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| Date | | Number: 53 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Popular Comics 53 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Contents copyright, 1940 by R. S. Callender; 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.; 1940 by Dell Publishing Co. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3. |
| Cover | Introducing... The Voice the Invisible Detective / 1 page |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | The Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson |
| Pencils | Jim Chambers (signed) |
| Inks | Jim Chambers (signed) |
| Publisher advertisement | On Land --- On Sea and in the Air.. War Comics (1 page) |
| Feature | Dell |
| Genre | War |
| Notes | On inside front cover in black, white and red. |
| Story | The Voice the Invisible Detective (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tim Brant uses an invisible suit created by Professor Wilson to solve crimes. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | The Voice [Tim Brant] Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson; Harry Appleton (introduction); Hardcash Appleton (introduction, death); Jeems (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Jim Chambers |
| Inks | Jim Chambers |
| First Line | Already known to a frightened underworld as The Invisible Voice... |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender. |
| Story | The Hurricane Kids (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Hurricane Twins help rescue Maya from the huge gorilla. |
| Script | Albert Hartje (credited) |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Omu; Captain Bill Brady; Maya; Bearpaw; Rabbitheart; Aorongo (a gorilla; death) |
| Pencils | Bill Ely |
| Inks | Bill Ely |
| First Line | During the battle with the gorillas Maya |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender |
| Story | The Masked Pilot (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Masked Pilot and Tom are captured by spies. |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | The Masked Pilot; Tom; Anton (villain) |
| Pencils | Bob Jenney |
| Inks | Bob Jenney |
| First Line | After the capture and death of the spy, Ellman... |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Genre | Humor |
| Pencils | Charles Hedinger (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Hedinger (signed) |
| First Line | Farmer Brown is unfair! |
| Notes | Three single panel cartoons. |
| Advertisement | No Title |
| Notes | Miscellaneous classified advertisements. |
| Comic Story | No Title (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Gangsters try to get Rocky to throw a fight. |
| Feature | Rocky the Red Bomber |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | The Red Bomber [Rocky Sullivan]; Sam; Jerry; Slugger Olsen; Pinky; Joe (villain) |
| Pencils | Charles Hedinger |
| Inks | Charles Hedinger |
| First Line | I'm telling ya, Sam - Rocky is the best thing... |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender This is the only appearance of the "Rocky the Red Bomber" feature |
| Story | Martan the Marvel Man (8 pages) |
| Script | G. Ellerbrock (credited) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; General Pelton; General Rontal; Tommy; Jeff; Mac; Colonel Mako (villain); Honorable Commander (villain) |
| First Line | See, General Pelton! |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender |
| Story | Gang Busters (6 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Chief John Winston; Thula [also as Rose Dean]; Gus McGoig (villain); Clarence Bunch (villain; death); Pete Dean (villain); Frank Hopson (villain) |
| Pencils | Erwin Hess (signed) |
| Inks | Erwin Hess (signed) |
| First Line | Gus McGoig's ambition was to make Dillinger look like a piker. |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc. |
| Story | Shark Egan (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | Shark Egan; Mary McDermot; Ace O'Doul; Kanaka Lew; Angkar; Captain Mai-ti [also as Captain Mai Ti]; Commander Kru Sing |
| Pencils | John Donaldson (signed) |
| Inks | John Donaldson (signed) |
| First Line | There goes the Hwang-Ho! |
| Notes | For this story only, the Feature Logo is "Shark Egan World Adventurer" |
| Story | Captain Tornado (6 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Captain Tornado; Professor Bordani; Jane Bordani |
| Script | Kenneth Kennedy (byline) |
| Pencils | Newt Alfred |
| Inks | Newt Alfred |
| First Line | Persuading the king to transfer his kingdom above ground, Tornado and the professor divulge their plans |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender. 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). |
| Story | Pylon Pete (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Characters | Pylon Pete; Three Ball; Cut Cassidy; Rudolph (villain); Otto (villain) |
| Pencils | Jim Miller |
| Inks | Jim Miller |
| First Line | Pylon Pete wins the Irish sweepstakes! |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender |
| Activity | How's Your Movie Memory? (1 page) |
| Letters | ? |
| Notes | Popular Comics cash prize contest. |
| Story | Wally Williams, American Boy (6.5 pages) |
| Genre | Sports; Teen |
| Characters | Wally Williams; Gramps Williams; Arlene Grahame; Ted Jackson; Coach Biff Harrigan |
| Script | Victor Boni |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey |
| Inks | Tom Hickey |
| First Line | The school term is about over for Elmhurst College... |
| Notes | Copr. 1940 by Dell Publishing |
| Story | Herky |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | J. Granville Gurk; Noodles Nelson |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | If there's one thing I hate, it's peach fuzz! |
| Publisher advertisement | Have You Seen Phantasmo Master of the World (1 page) |
| Feature | Dell |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Phantasmo; High Lama |
| Notes | Promo for The Funnies. On inside back cover in black, white and red. |
| Publisher advertisement | The Funnies #45 (1 page) |
| Feature | Dell |
| Characters | Phantasmo |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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