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| Thanks for Popular Comics #52 which has one more Hurricane Twins story that we didn't have before! It has lotsa other great adventure, sci-fi, and superhero characters too! It's prime Dell comics! |
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| Many thanks for Popular#52, Martan the marvel man episodes are now complete for me |
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| Publication | June 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Martan the Marvel Man; Martians |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Sports | Characters: Roger Peckinpaugh; Ray Schalk: Grover Cleveland Alexander; Zeke Bonura |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
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| Synopsis | The Masked Pilot and Tom head for the aviation factory owned by friend Dwight Ellis, who has had a problem with his plane prints being traced. The Pilot discovers that one of the factory employees is the guilty party, then has to fight for his very life to subdue him. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Masked Pilot; Dwight Ellis (aviation designer); Tom; Karl Ellman (villain, engineer, death) |
| Notes | "Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Penguin Pete; Pudgie |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Six single panel cartoons.
"Copr. 1939 by NEA Service, Inc." |
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| Activity | The Winners of the February Popular Comics Contest |
| Featuring | Popular Comics Contest |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | The Voice tracks down a murderer and kidnapper and gets him to confess to the murder of Mike Chummler. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Voice [Tim Brant]; Professor Bert Wilson (inventor); Herman (villain); Mr. Bulinski (villain) |
| Notes | "Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender."
This is the first story in which the hero calls himself the Voice.
The Voice gets his power of invisibility this way: a phosphorescent gas clings to the cellophane fabric (worn by Tim Brant) giving out rays that render the body invisible. |
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| Activity | Name These Cute Pets (1 page) |
| Featuring | Popular Comics Contest |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Maya; Omu; Captain Bill Brady; Captain Blackbeard |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender." |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Wally Williams; Arlene Grahame; Betty Riley; Biff; Gramps Williams; Joe; Jughead; Ted Jackson |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender." |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Tornado; Jane Bordani |
| Notes | Original indexer listed Kenneth Kennedy as the writer and artist for the story, but according to Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books, Kenneth Kennedy was only a byline and the writer is unknown.
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, April 2014).
"Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Herky; J. Granville Gurk; Lois |
| Notes | "Copr. 1938 by NEA Service, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Herky; Herky's father; Herky's mother; Honey |
| Notes | "Copr. 1938 by NEA Service, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Chief John Winston; Helen Barry; Jack; Mr. Wolf; Mrs. Wolf; Tony; Ernie Hall [also as Mr. Foster] (villain); Gorilla (villain); Lefty O'Brien (villain); Mrs. O'Brien (villain); Tony (villain) |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by Phillips H. Lord, Inc." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Three single panel cartoons. Last panel is signed HB. |
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| Advertisement | Fireworks |
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| Synopsis | Martan, from the Planet Antaclea, pledges his knowledge of inter-planetary warfare to aid the Americans in their battle along the Jersey shore at the city of Hoboken to repel invaders from outer space. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; General Pelton; The Spacemen (villains) |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender."
The AC reprint credits Bill Ely as the artist, but he is credited only in 1939 and there were three artists working on the strip in 1940, so ? remains for the art.
The Who's Who credits Ellerbrock as the only scripter for the series from 1939-1942, and no extant evidence disputes this. |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bronc Peeler; Babs Dalton; Crazy Kate (villain); Baldy (villain); Blackie (villain) |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by Stephen Slesinger" |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Shark Egan; Mary McDermot; Ace O'Doul; Kanaka Lew; Angkar; Captain Mai-ti [also as Captain Mai Ti]; Commander Kru-Sing (villain) |
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| Text Article | Frank L. Anders (1 page) |
| Featuring | Heroes |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Benjamin Franklin; Chief Blackbird; Frank L. Anders; Lt. Frank Luke, Jr.; Meriwether Lewis; William Clark |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Recipes for Fun... (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Funnies |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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