Additional Information |
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Publication | April 1938 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
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Notes | This feature is at the top of all 4 Joe Palooka pages; exact size of the strip on the page is 0.20. |
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Content | Genre: Sports |
Notes | strip reprints McNaught Syndicate. Fisher's History of Boxing is at the top of all 4 pages of this sequence. |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Panel reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate |
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Content | Genre: Drama |
Notes | strip reprints Register and Tribune Syndicate. This strip is on top half of 4 pages. |
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Notes | strip reprints Register and Tribune Syndicate. This strip is on bottom half of 4 pages. |
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Cartoon | The Mother of Mother's Day (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
Notes | panel reprints- McNaught Syndicate |
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Comic Story | Navy Day (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Aviation |
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Comic Story | The Most Amazing Heavyweight Fight of All Time (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Jack Dempsey |
Notes | strip reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate |
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Comic Story | Also A Problem For the Neighbors (3 pages) |
Notes | strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Panel reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate |
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Comic Story | Myrna Loy (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Biography |
Notes | Universal Phoenix Features |
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Comic Story | The Coming of the Gallant Knight (4 pages) |
Synopsis | Merlot assassinates the King and seizes the throne. Sir Neville joins a band of woodland outlaws to take arms against him. |
Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Baron Melrot (introduction, villain) |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | strip reprints- Frank Jay Markey syndicate |
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Cartoon | Mohammed (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
Notes | panel reprints- McNaught Syndicate |
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Comic Story | The Owl (5 pages) |
Synopsis | The Owl threatens Baldy Getzmore, a former rum runner. But the Clock exposes cunning subterfuge. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Kane; The Owl [Baldy Getzmore] (villain, introduction) |
Notes | Much of this story is a reworking (and direct copy) of The Clock story in Funny Picture Stories #2 (Dec 1936). Many of the panels and much of the script is directly copied. The main difference is that target of the police operation in the original appearance was The Clock. |
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Text Story | Pirates Ahoy! Captain Kidd Is Done To Death (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Notes | This feature is at the top of all 4 Mickey Finn pages; exact size of the strip on the page is unknown and was estimated at 0.25. |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate.37-03-21 et seq. Nippie is at the top of all 4 pages of this sequence. Exact size of this strip on the page is unknown and was estimated at 0.75. |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
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Activity | The Color Twins (1 page) |
Featuring | Puzzle Phun |
Credits | Script: Donald DeConn | Pencils: Donald DeConn | Inks: Donald DeConn |
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Notes | This feature is at the top of all 4 Dixie Dugan pages; exact size of the strip on the page is unknown and was estimated at 0.25. |
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Content | Genre: Drama |
Notes | strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate . "Good Deed" Dotty is at the top of all 4 pages of this sequence. Exact size of this strip on the page is unknown and was estimated at 0.75. |
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Comic Story | Episode 7 (2 pages) |
Notes | strip reprints: Frank J. Markey Syndicate |
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Comic Story | Claw Carlos (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Carlos (villain) |
Notes | Reformatted from original. Pages 17-21, including half page missing from the Kitchen Sink reprint. |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | strip reprints:McNaught Syndicate. This strip is on top half of 2 pages. |
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Notes | strip reprints:McNaught Syndicate. This strip is on bottom half of 2 pages. |
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Comic Story | The Three World's Records Jesse Owens Broke In One Day (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Sports |
Notes | strip reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate |
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Comic Story | The Athletic Board (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Sports |
Notes | strip reprints- Register and Tribune Syndicate |
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Comic Story | The Year of the Purple Curse! (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
Notes | panel reprints- McNaught Syndicate |
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Comic Story | Episode 7 (2 pages) |
Content | Characters: Slim; Tubby; Benton |
Notes | strip reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate. Strip numbers A65-76 |
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Comic Story | The Suspension of Clip Chance (5 pages) |
Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Slim (introduction); Chink (introduction); Bart (introduction, villain) |
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