Issue Details

Issue	#31
Published	August 1938
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	?

Cover Details - "Whatcha scairt of - Toby? "

Characters	Toby; Tailspin Tommy; Skippy; Herky; Shark Egan
Genre	Adventure; Humor

1 page Popular Comics Letter Club letters page "Popular Comics Letter Club"

Letters	typeset
Notes	On inside front cover in black, white and red. Letters from readers - Dominador, Larry O., Arleta B., Ernestine W., Gilbert M. and Billy O.

6 page Tim McCoy as Tim Carson story "Two Gun Justice"

Characters	Tim Carson [also as El Votago]; Kate Wiley; Tex Bowen; Nancy Bowen; Butch (villain); Bart Kane (villain)
Genre	Western
Notes	Based on the movie "Two Gun Justice," featuring Tim McCoy as Tim Carson, Betty Compson as Kate Wiley and directed by Alan James.

1 page Mutt and Jeff story "Where you goin'?"

Characters	Mutt; Jeff
Genre	Humor
Script	Bud Fisher (credited)

Half page Always Belittlin' story "How far down are ya"

Genre	Humor
Script	Percy Crosby (credited)
Pencils	Percy Crosby (credited)
Inks	Percy Crosby (credited)

Half page Skippy story "Tst! Tst!"

Characters	Skippy
Genre	Humor
Script	Percy Crosby (credited)
Pencils	Percy Crosby (credited)
Inks	Percy Crosby (credited)

Half page Always Belittlin' story "I can holler louder than any kid in the city"

Genre	Humor
Script	Percy Crosby (credited)
Pencils	Percy Crosby (credited)
Inks	Percy Crosby (credited)

Half page Skippy story "The contender for the heavyweight crown"

Characters	Skippy
Genre	Humor
Script	Percy Crosby (credited)
Pencils	Percy Crosby (credited)
Inks	Percy Crosby (credited)

1 page School Days Out Our Way story "The Best Bet; Why Mothers Get Gray; Lazy River; Born Thirty Years Too Soon"

Genre	Gags
Script	J. R. Williams (credited)
Pencils	J. R. Williams (credited)
Inks	J. R. Willaims (credited)
Notes	Four single panel cartoons in black and white.

1 page Toonerville Folks story

Script	Fontaine Fox (credited)
Pencils	Fontaine Fox (credited)
Inks	Fontaine Fox (credited)
Notes	Four single panel cartoons in black, white and red.

2 page Don Dixon story "Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire"

Characters	Don Dixon; Dr. Matt Lugoff; Milos; Lord Jard; Wanda; Mala; Kath
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils	Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Inks	Carl Pfeufer (credited)

1 page Tippie story

Characters	Tippie
Genre	Funny Animals
Script	Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited)
Pencils	Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited)
Inks	Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited)

1 page Time Out story

Genre	Gags
Script	Chet Smith (credited)
Pencils	Chet Smith (credited)
Inks	Chet Smith (credited)
Notes	Six single panel cartoons in black and white.

1 page Mutt and Jeff story "My goodness. Haven't you any helpers?"

Characters	Mutt; Jeff
Genre	Humor
Script	Bud Fisher (credited)

Half page Always Belittlin' story "Well, we got the higher prices"

Genre	Humor
Script	Percy Crosby (credited)
Pencils	Percy Crosby (credited)
Inks	Percy Crosby (credited)

Half page Skippy story "Fishing"

Characters	Skippy
Genre	Humor
Script	Percy Crosby
Pencils	Percy Crosby
Inks	Percy Crosby

1 page Nugent's Originals activity "Nugent's Originals"

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

1 page School Days Out Our Way story "The Early Bird; Brain Fag; Born Thirty Years Too Soon; Sad Endings"

Genre	Gags
Script	J. R. Williams (credited)
Pencils	J. R. Williams (credited)
Inks	J. R. Willaims (credited)
Notes	Four single panel cartoons in black, white and red.

2 page The Mountain Boys story "Dangblast thet yaller livered spit Tolliver!"

Characters	Gramma; Rafe; Willie; Luke; Grampaw; Lem Hawkins
Genre	Humor
Script	Paul Webb (credited)
Pencils	Paul Webb (credited)
Inks	Paul Webb (credited)

1 page The Curious World story "Antlers"

Genre	Fact
Script	William Ferguson (signed)
Pencils	William Ferguson (signed)
Inks	William Ferguson (signed)

1 page Toonerville Folks story

Genre	Gags
Script	Fontaine Fox (credited)
Pencils	Fontaine Fox (credited)
Inks	Fontaine Fox (credited)
Notes	Four single panel cartoons in black and white.

4 page Ted Starr Racket Buster story "To solve the mystery-murder of a fellow G-man, Ted Starr..."

Characters	Ted Starr [also as Duke Davis]; Rocky [Francis Xavier McLean]; Mr. X [Frenchy Simon] (villain); Lawyer Baile (villain); Gunman Johnny (villain)
Genre	Crime

4 page Tailspin Tommy story "Jerry's dog Socrates, saved him from the attack of the cougar"

Characters	Tailspin Tommy; Skeets; Betty; Paul; Jerry; Socrates (a dog); Martin (villain); Pete (villain); Pop Sutter (villain)
Genre	Adventure
Script	Hal Forrest (credited)
Pencils	Hal Forrest (credited)
Inks	Hal Forrest (credited)

2 page Popular Comics Contest activity "100 Ca$h Prize$ and Two Deluxe Bicycles"

Half page Daisybelle story "What happened to your nose, Daisybelle?"

Characters	Daisybelle
Genre	Humor
Script	Gene Byrnes (credited)
Pencils	Gene Byrnes (credited)
Inks	Gene Byrnes (credited)

Half page Daisybelle story "My goodness, Daisybelle"

Characters	Daisybelle; Mrs. Meril
Genre	Humor
Script	Gene Byrnes (credited)
Pencils	Gene Byrnes (credited)
Inks	Gene Byrnes (credited)

Half page Always Belittlin' story "What's up?"

Genre	Humor
Script	Percy Crosby (credited)
Pencils	Percy Crosby (credited)
Inks	Percy Crosby (credited)

Half page Skippy story "If you had a wish given to ya, would ya wish for a bicycle?"

Characters	Skippy
Genre	Humor
Script	Percy Crosby
Pencils	Percy Crosby
Inks	Percy Crosby

1 page Mutt and Jeff story "I've been up all night working on my secret invention"

Characters	Mutt; Jeff
Genre	Humor
Script	Bud Fisher (credited)

Half page Daisybelle story "Romeo and Juliet"

Characters	Daisybelle; Raymond Meeker
Genre	Humor
Script	Gene Byrnes (credited)
Pencils	Gene Byrnes (credited)
Inks	Gene Byrnes (credited)

Half page Daisybelle story "You ought to see the wonderful dog Uncle Henry brought me"

Characters	Daisybelle; Evangeline (a dog)
Genre	Humor
Script	Gene Byrnes (credited)
Pencils	Gene Byrnes (credited)
Inks	Gene Byrnes (credited)

4 page G-Men story "G-Men Versus Boat-Hook Roggan"

Characters	G-Men; G-Man Larry Lane; Buddy Barton; Lefty Fowler (villain); Boat-Hook Roggan (villain)
Genre	Crime

1 page Popular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers activity "Popular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers"

1 page This Curious World story "The Cony"

Genre	Fact
Script	William Ferguson (signed)
Pencils	William Ferguson (signed)
Inks	William Ferguson (signed)

2 page Tad of the Tanbark story "Come - if any of them wake, strike quickly"

Characters	Tad; Speed
Genre	Western
Script	Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils	Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Inks	Carl Pfeufer (credited)

1 page Herky story "Yoo hoo, Mrs. Morrill!"

Characters	Herky; Mrs. Morrill
Genre	Humor
Script	Clyde Lewis (credited)
Pencils	Clyde Lewis (credited)
Inks	Clyde Lewis (credited)

1 page The Drawing Teacher activity "Lessons for Beginners..."

Script	A. W. Nugent (credited)
Pencils	A. W. Nugent (credited)
Inks	A. W. Nugent (credited)

2 page Loco Luke and his Charlie Horse story "Loco Luke rescued a girl"

Characters	Loco Luke; Charlie Horse
Genre	Humor
Script	Jack A. Warren (credited)
Pencils	Jack A. Warren (credited)
Inks	Jack A. Warren (credited)

1 page Time Out story

Genre	Gags
Script	Chet Smith (credited)
Pencils	Chet Smith (credited)
Inks	Chet Smith (credited)
Notes	Six single panel cartoons in black and white.

1 page Tippie story

Characters	Tippie
Genre	Funny Animals
Script	Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited)
Pencils	Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited)
Inks	Frances Edwina Dumm [as Edwina] (credited)

2 page text story "White Magic, Part II"

Characters	Mr. Brent; Todd Brent
Script	James A. McLean (credited)
Pencils	James A. McLean ?
Inks	James A. McLean ?
Letters	typeset

1 page Herky story "Slick Ratski in Muscle Man"

Characters	Herky
Genre	Humor
Script	Clyde Lewis (credited)
Pencils	Clyde Lewis (credited)
Inks	Clyde Lewis (credited)

1 page Popular Stamp Club text article "The United States postage stamp issued in..."

Genre	Fact
Script	Montgomery Mulford
Letters	typeset

4 page Shark Egan story "Red Mack, buccaneer baron of the south seas"

Characters	Shark Egan; Ace O'Doul; Mary McDermot; Red Mack (villain); Curly (villain)
Genre	Adventure

2 page Toby story "After Toby and Jigger escape from the old witch on the magic sofa"

Characters	Toby; Jigger; Oomog
Genre	Humor
Script	? [as Stan]
Pencils	? [as Stan]
Inks	? [as Stan]

1 page Soldiers of Fortune text article "Bert Hall"

Characters	Bert Hall
Genre	Fact
Script	Stookie Allen (credited)
Pencils	Stookie Allen (credited)
Inks	Stookie Allen (credited)
Letters	typeset

Half page Popular Sports text article "The Swan Dive"

Genre	Fact
Script	Ed Cronin (signed)
Pencils	Ed Cronin (signed)
Inks	Ed Cronin (signed)
Letters	typeset

Half page Dell Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Read Popular Comics, The Funnies, and The Comics for Real Fun Adventure, and Thrills!"

1 page Mutt and Jeff story "Why the funny "get up," Mutt?"

Characters	Mutt; Jeff
Genre	Humor
Script	Bud Fisher (credited)

1 page Dell Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Follow the Aventures of Your Comic Favorites in These Four New Fast-Action Books"

Notes

Promos for four comics featuring Donald Duck and the Ducklings, Dick Tracy, Tailspin Tommy and Little Orphan Annie.

1 page advertisement "Miscellaneous Advertisements"

Notes

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