Ace Comics #43

(October 1940)

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The Phantom / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Falk (credited)

Pencils

Ray Moore (credited)

Inks

Ray Moore (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've come to the right house! And I'm looking for you...

Genre

adventure; jungle; superhero

Reprints

• From Phantom daily strips (King Features Syndicate) 1937-11-12 - 1937-11-13, 1937-11-15 - 1937-11-20, 1937-11-22 - 1937-11-27 & 1937-11-29 - 1937-11-30.
  [One panel is omitted from one of the dailies on each page, in order to fit two 4-panel strips onto each 7-panel page.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Daffydoodles / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The first man to travel around the world.

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Readers' submissions.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Just Kids [1920s-50s] / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Pencils

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Inks

A. D. Carter (credited as Ad Carter) (signed as Ad Carter)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here are the eggs and butter -- mom.

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

The 4 pages are spread through the issue.

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

Jungle Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

Pencils

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

Inks

Alex Raymond (credited) (signed as AR)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Despite the murder of one of his native boys, Jim presses onward into hostile country...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Still On His Feet! (Table of Contents: 5)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Pencils

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Inks

Jack Sords (signed as Sords)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Arturo Godoy

Keywords

boxing

Do You Know... (Table of Contents: 6)

Collectin' Stamps / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eugene Pollock (credited as Eugene L Pollock)

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That the British Government has said...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes stamp ads.

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The Katzenjammer Kids / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Pencils

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Inks

Harold Knerr (credited as Knerr) (signed as Knerr)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Remember, veasels! Your chop iss to haul up der bucket...

Genre

humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Pencils

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Inks

Billy DeBeck (credited) (signed as Billy DeBeck)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wah -- ye orter know I don't like beef stew...

Feature Logo

Barney Google

Genre

humor

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Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Pencils

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Inks

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Walter Brennan; Jacqueline Dalya

Keywords

Celebrity

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Tim Tyler's Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Inks

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

That sun-baked buildiing can't be the place we're to occupy...

Genre

adventure

The Wrath of Montezuma - Part One (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Rutherford Montgomery (credited as Rutherford G. Montgomery)

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Prince Totonac

[At the Aquarium] (Table of Contents: 12)

Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, come back with that!

Genre

humor

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Blondie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Chic Young (credited)

Pencils

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Inks

Chic Young (credited) (signed as Chic Young)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Isn't she pretty? Who is she, Alvin?

Genre

humor; domestic

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Prince Valiant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Pencils

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Inks

Hal Foster (credited as Harold R. Foster) (signed as HAL FOSTER)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

At Dundorn Glen, Prince Valiant and his rival, stalwart Prince Arn, await...

Genre

adventure; historical

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Tillie the Toiler / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Pencils

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Inks

Russ Westover (credited) (signed as Russ Westover)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't know a soul at this dance, Bob.

Genre

drama; humor

Keywords

soap opera

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Polka-Dot Pictures / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lucy king led thug

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The first line is an anagram of the title illustrated by the picture.

General Mud Covers All (Table of Contents: 17)

Seein' Stars / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Pencils

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Inks

Feg Murray (credited) (signed as Feg Murray)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Alice Faye; Clark Gable; Ann Sothern

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Pete the Tramp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Pencils

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Inks

C. D. Russell (credited) (signed as C. D. Russell)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now who would have the nerve...

Genre

humor

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Curley Harper at Lakespur / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Pencils

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Inks

Lyman Young (credited) (signed as Lyman Young)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm sure that was Morget who fired the shot from my stolen car...

Genre

adventure

What? Still Going Strong? (Table of Contents: 20)

Sports in Pictures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Sords

Pencils

Jack Sords

Inks

Jack Sords

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Gene Venzke; Les Patrick

Keywords

ice hockey

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Teddy and Sitting Bull / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Musial (credited)

Pencils

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Inks

Joe Musial (credited) (signed as Musial)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, Sittin' Bull -- I'm stuck -- I promised Gracie...

Genre

humor; children; domestic

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Elmer / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Pencils

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Inks

Doc Winner (credited) (signed as Winner)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Will you boys stop your quarreling?

Genre

humor; children

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Room and Board / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

Pencils

Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

Inks

Gene Ahern (credited) (signed as Gene Ahern)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What sort of contraption is that...

Genre

humor; domestic

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They'll Do It Every Time / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Pencils

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Inks

Jimmy Hatlo (credited) (signed as Jimmy Hatlo)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here it is -- start here and read to page 102...

Genre

humor