Additional Information |
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Publication | August 1939 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: The Bungles |
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Comic Story | Introducing Charlie Chan (10 pages) |
Synopsis | British intelligence calls Chan in to help them find a missing chemist, Peter Charing. |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Charlie Chan (first appearance); Lee Chan; Viscount Hilary Stacey; Peter Charing; Michael Ramsgate; Keena Charing |
Notes | McNaught Syndicate: October 31,1938- December 17, 1938 |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | McNaught Syndicate Strip reprints. Across the top quarter of each page runs the feature Good Dead Dotty. |
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Comic Story | Thunder in the Orient (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Sir Raymond; Lady Alice; Tartars (villains) |
Notes | title from last issue blurb |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | The top half of two consecutive pages, shared with Mortimer Mum. |
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Comic Story | An Apple for the Judge (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | The bottom half of two consecutive pages, shared with Toddy. |
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Content | Genre: Sports |
Notes | strip reprints- Register and Tribune Syndicate |
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Comic Story | Episode 23 (2 pages) |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Bullet Benton; Slim; Tubby |
Notes | From Bullet Benton- Register and Tribune syndicated strip: A231:Dec 25, 1935 to A240:January 4, 1936 (Galveston Daily News) |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Panel reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate |
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Comic Story | The Burton Kidnapping (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Brian attempts to work his way into Inspector Kane's latest case, but Kane, who really doesn't mind help, merely considers O'Brien nothing more than his golfing buddy, leaving Brian to his undercover devices as the Clock in rounding up Butch and Squint. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Burton (introduction); Inspector Kane; Butch (villain); Squint (villain) |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Reprints from the Register and Tribune Syndicate. Sideshow began June 19,1938. It is likely that Quality reprinted them from the beginning. Contains Brain Derby, Our Latest Invention, Foolish Questions, Candid Cartoon, Nibbsy the Newsboy, Blame it on Wilbur and Twisted Tales, all in one page. |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate. Running across the top quarter of these pages is the feature Nippie. |
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Comic Story | Bob Feller (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Bob Feller (baseball player) |
Notes | strip reprints: Register and Tribune Syndicate |
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Synopsis | Jane leaps from a window to escape the killer who entered her room. |
Content | Genre: Drama |
Notes | Strip reprints. Register and Tribune Syndicate. Split pages with Jane Arden on the top half, Lena Pry on the bottom half. |
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Comic Story | Cause of War (2 pages) |
Notes | strip reprints: McNaught Syndicate |
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Comic Story | Jim Slade's Plot (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jim Slade and his gang (first appearance; villains); Mr. Brewster (first appearance); Bess Brewster (first appearance) |
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Text Story | Rain Bird, Chapter II (2 pages) |
Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | Episode 23 (2 pages) |
Content | Genre: Adventure |
Notes | strip reprints: Frank J. Markey Syndicate |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | Reprints from the Register and Tribune Syndicate |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vince Doolittle |
Notes | Sunday strip reprints: Frank Jay Markey syndicate |
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Comic Story | Trouble At the Mountain Valley Ranch (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rance Keane; Joan Hern (first appearance); Jess Hern (first appearance) |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
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Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Joe Palooka; Nobby |
Notes | strip reprints McNaught Syndicate |
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