Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	July 1939
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	M C Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Genre	adventure
Pencils	William Smith
Inks	William Smith

8 page Red, White and Blue story "Shipyard Sabotage"

Characters	Doris West
Synopsis	The boys investigate sabotage attempts at Pearl Harbor.
Genre	adventure
Pencils	William Smith
Inks	Stan Aschmeier
Letters	Harry Lampert

1 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat story

Genre	sitcom
Script	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Pencils	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Inks	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Letters	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Notes	Newspaper reprint

1 page Reg'lar Fellers/Daisybelle story

Script	Gene Byrnes
Pencils	Gene Byrnes
Inks	Gene Byrnes
Letters	Gene Byrnes

1 page Ben Webster story "Trapped"

Genre	adventure
Script	Edwin Alger
Pencils	Edwin Alger
Inks	Edwin Alger
Letters	Edwin Alger
Notes	printed in red and black only
Reprinted	newspaper reprints

1 page Ben Webster story "Ben's Arrest"

Genre	adventure
Script	Edwin Alger
Pencils	Edwin Alger
Inks	Edwin Alger
Letters	Edwin Alger
Notes	printed in red and black only
Reprinted	newspaper reprints

1 page Ben Webster story "Charges Withdrawn"

Genre	adventure
Script	Edwin Alger
Pencils	Edwin Alger
Inks	Edwin Alger
Letters	Edwin Alger
Notes	printed in red and black only
Reprinted	newspaper reprints

1 page Ben Webster story "The Strange Invention"

Genre	adventure
Script	Edwin Alger
Pencils	Edwin Alger
Inks	Edwin Alger
Letters	Edwin Alger
Notes	printed in red and black only
Reprinted	newspaper reprints

1 page Believe It or Not filler

Genre	facts
Script	Robert L. Ripley
Pencils	Robert L. Ripley
Inks	Robert L. Ripley
Letters	Robert L. Ripley
Reprinted	Newspaper reprint

2 page Always Belittlin'/Skippy story

Genre	humor
Script	Percy Crosby
Pencils	Percy Crosby
Inks	Percy Crosby
Letters	Percy Crosby
Notes	Newspaper reprint

1 page Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends filler

Script	A. W. Nugent
Pencils	A. W. Nugent
Inks	A. W. Nugent
Letters	A. W. Nugent

4 page Bobby Thatcher story

Genre	children
Pencils	George Storm
Inks	George Storm
Notes	red and black only
Reprinted	newpaper reprints

1 page Reg'lar Fellers/Daisybelle story

Script	Gene Byrnes
Pencils	Gene Byrnes
Inks	Gene Byrnes
Letters	Gene Byrnes
Notes	Newspaper reprint

1 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat story

Genre	sitcom
Script	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Pencils	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Inks	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Letters	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Notes	Newspaper reprint

1 page Tippie story

Genre	HUMOR
Script	Edwina Dumm
Pencils	Edwina Dumm
Inks	Edwina Dumm
Notes	credits corrected 10/04
Reprinted	newspaper reprints

1 page Toonerville Folks story "The Wortle Baby"

Script	Fontaine Fox
Pencils	Fontaine Fox
Inks	Fontaine Fox
Letters	Fontaine Fox
Notes	Newspaper reprint

1 page Toonerville Folks story "Truman the Terrible"

Script	Fontaine Fox
Pencils	Fontaine Fox
Inks	Fontaine Fox
Letters	Fontaine Fox
Notes	Newspaper reprint

4 page Hop Harrigan story "Mail Flight"

Characters	Hop Harrigan, Prop Wash, Ikky Tinker
Synopsis	Prop crashes in the mountains and Hop and Ikky have to go rescue him.
Genre	aviation
Script	Jon L. Blummer
Pencils	Jon L. Blummer
Inks	Jon L. Blummer
Letters	Jon L. Blummer

6 page Adventures in the Unknown story "The Mystery Men of Mars Part 4"

Characters	Ted Dolliver, Alan Kane
Genre	science fiction
Script	Carl Claudy
Pencils	Stan Aschmeier
Inks	Stan Aschmeier
Notes	credits corrected 11/04 by Bob Hughes, from Craig Delich and Jerry Bails

1 page Tippie story

Genre	HUMOR
Script	Edwin Alger
Pencils	Edwin Alger
Inks	Edwin Alger
Letters	Edwin Alger
Notes	Newspaper reprint

1 page Mutt and Jeff/Cicero's Cat story

Genre	funny animal
Script	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Pencils	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Inks	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Letters	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Notes	Newspaper reprint

1 page Reg'lar Fellers/Daisybelle story

Script	Gene Byrnes
Pencils	Gene Byrnes
Inks	Gene Byrnes
Letters	Gene Byrnes
Notes	Newspaper reprint

3 page Jimmy Stone text story "Lesson in Blood Part One"

Genre	adventure
Script	Loring Dowst
Pencils	Ben Flinton
Inks	Ben Flinton
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text w/illo

1 page Toonerville Folks filler "Grandma. Who Don't See Very Well"

Script	Fontaine Fox
Pencils	Fontaine Fox
Inks	Fontaine Fox
Letters	Fontaine Fox
Notes	in red and black
Reprinted	newspaper reprints

1 page Real Magic to Mystify Your Friends story

Script	A. W. Nugent
Pencils	A. W. Nugent
Inks	A. W. Nugent
Letters	A. W. Nugent

2 page Always Belittlin'/Skippy story

Genre	humor
Script	Percy Crosby
Pencils	Percy Crosby
Inks	Percy Crosby
Letters	Percy Crosby
Notes	Newspaper reprint

1 page Believe It or Not story

Genre	facts
Script	Robert L. Ripley
Pencils	Robert L. Ripley
Inks	Robert L. Ripley
Letters	Robert L. Ripley
Notes	Newspaper reprint

3 page Spot Savage story "The Plot against Spot"

Pencils	Harry Lampert
Inks	Harry Lampert
Notes	in red and black

1 page Reg'lar Fellers/Daisybelle story

Script	Gene Byrnes
Pencils	Gene Byrnes
Inks	Gene Byrnes
Letters	Gene Byrnes
Notes	Newspaper reprint

1 page Mutt and Jeff/ Cicero's Cat story

Genre	sitcom
Script	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Pencils	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Inks	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Letters	Al Smith (as Bud Fisher)
Notes	Newspaper reprint

4 page Scribbly story "Dinnertime"

Characters	Scribbly; Ma Hunkel; Huey Hunkel; Herman Hunkel; Gus Hunkel; Hank Hunkel; Sisty Hunkel
Genre	teen
Script	Sheldon Mayer
Pencils	Sheldon Mayer
Inks	Sheldon Mayer
Letters	Sheldon Mayer

4 page Wiley of West Point story

Genre	adventure
Script	Lt. Richard Rick
Pencils	Lt. Richard Rick
Inks	Lt. Richard Rick
Letters	Lt. Richard Rick

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "MOVIE COMICS No. 4 July 1939"

Notes

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