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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published April 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing M C Gaines (managing); Sheldon Mayer (assistant)
Notes M. C. Gaines listed as Managing Editor

Cover Details

Characters Scribbly; Mutt; Jeff; Ben Webster; Reg'lar Fellas; Skippy; Toonerville Folks
Genre humor; adventure
Pencils Sheldon Mayer
Inks Sheldon Mayer
Letters typeset
Notes M. C. Gaines is listed as Managing Editor.

10 page Red, White and Blue story "Canal Zone Intrigue"

Characters Red Dugan (introduction); Whitey Smith (introduction); Blooey Blue (introduction); Doris West (introduction)
Synopsis Three old pals in the military service from Oakville reunite, they believe, to save Doris West, not realizing that she is a G-2 agent for the United States Secret Service, who is on the trail of a ring buying U.S. military secrets.
Genre adventure
Script Jerry Siegel ?
Pencils William Smith
Inks William Smith
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Corrections made in November, 2004 by Bob Hughes.

4 page Mutt and Jeff filler

Characters Mutt; Jeff; Mutt's wife; Cicero
Synopsis In this series of one page cartoons, 1) Mutt decides to paint his house rather than have professionals do it....with disastrous results; 2) Jeff, owing a friend $1, decides to get a buck the easy way out of Mutt by showing him a magic trick; 3) Mutt helps Cicero built a boat in the basement....but it's the boy who figures out a way to get it out of that basement; and 4) Mutt takes his wife and Cicero fishing in the new boat.
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints.

1 page Tippie story "Hey! Move Over!"

Characters Tippie
Synopsis Tippie and her dog go to bed together, until her dog decides to take over all the space for itself!
Genre humor
Script Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)
Pencils Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)
Inks Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)
Letters Edwina Dumm
Notes Newspaper reprints. Credits corrected (October, 2004). Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-4-6.

1 page Always Belittlin' story

Characters Skippy; Mr. Brown
Synopsis When a friend of Skippy's berates him for not buying him a drink, Skippy offers to do so, even though the friend is unaware the drink contains castor oil!
Genre humor
Script Percy Crosby (signed)
Pencils Percy Crosby (signed)
Inks Percy Crosby (signed)
Letters Percy Crosby
Notes Newspaper reprints (two half-pages). Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-4-6.

1 page Skippy story

Characters Skippy
Genre humor
Script Percy Crosby (signed)
Pencils Percy Crosby (signed)
Inks Percy Crosby (signed)
Letters Percy Crosby
Notes Newspaper reprints (two half-pages).

1 page Nugent's Original Puzzles, Games, Tricks & Comics activity

Script Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)
Pencils Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)
Inks Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)
Letters Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent]

4 page Reg'lar Fellers story

Characters Pinhead; Jimmie; Curley; Puddinhead
Genre humor
Script Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks Gene Byrnes (signed)
Letters Gene Byrnes
Notes Newspaper reprints.

1 page All-American Stamp Club text article

Genre fact
Letters typeset
Editing Montgomery Mulford

4 page Hop Harrigan story "Hop Leaves the Farm"

Characters Hop Harrigan (introduction); Tank Tinker [called Ikky] (introduction); Prop Wash (introduction)
Synopsis Having lost his father's farm, Hop jumps into a Flying Jenny and lands at an air field, meeting two people destined to be life-long friends.
Genre aviation
Script Jon L. Blummer [as Jon Elby] (signed)
Pencils Jon L. Blummer [as Jon Elby] (signed)
Inks Jon L. Blummer [as Jon Elby] (signed)
Letters Jon L. Blummer [as Jon Elby]

4 page Scribbly story

Characters Scribbly Jibbet; Scribbly's un-named mother; Amelia "Sisty" Hunkel; Daphine; Sylvester; Butch; Eppie; Gladys
Synopsis Scribbly returns from a trip to the coast with his mother and Sisty only to discover that his favorite girl, Daphine, has fallen for a soldier.
Genre humor
Script Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Inks Sheldon Mayer (signed)
Letters Sheldon Mayer
Notes Topper is Why Big Brudders Leave Home! Continued from series in Dell's The Funnies. Last appearance in the Funnies #29, March, 1939.

6 page Adventures in the Unknown story "The Mystery Men of Mars: Part 1"

Characters Ted Dolliver; Alan Kane; Professor Lutyens
Synopsis Alan and Ted meet one another by pure chance, but both become involved with a Professor who has figured out a way to reverse gravity. They are asked by the professor to accompany him in his space ship, "The Wanderer", on a trip to Mars, where they are told they will find fame and fortune.
Genre science fiction
Script Carl H. Claudy (signed)
Pencils Stan Aschmeier
Inks Stan Aschmeier
Notes Book adaption, with art corrections (from Jerry Bails and Craig Delich) by Bob Hughes (November, 2004).

1 page Ben Webster story "The Strange Instructions"

Characters Ben Webster; Briarsie (Ben's dog)
Genre adventure
Script Edwin Alger (signed)
Pencils Edwin Alger (signed)
Inks Edwin Alger (signed)
Letters Edwin Alger
Notes Newspaper reprints.

1 page Ben Webster story "The Fun Begins!"

Characters Ben Webster
Genre adventure
Script Edwin Alger (signed)
Pencils Edwin Alger (signed)
Inks Edwin Alger (signed)
Letters Edwin Alger
Notes Not to be confused with Russell Cole who did fillers using the pen-name "Alger".
Reprinted Newspaper reprints.

1 page Ben Webster story "Matt Mattix's Dismay!"

Characters Ben Webster; Professor Matt Mattix; Briarsie (Ben's dog)
Synopsis Ben moves a down-on-his-luck friend into better quarters and provides him with some money to get along. However, that friend suddenly has "friends" of his own crawling out of the woodwork to access some of that money.
Genre adventure
Script Edwin Alger (signed)
Pencils Edwin Alger (signed)
Inks Edwin Alger (signed)
Letters Edwin Alger
Notes Newspaper reprints.

1 page Ben Webster story "Money! Money! Money!"

Characters Ben Webster; Professor Matt Mattix; Briarsie (Ben's dog)
Genre adventure
Script Edwin Alger (signed)
Pencils Edwin Alger (signed)
Inks Edwin Alger (signed)
Letters Edwin Alger
Notes Newspaper reprints.

1 page Spot Savage, the All-American News Hound story "Introducing Spot Savage"

Characters Spot Savage
Synopsis Spot is given the assignment to interview The Duchess.....who turns out to be a man!
Pencils Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks Harry Lampert (signed)
Letters Harry Lampert
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-4-6.

2 page Daisybelle story

Characters Daisybelle
Genre humor
Script Gene Byrnes (signed)
Pencils Gene Byrnes (signed)
Inks Gene Byrnes (signed)
Letters Gene Byrnes
Notes Newspaper reprints.

1 page Mutt and Jeff story

Characters Mutt; Jeff
Genre humor
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints (two half-pages).

1 page Cicero's Cat story

Characters Cicero; Cicero's Cat
Genre funny animal
Script Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Pencils Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Inks Al Smith [as Bud Fisher] (signed)
Letters Al Smith
Notes Newspaper reprints (two half-pages).

1 page Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends activity

Synopsis Five different magic tricks are illustrated and explained.
Script Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)
Pencils Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)
Inks Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent] (signed)
Letters Arthur William Nugent [as A. W. Nugent]

1 page Always Belittlin' story

Characters Skippy; Northrup
Genre humor
Script Percy Crosby (signed)
Pencils Percy Crosby (signed)
Inks Percy Crosby (signed)
Letters Percy Crosby
Notes Newspaper reprints (two half-pages).

1 page Skippy story

Characters Skippy
Genre humor
Script Percy Crosby (signed)
Pencils Percy Crosby (signed)
Inks Percy Crosby (signed)
Letters Percy Crosby
Notes Newspaper reprints (two half pages).

1 page Tippie story "All Safe! Let It Rain!"

Characters Tippie
Genre humor
Script Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)
Pencils Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)
Inks Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (signed)
Letters Edwina Dumm
Notes Newspaper reprints.

1 page All-American Champs story

Characters Davey O'Brien; Hank Luisetti; Ernie Lombardi
Genre fact
Pencils Walter Galli (signed)
Inks Walter Galli (signed)
Letters Walter Galli

3 page Toonerville Folks story

Characters Stanley; Uncle Eben; Katrinka; Ezra
Synopsis The kids decide to milk the cow out in the snow and end up with snow ice cream! Later, Katrinka offers to pull Stanley's sled, but ends up pulling a "train" of sleds. Still later, Stanley decides to test out his mother's belief that whenever Uncle Eben's corns hurt, it snows.
Genre humor
Script Fontaine Fox (signed)
Pencils Fontaine Fox (signed)
Inks Fontaine Fox (signed)
Letters Fontaine Fox
Notes Newspaper reprints.

3 page Bobby Thatcher story

Characters Bobby Thatcher; Tubby; ? Bowers
Synopsis The boys go out on a fishin g trip, but get caught in a rainstorm and decide to hunker down in a deserted house.
Genre adventure; children
Pencils George Storm (signed)
Inks George Storm (signed)
Letters George Storm

2 page Jimmy Stone text story "A Real American"

Characters Jimmy Stone (introduction); Mr. Hackett (introduction)
Synopsis Jimmy, an orphan who lost his father in a fire that was set by racketeers and burned down the family store, decides to go to night school and become a lawyer. Hovering around the dock areas, he discovers a spy ring and alerts the Police to the matter.
Genre adventure
Script Loring Dowst (signed)
Pencils Sheldon Mayer
Inks Sheldon Mayer
Letters typeset

4 page Wiley of West Point story

Characters Bob Wiley; Mr. Knox; Dexter
Synopsis Bob wins an appointment to West Point, but a landslide on the road heading to the Point has it blocked, so Bob decides to parachute into the facility instead!
Genre adventure
Pencils Lt. Richard Rick (signed)
Inks Lt. Richard Rick (signed)

1 page none promo (ad from the publisher) "MOVIE COMICS No. 1 April 1939"

Synopsis House ad for the 1st issue of Movie Comics, complete with cover which has an illustration from the film starring Jackie Cooper, "Scouts to the Rescue".
Letters typeset
Notes Found on the inside back cover.