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Popular Comics
Date | Number: 82 | Lang: English (en)
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NamePopular Comics 82 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly
NotesCopyright 1942 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
 
Cover1 page
GenreAdventure; Aviation
 
StorySmokey Stover (1 page)
GenreHumor
CharactersSmokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat)
Script
PencilsBill Holman
InksBill Holman
First LineA week from Sunday's Christmas, Smokey - have you decided what to give your kid?
NotesCopyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
 
StorySmilin' Jack (8 pages)
GenreAdventure; Aviation
CharactersSmilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Inspector; Double Exposure Don; Chief No-Talk; Mary Smith; Mummy Smith (villain); Hop (villain)
Script
PencilsBoody Rogers
InksBoody Rogers
LettersBoody Rogers
First LineMummy, we aren't near Gator Grave yet
 
Comic StoryThe Return of Robin Hood [Episode 4] / Robin Hood (11 pages)
GenreAdventure; Historical
CharactersRobin Hood; Alan; Tiny; Maid Margaret; Mrs. Goodwin; Ben Goodwin; Hal Goodwin; Tom Goodwin; Sir Ludwig De Malbourne; Sheriff of Nottingham
Script
PencilsArthur Jameson
InksArthur Jameson
NotesGaylord Du Bois script credit for Return of Robin Hood [episode 4] as per page 739, "Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Etc. New Series Vol 39 Pt. 1."

Art spotters on the GCD Main list agree Arthur Jameson did the art on this story.
 
StoryGang Busters (4 pages)
GenreCrime
CharactersChief John Winston; Conrad Beasley; Gail; Moe; Karl Blitzen [also as Karl Rodentz] (villain); Butch Faraday (villain); Mike (villain); Tony Malero (villain); Gus (villain)
First LineChief Winston makes a rat-trap out of rubber
NotesCopr., 1942, by Phillips H. Lord, Inc.
 
StoryTerry and the Pirates (8 pages)
SynopsisTerry falls in love with April Kane.
GenreAdventure
CharactersApril Kane (first appearance); Madame Sud; Weazel [M. Belette] (villain); Baron De Plexus (villain); Slugger Dunn (villain)
Script
PencilsMilton Caniff
InksMilton Caniff
LettersFrank Engli
First Line...Funny how we've stumbled on things in this Kane disappearance...
NotesCopyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
 
AdvertisementTom Mix Comics Book Free! / Tom Mix (2 pages)
GenreWar
CharactersTom Mix
NotesFree Tom Mix Commandos Comics with Ralston box top.
 
StoryDon Winslow (5 pages)
GenreAdventure; War
CharactersDon Winslow; Red Pennington; Professor Olympus Lancton; Mr. Anders
Script
First LineSkipper! Look back at where our bomb hit!
NotesReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.
 
StoryGasoline Alley (3 pages)
GenreDrama
CharactersSkeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Tops; Aunt Hessy; Larry Packer; Mary Lamb
Script
PencilsFrank King
InksFrank King
First LineThere's the biege roadster!
NotesCopyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
 
Text StoryMoonlight Landing (2 pages)
SynopsisA Jap plane lands on the ice. Shots! Ted approaches the cabin cautiously. Enemy Japanese! Finding Dad wounded, broken wrist, Ted gives him his parka, and removes him to safety, returns to the cabin, sees officers inside planning for more planes to come. He plants a dynamite bomb. Stringing the wire, a Jap finds him. They struggle, but he depresses the plunger, obliterating the cabin and the occupying enemy, and the soldier is killed by debris. Returning to Dad, they have a slog to town ahead of them.
FeaturePopular Comics text
Letterstypeset
GenreWar
CharactersTed Burtis (16 year old rustic); Clem Burtis (a rustic, Ted's father); two enemy officers (Japanese military); enemy Japanese soldier
Script
First LineThe war seemed far away to Ted Burtis, as he snowshoed home from his winter trapline---very far from Vancouver Island's moonlit forests.
NotesWriter credit per Du Bois Account Books.
 
StoryThe Owl (5.67 pages)
GenreSuperhero
CharactersChief Murphy; Sgt. Mahon; Aunt Flossie; Mr. Weeks; Patsy Sallow (villain)
PencilsFrank Thomas
InksFrank Thomas
First LineAs the twilight mists begin to gather in the valleys
NotesCopr., 1942, by R. S. Callender.
 
AdvertisementThe Age of Chemistry / Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter]
Pencils? (photos)
Inks? (photos)
NotesSold by the Porter Chemical Company.
 
StoryCyclone (6 pages)
GenreAdventure; Western-frontier
CharactersCyclone; Midge; Calico (a horse); Bull Hamm (villain); Blackie (villain); Cactus Pete (villain); Wolfer (villain)
Script
PencilsJohn Hampton (signed)
InksJohn Hampton (signed)
First LineAfter turning the four cow-thieves over to the sheriff
NotesCopr. 1942 by R. S. Callender.
 
StorySmokey Stover (1 page)
GenreHumor
CharactersSmokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Mrs. Nutt; Spooky (a cat)
Script
PencilsBill Holman
InksBill Holman
First LineYou'd better come quick, Chief
NotesCopyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
 
StoryThe Hurricane Kids (8 pages)
GenreAdventure; Historical
CharactersThe Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]
Script
PencilsBill Ely
InksBill Ely
First LineAfter killing two huge orangoutangs in a hand to hand fight
 
StoryThe Gumps (1 page)
GenreDrama
CharactersUncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Millie Gump; Hortense De Stross; Miss Oggle
Script
PencilsGus Edson
InksGus Edson
First LineOh, Mama, I miss Bimbo so!
NotesOn inside back cover in black, white and red.
Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
 
Advertisement33 Power Telescope Lens Kit / Wonders of Science Simplified (1 page)
NotesSold by Metro Publications.
Back cover.
 
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