Popular Comics (1936-1948 Dell) 28

Stories and art by Hal Forrest, Reynold Brown, Edwina Dumm, Fontaine Fox, Percy Crosby, Al Smith, J. R. Williams, William Ferguson, Jack Warren, Martha Orr, Chet Smith, Clyde Lewis, Paul Webb, Gene Byrnes, Jim Gary, Dick Ryan, Stookie Allen, Bob Moore, Carl Pfeufer, Sam Merwin, Ed Cronin, A. W. Nugent, and Stan Randall. Edited by comics pioneers M.C. Gaines and Sheldon Mayer. An early comic book from Dell, featuring reprinted newspaper comic strips alongside new material. A horse trader faces conflict with a female radio-station owner and tractor technology, in an adaptation of the Gene Autry Western movie The Old Barn Dance. Four Tailspin Tommy Sunday pages, featuring uncredited inks by soon-to-be-famous Hollywood movie poster artist Reynold Brown. Don Dixon battles the forces of Kath, tyrant of the Hidden Empire.Toonerville Folks; Gene Autry: The Old Barn Dance; Mutt and Jeff; Loco Luke; Skippy; Always Belittlin'; Time Out!; Herky; Tippie; The Mountain Boys; Chimpsey's Cartoon Circus; Daisybelle; Tailspin Tommy; G-Men on the Job; Out Our Way; Don Dixon and the Hidden Empire; Soldiers of Fortune: Capt. Russell Meredith; Apple Mary; This Curious World; Son of the Minute Men; Real Magic; Tad of the Tanbark; Toby and the Soaring Sofa. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.