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| Publication | April 1938 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Andy Gump; Harold Teen; Smitty; Little Orphan Annie |
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| Letters Page | Popular Comics Letter Club (1 page) |
| Featuring | Popular Comics Letter Club |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On inside front cover in black, white and red. Letters from readers - Billy M., Al R., Molly D., Alice G., Bobby G. and Ann B. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Moon Mullins [Moonshine Mullins]; Kayo; Cousin Effie; Clem |
| Notes | Chicago Tribune, NY News Syndicate. Next appearance in Super Comics #1. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Kitty Higgins; Pauline |
| Notes | Moon Mullins topper. |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Dick Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Pat Patton; Chief Brandon; Nina; Florio Stark; Madeline; Baldy Stark (villain) |
| Notes | Next appearance in Super Comics #1 |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Little Orphan Annie; Daddy Warbucks [Oliver Warbucks]; Sandy (a dog); The Asp; J. Preston Slime; Boris Sirob |
| Notes | Next appearance in Super Comics #1 |
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| Activity | Popular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers (1.2 pages) |
| Featuring | Popular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers |
| Credits | Script: Stella Koscik; Richard Severson |
| Notes | Answers on Spooky page later in this issue. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four single panel cartoons in black, white and red. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Streaky; Whitey; Lily Gleep; April Maye |
| Notes | copyright 1936 Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Harold Teen; Lillums Lovewell; Shadow Smart |
| Notes | Chicago Tribune, NY News Syndicate. Next appearance in Super Comics #1. |
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| Comic Story | Simp Catches On (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Simp O'Dill |
| Notes | Topper to The Nebbs. Bell Syndicate. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Cookie; Velvet |
| Notes | Next appearance in Super Comics #1. |
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| Activity | Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games, Tricks & Comics (1 page) |
| Featuring | Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games, Tricks & Comics |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Four single panel cartoons in black, white and red. 8-13 and 8 16 and two undated . |
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| Text Story | Warlord of the Wilderness, Part Two (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Art Langdon; Helen Langdon; Mrs. Langdon; Major Rogers; Captain Williams; Mitchipok |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. |
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| Comic Story | The Mongoose (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | copyright 1937 by NEA Service Inc |
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| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Skeezix Wallet; Sissy; Brick; Trixie |
| Notes | copyright 1936 by Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. Next appearance in Super Comics #1 |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Winnie Winkle; Perry Winkle; Mr. Winkle; Mrs. Winkle; Mascot (a dog) |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. May 3- 36 on page 2. Next appearance in Super Comics #1. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Looie |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. Bottom of Winnie Winkle pages. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Moon Mullins [Moonshine Mullins]; Kayo; Cousin Effie; Clem; Uncle Willie |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Kitty Higgins |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt |
| Notes | Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. |
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| Comic Story | Wet Paint |
| Credits | Pencils: Charlie Mueller (assistant) | Inks: Charlie Mueller (assistant) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Smitty |
| Notes | Chicago Tribune, NY News Syndicate. |
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| Comic Story | Catching Butterflies |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Herby |
| Notes | Topper for Smitty. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Bell Syndicate. Copyright Fontaine Fox. Four single panel cartoons. 7-17 on 4th panel. |
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| Activity | Chimpsey's Cartoon Circus (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Chimpsey's Cartoon Circus |
| Content | Characters: Chimpsey |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Blaze [also as Sparks] |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Bell Syndicate. Four single panel cartoons. |
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| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Andy Gump [Andrew Gump]; Min Gump [Minerva Gump] |
| Notes | Chicago Tribune, NY News Syndicate |
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| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Apple Mary; Sunny; Goldie Diggs; Dennie; Bill |
| Notes | 7-25-37. Copyright 1937 by Publishers Syndicate |
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| Comic Story | The Peccary (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | copyright 1937 by NEA Service Inc. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pop Sweeney; Sonny Sweeney |
| Notes | Copyright 1936 by Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. Black and red only. |
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| Comic Story | Going to School (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Tippie |
| Notes | Copyright George Matthew Adams Service Inc. Red and Black only. Silent strip. |
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| Comic Story | Was Marion's Father the Victim of His Own Men? (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Betsy Nebb; Junior Nebb; Buck; Mort Alter |
| Notes | copyright 1936 by the Bell Syndicate Inc |
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| Activity | Lessons for Beginners... (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Drawing Teacher |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Little Joe; Utah; Yellow Pony |
| Notes | Next Appearance in Super Comics #1. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dill; Daffy |
| Notes | Black and white. Copyright 1936 by Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate Inc. Topper for Tiny Tim. |
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| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Spooky; Fenwick Flooky |
| Notes | Topper to Smokey Stover. Chicago Tribune, NY News Syndicate. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Hal |
| Notes | copyright 1936 by the Bell Syndicate. black and red |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Harold Teen; Lillums Lovewell |
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| Featuring | The Popular Stamp Club |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Don Winslow; Red; The Crocodile (villain) |
| Notes | Don Winslow leaves Popular Comics to appear next in Crackajack Funnies #1. Sundays of 1936-11-01 and 1936-11-08 are skipped over between those issues. The two Sundays could have been originally planned to appear in Popular Comics #28 before the lineup change. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Northrup |
| Notes | Top of Skippy pages. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Skippy Skinner |
| Notes | copyright King Features Syndicate Page 2 dated 11-8. |
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| Text Article | Pole-Vaulting |
| Featuring | Popular Sports |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Publisher advertisement | Read Popular Comics, The Funnies, and The Comics for Real Fun Adventure, and Thrills! |
| Featuring | Dell Comics; Scribbly |
| Content | Characters: Scribbly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Northrup |
| Notes | Topper for Skippy. |
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| Comic Story | The Report Card |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Skippy Skinner; Mr. Skinner |
| Notes | King Features Syndicate |
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| Publisher advertisement | Don't Miss the Next Issue of The Funnies and The Comics |
| Featuring | Dell Comics |
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| Advertisement | Boys! Earn Money and a Bike! |
| Featuring | Crowell Publishing Co. |
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| Cartoon | William A. Wellman |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: William A. Wellman [Wild Bill Wellman] |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Kayo; Mrs. Mullins; Professor Smug |
| Notes | copyright Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. Next Appearance in Super Comics #1. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Kitty Higgins |
| Notes | copyright Chicago Tribune NY News Syndicate. Bottom of Moon Mullins page. |
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| Featuring | Popular Comics Contest |
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| Advertisement | Miscellaneous Advertisements (1 page) |
| Featuring | Johnson and Smith Co. |
| Notes | Back cover |
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