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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 1936
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing ?

Cover Details

Cover Details - "Of all the scary goofs..."

Genre children
Pencils J. R. Williams
Inks J. R. Williams
Colors ? (red tones)
Notes On inside front cover. Actually four single panel gags titled: "Seconding the Motion," "The Rub-Off," "Oh, That's Different," and "Heroes Are Made Not Born."

4 page Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48 story "I've picked up these two out of town papers..."

Genre spy
Script Norman Marsh
Pencils Norman Marsh
Inks Norman Marsh

Half page Mutt & Jeff story "Quack, quack! Did your uncle, the one they shot..."

Genre humor
Script Bud Fisher
Pencils Bud Fisher
Inks Bud Fisher

Half page Cicero's Cat story "Baby - Angel or Devil?"

Genre humor
Script Bud Fisher
Pencils Bud Fisher
Inks Bud Fisher

Half page Reg'lar Fellers story "What do they mean by going off the gold standard..."

Genre children; humor
Script Gene Byrnes
Pencils Gene Byrnes
Inks Gene Byrnes

Half page Daisybelle story "There's the haunted house!"

Genre children; humor
Script Gene Byrnes
Pencils Gene Byrnes
Inks Gene Byrnes

1 page This Curious World story "The Great Ant-Eater & The Skunk"

Genre fact; animal
Script William Ferguson
Pencils William Ferguson
Inks William Ferguson

1 page Home Magic activity "Here are two "catches"..."

Script A. W. Nugent
Pencils A. W. Nugent
Inks A. W. Nugent
Letters ?; typeset

4 page Boots story "Dern! There's Jim in there..."

Genre humor
Script Edgar Everett Martin
Pencils Edgar Everett Martin
Inks Edgar Everett Martin

4 page Tailspin Tommy story "We left Taggart parachuting down..."

Genre adventure; aviation
Script Hal Forrest
Pencils Hal Forrest
Inks Hal Forrest
Notes Each page has a Tailspin Tommy Flying Club strip on the bottom with instructional data on flying planes.

Half page Flapper Fanny story "Would you like to see my new dance?"

Genre children
Script Gladys Parker
Pencils Gladys Parker
Inks Gladys Parker

Half page Salesman Sam story "Practice Makes Perfect"

Genre humor
Script C. D. Small
Pencils C. D. Small
Inks C. D. Small

Half page The Nut Bros. story "You say Uncle Filbert has invented a way..."

Genre humor
Script Gene Aherne
Pencils Gene Aherne
Inks Gene Aherne

Half page Mr. Blotto cartoon "Carry your trunk?"

Genre humor
Script Gene Aherne
Pencils Gene Aherne
Inks Gene Aherne

Half page Our Boarding House with Major Hoople story "Hey, Alvin, run out and get your Dutch uncle a toothpick!"

Genre humor
Script Gene Aherne
Pencils Gene Aherne
Inks Gene Aherne

Half page Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete story "Shorty, Pete drove t'town..."

Genre western
Script Fred Harman
Pencils Fred Harman
Inks Fred Harman

Half page On the Range text story "Th' whole blame country has a hero complex..."

Genre western
Script Fred Harman
Pencils Fred Harman
Inks Fred Harman

2 page Myra North, Special Nurse story "Myra North, special nurse, while attending a man who was shot..."

Genre drama
Script Ray Thompson
Pencils Charles Coll
Inks Charles Coll

Half page Reg'lar Fellers story "Pass these boys right in!"

Genre children; humor
Script Gene Byrnes
Pencils Gene Byrnes
Inks Gene Byrnes

Half page Daisybelle story "What's your name?"

Genre children
Script Gene Byrnes
Pencils Gene Byrnes
Inks Gene Byrnes

Half page The Nut Bros. story "Uncle Filbert suggested we give over this space..."

Genre humor
Script Gene Aherne
Pencils Gene Aherne
Inks Gene Aherne

Half page Mr. Blotto cartoon "Have a heart, officer..."

Genre humor
Script Gene Aherne
Pencils Gene Aherne
Inks Gene Byrnes

Half page Our Boarding House with Major Hoople story "Look, Uncle Amos!"

Genre humor
Script Gene Aherne
Pencils Gene Aherne
Inks Gene Aherne

Half page Otto Honk story "Oboy! At last!"

Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly
Inks Bela Zaboly

Half page Out Our Way story "Breakfast is nearly ready..."

Genre humor
Script J. R. Williams
Pencils J. R. Williams
Inks J. R. Williams

2 page The Tiny Mites text story "Wee Coppy's heart was standing still..."

Script Hal Cochran
Pencils George Scarbo
Inks George Scarbo
Letters typeset
Notes Illustrations in black & white with instruction to "Read the story, then color the pictures." Second page appears between the second Stranger Than Fiction page and the first Herky page.

1 page Stranger Than Fiction story "King Edward"

Genre fact
Script Richard W. Thomas
Pencils Walter Galli
Inks Walter Galli

4 page Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune story "Like rollicking school boys on a holiday vacation..."

Genre adventure
Script Roy Crane
Pencils Roy Crane
Inks Roy Crane

Half page Flapper Fanny story "Hurry up - Betty..."

Genre humor
Script Gladys Parker
Pencils Gladys Parker
Inks Gladys Parker

Half page Salesman Sam story "Maybe They Better Take the Sign Down"

Genre humor
Script C. D. Small
Pencils C. D. Small
Inks C. D. Small

Half page Mutt and Jeff story "Laugh, Clown, Laugh!"

Genre Humor
Script Bud Fisher
Pencils Bud Fisher
Inks Bud Fisher

Half page Cicero's Cat story "A Very Rainy Day"

Genre humor
Script Bud Fisher
Pencils Bud Fisher
Inks Bud Fisher

4 page Alley Oop story "Now that I've been exiled from Moo..."

Genre adventure
Script V. T. Hamlin
Pencils V. T. Hamlin
Inks V. T. Hamlin
Notes Includes a "Dinny's Family Album" panel on each page.

2 page Freckles and His Friends story "Salty! Hurry..."

Genre adventure
Script Merrill Blosser
Pencils Merrill Blosser
Inks Merrill Blosser

1 page Stranger Than Fiction story "Herdaley Family"

Genre fact
Script Richard W. Thomas
Pencils Walter Galli
Inks Walter Galli

1 page Herky story "Vot kind uf ize gream do you got?"

Genre children
Script Clyde Lewis
Pencils Clyde Lewis
Inks Clyde Lewis

Half page Otto Honk story "I ain't gonna pay for no turkey dinner this year."

Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly
Inks Bela Zaboly

Half page Out Our Way story "I don't know what you'd do without me..."

Genre humor
Script J. R. Williams
Pencils J. R. Williams
Inks J. R. Williams

1 page A Dog's Life story "He's dropped it again!"

Script Beck
Pencils Beck
Inks Beck
Notes Four single panel cartoons, three of which are titled: "The Freshly Varnished Floor," "Envying the Lucky Dog That 'Belongs' to the Butcher," and "The Tip-Off."

2 page From the Notes of Maj. Cosmo Strange, D.S.O. text story Concluding "Death Masquerade"

Genre detective
Script George Baker
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset

3 page Ben Webster's Page story "How far do we have to go, Elmer?"

Genre adventure
Script Jay Jerome Williams

Half page Tad of the Tanbark story "Not knowing that they are overheard..."

Genre adventure
Script Bob Moore
Pencils Carl Pfeufer
Inks Carl Pfeufer
Notes Split over three pages.

Half page Scissor Sketches activity

Genre animal
Script Bob Moore
Pencils Carl Pfeufer
Inks Carl Pfeufer
Notes Circus animals to cut out and make into small standees. Feature shares top third of three pages with Tad of the Tanbark.

2 page Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire story "Simbi rescued from a horrible fate..."

Script Bob Moore
Pencils Carl Pfeufer
Inks Carl Pfeufer
Notes Spread over three pages.

2 page Happy Mulligan story "Have you seen Shorty...?"

Genre humor
Notes Contains a racist depiction of an African-American.

2 page The Adventures of 'Sparagus and Chubby story "Well, so you finally got us a job..."

Genre humor

1 page Herky story "Just wait till you see Andy in action..."

Genre children
Script Clyde Lewis
Pencils Clyde Lewis
Inks Clyde Lewis

1 page Everybody's Playmate activity

Script A. W. Nugent
Pencils A. W. Nugent
Inks A. W. Nugent
Notes "Puzzles, Tricks & Games"

1 page This Curious World filler "Toucans & Water Buffalo"

Genre Fact; animal
Script William Ferguson
Pencils William Ferguson
Inks William Ferguson

Half page Mutt and Jeff story "What am I lookin' for?"

Genre humor
Script Bud Fisher
Pencils Bud Fisher
Inks Bud Fisher

Half page Cicero's Cat story "Bubbles"

Genre humor
Script Bud Fisher
Pencils Bud Fisher
Inks Bud Fisher

Half page Reg'lar Fellers story "How didja ever get that eye?"

Genre children; humor
Script Gene Byrnes
Pencils Gene Byrnes
Inks Gene Byrnes

Half page Daisybelle story "It's just too bad, Daisybelle!"

Genre children
Script Gene Byrnes
Pencils Gene Byrnes
Inks Gene Byrnes

Half page The Nut Bros. story "Ches Nut Clothes Pressing Co."

Genre humor
Script Gene Aherne
Pencils Gene Aherne
Inks Gene Aherne

Half page Mr. Blotto cartoon "Zz-z-z-buz-z-zog"

Genre humor
Script Gene Aherne
Pencils Gene Aherne
Inks Gene Aherne

Half page Our Boarding House story "Egad, I fear I'm a bit late..."

Genre humor
Script Gene Aherne
Pencils Gene Aherne
Inks Gene Aherne

1 page Stories in Stamps text article

Genre fact
Script I. S. Klein
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Letters ?; typeset
Notes The stories behind three stamps: "Ancient City - New Name." "The Great Marquis," and "The Flying Dutchman."

Half page Bronc Peeler and Coyote Pete story "Howdy Miss..."

Genre humor; western
Script Fred Harman
Pencils Fred Harman
Inks Fred Harman

Half page Uncle Bill story "Gosh, Martha - My big toe is killing me..."

Genre humor; western
Script Fred Harman
Pencils Fred Harman
Inks Fred Harman

Half page Salesman Sam story "Smoke Gets in Your Nose"

Genre humor
Script C. D. Small
Pencils C. D. Small
Inks C. D. Small

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Popular Comics Ad"

Pencils ? (various)
Inks ? (various)
Letters typeset
Notes Ad for next issue of Popular Comics, on sale September 25th.