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Popular Comics #33 - Dell Oct 1938 - Ont-Dell4c 68 Pages
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | October 1938 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly | Editing: Arthur Lawson; M. C. Gaines; Sheldon Mayer |
| Cover | "I'm breakin' 'em in fer a dog!" |
| Content | Characters: Tailspin Tommy; Willis Willet; Shark Egan; Mutt |
| Cartoon | "I've found out wot it is, folks!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Toonerville Folks |
| Credits | Script: Fontaine Fox [as F. Fox] (credited) | Pencils: Fontaine Fox [as F. Fox] (credited) | Inks: Fontaine Fox [as F. Fox] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Gags | Characters: Skipper; Suitcase Simpson; Toonerville Trolley |
| Notes | Four single panel cartoons on inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | "Mutt, look at the swell dog I found!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Mutt & Jeff |
| Credits | Script: Al Smith [signed Bud Fisher] | Pencils: Al Smith [signed Bud Fisher] | Inks: Al Smith [signed Bud Fisher] |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mutt; Jeff |
| Comic Story | "Rocky McLean, Ted Starr's one-man strong-arm squad" (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Ted Starr: Racket Buster |
| Credits | Pencils: George Storm | Inks: George Storm |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Ted Starr [also as Duke Davis]; Nancy King; Mr. Warren; Henry G. Baile (villain); Frenchy Simon (villain); The Chopper (villain) |
| Notes | Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Comic Story | "Hey! What's this?" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Toby |
| Credits | Script: Stan Randall [as Stan] (credited) | Pencils: Stan Randall [as Stan] (credited) | Inks: Stan Randall [as Stan] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Adventure | Characters: Toby; Oomog; K.O. Sock |
| Notes | Writer and art identification by Hames Ware. |
| Comic Story | "Tsk, tsk, missed every shot!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Mutt & Jeff |
| Credits | Script: Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed) | Pencils: Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed) | Inks: Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mutt; Jeff |
| Comic Story | "Yer ma told me t'tell you to come right home" |
| Featuring | Toonerville Folks |
| Credits | Script: Fontaine Fox (credited) | Pencils: Fontaine Fox (credited) | Inks: Fontaine Fox (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Little Stanley; Little Stanley's mother; Mandy; Skipper; Toonerville Trolley |
| Comic Story | "Aw gee! I wish I was strong enuf to pull the cork" |
| Featuring | Little Stanley |
| Credits | Script: Fontaine Fox | Pencils: Fontaine Fox | Inks: Fontaine Fox |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Little Stanley |
| Cartoon | Banker's Hours; Born Thirty Years too Soon; An Open and Shut Case (1 page) |
| Featuring | School Days Out Our Way |
| Credits | Script: J. R. Williams (credited) | Pencils: J. R. Williams (credited) | Inks: J. R. Williams (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Notes | Four single panel black and white cartoons. |
| Comic Story | "Wotta morning!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Herky |
| Credits | Script: Clyde Lewis (credited) | Pencils: Clyde Lewis (credited) | Inks: Clyde Lewis (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky |
| Comic Story | "Beware of the Dog" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Tippie |
| Credits | Script: Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited) | Pencils: Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited) | Inks: Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Funny Animals | Characters: Tippie |
| Comic Story | "My Uncle Jack from Australia" |
| Featuring | Daisybelle |
| Credits | Script: Gene Byrnes (signed) | Pencils: Gene Byrnes (signed) | Inks: Gene Byrnes (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Children; Humor | Characters: Daisybelle |
| Comic Story | "I have thirty-five cents to buy mother a birthday gift" |
| Featuring | Daisybelle |
| Credits | Script: Gene Byrnes (signed) | Pencils: Gene Byrnes (signed) | Inks: Gene Byrnes (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Children; Humor | Characters: Daisybelle |
| Comic Story | "Heck! Th' line broke!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Herky |
| Credits | Script: Clyde Lewis (credited) | Pencils: Clyde Lewis (credited) | Inks: Clyde Lewis (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Lois |
| Cartoon | "Hoot-lads-we've been hoodwinked" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Time Out |
| Credits | Script: Chet Smith (credited) | Pencils: Chet Smith (credited) | Inks: Chet Smith (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Notes | Six single panel black and white cartoons. |
| Comic Story | Target Practice |
| Featuring | Always Belittlin' |
| Credits | Script: Percy Crosby (credited) | Pencils: Percy Crosby (credited) | Inks: Percy Crosby (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Children; Humor |
| Notes | Shares page with Skippy comic strip. |
| Comic Story | "B-b-by the way, Mr. Cisseroni" |
| Featuring | Skippy |
| Credits | Script: Percy Crosby (credited) | Pencils: Percy Crosby (credited) | Inks: Percy Crosby (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Children; Humor | Characters: Skippy Skinner; Mr. Cisseroni |
| Notes | Shares page with Always Belittlin' strip. |
| Comic Story | "The new manager down at the theatre has a swell idea." |
| Featuring | Always Belittlin' |
| Credits | Script: Percy Crosby (credited) | Pencils: Percy Crosby (credited) | Inks: Percy Crosby (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Northrup |
| Notes | Shares page with Skippy comic strip. |
| Comic Story | "It's a wonder to me how Papa got this guy to loan him a book." |
| Synopsis | Skippy accidently eats wax fruit. |
| Featuring | Skippy |
| Credits | Script: Percy Crosby (credited) | Pencils: Percy Crosby (credited) | Inks: Percy Crosby (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Skippy Skinner |
| Notes | Shares page with Always Belittlin' comic strip. |
| Activity | Lessons for Beginners (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Drawing Teacher |
| Credits | Script: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Pencils: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Inks: A. W. Nugent (signed) |
| Notes | how-to |
| Comic Story | "That's a real big sale, Raymond!" |
| Featuring | Daisybelle |
| Credits | Script: Gene Byrnes (credited) | Pencils: Gene Byrnes (credited) | Inks: Gene Byrnes (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Children; Humor | Characters: Daisybelle; Raymond |
| Comic Story | Fishing |
| Featuring | Daisybelle |
| Credits | Script: Gene Byrnes (signed) | Pencils: Gene Byrnes (signed) | Inks: Gene Byrnes (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Daisybelle |
| Comic Story | "Where at air yew goin' with thet axe Lem?" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | The Mountain Boys |
| Credits | Script: Paul Webb (credited) | Pencils: Paul Webb (credited) | Inks: Paul Webb (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Gran'maw; Jake; Lem; Luke; Rafe; Tizzle; Willy [also as Willie] |
| Cartoon | Born Thirty Years too Soon; The Night Shifts; Gone With the Wind (1 page) |
| Featuring | School Days Out Our Way |
| Credits | Script: J. R. Williams (credited) | Pencils: J. R. Williams (credited) | Inks: J. R. Williams (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Notes | Four single panel cartoons. |
| Text Article | The Honey Guide (1 page) |
| Featuring | This Curious World |
| Credits | Script: William Ferguson (signed) | Pencils: William Ferguson (signed) | Inks: William Ferguson (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact | Characters: a Honey Guide; a Honey Badger |
| Comic Story | "Tommy and Skeets were captured by Slade's men" (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Tailspin Tommy |
| Credits | Script: Hal Forrest (credited) | Pencils: Hal Forrest (credited) | Inks: Hal Forrest (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]; Betty-Lou Barnes; Jerry; Skeets Milligan [also as Skeeter]; Socrates (a dog); Pete (villain); Pops Sutter (villain); Slade (villain) |
| Comic Story | "Ace! Red Mack found my grenades!!" (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Shark Egan |
| Credits | Pencils: John Donaldson | Inks: John Donaldson |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Shark Egan; Ace O'Doul; Kanaka Lew; Mary McDermot; Red Mack (villain) |
| Notes | credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who |
| Activity | "Poor Toby... He can't seem to find any of his friends." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Popular Comics Bike Contest |
| Content | Characters: Toby |
| Notes | Puzzle contest. |
| Comic Story | G-Men vs. Boat-Hook Roggan (4 pages) |
| Featuring | G-Men |
| Credits | Pencils: James Gray | Inks: James Gray |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: F.B.I.; G-Man Larry Lane; Buddy Barton; Officer Macy; Boat-Hook Roggan (villain); Sadie (villain) |
| Notes | © Stephen Slesinger Inc. |
| Comic Story | "As the craft whirls crazily in the grip of the cataract" (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire |
| Credits | Script: Bob Moore | Pencils: Carl Pfeufer | Inks: Carl Pfeufer |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Don Dixon; Karin; Wanda; Satar; The Taltecs |
| Comic Story | "Watch me - I'll show ya how to hunt rabbits!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Mutt & Jeff |
| Credits | Script: Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed) | Pencils: Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed) | Inks: Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mutt; Jeff |
| Featuring | Popular Crossword Puzzles |
| Text Article | Plankton (1 page) |
| Featuring | This Curious World |
| Credits | Script: William Ferguson (signed) | Pencils: William Ferguson (signed) | Inks: William Ferguson (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Text Story | The Roman Guardsmen (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: H. T. Sperry (signed) | Pencils:? [as G.P.] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Period | Characters: Antonia Constantius; Caius Constantius; Lepidus; Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus; Octavia Constantius; Otho Constantius; Sylvia Constantius |
| Comic Story | Going to Bed Dirty (1 page) |
| Featuring | Tippie |
| Credits | Script: Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited) | Pencils: Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited) | Inks: Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Funny Animals | Characters: Tippie |
| Activity | "If Abe Ape is really a good magician" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Nugent's Originals |
| Credits | Script: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Pencils: A. W. Nugent (signed) | Inks: A. W. Nugent (signed) |
| Content | Characters: Abe Ape |
| Notes | puzzles |
| Comic Story | "Where's your books?" |
| Featuring | Always Belittlin' |
| Credits | Script: Percy Crosby (credited) | Pencils: Percy Crosby (credited) | Inks: Percy Crosby (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Children; Humor | Characters: Northrup |
| Notes | Shares page with Skippy comic strip. |
| Comic Story | "The parcel post man just left a package at Hecky's house" |
| Featuring | Skippy |
| Credits | Script: Percy Crosby (credited) | Pencils: Percy Crosby (credited) | Inks: Percy Crosby (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Skippy Skinner; Hecky's mother |
| Notes | Shares page with Always Belittlin' strip. |
| Comic Story | "Boy, we sure got a smart teacher" |
| Featuring | Always Belittlin' |
| Credits | Script: Percy Crosby (credited) | Pencils: Percy Crosby (credited) | Inks: Percy Crosby (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Northrup |
| Notes | Shares page with Skippy comic strip. |
| Comic Story | "How would ya like to hear some ventriloquism?" |
| Featuring | Skippy |
| Credits | Script: Percy Crosby (credited) | Pencils: Percy Crosby (credited) | Inks: Percy Crosby (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Skippy Skinner |
| Notes | Shares page with Always Belittlin' strip. |
| Cartoon | "It's your turn, Referee, to see if it's a touchdown!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Time Out |
| Credits | Script: Chet Smith (credited) | Pencils: Chet Smith (credited) | Inks: Chet Smith (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Notes | Six single panel cartoons. |
| Comic Story | "So you believe that man don't use the complete power of his brain" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Mutt & Jeff |
| Credits | Script: Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed) | Pencils: Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed) | Inks: Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mutt; Jeff |
| Comic Story | "Whata-day!" (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Loco Luke and His Charley Horse |
| Credits | Script: Jack A. Warren (signed) | Pencils: Jack A. Warren (signed) | Inks: Jack A. Warren (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Funny Animals; Humor | Characters: Loco Luke; Charley Horse |
| Comic Story | "Stick that mustache on good, Noodles" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Herky |
| Credits | Script: Clyde Lewis (credited) | Pencils: Clyde Lewis (credited) | Inks: Clyde Lewis (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Herky's mother; Myrna; Noodles Nelson |
| Text Article | "One of the great benefits" (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Popular Stamp Club |
| Credits | Script: Montgomery Mulford (credited) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Notes | Hobby |
| Comic Story | "Naw! My wife don't wanta buy any brushes! Beat it!" |
| Featuring | Toonerville Folks |
| Credits | Script: Fontaine Fox (credited) | Pencils: Fontaine Fox (credited) | Inks: Fontaine Fox (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Katrinka; Little Stanley; Little Stanley's mother |
| Comic Story | "Come here to me!" |
| Featuring | Little Stanley |
| Credits | Script: Fontaine Fox [as F. Fox] (credited) | Pencils: Fontaine Fox [as F. Fox] (credited) | Inks: Fontaine Fox [as F. Fox] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Little Stanley; Little Stanley's mother |
| Comic Story | Gunsmoke Trail (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Jack Randall |
| Credits | Pencils: Norman Fallon | Inks: Norman Fallon |
| Content | Genre: Western | Characters: Jack Lane; Nola Walters; Tip; Bill Larson [as Moose Walters] (villain) |
| Notes | Based on Monogram picture starring Jack Randall. Credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Text Article | Hail the Winnahs |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fact |
| Notes | Winners of the July 1938 Popular Comics contest. |
| Text Article | Football End |
| Featuring | Popular Sports |
| Credits | Script: Ed Cronin | Pencils: Ed Cronin | Inks: Ed Cronin |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | Information about playing a football end. |
| Advertisement | Boys! Earn Money and a Bike! |
| Featuring | The Crowell Publishing Co. |
| Text Article | Lt. F.M. Hardendorff |
| Featuring | Soldiers of Fortune |
| Credits | Script: Stookie Allen (signed) | Pencils: Stookie Allen (signed) | Inks: Stookie Allen (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fact; Biography | Characters: Lt. F.M. Hardendorff |
| Notes | Bottom of page contain solutions to the crossword puzzles. |
| Publisher advertisement | Dell Fast-Action books (1 page) |
| Featuring | Mickey Mouse; King of the Royal Mounted; Dan Dunn; Charlie McCarthy |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | Broadcast Thru Your Radio (1 page) |
| Featuring | Johnson Smith & Co. |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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