Issue Details

Issue	#77
Published	October 1944
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	56
Editing	?
Notes	Indexer's copy is missing 12 center pages (including a Smitty story referred to on the cover)

Cover Details - "Super Comics"

Characters	Dick Tracy; Junior; Pat Patton
Genre	Crime
Notes	Indexer's copy is missing 12 center pages (including a Smitty story referred to on the cover)

1 page Little Joe story "untitled"

Characters	Little Joe Oak; Utah; Mrs. Oak
Genre	Western
Script	Ed Leffingwell; Harold Gray
Pencils	Robert Leffingwell
Inks	Robert Leffingwell
Notes	Inside Front Cover (black & white and shades of red); credits furnished by Maurice Horn (100 Years of American Newspaper Strips)
Reprinted	Little Joe newspaper strip (News Syndicate, 1941)

8 page Dick Tracy story "untitled"

Characters	Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Junior
Genre	Crime
Script	Chester Gould
Pencils	Chester Gould
Inks	Chester Gould
Reprinted	Dick Tracy newspaper strips (Chicago Tribune, 1940)

4 page Brenda Starr story "untitled"

Characters	Brenda Starr; Muggs Walters; Daphne; Tom; Larry
Genre	Adventure; Drama
Script	Dale Messick
Pencils	Dale Messick
Inks	Dale Messick
Reprinted	Brenda Starr newspaper strips (Chicago Tribune, 1941)

4 page Winnie Winkle, the Breadwinner story "untitled"

Characters	Winnie Winkle; Bill Wright
Genre	Drama; Adventure
Script	Martin Michael Branner
Pencils	Martin Michael Branner
Inks	Martin Michael Branner
Reprinted	Winnie Winkle newspaper strips (Chicago Tribune, 1939)

Harold Teen story "untitled"

Characters	Harold Teen
Genre	Teen; Humor
Script	Carl Ed
Pencils	Carl Ed
Inks	Carl Ed
Notes	Indexer's copy is missing center pages.
Reprinted	Harold Teen newspaper strips (News Syndicate, 1940)

4 page Tiny Tim story "untitled"

Characters	Tiny Tim
Genre	Fantasy; Adventure
Script	Stanley Link
Pencils	Stanley Link
Inks	Stanley Link
Reprinted	Tiny Tim newspaper strips (N.Y. News Syndicate, 1939)

1 page The Ripples story "untitled"

Characters	Harvey Ripple; Alice Ripple; Butch Ripple
Genre	Family; Humor
Script	George Clark
Pencils	George Clark
Inks	George Clark
Reprinted	The Ripples newspaper strip (News Syndicate, 1940)

6 page Clyde Beatty story "untitled"

Characters	Clyde Beatty
Genre	Celebrity; Adventure
Notes	Clyde Beatty (1903-1965) was a big-game hunter/ lion tamer/animal trainer who appeared in many films and television shows.
Reprinted	Clyde Beatty newspaper strips (Famous Artists Syndicate, 1944)

2 page text story "Bird Man Up a Tree"

Genre	Adventure
Script	R.S. Callender
Letters	Typeset

7 page Little Orphan Annie story "untitled"

Characters	Annie; Sandy
Genre	Drama; Adventure
Script	Harold Gray
Pencils	Harold Gray
Inks	Harold Gray
Reprinted	Little Orphan Annie newspaper strips (News Syndicate, 1942)

1 page Sweeney & Son story "untitled"

Characters	"Pop" Sweeney; Sonny Sweeney
Genre	Family; Humor
Script	Al Posen
Pencils	Al Posen
Inks	Al Posen
Notes	Inside Back Cover (black & white with shades of red)
Reprinted	Sweeney & Son newspaper strip (News Syndicate, 1940)

1 page Sweeney & Son story "untitled"

Characters	"Pop" Sweeney; Sonny Sweeney
Genre	Family; Humor
Script	Al Posen
Pencils	Al Posen
Inks	Al Posen
Notes	Back Cover (full color)
Reprinted	Sweeney & Son newspaper strip (News Syndicate, 1940)