Popular Comics (1936 series) (Dell) #40

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Field	Previous	Change
Number	40	40
Volume		1
No Volume	No	No
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher		Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand
No Brand	No	Yes
Publication Date	June 1939	June 1939
Key Date	1939-06-00	1939-06-00
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Indicia Frequency		Monthly
No Indicia Frequency	No	No
Price	0.10 USD	0.10 USD
Page Count		68 (note: total sum of story page counts is 68)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing		?
No Editing
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 0

Field	Added
Sequence Number	0
Title
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	cover
Feature
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 1

Field	Added
Sequence Number	1
Title	"He's a five letter man"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	cartoon
Feature	Hold Everything
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	Clyde Lewis (signed)
No Script
Pencils	Clyde Lewis (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Clyde Lewis (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from Hold Everything daily (NEA Service, Inc.) 1938.04.04 from Hold Everything daily (NEA Service, Inc.) 1938.04.13 from Hold Everything daily (NEA Service, Inc.) 1938.04.14 from Hold Everything daily (NEA Service, Inc.) 1938.04.25
Notes	Four single panel gags. On inside front cover.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 2

Field	Added
Sequence Number	2
Title	"Wake up, old top, it's morning"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	The Hurricane Kids
Genre	adventure
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	The Hurricane Kids [Alan Burnham; Dave Burnham]
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	© 1939 by R.S. Callender
Keywords	dinosaurs
Reprint Links

Sequence 3

Field	Added
Sequence Number	3
Title	The Deep Sea Fish; Born Thirty Years Too Soon; The Slow Starter; The Crammer
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	cartoon
Feature	Worry Wart
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	J. R. Williams (credited)
No Script
Pencils	J. R. Williams (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	J. R. Williams (credited)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from Worry Warts daily (NEA Service, Inc.) ?
Notes	Four single panel gags.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 4

Field	Added
Sequence Number	4
Title	"The most I can do is get them away before the gang arrives"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Tex Thorne
Genre	western-frontier
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Al Micale [as Albert Micale] (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Al Micale [as Albert Micale] (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Tex Thorne; Topaz (a horse); Jane Hoskins; Jimmy Hoskins; Mr. Hoskins (death); Brim (villain); Clamp Hackett (villain); Jerky (villain)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 5

Field	Added
Sequence Number	5
Title
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	activity
Feature	Popular Crossword Puzzles by Our Readers
Genre
Job Number
Script	Wally Yoshimura; Dolores Street
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1.33
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 6

Field	Added
Sequence Number	6
Title	"Oh, Mister Hippo"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	The Comic Zoo
Genre	anthropomorphic-funny animals
Job Number
Script	George Scarbo (credited)
No Script
Pencils	George Scarbo (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	George Scarbo (credited)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	0.75
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Rudy Elephant; Mr. Hippo
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from The Comic Zoo Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) 1938.01.16
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 7

Field	Added
Sequence Number	7
Title	Fireworks
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	advertisement
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	0.25
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 8

Field	Added
Sequence Number	8
Title	"The most worthwhile thing in life is culture"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Herky
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Script
Pencils	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Herky; J. Granville Gurk; Noodles Nelson
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) ?
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 9

Field	Added
Sequence Number	9
Title	Mr. Wong, Detective
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Mr. Wong
Genre	detective-mystery
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Mr. Wong; Captain Sam Street; Christian Wilk (death); Countess Olga D'Lantrec; Lee Tong; Anton Mohl [Mr. Granich] (villain); Mr. Winters; Officer Devlin; Theodore Meisle
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	An adaptation of the Monogram Pictures movie - Boris Karloff in "Mr. Wong, Detective." © 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 10

Field	Added
Sequence Number	10
Title	"Why somebody so stingy with ol' island?"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Toby
Genre	adventure; humor
Job Number
Script	Stan Randall [as Stan] (signed)
No Script
Pencils	Stan Randall [as Stan] (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Stan Randall [as Stan] (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Toby; Oomog
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Writer and art identification by Hames Ware.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 11

Field	Added
Sequence Number	11
Title
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	text story
Feature	Tarzan
Genre	jungle
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	3
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Tarzan
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 12

Field	Added
Sequence Number	12
Title	The Jack Markey Gang [Part 1]
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Gang Busters
Genre	crime
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Mrs. Kane; Sheriff Kane (death); Officer Art Shank (death); Butch (villain); George Markey (villain); Jack Markey (villain); Mike Markey (villain); Slick (villain); Tom Markey (villain, death)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	© 1939 by Phillips H. Lord Inc.
Keywords	Everglades; moonshine
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are edited in this changeset. in Four Color (Dell, 1939 series) #7 sequence Gang Busters (comic story: 8.000) The Jack Markey Gang [ADDED]

Sequence 13

Field	Added
Sequence Number	13
Title	"Billy! Now that I'm a dentist"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	The Comic Zoo
Genre	anthropomorphic-funny animals
Job Number
Script	George Scarbo
No Script
Pencils	George Scarbo
No Pencils
Inks	George Scarbo
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	0.5
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Blackie Bear; Billy Penguin
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from The Comic Zoo Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) 1937.xx.xx
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 14

Field	Added
Sequence Number	14
Title	Winners of the February Contest
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	text article
Feature
Genre	non-fiction
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils
No Pencils	X
Inks
No Inks	X
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	0.5
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 15

Field	Added
Sequence Number	15
Title	"If one of us would get off"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	cartoon
Feature	Hold Everything
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Script
Pencils	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from Hold Everything daily (NEA Service, Inc.) 1939.02.02 from Hold Everything daily (NEA Service, Inc.) 1939.02.13 from Hold Everything daily (NEA Service, Inc.) 1939.02.16 from Hold Everything daily (NEA Service, Inc.) 1939.02.17
Notes	Four single panel cartoons.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 16

Field	Added
Sequence Number	16
Title	"I'd give a chunk of money t'know where and who that Black Rider is"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Bronc Peeler
Genre	western-frontier
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Fred Harman (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Fred Harman (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	3
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Bronc Peeler [also as Black Rider]; Babs Dalton; Fritz; Bat Wilson (villain); Jose (villain)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 17

Field	Added
Sequence Number	17
Title	"Tom! Th' right motor's missin' a beat!"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Tailspin Tommy
Genre	adventure; aviation
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Hal Forrest (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	Hal Forrest (credited)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Tailspin Tommy [Tommy Tomkins]; Skeets Milligan; Ted
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from Tailspin Tommy Sunday (The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 1938.xx.xx
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 18

Field	Added
Sequence Number	18
Title	"1. What was the name of the man who slept for twenty years?"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	activity
Feature	Popular Comics Quiz Contest
Genre	non-fiction
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 19

Field	Added
Sequence Number	19
Title	G-Men vs the Living Masks!
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	G-Men
Genre	crime
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Bob Jenney [as R.L.J.] (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Bob Jenney [as R.L.J.] (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Larry Lane; Bill; Buddy Barton; Jim; Dr. Toro (villain); Red Johnson (villain); Slim York (villain); Trigger Dolan (villain)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
Keywords	G-Man
Reprint Links

Sequence 20

Field	Added
Sequence Number	20
Title	"Sharply nah, mates!"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Shark Egan
Genre	adventure
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Shark Egan; Curly; Harp; Kanaka Lew; Limey; Mary McDermot; Red Mack
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords	The Corsair
Reprint Links

Sequence 21

Field	Added
Sequence Number	21
Title
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	text story
Feature	Popular Conundrums
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	0.67
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 22

Field	Added
Sequence Number	22
Title	No Collateral; Freedom
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	cartoon
Feature	School Days Out Our Way
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	J. R. Williams (credited)
No Script
Pencils	J. R. Williams (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	J. R. Williams (credited)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	0.5
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from School Days Out Our Way daily (NEA Service, Inc.) ?
Notes	Two single panel cartoons.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 23

Field	Added
Sequence Number	23
Title	The Dry Wash; The Worry Wart
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	cartoon
Feature	Worry Wart
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	J. R. Williams (credited)
No Script
Pencils	J. R. Williams (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	J. R. Williams (credited)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	0.5
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from Worry Warts daily (NEA Service, Inc.) ?
Notes	Two single panel cartoons.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 24

Field	Added
Sequence Number	24
Title	"The new stamp issued in commemoration of both the World's Fair in New York"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	text article
Feature	Popular Stamp Club
Genre	non-fiction
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 25

Field	Added
Sequence Number	25
Title	Trigger Smith
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Jack Randall
Genre	western-frontier
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	6
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Trigger Smith [also as Arizona Jones]; Buck Mason; Jean Mason; Joe Smith (death); Lopez; Sheriff Smith; Bud Mason (villain, death); Gallop (villain)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 26

Field	Added
Sequence Number	26
Title	"Ben Hur and Arrius, the Roman tribune, whom he has saved from drowning"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Ben Hur
Genre	drama; historical
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Ben Hur; Esther; Malluch; Quintus Arrius; Simonides
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 27

Field	Added
Sequence Number	27
Title	"You're pretty good at gittin' along with th' wimmen, Herk."
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Herky
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Script
Pencils	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Herky; Flossy Flush; Noodles Nelson
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) ?
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 28

Field	Added
Sequence Number	28
Title	"There! Here's hoping she'll stay put for the remainder of the flight!"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	The Masked Pilot
Genre	adventure; aviation
Job Number
Script	Bob Jenney (credited)
No Script
Pencils	Bob Jenney (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	Bob Jenney (credited)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	4
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	The Masked Pilot; Dwight Ellis; Marian Brook; Tom
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	© 1939 by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 29

Field	Added
Sequence Number	29
Title	"Have you seen Julius Smaltz"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Herky
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Script
Pencils	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	Clyde Lewis (credited)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Herky; Julius Smaltz; Noodles Nelson
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from Herky Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) ?
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 30

Field	Added
Sequence Number	30
Title	"We're having drip coffee this evening, gentlemen."
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	cartoon
Feature	George Clark's Carnival
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	George Clark
No Script
Pencils	George Clark
No Pencils
Inks	George Clark
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	from Carnival Sunday (NEA Service, Inc.) 1938.xx.xx
Notes	Five single panel cartoons. On inside back cover.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Sequence 31

Field	Added
Sequence Number	31
Title	Announcing the New Daisy Lone Scout Carbine
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	advertisement
Feature	Daisy Manufacturing Company
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Back cover.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Comments

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Gregory Fischer	Editing	2012-12-17 18:34:19	Available	Editing
Gregory Fischer		2013-01-08 19:37:12	Editing	Pending Review
Gregory Fischer		2013-01-08 20:04:33	Pending Review	Editing
Gregory Fischer		2013-01-08 21:34:28	Editing	Pending Review
Donald Dale Milne		2013-01-09 02:30:10	Pending Review	Under Review
Donald Dale Milne		2013-01-09 02:30:22	Under Review	Approved

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