Issue Details

Issue	#42
Published	August 1939
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Dippy; Tailspin Tommy; The Masked Pilot; The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]; Shark Egan; Herky; Bronc Peeler; Toby; Tex Thorne; Ben Hur
Genre	Adventure; Crime; Humor; Period; Western

Half page The Comic Zoo story "Boys and girls, how do you like this idea?"

Characters	Three-Fisted Rudy; Killer Kangaroo
Genre	Humor
Notes	On inside front cover in black, white and red.

Half page activity "Winner of May Contest"

Letters

typeset

4 page Tex Thorne story "Tex Thorne has been forced to join an outlaw gang."

Characters	Tex Thorne; Topaz (a horse); Jane Hoskins; Jimmy Hoskins; Jerry (villain); Clamp Hackett (villain); Brim (villain; corpse)
Genre	Western
Script	? [as Zane Grey]

Half page School Days Out Our Way story "The Flop"

Genre	Gags
Script	J. R. Williams (credited)
Pencils	J. R. Williams (credited)
Inks	J. R. Willaims (credited)

Half page Worry Wart story "Heroes are Made not Born"

Genre	Gags
Script	J. R. Williams (credited)
Pencils	J. R. Williams (credited)
Inks	J. R. Willaims (credited)

4 page Shark Egan story "Shark Egan and his flying pal, Ace O'Dool, disappeared from their prison"

Characters	Shark Egan; Ace O'Dool; Mary McDermot; Kanaka Lew; Angkar; Curly; Red Mack
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	John Donaldson
Inks	John Donaldson
Notes	Pencils and inks credits per Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999.

1 page activity "Popular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers"

Notes

Solution on page 24 of comic and is included in page count.

4 page The Hurricane Kids story "A strange bat-like creature has carried Alan off"

Characters	The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]
Genre	Adventure
Script	Albert Hartje
Notes	Writer credit per Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999.

4 page Mr. Wong, Detective Featuring Boris Karloff advertisement "Simon Dayton and Christian Wilk have both been murdered"

Characters	Mr. Wong; Lee Tong; Captain Sam Street; Mr. Meisle (death); Mrs. Roemer; Anton Mohl [Mr. Granich] (villain); Carl Roemer (villain)
Genre	Detective

2 page Toby story "Oomog, disguised as one of the spooks"

Characters	Toby; Oomog; Li'l Booey
Script	? [as Stan]
Pencils	? [as Stan]
Inks	? [as Stan]

1 page Herky story "She's my gal and I'm her beau"

Characters	Herky; Lois
Synopsis	Herky goes to a fortune teller.
Genre	Humor
Script	Clyde Lewis (credited)
Pencils	Clyde Lewis (credited)
Inks	Clyde Lewis (credited)

Half page The Comic Zoo story "Sold Out"

Genre

Humor

1 page Hold Everything story "Hold Everything"

Genre	Gags
Script	Clyde Lewis (credited)
Pencils	Clyde Lewis (credited)
Inks	Clyde Lewis (credited)
Notes	Four single panel gags.

4 page The Masked Pilot story "Well, what is it, Tom?"

Characters	The Masked Pilot; Tom; Dwight Ellis; Alexis (villain); Otto (villain); Miguel (villain); Josef (villain)
Genre	Adventure
Script	Bob Jenney
Pencils	Bob Jenney
Inks	Bob Jenney

4 page Tailspin Tommy story "There is nothing to be accomplished tonight."

Characters	Tailspin Tommy; Skeets; Betty; Jeems; Miss Stanley
Genre	Adventure
Script	Hal Forrest
Pencils	Hal Forrest
Inks	Hal Forrest

2 page Popular Comics Contest activity "Are You the All-American Boy or Girl"

4 page G-Men story "G-Men Versus the Living Masks"

Characters	G-Men; G-Man Larry Lane; Buddy Barton; Pat McCann (villain)
Genre	Crime; Detective

6 page Monogram Pictures Present Jack Randall story "Stars Over Arizone"

Characters	Jack Dawson; Grizzly Ike; Jane Manning; Governor Cole; John Cole; Yucca Bill Thompson; Hashknife Holden; Chuckawalla Joe; May (villain); Blackie (villain); Lopez (villain); Sidewinder Steve (villain); Ace Carter (villain)
Genre	Western

3 page Tarzan text story "Tarzan and Bolgani"

Characters	Tarzan; James Hunter Blake; Wilbur Stimbul; Bolgani (a gorilla); Histah (a snake)
Genre	Jungle
Letters	typeset

Half page The Comic Zoo story "Oh, Daddy!"

Genre	Gags
Script	George Scarbo (signed)
Pencils	George Scarbo (signed)
Inks	George Scarbo (signed)

Half page Scrapbook Sketches story "Scrapbook Sketches"

Genre

Gags

Half page Life is Funny That Way story "Life is Funny That Way"

Genre	Gags
Script	George Scarbo (signed)
Pencils	George Scarbo (signed)
Inks	George Scarbo (signed)

Half page Daisy Air Rifles advertisement

Letters

typeset

2 page Popular Stamp Club text article "There are a great multitude of ship stamps"

Letters

typeset

4 page Ben Hur story "Ben Hur sees the chariot of Sheik Ilderim"

Characters	Ben Hur; Malluch; Sheik Ilderim; Simonides; Esther; Balthasar; Messala; Valerius Gratus
Genre	Period

6 page Gang Busters story "Together we'll make headlines!"

Characters	Officer Harris (death); Al Collins (villain); Cora Collins (villain)
Genre	Crime
Script	Al McWilliams ?
Pencils	Al McWilliams (signed)
Inks	Al McWilliams (signed)

Half page Worry Wart story "The Turtles Stomach"

Genre	Gags
Script	J. R. Williams (credited)
Pencils	J. R. Williams (credited)
Inks	J. R. Willaims (credited)

Half page School Days Out Our Way story "Complications"

Genre	Gags
Script	J. R. Williams (credited)
Pencils	J. R. Williams (credited)
Inks	J. R. Willaims (credited)

3 page Bronc Peeler story

Characters	Bronc Peeler; Babs; Bat Wilson (villain)
Genre	Western
Script	Fred Harman (credited)
Pencils	Fred Harman (credited)
Inks	Fred Harman (credited)

1 page Herky story "I'm gonna be a dictator when I get a little bigger"

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

1 page Carnival story "Carnival"

Genre	Gags
Notes	Six single panel gags on inside back cover in black, white and red.

1 page The Funnies promo (ad from the publisher) "The Funnies"

Notes

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