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| Date | | Number: 46 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Popular Comics 46 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Contents copyright, 1938, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.; 1938, 1939 by NEA, Inc.; 1939 by Stephen Slesinger; 1939 by R. S. Callender; 1939 by Phillips Lord, Inc.; 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | The Black Phantom |
| Pencils | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Inks | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Text Article | Winners of the August Popular Comics Contest |
| Pencils | ? (photos) |
| Inks | ? (photos) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | On inside front cover in black, white and red. |
| Text Article | Winners of July Contest |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | On inside front cover in black and white. |
| Story | Toby (2 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Toby; Oomog; Booey; Titus Wad (first appearance) |
| Script | Stan Randall |
| Pencils | Stan Randall |
| Inks | Stan Randall |
| First Line | Once more - A-B-C-D-E |
| Advertisement | Push-Button Railroading / Lionel Trains |
| Synopsis | Ad by The Lionel Corporation for toy trains. |
| Text Article | Winners of the July Popularity Poll |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Herky (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Dinny |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | What are ya pickin th' weeds for, Dinny? |
| Story | Martan the Marvel Man (8 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Martan the Marvel Man (first appearance, origin); Vana (first appearance, origin) |
| Script | G. Ellerbrock |
| Pencils | William Kent |
| Inks | William Kent |
| First Line | Far off in space on the planet Antaclea |
| Story | The Hurricane Kids (8 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Maya (first appearance); Omu (first appearance) |
| Script | Albert Hartje |
| Pencils | Bill Ely |
| Inks | Bill Ely |
| First Line | Listen, Alan, how about setting out on a real trip |
| Notes | Maya and Omu are named in Popular Comics #47. |
| Comic Story | "Well, Herky, what do you think of your new sister by this time? / Herky (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Herky's mother asks him what he really thinks of his baby sister. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Honey; Herky's mother |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| Story | Gang Busters (6 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | John Winston (first appearance); Pete Baxter (first appearance); Tony Carter (first appearance); The Red Hood Gang [Dutch Orlando (villain); Kid Grant (villain); Spike Morganti (villain, death)] |
| Pencils | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| Inks | Al McWilliams (signed) |
| First Line | At exactly 12 o'clock noon |
| Story | Herky (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Herky finds out he just got a baby sister. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Herky's father |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | He's off!! Ol' Doc Stork is on his way... |
| Comic Story | The Mystery of Mr. Wong [Part 4] / Mr. Wong (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professor Janney is revealed as the murderer. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Mr. Wong; Sgt. Street; Officer Flaherty; Officer Morgan; Professor Janney (villain); Valerie Edwards; Peter Harrison; Count Alexis Petrovitch [as Ivan Strogonoff] (identity revealed); Sing; Mr. Carslake |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Hickey (signed) |
| Notes | Fourth chapter of a four-part adaptation of the 1939 Monogram Pictures movie "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" starring Boris Karloff. |
| Story | Bronc Peeler (4 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Bronc Peeler; Pete [also as Coyote Pete]; Wheezie; Bullneck the Terrible |
| Script | Fred Harman |
| Pencils | Fred Harman (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Harman (signed) |
| First Line | This sign will attract these money hungry cowboys! |
| Story | The Masked Pilot (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Masked Pilot battles the Black Phantom. |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | The Masked Pilot; Tom; The Black Phantom (villain) |
| Pencils | Bob Jenney |
| Inks | Bob Jenney |
| First Line | At a conference of high aviation officials |
| Story | Shark Egan (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | Shark Egan; Ace O'Doul; Mary McDermot; Kanaka Lew; Captain Mai Ti; Angkar; One-Eye Wendel [J. Wendel]; Grampus; Mr. Grype (villain); Koye (villain); Red Mack (villain) |
| First Line | Shark Egan has just finished a dicker with Mai Ti |
| Story | Tailspin Tommy (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]; Skeets Milligan; Betty Lou Barnes; Paul Smith; Professor Otto Bumgartner; Miss Stanley; Mrs. Wilson; Jeems; Mr. Plotz; Mr. Trevor; Slade; Mr. Dunforth |
| Script | Hal Forrest |
| Pencils | Hal Forrest |
| Inks | Hal Forrest |
| First Line | I have found in this valley potassium deposits of unusually rich properties |
| Comic Story | Penguin Pete at the Luna Park / Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Penguin Pete; Pudgie; Wilbur (a pig) |
| Script | Win Smith |
| Pencils | Win Smith (signed) |
| Inks | Win Smith (signed) |
| Story | The Comic Zoo |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Rudy; Billy; Charlie Kangaroo |
| Pencils | George Scarbo (signed) |
| Inks | George Scarbo (signed) |
| First Line | Oh lookit, Billy, there's Charlie Kangaroo!! |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. You can only read part of the "g" and the "e" from George, and the "rbo" from Scarbo. The "o" is stylized with a vertical line going above and below the "o." |
| Advertisement | Miscellaneous Advertisements |
| Story | Captain Tornado (3 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Captain Tornado (first appearance); Professor Bordani (first appearance); Jane Bordani (first appearance) |
| Script | Kenneth Kennedy |
| Pencils | Newt Alfred ? |
| Inks | Newt Alfred ? |
| First Line | Captain Tornado, Professor Bordani and his daughter Jane are risking their lives |
| Notes | According to Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., Hames Ware identified Newt Alfred as the artist for the story in Popular Comics #49. The art in this story looks very similar to the art in that story, especially the silhouettes of Jane on the first page in each story. |
| Calling All Boys - and Girls! Be a Gang Buster! / Popular Comics Gang Buster Contest (1 page) | |
| Notes | On inside back cover in black, white and red. |
| Advertisement | Boys, Girls! / Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog (1 page) |
| Notes | Back cover. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
