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Crackajack Funnies
Date | Number: 26 | Lang: English (en)
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NameCrackajack Funnies 26 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly | Editing: Oskar Lebeck
NotesThe 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.
 
Cover1 page
GenreAdventure
PencilsBob Bugg (signed)
InksBob Bugg (signed)
 
Comic StoryThe Three Limping Kidnappers / Ellery Queen (8 pages)
GenreDetective-mystery
 
Comic StoryRed Morgan's Dam / Red Ryder (5 pages)
GenreWestern-frontier
CharactersRed Ryder; Little Beaver
Script
PencilsFred Harman
InksFred Harman
Notesstrip reprints
 
Comic StoryInside the Hollow Earth / Bob and Bill (7 pages)
CharactersBob and Bill (first appearance; two Boy Scouts); a giant (first appearance); a giant's wife (first appearance)
PencilsBob Bugg
InksBob Bugg
 
Comic StoryThe Menace of Dr. Thor: Part ? / Don Winslow (4 pages)
GenreWar
CharactersDon Winslow; Red Pennington; Dr. Thor (villain); the Duchess (villain)
Script
NotesStrip reprints.
Previous indexer listed F. V. Martinek as the artist, but he was only the writer.
 
Comic StoryDuel With a Destroyer / Stratosphere Jim and His Flying Fortress (8 pages)
GenreAdventure; Aviation
CharactersThe Nazis (villains)
Script ?
PencilsAl McWilliams (signed)
InksAl McWilliams (signed)
 
Comic StoryTumak's Return / One Million B.C. (4 pages)
Notesadapted from Hal Roach's movie ONE MILLION B.C.
 
Comic StoryThe T.S. Show Mystery / Gabby Scoops (5 pages)
Script
PencilsWilliam Treadwell
InksWilliam Treadwell
 
Comic StoryRoses For Virginia / Wash Tubbs (4 pages)
Script
PencilsRoy Crane
InksRoy Crane
Notesstrip reprints
 
Comic StoryAdmiral Bird's Ship / Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie (4 pages)
GenreAnthropomorphic-funny Animals
CharactersPenguin Pete; Pudgie
Script
PencilsWin Smith (signed)
InksWin Smith (signed)
Notesstrip reprints?

The "Penguin Pete and His Pal Pudgie" feature formerly appeared in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 Series), but is now moving to Crackajack Funnies.
 
Comic StoryThe Food Racketeers / The Owl (8 pages)
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe Owl [Nick Terry]; unnamed Police Inspector; Lee Terry's servant); Belle Wayne [as Bell]
Script (signed)
PencilsFrank Thomas (signed)
InksFrank Thomas (signed)
NotesAccording to Michael Barrier in his book "Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comics", Frank Thomas was the writer. Previous indexer credited Leonard Steinman.

Thomas' first Owl story in this title.

In Alter Ego #151 article, Thomas' daughter recounts that whenever her father was doing characters and needed a name, he used names of people that the family knew.
 
StoryHerky
GenreHumor
CharactersHerky; Pinchy; Lois
Script
PencilsClyde Lewis
InksClyde Lewis
First LineDo you think I look like a glamor boy, Herk?
Notesstrip reprint

The "Herky" feature is currently appearing in Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 Series) and will now be appearing in Crackajack Funnies also.
 
Comic StoryThe Power Plant / The Crusoes (5 pages)
 
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