The Funnies #48

(October 1940)

Dick Tracy is on the Trail Again! (Table of Contents)

Dick Tracy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Chester Gould; ?

Inks:

Chester Gould; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Dick Tracy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Promo for Dick Tracy Four Color (Dell, 1939 series) #8. Interior panel and cover are depicted.

["A swift strato-liner wings westward with Phantasmo..."] (Table of Contents)

Phantasmo Master of the World / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

R. S. Callender

Pencils:

E. C. Stoner (signed)

Inks:

E. C. Stoner (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Phantasmo; Whizzer McGee

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Large Feature Comic (Dell, 1939 series) #18 (1941)

Indexer Notes

original Dell hero

["The young smithy has again proved his loyalty to the king..."] (Table of Contents)

The Black Knight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period; adventure

Characters:

The Black Knight

Indexer Notes

Part of a continuing story.

["Hello-- hello-- D.A.?"] (Table of Contents)

Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? [as EAP] (signed)

Inks:

? [as EAP] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Mr. District Attorney

Synopsis:

Mr. District Attorney breaks up an espionage ring.

Indexer Notes

Signed "EAP" in next-to-last panel.

Read The Voice (Table of Contents)

The Voice The Invisible Detective / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Voice

Indexer Notes

Promo for "The Voice, the Invisible Detective" feature in Popular Comics featuring part of a page from a story. Promo takes up bottom third of page and left two-thirds of top of page.

Stamps (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Classified ads for postage stamps. Section occupies right one-third of top two-thirds of the page.

Hi, Funnies' Fans... (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Contest in which the parts of a drawing have to be cut out and pasted together. The completed drawing is then sent in to enter the Dell Publishing Contest. Two first prizes of one boys' and one girls' Rollfast bicycles. Winners of the contest in War Comics #3 are also announced: Jane Cooper, Jacksonville, Fla., and Bobby Emery Wessick, Watertown, Mass.

["After discovering an enemy 'fifth column' camp..."] (Table of Contents)

Rex- King of the Deep / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alden McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)

Inks:

Alden McWilliams [as A. McWilliams] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Rex; Tim

Synopsis:

Rex and his submarine crew battle a band of "Fifth Columnists."

["Speed and Mickey have just missed death several times!"] (Table of Contents)

Speed Martin - Newsreel Cameraman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vic Bloom (credited)

Pencils:

Bob Hebberd [as Hebb] (signed)

Inks:

Bob Hebberd [as Hebb] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Signed "Hebb" in a circle in fifth panel on last page. Art credit from Who's Who in American Comic Books 1928-1999.

["Deep in the ruins of the ancient city..."] (Table of Contents)

The Sky Ranger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Jenney [as R.L.J.] (signed)

Inks:

Bob Jenney [as R.L.J.] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; aviation

Indexer Notes

Initialed "R. L. J." on bottom of next-to-last page. Art credit from Who's Who in American Comic Books 1928-1999.

["Helium is being beseiged!"] (Table of Contents)

John Carter of Mars / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Coleman Burroughs (credited)

Inks:

John Coleman Burroughs (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

John Carter; Tars Tarkas; Dejah Thoris

Lucky Storm (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Text story with one illustration.

["Flying to Lima, Peru, Wash and Easy meet an American girl, Mary Lancaster..."] (Table of Contents)

Captain Easy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Crane (credited)

Pencils:

Roy Crane (credited)

Inks:

Roy Crane (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Captain Easy; Wash Tubbs; Mary Lancaster

Reprints:

• from Captain Easy Soldier of Fortune (NEA Service) Sunday newspaper reprints from 1939.09.24 - 1939.10.29

Indexer Notes

Dialogue is re-lettered. First part of a continued story.

["Swimming Googles"] (Table of Contents)

Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Illustrated ad for novelties from Johnson Smith & Co., Detroit, Mich.

[Ready] (Table of Contents)

Daisy Air Rifles; Red Ryder / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Harman (signed); ? (additional art)

Inks:

Fred Harman (signed); ? (additional art)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Red Ryder; Little Beaver (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Illustrated ad for Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine for $2.95. Several headshots of Red Ryder, one of Red Ryder on horseback, and small full-figure of Little Beaver. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Plymouth, Mich.