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| Publication | April 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Publisher advertisement | New Fast Action Books... (1 page) |
| Featuring | Dell |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Crime; Science Fiction | Characters: Donald Duck; Pinocchio; John Carter |
| Notes | House ads for 4 Dell Comics.
On inside front cover in black, white and red. |
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| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: John Winston; Pete Baxter; Tony Carter; Joe (death); Tony (death); Buck Moran (villain); Frank Verne (villain); Mike Bates (villain) |
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| Credits | Script: G. Ellerbrock (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; General Pelton; Bill; Martians (villains) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Major Amos Hoople; Martha Hoople |
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| Synopsis | Wally and Gramps build an ice boat. |
| Content | Genre: Sports; Teen | Characters: Wally Williams; Gramps Williams; Grandma Williams; Arlene Grahame; Ted Jackson; Peewee Saunders |
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| Synopsis | Herky's father asks him if he'd rather have a baby brother or a baby sister, and Herky tells him he'd rather have a Shetland pony. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Herky's father |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Shark Egan; Mary McDermot; Ace O'Doul; Kanaka Lew; Angkar; Captain Mai-ti [also as Captain Mai Ti]; One-Eye Wendel [J. Wendel]; Red Mack (villain); Koye (villain); Dolph (villain); The Syndicate (villains) |
| Notes | Signed on last page. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Honey |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Honey |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Masked Pilot; Tom; Sabatino Velaz (villain); Miquel (villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Tornado; Professor Bordani; Jane Bordani |
| 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 (Greg Fischer, March 2011). |
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| Credits | Script: Albert Hartje (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Maya; Omu |
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| Text Article | Will-O'-the-Wisp |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Advertisement | Stamps-Hobbies |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Ace Brady; Countess Montresque (first appearance, villain); Dr. Mancho Phyroe (villain) |
| Notes | Same art on this feature as issue #49 and art style confirmed by Lambiek entry on Jack Farr. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Noodles Nelson; Mushie |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herky; Noodles Nelson |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Penguin Pete; Pudgie |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Major Amos Hoople; Pinky |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bronc Peeler; Coyote Pete; Babs Dalton; Charlie; Shorty; Otis; Baldy (villain); Blackie (villain) |
| Notes | Baldy and Blackie are named in the next issue. |
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| Activity | Calling All Gangbusters... Win a Cash Prize (1 page) |
| Featuring | Popular Comics Gang Buster Contest |
| Notes | On inside back cover in black, white and red.
Includes winners for the November 1939 Popular Comics contest. |
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| Advertisement | A Sensational Offer to Readers of Popular Comics (1 page) |
| Featuring | Book Coupon Exchange |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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