Popular Comics comic books issue 29

Stories and art by Hal Forrest, Reynold Brown, Edwina Dumm, Fontaine Fox, Percy Crosby, Al Smith, J. R. Williams, William Ferguson, Jack Warren, 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 lawman poses as the Pecos Kid to infiltrate a gang of smugglers, in an adaptation of the Western movie The Painted Trail. Four Tailspin Tommy Sunday pages, featuring uncredited inks by soon-to-be-famous Hollywood movie poster artist Reynold Brown. The Flash Gordon-like Don Dixon is rescued from a terrible fate by the Princess Ardala-like Mala of the Hidden Empire. Toonerville Folks; The Painted Trail; 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: Rhys-Davids; Apple Mary; This Curious World; Son of the Minute Men; Real Magic; Tad of the Tanbark; Shark Egan; Toby and the Soaring Sofa. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.