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| Date | | Number: 96 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Popular Comics 96 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Looks like one page of the book was mechanically removed by the printer. This is the first issue with the Dell brand on the cover. On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Volume 39, Number 1. Class B periodical. p. 81. Copyright registration number B 617944. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor; Aviation; Crime |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Joy Beaverduck; Smokey Stover; Captain Blaze |
| Pencils | Jim Chambers (signed) |
| Inks | Jim Chambers (signed) |
| Advertisement | Drink a Toast to Our Armed Forces! / Victory Glasses (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover advertisement for drinking glasses from Mason and Co. |
| Story | Smilin' Jack (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The small-time hoodlum that Joy hired to make Jack lose his license does his job and frames Jack for buzzing airliners and flying drunk. Joy tries to stay close to Jack by hiring him to drive the tow car for her glider. |
| Job # | P.C.#96-442 |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Dixie Lee; Fat Stuff; Joy Beaverduck; Bottles (villain) |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Pencils | Boody Rogers |
| Inks | Boody Rogers |
| Letters | Boody Rogers |
| First Line | When Jack comes to and lands he's gonna be in one fine pickle! |
| Notes | Copyright 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
| Story | Terry and the Pirates (8 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | April Kane; Captain Blaze [also as Grand Eyeyam]; Cheery Blaze; Cue-Ball (villain); Singh-Singh (villain) |
| Script | Milton Caniff |
| Pencils | Milton Caniff |
| Inks | Milton Caniff |
| Letters | Frank Engli |
| First Line | Hi 'ear Patrick Ryan givin' tongue |
| Notes | Copr. 1940, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
| Story | Lew Loyal (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Lew Loyal; Uncle Mack |
| Script | Milt Youngren |
| Pencils | Milt Youngren |
| Inks | Milt Youngren |
| First Line | I'll have to run along now, Lew |
| Notes | Copr. 1940, by The Chicago Tribune. |
| Story | Polly and Her Pals (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Domestic |
| Characters | Polly Perkins; Ash [Ashur Perkins]; Gertrude [as Angel]; Sam'l Perkins [Paw]; Suzie Perkins [Maw]; Kitty (a cat) |
| Script | Cliff Sterrett |
| Pencils | Cliff Sterrett |
| Inks | Cliff Sterrett |
| First Line | I'll admit she's a little demon |
| Notes | Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc. |
| Story | Polly and Her Pals (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Domestic |
| Characters | Polly Perkins; Maggie; Sam'l Perkins [Paw]; Suzie Perkins [Maw]; Kitty (a cat) |
| Script | Cliff Sterrett |
| Pencils | Cliff Sterrett |
| Inks | Cliff Sterrett |
| First Line | You must see Aunt Maggie's new camouflage creation |
| Notes | Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc. |
| Story | Smokey Stover (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover |
| Script | Bill Holman |
| Pencils | Bill Holman |
| Inks | Bill Holman |
| First Line | Smokey - you'd better grab the snow shovel and clean off our walk |
| Notes | Copr. 1941, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
| Story | Smokey Stover (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (a cat) |
| Script | Bill Holman |
| Pencils | Bill Holman |
| Inks | Bill Holman |
| First Line | Hey, Cookie - there's a wrap on the door |
| Notes | Copr. 1941, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
| Story | Dr. Bobbs (5 pages) |
| Genre | Medical |
| Characters | Dr. Ernest Rennick; Dr. Luana Higgans; Dr. Van Curtsey |
| Script | Elliott Caplin |
| Pencils | Jay McArdle |
| Inks | Jay McArdle |
| First Line | Temperature rising right on schedule! |
| Notes | Copr. 1941, King Features Syndicate, Inc. |
| Story | Elza Poppin |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| First Line | I've invited a couple of the boys over for tonight |
| Notes | Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc. Sequence information provided by Bob Barrett (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4085) |
| Story | Elza Poppin |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| First Line | Awful - I give up |
| Notes | Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc. Sequence information provided by Bob Barrett (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4085) |
| Story | Elza Poppin |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| Characters | Sarge |
| First Line | Say - he's good! |
| Notes | Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc. Sequence information provided by Bob Barrett (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4085) |
| Story | Elza Poppin |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| Characters | Sarge |
| First Line | Scram, fellas |
| Notes | Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc. Sequence information provided by Bob Barrett (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4085) |
| Story | Toots and Casper (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Toots and Casper find out Cousin Johnny is engaged to Stella Clinker. |
| Genre | Humor; Domestic |
| Characters | Toots Hawkins; Casper Hawkins; Buttercup Hawkins; Colonel Hoofer; Cousin Johnny; Stella Clinker; Uncle Everett |
| Script | Jimmy Murphy |
| Pencils | Jimmy Murphy |
| Inks | Jimmy Murphy |
| First Line | Surely, Uncle Everett! |
| Notes | Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc. |
| Story | Smokey Stover (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover; Spooky (a cat) |
| Script | Bill Holman |
| Pencils | Bill Holman |
| Inks | Bill Holman |
| First Line | I told you last Sunday's gag wouldn't work |
| Notes | Copr. 1941, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
| Story | Smokey Stover (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Smokey Stover; Cookie Stover |
| Script | Bill Holman |
| Pencils | Bill Holman |
| Inks | Bill Holman |
| First Line | Smokey - it's midnight |
| Notes | Copr. 1941, by News Syndicate Co., Inc. |
| Text Story | For the Love of a Dog (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bobby Chandler and Cocky the Cocker Spaniel puppy make friends through the pet shop window. The owner offers Bobby a job doing grunt work to earn enough to buy Cocky, but sells the pup to a rich man instead. Cocky, in a show of his love for the boy, runs away back to Bobby, who returns him to the pet store: "Only your heart belongs to me." Cocky's owner gives Cocky to Bobby: "Whomever a dog loves most is his true master." |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Domestic |
| Characters | Bobby Chandler; R.W. Wakefield; Simon Clutch; Cocky (a dog) |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois (see notes) |
| Notes | Copr. 1944, by R. S. Callender. Gaylord Du Bois script credit per "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985), page 77: "The Love of a Dog. ?p. For Popular Comics, Feb. 1944." |
| Comic Story | Prison Break / Gang Busters (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of a daring prison break and the fast-thinking officer who broke the case. |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Chief Darrow; Jean Baker; Mr. Crawford (death); Mr. Walsh (death); Officer Dowling; Officer Dunn (corpse); Bart Croft (villain, death); Calvin Croft (villain, death); Tom Croft (villain, death); Vincent Croft (villain, death) |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois (Entry states: "Gang Busters. 6p. For Popular Comics, Feb. 1944.") |
| Pencils | E. C. Stoner (signed) |
| Inks | E. C. Stoner (signed) |
| First Line | The Croft Brothers |
| Notes | Based on Phillips H. Lord's famous radio feature. Copr. 1944 by Phillips H. Lord Inc. |
| Story | Etta Kett (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Domestic |
| Characters | Etta Kett; Mr. Brown; Mr. Kett; Mrs. Kett; Woody |
| Script | Paul Robinson |
| Pencils | Paul Robinson |
| Inks | Paul Robinson |
| First Line | Dad, how about lending Jeff some gas |
| Notes | Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc. |
| Story | Gasoline Alley (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Domestic |
| Characters | Ferdinand; Hope; Jessica; Nina Clock; Skeezix Wallet; Tops |
| Script | Frank King |
| Pencils | Frank King |
| Inks | Frank King |
| First Line | But, Hope, you said you wanted to go to the dressmakers! |
| Notes | Copr. 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Story | The Gumps (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Domestic |
| Characters | Andy Gump [Andrew Gump]; Min Gump [Minerva Gump]; Tilda |
| Script | Gus Edson (signed) |
| Pencils | Gus Edson (signed) |
| Inks | Gus Edson (signed) |
| First Line | Bills-Bills-Bills! |
| Notes | Copr. 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc. |
| Advertisement | Action, That's What Counts! / Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover advertisement for Make Money/Win Prizes. |
| Advertisement | Boys! Free 5 Power Telescope / Krak-a-Jap Machine Gun (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover advertisement for new Commando Machine Gun (Krack-A-Jap) from Illinois Merchandise Mart. |
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