(October 1940)

Columbia, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1940-08-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Columbia Comic Corporation
Editing
Vin Sullivan (editor)

Issue Notes

Number and date on cover only.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Joe Palooka / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now, fellers, I'll show youse a left jab on th' bag!
Genre
humor; sports
Characters
Joe Palooka; Skyman; Charlie Chan; Rocky Ryan (inset)
Keywords
boxing
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Cover gallery

[Joe Undercover] (Table of Contents: 1)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ham Fisher (credited)
Pencils
Ham Fisher (credited)
Inks
Ham Fisher (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hungry and looking for work...
Genre
adventure; sports
Characters
Joe Palooka; Buddy Peters; Knobby Walsh; "Anthracite" Hardy
Reprints
  • from Joe Palooka daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

strip reprints; Inside Front-Cover

[The Cancer Cure] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Skyman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited as Paul Dean)
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the ultra-modern medical hospital...
Genre
superhero; adventure; aviation
Characters
The Skyman [Allan Turner]; Fawn Carroll

[The Blue Light Murders] (Table of Contents: 3)

Tom Kerry / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (credited as Gene Baxter)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (credited as Gene Baxter)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As an elderly patrolman is walking his beat...
Genre
crime
Characters
Tom Kerry; Colleen Leary; Doc Swanson

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mike the Mascot / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Schwab ?
Pencils
Fred Schwab ?
Inks
Fred Schwab ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why certainly we'll take care of your dog...

[The Liquid Air Bomb] (Table of Contents: 5)

Spy-Chief / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Mart Bailey (signed)
Inks
Mart Bailey (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In these troubled times....
Genre
spy
Characters
Spy-Chief [Jeff Cardiff]; Mr. Harkins

Jibby Jones Wins a Contest (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Jibby Jones; Frank Markey Hall, Jr.; Jerry Mack

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Bungle Family / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Pencils
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Inks
H. J. Tuthill (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Phone for me?
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from The Bungle Family Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier is the "Short Stories" strip by the same creator.

[The Kidnapping of David Frome, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 8)

Charlie Chan / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alfred Andriola (signed)
Inks
Alfred Andriola (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Inspector Chan Stop! Wait!
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Charlie Chan; Spencer Frome; Mr. Barrow; General Jura; Carla Jura; Colonel Bamba
Reprints
  • from Charlie Chan daily (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Football Game] (Table of Contents: 9)

Jibby Jones / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Creig Flessel (signed)
Pencils
Creig Flessel (signed)
Inks
Creig Flessel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We ought to lick Slug Malone's team today...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Jibby Jones; Jane; "King Kong" Peterson; Slug Malone

[The Moon Mistress] (Table of Contents: 10)

Rocky Ryan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Setting off alone from Singali...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Rocky Ryan; Queen Moora (villain, introduction, death); La Chega

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
J. P. McEvoy (credited)
Pencils
John Striebel (credited as J. H. Striebel) (signed as J. H. Striebel)
Inks
John Striebel (credited as J. H. Striebel) (signed as J. H. Striebel)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Golly it's hot!
Genre
humor
Characters
Dixie Dugan; her father; her mother
Reprints
  • from Dixie Dugan Sunday (The McNaught Syndicate)

Indexer Notes

The top tier on each page features "Good Deed Dotty" by the same creators.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Mortimer the Monk / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Zz-z!

[The Counterfeit Quarters] (Table of Contents: 13)

Marvelo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
See this quarter, Marvelo?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Marvelo; Butch Benders; Slugger Saunders (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Amazing Faces / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
Pencils
George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
Inks
George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Man who sit on tack...
Genre
non-fiction

[The Van Doorn Murder] (Table of Contents: 15)

The Face / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Blake (credited)
Pencils
Mart Bailey
Inks
Mart Bailey
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our feature story tonight...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Face [Tony Trent]; Freddie van Doorn; Marcia; Babs Walsh
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Now, fellers, I'll show youse a left jab on th' bag!"]
    Joe Palooka
  2. 1. [Joe Undercover]
    Joe Palooka
  3. 2. [The Cancer Cure]
    The Skyman
  4. 3. [The Blue Light Murders]
    Tom Kerry
  5. 4. ["Why certainly we'll take care of your dog..."]
    Mike the Mascot
  6. 5. [The Liquid Air Bomb]
    Spy-Chief
  7. 6. Jibby Jones Wins a Contest
  8. 7. ["Phone for me?"]
    The Bungle Family
  9. 8. [The Kidnapping of David Frome, Part 1]
    Charlie Chan
  10. 9. [The Football Game]
    Jibby Jones
  11. 10. [The Moon Mistress]
    Rocky Ryan
  12. 11. ["Golly it's hot!"]
    Dixie Dugan
  13. 12. ["Zz-z!"]
    Mortimer the Monk
  14. 13. [The Counterfeit Quarters]
    Marvelo
  15. 14. ["Man who sit on tack..."]
    Amazing Faces
  16. 15. [The Van Doorn Murder]
    The Face
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