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| Date | | Number: 81 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Popular Comics 81 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Copyright 1942 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie [George Webster Confucius] |
| Story | Smokey Stover (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt |
| Script | Bill Holman (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Holman (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Holman (signed) |
| First Line | That fire bug Arson Nick... |
| Notes | On inside front cover in red & black. Copyright 1938 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Story | Smilin' Jack (8 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Inspector; Mary Smith; Mummy Smith; Hop (villain) |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Pencils | Boody Rogers |
| Inks | Boody Rogers |
| Letters | Boody Rogers |
| First Line | Well, Downwind, meet our white elephant... |
| Notes | Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Comic Story | The Return of Robin Hood [Episode 3] / Robin Hood (12 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | Robin Hood [Robert]; Sir Guy De Beaupre (death) |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Jon Small |
| Inks | Jon Small |
| Notes | Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Return of Robin Hood [episode 3] as per page 786, "Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Etc. New Series Vol 39 Pt. 1." Jon Small credited as artist for first part of this story in Popular Comics #79. Art spotters on the GCD Main list agree Jon Small did the art on this story (May 2011). Previous indexer had Arthur Jameson as artist. |
| Comic Story | The Gas Pirates / Gang Busters (4 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Chief John Winston; Officer Casey; Officer Jenkins; Larry Barnes; Ben Tate (death); Inspector Kerry; Horatio Miller (villain); Gus (villain); Mike (villain) |
| Pencils | John Forte (signed) |
| Inks | John Forte (signed) |
| Notes | Copyright 1942 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc. |
| Story | Terry and the Pirates (8 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Big Stoop; Reginald Smythe-Heatherstone; Weazel [M. Belette] (villain); Baron De Plexus (villain); Slugger Dunn (villain) |
| Script | Milton Caniff |
| Pencils | Milton Caniff |
| Inks | Milton Caniff |
| Letters | Frank Engli |
| First Line | Going to the office of Baron De Plexus... |
| Notes | Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc. Sunday strips are part of the continuity but are not reprinted except for the first four panels of 1939.01.01. |
| Story | The Hurricane Kids (8 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham] |
| Script | Albert Hartje |
| Pencils | Bill Ely |
| Inks | Bill Ely |
| First Line | The Hurricane Kids awake in their tree house... |
| Notes | copyright 1942 by R. S. Callender. |
| Story | Cyclone (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; War; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Cyclone; Midge; Calico (a horse); Cal Grant; Scarface Gowdy (villain) |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | John Hampton (signed) |
| Inks | John Hampton (signed) |
| First Line | At the end of a big dinner... |
| Notes | Copyright 1942 by R. S. Callender. |
| Story | Smokey Stover (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat); Flat Foot Flanagan; Arson Nick |
| Script | Bill Holman (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Holman (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Holman (signed) |
| First Line | There goes Arson Nick, Smokey! |
| Notes | Copyright 1938 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Text Story | Escape from the Philippines (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Young Dick is eager to join the guerrillas with his friends as Japanese advance. His father promises to follow once the documents are microfilmed. Faithful José remains also. A deadly shot by Dick saves his friends from a grenade-wielding enemy. He meets up with the guerrillas. Next day, José arrives with news the house was hit and Corey senior is trapped in the rubble. During the rescue Dick beans a sentry with a brick. On return the guerilla captain reports success contacting U.N. transport for the Coreys and the microfilm. |
| Feature | Popular Comics text |
| Pencils | ? (signed illustration) |
| Inks | ? (signed illustration) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Dick Corey (a youth, son of Thomas); Thomas Corey (U.S. Consul for X---, a Philippine island); José (the Corey's male cook and housekeeper); Jap sharpshooter; Filipino guerrillas; Tomaso Hermanito (a youth not quite Dick's age); Felipe Cortes (guerrilla captain); Jap sentry |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| First Line | Dick Corey slipped quickly under an old red velvet curtain and opened the door of the dark room just beyond. |
| Notes | Writer credit per Du Bois Account Books, the entries in which show the Popular Comics text feature as having been his other regular assignment on the series. (Entries list story title, and identify the feature as "Popular Comics filler" up to issue #83, then as "text for Popular Comics" through to 1948 when the series folded.) Art is signed but unclear. One surmises that what the setter of the type rendered as "the door of the dark room" was "the door of the darkroom" in the original, as Corey is processing film with developer therein. Du Bois goes to town with Spanish, the most used by him of the many foreign languages with which he peppered his didactic stories. "...los guerrillas ... Yo se muy bien ... el patron ... ---vaya! Vaya con Dios! ... Chico ... Buen' dias compadre! ... amigo ... Vamonos! ... Es nada ... Señor Corey ... both Señors Corey ..." And young Dick's slightly younger friend's name translates as Littlebrother. |
| Story | The Owl (6 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Chief Murphy; Veronica Puddle; Lotta Latin; Luke Tortoni; Sharpie Sam (villain) |
| Script | Oskar Lebeck |
| Pencils | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Thomas (signed) |
| First Line | Veronic Puddle to see you Chief |
| Notes | Copyright 1942 by R. S. Callender. |
| Story | Gasoline Alley (4 pages) |
| Genre | Drama; Humor |
| Characters | Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Tops |
| Script | Frank King (signed) |
| Pencils | Frank King (signed) |
| Inks | Frank King (signed) |
| First Line | I've got $7.35 of Tops' I.O.U.s.... |
| Notes | Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Story | Don Winslow (5 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | Don Winslow; Red Pennington; Captain X (villain) |
| Script | Frank V. Martinek |
| Pencils | Ken Ernst |
| Inks | Ken Ernst |
| First Line | Scene - an underground airdrome... |
| Story | The Gumps (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]; Millie Gump; Hortense De Stross |
| Script | Gus Edson (signed) |
| Pencils | Gus Edson (signed) |
| Inks | Gus Edson (signed) |
| First Line | Oh Millie, darling - How I miss you... |
| Notes | On inside back cover in black & red. Copyright 1937 by the Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Advertisement | Jim Prentice Announces His Super Electric Football (1 page) |
| Feature | Electric Game Company |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Jim Prentice |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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