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| Date | | Number: 83 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Popular Comics 83 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Copyright 1942 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Publisher advertisement | Parents! Give This Welcome Christmas Gift (1 page) |
| Feature | Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies Comics |
| Characters | Bugs Bunny; Porky Pig |
| Story | Smilin' Jack (8 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Mary Smith; Mummy Smith; Donnie; Jerry; Hop (villain); Chief No-Talk (villain) |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Pencils | Boody Rogers |
| Inks | Boody Rogers |
| Letters | Boody Rogers |
| First Line | Chief, I won't have time to wait 'til you catch a bunch of tarantulas! |
| Notes | Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Comic Story | The Return of Robin Hood [Episode 5] / Robin Hood (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Robin Hood rescues Lady Hilda from Malvin the Butcher. |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | Robin Hood; Tom Goodwin; Lady Hilda Hollowell; Cedric Hollowell; Pepin; Maurice; Malvin the Butcher [Count Malvin Le Sueur] |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Arthur Jameson |
| Inks | Arthur Jameson |
| Notes | Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender. Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (April 2011). Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Return of Robin Hood [episode 5] as per page 92, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title," compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta, January 9, 2017. |
| Story | Gang Busters (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Chief Winston breaks up a blackout protection racket. |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Chief John Winston; Mrs. Mallone; Tony Paletti; Widow Hayes; Mr. Fawley; Fred Aker; Mrs. Aker; Colonel Davannon; Casey; Frank; Joe; Blackout Protective Society [Silk Spanella (villain); Spike (villain); Louis (villain); Piggy (villain)] |
| Pencils | Jim Chambers |
| Inks | Jim Chambers |
| First Line | Silk Spanella outlines a new racket to his mob. |
| Notes | Copr., 1942, by Phillips H. Lord, Inc. Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (April 2011). |
| Story | Terry and the Pirates (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Madame Sud reveals to April that she is secretly Sanjak. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | April Kane; Big Stoop; Dillon Kane; Sanjak [also as Madame Sud] (villain); Weazel [M. Belette] (villain); Baron De Plexus (villain); Slugger Dunn (villain) |
| Script | Milton Caniff |
| Pencils | Milton Caniff |
| Inks | Milton Caniff |
| Letters | Frank Engli |
| First Line | Is shoomike gleam of lights! |
| Notes | Copyright, 1938, by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc. Sundays are part of the continuity but are omitted. |
| Story | Don Winslow (5 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Professor Olympus Lancton; Mr. Anders |
| Script | Frank V. Martinek |
| Pencils | Leon A. Beroth (signed) |
| Inks | Leon A. Beroth (signed) |
| First Line | Today's test will be under actual combat conditions, gentlemen! |
| Notes | Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc. |
| Story | Gasoline Alley (3 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Tops; Mr. Clock; Aunt Hessie |
| Script | Frank King |
| Pencils | Frank King |
| Inks | Frank King |
| First Line | I can see her |
| Notes | Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Text Story | Monster of the Deep (3 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Danny Perkins; Phil Perkins; Nazis (villains) |
| Story | The Owl (5.89 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Chief Murphy; Steve; Mr. Broadhead (first appearance, death); Mr. Westmore (first appearance) |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas |
| Inks | Frank Thomas |
| First Line | Yes...this is the Merlin home |
| Notes | Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender |
| Statement of Ownership | Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Story | Cyclone (6 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Cyclone; Midge; Calico (a horse); Sandy Waters; The Bowdry Gang (villains); Hoot Bowdry (villain) |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | John Hampton |
| Inks | John Hampton |
| First Line | That sign looks kinda useless, Midge |
| Notes | Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender. |
| Story | Smokey Stover (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt |
| Script | Bill Holman |
| Pencils | Bill Holman |
| Inks | Bill Holman |
| First Line | Whoopee! Yippee! Yow! |
| Notes | Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Story | The Hurricane Kids (8 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham] |
| Script | Albert Hartje |
| Pencils | Bill Ely |
| Inks | Bill Ely |
| First Line | Reaching the top of the island's plateau... |
| Notes | Copr., 1942, by R. S. Callender |
| Story | The Gumps (1 page) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Andrew Gump; Min Gump; Chester Gump; Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Millie Gump; Hortense De Stross |
| Script | Gus Edson |
| Pencils | Gus Edson |
| Inks | Gus Edson |
| First Line | Look at that family grouped around the Christmas tree! |
| Notes | On inside back cover in black, white and red. Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Publisher advertisement | This Christmas--Give a Subscription to New Funnies (1 page) |
| Feature | New Funnies |
| Characters | Santa Claus; Felix the Cat; Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Andy Panda |
| 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 | |
