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Publication | July 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Cover | Introducing... The Voice the Invisible Detective |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Voice [Tim Brant]; Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson |
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Publisher advertisement | On Land --- On Sea and in the Air.. War Comics (1 page) |
Featuring | Dell |
Content | Genre: War |
Notes | On inside front cover in black, white and red. |
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Synopsis | Tim Brant uses an invisible suit created by Professor Wilson to solve crimes. |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Voice [Tim Brant] Curly Rand; Professor Bert Wilson; Harry Appleton (introduction); Hardcash Appleton (introduction, death); Jeems (villain, introduction) |
Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender. |
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Synopsis | The Hurricane Twins help rescue Maya from the huge gorilla. |
Credits | Script: Albert Hartje (credited) |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Omu; Captain Bill Brady; Maya; Bearpaw; Rabbitheart; Aorongo (a gorilla; death) |
Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender |
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Synopsis | The Masked Pilot and Tom are captured by spies. |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: The Masked Pilot; Tom; Anton (villain) |
Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Three single panel cartoons. |
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Notes | Miscellaneous classified advertisements. |
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Synopsis | Gangsters try to get Rocky to throw a fight. |
Featuring | Rocky the Red Bomber |
Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: The Red Bomber [Rocky Sullivan]; Sam; Jerry; Slugger Olsen; Pinky; Joe (villain) |
Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender
This is the only appearance of the "Rocky the Red Bomber" feature |
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Credits | Script: G. Ellerbrock (credited) |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; General Pelton; General Rontal; Tommy; Jeff; Mac; Colonel Mako (villain); Honorable Commander (villain) |
Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender |
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Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Chief John Winston; Thula [also as Rose Dean]; Gus McGoig (villain); Clarence Bunch (villain; death); Pete Dean (villain); Frank Hopson (villain) |
Notes | Copr. 1940 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc. |
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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]; Commander Kru Sing |
Notes | For this story only, the Feature Logo is "Shark Egan World Adventurer" |
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Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Tornado; Professor Bordani; Jane Bordani |
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). |
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Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: Pylon Pete; Three Ball; Cut Cassidy; Rudolph (villain); Otto (villain) |
Notes | Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender |
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Activity | How's Your Movie Memory? (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: ? |
Notes | Popular Comics cash prize contest. |
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Content | Genre: Sports; Teen | Characters: Wally Williams; Gramps Williams; Arlene Grahame; Ted Jackson; Coach Biff Harrigan |
Notes | Copr. 1940 by Dell Publishing |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: J. Granville Gurk; Noodles Nelson |
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Publisher advertisement | Have You Seen Phantasmo Master of the World (1 page) |
Featuring | Dell |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Phantasmo; High Lama |
Notes | Promo for The Funnies. On inside back cover in black, white and red. |
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Publisher advertisement | The Funnies #45 (1 page) |
Featuring | Dell |
Content | Characters: Phantasmo |
Notes | Back cover. |
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