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| Date | | Number: 44 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Popular Comics 44 | 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 Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.; 1939 by R. S. Callender; 1939 by Phillips Lord, Inc.; and 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc. On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 427676. Copyright given to Stephen Slesinger, Inc. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | The Masked Pilot |
| Advertisement | Boys and Girls! Enter This Big Contest! / Whitman Books and Toys (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ad by Whitman Publishing Company. |
| Pencils | ? (photos) |
| Inks | ? (photos) |
| Notes | Contest for readers of Better Little Books. On inside front and back covers in black, white and red. |
| Comic Story | The McCoy Gang! Slot Machine Racket Murderers. / Gang Busters (6 pages) |
| Genre | 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) |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Hickey (signed) |
| Cartoon | Born Thirty Years Too Soon; The Cruel World / Out Our Way |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | J. R. Williams |
| Pencils | J. R. Williams |
| Inks | J. R. Williams |
| Notes | Two single panel cartoons. |
| Cartoon | Heroes are Made-Not Born; Born Thirty Years Too Soon / Out Our Way |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | J. R. Williams |
| Pencils | J. R. Williams |
| Inks | J. R. Williams |
| Notes | Two single panel cartoons. |
| Story | The Masked Pilot (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | The Masked Pilot; Tom; Stephan (villain) |
| Script | Bob Jenney |
| Pencils | Bob Jenney |
| Inks | Bob Jenney |
| First Line | And again, yesterday, the so called "mystery" transport was seen flying high |
| Activity | Popular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers / Popular Crossword Puzzles (1.33 pages) |
| Notes | Crossword puzzles submitted by Richard Stoll and Catherine Alassi. Answers are at the bottom of page 57. |
| Story | Herky (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Herky's mother |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | Look me over, Mom |
| Story | Herky (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Noodles Nelson [Percy] |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | So Lena Lou thinks I ain't romanic enough, does she? |
| Notes | Noodles 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 Story | The Mystery of Mr. Wong [Part 2] / Mr. Wong (4 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Mr. Wong; Professor Janney; Brandon Edwards (death); Valerie Edwards; Peter Harrison; Ivan Strogonoff; Drina |
| Script | Jim Gary ? |
| Pencils | Jim Gary |
| Inks | Jim Gary |
| Notes | Second chapter of a four-part adaptation of the 1939 Monogram Pictures movie "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" starring Boris Karloff. |
| Story | Hold Everything (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | You're too heavy for this fool thing, Emma |
| Notes | Four single panel cartoons. |
| Text Story | The Flying Wolf! (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | John Morley; Jeff Morley; Kitty Morley |
| Comic Story | G-Men vs the Living Masks / G-Men on the Job (4 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Larry Lane; Miss Walker; Blinky Mathews (villain); Dr. Toro (villain) |
| Pencils | Bob Jenney (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Jenney (signed) |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. |
| Story | Herky (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Honey (Herky's sister) |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | Worry, worry... trouble, trouble.. |
| Story | Tailspin Tommy (5 pages) |
| Genre | 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 |
| Script | Hal Forrest |
| Pencils | Hal Forrest |
| Inks | Hal Forrest |
| First Line | But barring a crash or a forced landing |
| Notes | Strips in the previous issues were numbered. These would be strips 451-455. |
| Gang Busters' Crime Clues Contest / Popular Comics Gang Buster Contest (2 pages) | |
| Story | Ben-Hur (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ben Hur's mother and sister are released from prison. |
| Genre | Historical |
| Characters | Ben Hur; Iras; Messala; Malluch; Ilderim; Thord; Pontius Pilate; Tirzah; Ben Hur's mother; Amrah; Simonides; Esther |
| First Line | The spectators have gathered |
| Notes | Seventh chapter of a seven-part adaptation of the novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace. |
| Story | Herky (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Honey; Noodles Nelson |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | Oh oh! Hey, Honey... lemme take yer bottle a minute |
| Story | Tex Thorne (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tex Thorne finally captures Clamp Hackett and his gang. |
| Script | ? [as Zane Grey] |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Tex Thorne; Topaz (a horse); Jane Hoskins; Jimmy Hoskins; Jerky; Jack Parsons; Clamp Hackett (villain) |
| First Line | After escaping from Clamp Hackett's gang |
| Comic Story | Episode 7 / The Hurricane Kids (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Dawson (corpse) |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Bill Ely |
| Inks | Bill Ely |
| Letters | Bill Ely |
| First Line | After witnessing the terrible battle between the dinosaur and the triceratops |
| Notes | DU 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. |
| Story | The Comic Zoo |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Script | Sarbo |
| Pencils | Sarbo |
| Inks | Sarbo |
| First Line | My lil' desert rose |
| Advertisement | A Bike For You / Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines |
| Text Article | No Title (2 pages) |
| Feature | Popular Stamp Club |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Most of us have heard of the Seven Wonders of the World |
| Notes | hobby |
| Story | Bronc Peeler (4 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Bronc Peeler; Pete; Babs Dalton; Willie; Judge Avery; Abe Dalton (a skeleton); Spade Carson (villain); Bat Wilson (villain) |
| Script | Fred Harman |
| Pencils | Fred Harman (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Harman (signed) |
| First Line | You say Bronc found Spade Carson an' Bat Wilson? |
| Story | Hold Everything (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | That's what you get for standing around with your mouth open. |
| Notes | Four single panel cartoons. |
| Story | The Comic Zoo |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Rudy |
| Script | Sarbo |
| Pencils | Sarbo |
| Inks | Sarbo |
| First Line | Hello Rudy! |
| Story | Shark Egan (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Shark Egan; Ace O'Doul; Mary McDermot; Kanaka Lew; Mai Ti; Angkar; Red Mack (villain) |
| First Line | Handicapped by lack of weapons |
| Cartoon | Heroes Are Made Not Born; Why Mothers Get Gray / Out Our Way |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | J. R. Williams |
| Pencils | J. R. Williams |
| Inks | J. R. Williams |
| Notes | Two single panel cartoons. |
| Cartoon | No Road Signs; Flops / Out Our Way |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | J. R. Williams |
| Pencils | J. R. Williams |
| Inks | J. R. Williams |
| Notes | Two single panel cartoons. |
| Comic Story | At the World's Fair / Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Penguin Pete; Pudgie |
| Script | Win Smith |
| Pencils | Win Smith (signed) |
| Inks | Win Smith (signed) |
| First Line | All right Pete |
| Advertisement | 30 Shot Automatic Repeater!! / Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog (1 page) |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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