)
FeaturingWhitman Publishing Company
CreditsPencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos)
NotesContest for readers of Better Little Books. On inside front and back covers in black, white and red.
 
Comic StoryThe McCoy Gang! Slot Machine Racket Murderers. (6 pages)
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Detective Chief Cal Yorke; Detective Len Gates; Detective Johnny Marvin; Officer Tom Baker (death); Officer Larry McMillan (death); W. J. Kuehl; Ralph Hadley; Ned Wade; Mrs. Jarvis; The McCoy Gang [Bob McCoy (villain); Eddie McCoy (villain, death); Nick Ryan (villain)]; Soapy (villain)
 
CartoonBorn Thirty Years Too Soon; The Cruel World
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesTwo single panel cartoons.
 
CartoonHeroes are Made-Not Born; Born Thirty Years Too Soon
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesTwo single panel cartoons.
 
ContentGenre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Masked Pilot; Tom; Stephan (villain)
 
ActivityPopular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers (1.33 pages)
FeaturingPopular Crossword Puzzles
NotesCrossword puzzles submitted by Richard Stoll and Catherine Alassi. Answers are at the bottom of page 57.
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Herky's mother
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Noodles Nelson [Percy]
NotesNoodles is called Percy in this story. Not sure if it's his real name or if it was a slur because the other kids were teasing him.
 
Comic StoryThe Mystery of Mr. Wong [Part 2] (4 pages)
ContentGenre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Mr. Wong; Professor Janney; Brandon Edwards (death); Valerie Edwards; Peter Harrison; Ivan Strogonoff; Drina
NotesSecond chapter of a four-part adaptation of the 1939 Monogram Pictures movie "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" starring Boris Karloff.
 
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesFour single panel cartoons.
 
Text StoryThe Flying Wolf! (2 pages)
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: John Morley; Jeff Morley; Kitty Morley
 
Comic StoryG-Men vs the Living Masks (4 pages)
ContentGenre: Crime | Characters: Larry Lane; Miss Walker; Blinky Mathews (villain); Dr. Toro (villain)
NotesSigned in last panel.
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Honey (Herky's sister)
 
ContentGenre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]; Skeets Milligan; Betty Lou Barnes; Paul Smith; Professor Otto Bumgartner; Miss Stanley; Jeems; Mr. Dunforth; Reverend Meek; Mrs. Wilson; Mr. Plotz; Mr. Trevor; Mr. Holt; Slade
NotesStrips in the previous issues were numbered. These would be strips 451-455.
 
ActivityGang Busters' Crime Clues Contest (2 pages)
FeaturingPopular Comics Gang Buster Contest
 
SynopsisBen Hur's mother and sister are released from prison.
ContentGenre: Historical | Characters: Ben Hur; Iras; Messala; Malluch; Ilderim; Thord; Pontius Pilate; Tirzah; Ben Hur's mother; Amrah; Simonides; Esther
NotesSeventh chapter of a seven-part adaptation of the novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace.
 
ContentGenre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Honey; Noodles Nelson
 
SynopsisTex Thorne finally captures Clamp Hackett and his gang.
CreditsScript:? [as Zane Grey]
ContentGenre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Thorne; Topaz (a horse); Jane Hoskins; Jimmy Hoskins; Jerky; Jack Parsons; Clamp Hackett (villain)
 
Comic StoryEpisode 7 (4 pages)
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Dawson (corpse)
NotesDU BOIS IDENTIFIERS: Nautical vocabulary: "ships-launch." This appears to be the first assignment Lebeck has given Du Bois as house writer, the first Du Bois script assigned him by Lebeck and published in this October issue. Several more scripts soon followed for other features appearing in December cover dated Dell comics.
 
ContentGenre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
 
AdvertisementA Bike For You
FeaturingThe Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
 
FeaturingPopular Stamp Club
CreditsLetters: typeset
Noteshobby
 
ContentGenre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bronc Peeler; Pete; Babs Dalton; Willie; Judge Avery; Abe Dalton (a skeleton); Spade Carson (villain); Bat Wilson (villain)
 
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesFour single panel cartoons.
 
ContentGenre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Rudy
 
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: Shark Egan; Ace O'Doul; Mary McDermot; Kanaka Lew; Mai Ti; Angkar; Red Mack (villain)
 
CartoonHeroes Are Made Not Born; Why Mothers Get Gray
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesTwo single panel cartoons.
 
CartoonNo Road Signs; Flops
ContentGenre: Humor
NotesTwo single panel cartoons.
 
Comic StoryAt the World's Fair (4 pages)
ContentGenre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Penguin Pete; Pudgie
 
Advertisement30 Shot Automatic Repeater!! (1 page)
FeaturingJohnson Smith & Co.
NotesBack cover.
 
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