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| Date | | Number: 50 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Popular Comics 50 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Contents copyright, 1938 by NEA Service, Inc.; 1940 by Stephen Slesinger; 1940 by R. S. Callender; 1940 by Phillip Lords, Inc. 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 | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Crime |
| Publisher advertisement | New Fast Action Books... (1 page) |
| Feature | Dell |
| 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. |
| Story | Gang Busters (6 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | John Winston; Pete Baxter; Tony Carter; Joe (death); Tony (death); Buck Moran (villain); Frank Verne (villain); Mike Bates (villain) |
| First Line | The Buck Moran Case |
| Story | Martan the Marvel Man (6 pages) |
| Script | G. Ellerbrock (credited) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; General Pelton; Bill; Martians (villains) |
| Pencils | William Kent |
| Inks | William Kent |
| First Line | Martan, in his powerful space ship has just spotted the Martian rocket fleet |
| Story | Our Boarding House (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Major Amos Hoople; Martha Hoople |
| Script | Gene Ahern |
| Pencils | Gene Ahern |
| Inks | Gene Ahern |
| First Line | Here's $50, and if those men bring that new ice box, look it over! |
| Story | Wally Williams, American Boy (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wally and Gramps build an ice boat. |
| Genre | Sports; Teen |
| Characters | Wally Williams; Gramps Williams; Grandma Williams; Arlene Grahame; Ted Jackson; Peewee Saunders |
| Script | Victor Boni |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey |
| Inks | Tom Hickey |
| First Line | Riverview, home of Wally, Gramps and the gang |
| Story | Herky (1 page) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Herky's father |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | Hello, son... you're just th' fellow I want to see |
| 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]; One-Eye Wendel [J. Wendel]; Red Mack (villain); Koye (villain); Dolph (villain); The Syndicate (villains) |
| Pencils | John Donaldson (signed) |
| Inks | John Donaldson (signed) |
| First Line | You burn me up, Shark Egan! |
| Notes | Signed on last page. |
| Story | Herky |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Honey |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | Well kiddo..... what'cha waitin' for? |
| Story | Herky |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Honey |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | C'mon, Honey.... let's get home before we get wet |
| Story | The Masked Pilot (8 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | The Masked Pilot; Tom; Sabatino Velaz (villain); Miquel (villain) |
| Pencils | Bob Jenney |
| Inks | Bob Jenney |
| First Line | Having successfully foiled foreign spys |
| Story | Captain Tornado (6 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Captain Tornado; Professor Bordani; Jane Bordani |
| Script | Kenneth Kennedy |
| Pencils | Newt Alfred ? |
| Inks | Newt Alfred ? |
| First Line | While Professor Bordani is in the library poreing over the records of the ancient civilization |
| 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). |
| Story | The Hurricane Kids (5 pages) |
| Script | Albert Hartje (credited) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Maya; Omu |
| Pencils | Bill Ely |
| Inks | Bill Ely |
| First Line | Alan and Dave have been shipwrecked almost a year on a strange island group |
| Text Article | Will-O'-the-Wisp / This Curious World |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | William Ferguson (signed) |
| Pencils | William Ferguson (signed) |
| Inks | William Ferguson (signed) |
| Advertisement | Stamps-Hobbies |
| Story | 'Ace' Brady Super-Sleuth (5 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Ace Brady; Countess Montresque (first appearance, villain); Dr. Mancho Phyroe (villain) |
| Pencils | Jack Farr |
| Inks | Jack Farr |
| First Line | Crawling from the ruins of his laboratory of horrors |
| Notes | Same art on this feature as issue #49 and art style confirmed by Lambiek entry on Jack Farr. |
| Story | Herky |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Noodles Nelson; Mushie |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | So Mushie thinks he's got a harder head than me, eh? |
| Story | Herky |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Herky; Noodles Nelson |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | I hope the ducks are flying low today |
| Story | Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Penguin Pete; Pudgie |
| Script | Win Smith |
| Pencils | Win Smith (signed) |
| Inks | Win Smith (signed) |
| First Line | --Pete, there's no fish this close to shore! |
| Story | Our Boarding House (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Major Amos Hoople; Pinky |
| Script | Gene Ahern |
| Pencils | Gene Ahern |
| Inks | Gene Ahern |
| First Line | Look. Th' circus is coming to town! |
| Story | Bronc Peeler (4 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Bronc Peeler; Coyote Pete; Babs Dalton; Charlie; Shorty; Otis; Baldy (villain); Blackie (villain) |
| Pencils | Fred Harman (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Harman (signed) |
| First Line | Attempting to outdo the other cowhands |
| Notes | Baldy and Blackie are named in the next issue. |
| Calling All Gangbusters... Win a Cash Prize / Popular Comics Gang Buster Contest (1 page) | |
| Notes | On inside back cover in black, white and red. Includes winners for the November 1939 Popular Comics contest. |
| Advertisement | A Sensational Offer to Readers of Popular Comics / Book Coupon Exchange Giant Library (1 page) |
| Notes | Back cover. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
