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| Name | The Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1937, New Series, Volume 32, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 326893. Copyright was given to Stephen Schlesinger, Inc. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Wash Tubbs |
| First Line | Well, do something! |
| Text Article | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | You Wouldn't Believe It |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Betsy Anna |
| Script | John Hix (signed) |
| Pencils | John Hix (signed) |
| Inks | John Hix (signed) |
| First Line | Human touch cannot distinguish frozen mercury from red hot iron |
| Notes | On inside front cover. © McClure Newspaper Syndicate listed on page. |
| Story | Wash Tubbs (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Wash Tubbs; Bud; Captain Easy; Joe Picket; Willie Zarat (villain) |
| Script | Roy Crane (signed) |
| Pencils | Roy Crane (signed) |
| Inks | Roy Crane (signed) |
| First Line | Hidy, boys, how's everything in Turtle Creek? |
| Notes | Dialogue re-written on all the strip reprints. |
| Story | In the Name of the Law (4 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Officer Frederick Hirsch (death); Billie Dunn (villain); Fats Durlinger (villain); Two-Gun Crowley [Francis Crowley] (villain) |
| Script | William Engle ? |
| Pencils | Henry Vallely |
| Inks | Henry Vallely |
| First Line | Listen, honey- no dick'll ever beat me to the draw |
| Notes | Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, In the Name of the Law [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1155 was published on February 15, 1937, which would have been near the same time this issue was released. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. The art was probably prepared at same time and altered as needed. Date of publication from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1937, New Series, Volume 34, Number 3, page 237. |
| Cartoon | Cowboy Comics / Out Our Way (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Pencils | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Inks | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Notes | 4 single panel cartoons, titled No Sale; The Cold Shoulder; The Close Relation; The Dawn Rusher |
| Story | Sombrero Pete (3 pages) |
| Script | Lillian I. Christensen ? |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Sombrero Pete; Don Buena; Senorita Angeles; Pinto (a dog); Black Diablos Gang (villains) |
| Pencils | Mort Cowen |
| Inks | Mort Cowen |
| First Line | Oh, boy, it sure smells good! |
| Notes | Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Sombrero Pete [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1136 was published on March 2, 1936. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. Date of publication from Catalog too. Also per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Lillian I. Christensen is listed as the author of the Big Little Book and possibly this story too. (Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1936, New Series, Volume 33, Number 3, page 255; via Art Lortie GCD-Chat post October 19, 2018 (https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyri331li/page/254, retrieved 21 October 2018). |
| Comic Story | Gunfighter's Range / Tom Mix (4 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Tom Mix; Tony (a horse); Steve; Ted Barton |
| Notes | Story may have been adapted from one of the Tom Mix Whitman Publishing Big Little Books. |
| Activity | Contact Telegraphy / Muscles are Better Than Magic! (1 page) |
| Script | Sandini |
| Text Article | Boy Martyr of Costa Rica; Slave Who Defied the Foreign Legion (1 page) |
| Feature | Adventure Stamps |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | Isidore Klein |
| Pencils | Edmund H. Gunder |
| Inks | Edmund H. Gunder |
| Notes | Page includes 2 strips plus some stamp advertisements. |
| Story | Erik Noble and the Forty-Niners (4 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Erik Noble; Cyclone Kenny; Monte Miller; Van Zelm |
| Script | Lloyd Edwin Smith ? |
| Pencils | B. F. McNaughton |
| Inks | B. F. McNaughton |
| First Line | Gold! Gold! |
| Notes | Story was adapted from the 1934 Whitman Publishing Big Little Book "Erik Noble and the Forty-Niners", which was written by Lloyd Edwin Smith and illustrated by B. F. McNaughton. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. Date of original publication of Big Little Book from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1934, New Series, Volume 31, Number 12, page 1016. |
| Comic Story | Lone Marshal and the Border Rustlers / The Lone Marshall (4 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Lone Marshal; Lobo (a horse); Dad Cordell; Mary Cordell; Tim Crawford; Vajo; Dan Russell (villain); Klem Russell (villain) |
| Story | Tom Beatty (4 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Tom Beatty; Gerald Dale; Herman; Jerry (villain); Scar Corvin (villain); Spike (villain) |
| Script | Richard X. Vale ? |
| Pencils | George R. Taylor ? |
| Inks | George R. Taylor ? |
| First Line | It's time to move! |
| Notes | Story reprinted and altered probably from Tom Beatty Ace of the Service # 723 (the only Tom Beatty Big Little Book published before 1934, next not published until 1937). Art work is probably the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. Date of original publication of Big Little Book from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1934, New Series, Volume 31, Number 12, page 1026. |
| Story | Prairie Bill (3 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Prairie Bill Gardner; Ben Howell; Dan Farley; Louis De Monte; Nancy Howell; Ricardo |
| Script | G. P. Alkire ? |
| Pencils | Hal Arbo |
| Inks | Hal Arbo |
| First Line | The West is the place, Nancy |
| Notes | Art reprinted from the 1934 Whitman Publishing Big Little Book "Prairie Bill and the Covered Wagon", which was written by G. P. Alkire and illustrated by Hal Arbo. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. Date of original publication of Big Little Book from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1934, New Series, Volume 31, Number 12, page 955. |
| Activity | OH-1 (3 pages) |
| Feature | Model Plane |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Aviation |
| Story | G-Man Jim (4 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | G-Man Jim; Ellen Swan; Joseph; Officer Grogan; Officer Weiss; Scar Baldwin; The Masked Czar (villain) |
| First Line | A man left a note for you, sir! |
| Notes | Story may have been adapted from one of the G-Man Whitman Publishing Big Little Books. |
| Cartoon | Cowboy Comics / Out Our Way (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Pencils | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Inks | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Notes | Four single panel cartoons, titled Heroes Are Made-Not Born; Water Tight; Heroes Are Made-Not Born; Old Faithful |
| Story | Arizona Kid (3 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Arizona Kid |
| Script | Peter K. Maple ? |
| Pencils | Hal Arbo |
| Inks | Hal Arbo |
| First Line | Hustle on, boy! |
| Notes | Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Arizona Kid on the Bandit Trail [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1192 was published on April 7, 1936. That book was written by Peter K. Maple and illustrated by Hal Arbo. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. It was probably prepared at same time and altered as needed. Date of original publication of Big Little Book from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1936, New Series, Volume 33, Number 8, page 885. |
| Story | Myra North, Special Nurse (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Medical |
| Characters | Myra North; Curly [Prince Adrian]; Colonel Zoria (villain); Rosan (villain) |
| Script | Ray Thompson |
| Pencils | Charles Coll (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Coll (signed) |
| First Line | So you remembered about a certain crested ring you had! |
| Notes | © 1936 by NEA Service, Inc. on panels. |
| Cartoon | Cowboy Comics / Out Our Way |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Pencils | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Inks | J. R. Williams (signed) |
| Notes | Two single panel cartoons, titled The Hide Away; The Dead March |
| Advertisement | Hey Fellows! |
| Feature | Hecker Products Corp. |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Text Story | Ford of the Foreign Legion [Part 1] (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Historical |
| Characters | Ford; Lt. Louis Poiret |
| Story | Flying the Sky Clipper (3 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Chuck Carson; Jarvis; Sparks; Winsie Atkins; Mr. Kent (villain) |
| Script | Dougal Lee ? |
| First Line | That fellow in compartment six sure has a heavy bag! |
| Notes | Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Flying the Sky Clipper with Winsie Atkins [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1108 was published on September 19, 1936. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but in color, added word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. It was probably prepared at same time and altered as needed. Publication date from Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1936, New Series, Volume 33, Number 3, page 1299 (https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyri331li/page/254, retrieved 21 October 2018). |
| Story | The Shooting Sheriff (3.5 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Sheriff Terry Dean; Mayor Miller; Sheriff Whitney (death); Ben Thompson (villain); Bill Thompson (villain) |
| Script | Leon Morgan ? |
| First Line | Ain't no sheriff alive kin tell me an Bill what to do! |
| Notes | Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Shooting Sheriffs (called Shooting Sheriffs of the Wild West) [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1195 was published on September 19, 1936. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but in color, added word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1936, New Series, Volume 33, Number 3, page 1238; via Art Lortie GCD-Chat post October 19, 2018 (https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyri331li/page/254, retrieved 21 October 2018). |
| Advertisement | New Pocket Radio |
| Feature | Little Giant Radio |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Story | International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom (2.67 pages) |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Doctor Doom; Baron De Klabe; Mark Cameron; Roark; Sonia; The Falcon (villain) |
| Script | Conrad Vane ? |
| First Line | Gentlemen, as Minister of War... |
| Notes | Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, International Spy, Doctor Doom Faces Death at Dawn [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1148 was published on March 18, 1937, which would be about a couple months after this issue was released. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. It was probably prepared at same time and altered as needed. Date of publication from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1937, New Series, Volume 34, Number 5, page 528. |
| Advertisement | New! Pocket Radio |
| Feature | Tinytone Radio |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Comic Story | Coast Guard and the Rajah's Ransom / Coast Guard (3 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Jerry Minton; Limpy Connors; Pop Berley; Scar-Ear Vint (villain) |
| Notes | Story may have been adapted from the 1936 Whitman Publishing Big Little Book "S.O.S. Coast Guard", which was written by William Engle and illustrated by Henry E. Vallely. |
| Advertisement | Talk-Sing-Play / Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | Well of the Padres His Living Tomb (1 page) |
| Feature | National Carbon Co. |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Characters | E. P. Lyle III; Mr. Tyson |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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