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| Name | Popular Comics 52 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | 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 | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Martan the Marvel Man; Martians |
| Story | In This Corner (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography; Sports |
| Characters | Roger Peckinpaugh; Ray Schalk: Grover Cleveland Alexander; Zeke Bonura |
| Script | Art Krenz (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Krenz (signed) |
| Inks | Art Krenz (signed) |
| First Line | Roger Peckinpaugh was only 23 years old... |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
| Story | The Masked Pilot (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Masked Pilot and Tom head for the aviation factory owned by friend Dwight Ellis, who has had a problem with his plane prints being traced. The Pilot discovers that one of the factory employees is the guilty party, then has to fight for his very life to subdue him. |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | The Masked Pilot; Dwight Ellis (aviation designer); Tom; Karl Ellman (villain, engineer, death) |
| Script | Bob Jenney |
| Pencils | Bob Jenney |
| Inks | Bob Jenney |
| First Line | Oh! Oh! This looks like we're in for a bit of troubleshooting! |
| Notes | "Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender." |
| Story | Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Penguin Pete; Pudgie |
| Script | Win Smith |
| Pencils | Win Smith |
| Inks | Win Smith |
| First Line | Doggoneit! |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender." |
| Story | Hold Everything |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | So the crowd's with me, eh? |
| Notes | Six single panel cartoons. "Copr. 1939 by NEA Service, Inc." |
| The Winners of the February Popular Comics Contest / Popular Comics Contest | |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | The Voice the Invisible Detective (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Voice tracks down a murderer and kidnapper and gets him to confess to the murder of Mike Chummler. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | The Voice [Tim Brant]; Professor Bert Wilson (inventor); Herman (villain); Mr. Bulinski (villain) |
| Script | Charles Verral ? |
| Pencils | Jim Chambers (signed) |
| Inks | Jim Chambers (signed) |
| First Line | We get dat infermashun, boss. |
| Notes | "Copr. 1940 by R. S. Callender." This is the first story in which the hero calls himself the Voice. The Voice gets his power of invisibility this way: a phosphorescent gas clings to the cellophane fabric (worn by Tim Brant) giving out rays that render the body invisible. |
| Name These Cute Pets / Popular Comics Contest (1 page) | |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | The Hurricane Kids (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Maya; Omu; Captain Bill Brady; Captain Blackbeard |
| Script | Albert Hartje |
| Pencils | Bill Ely |
| Inks | Bill Ely |
| First Line | You fellows have no idea what it means to me |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender." |
| Story | Wally Williams, American Boy (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Characters | Wally Williams; Arlene Grahame; Betty Riley; Biff; Gramps Williams; Joe; Jughead; Ted Jackson |
| Script | Victor Boni |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey |
| Inks | Tom Hickey |
| First Line | Understand, team, it's a tough race over a six-mile course. |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender." |
| Story | Captain Tornado (6 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Captain Tornado; Jane Bordani |
| Script | Kenneth Kennedy (byline)]) |
| Pencils | Newt Alfred ? |
| Inks | Newt Alfred ? |
| First Line | Looks like I'm in for it now unless I can get my hands free. |
| Notes | Original indexer listed Kenneth Kennedy as the writer and artist for the story, but according to Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books, Kenneth Kennedy was only a byline and the writer is unknown. 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, April 2014). "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender." |
| Story | Herky |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Herky; J. Granville Gurk; Lois |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | Maybe the reason your girl is becoming cool towards you is because you're too rowdy |
| Notes | "Copr. 1938 by NEA Service, Inc." |
| Story | Herky |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Herky; Herky's father; Herky's mother; Honey |
| Script | Clyde Lewis |
| Pencils | Clyde Lewis |
| Inks | Clyde Lewis |
| First Line | Th' kid sister got a spankin' today and do ya know why? |
| Notes | "Copr. 1938 by NEA Service, Inc." |
| Story | Gang Busters (6 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Chief John Winston; Helen Barry; Jack; Mr. Wolf; Mrs. Wolf; Tony; Ernie Hall [also as Mr. Foster] (villain); Gorilla (villain); Lefty O'Brien (villain); Mrs. O'Brien (villain); Tony (villain) |
| First Line | Well, we've got Ernie Hall in the jug. |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by Phillips H. Lord, Inc." |
| Cartoon | No Title |
| Genre | Humor |
| Pencils | Hal Bittner (signed) |
| Inks | Hal Bittner (signed) |
| First Line | Those dopes wreck more planes playing follow the leader |
| Notes | Three single panel cartoons. Last panel is signed HB. |
| Advertisement | Fireworks |
| Story | Martan the Marvel Man (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Martan, from the Planet Antaclea, pledges his knowledge of inter-planetary warfare to aid the Americans in their battle along the Jersey shore at the city of Hoboken to repel invaders from outer space. |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Martan the Marvel Man; Vana; General Pelton; The Spacemen (villains) |
| Script | G. Ellerbrock (credited) (signed) |
| First Line | Martan's ship! |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by R. S. Callender." The AC reprint credits Bill Ely as the artist, but he is credited only in 1939 and there were three artists working on the strip in 1940, so ? remains for the art. The Who's Who credits Ellerbrock as the only scripter for the series from 1939-1942, and no extant evidence disputes this. |
| Story | Bronc Peeler (3 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Bronc Peeler; Babs Dalton; Crazy Kate (villain); Baldy (villain); Blackie (villain) |
| Script | Fred Harman |
| Pencils | Fred Harman (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Harman (signed) |
| First Line | Oh why are you locking me in this cellar? |
| Notes | "Copr., 1940, by Stephen Slesinger" |
| Story | Shark Egan (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Shark Egan; Mary McDermot; Ace O'Doul; Kanaka Lew; Angkar; Captain Mai-ti [also as Captain Mai Ti]; Commander Kru-Sing (villain) |
| Pencils | John Donaldson (signed) |
| Inks | John Donaldson (signed) |
| First Line | Those guys down there are downright unfriendly! |
| Text Article | Frank L. Anders (1 page) |
| Feature | Heroes |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Biography |
| Characters | Chief Blackbird; Frank L. Anders; Lt. Frank Luke, Jr.; Meriwether Lewis; William Clark |
| Script | Roy Humphries |
| Pencils | Roy Humphries (signed) |
| Inks | Roy Humphries (signed) |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
| Publisher advertisement | Recipes for Fun... (1 page) |
| Feature | The Funnies |
| 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 | |
