(July-August 1944)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1944-06-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Brand
A Dell Magazine
Editing
?

Issue Notes

June 16 on-sale date per page 325, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1944 Periodicals New Series Vol 39 Pt 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Red Ryder / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Fred Harman (signed)
Inks
Fred Harman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Red Ryder; Thunder (Red's horse); longhorn steer
Synopsis
Thunder falls before the charge of a longhorn steer, unsaddling Red.
Cover Thumbnail for Red Ryder Comics (Dell, 1942 series) #20
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[Pertecter of Womanhood] (Table of Contents: 1)

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Neg Cochran (credited as Clyde Lewis)
Pencils
Neg Cochran (credited as Clyde Lewis)
Inks
Neg Cochran (credited as Clyde Lewis)
Colors
? (red tones)
Letters
Neg Cochran (credited as Clyde Lewis)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pertecter of womanhood -- that's me, Hoiky!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Herky; Noodles
Synopsis
Noodles recounts to Herky his adventure as a protector of womanhood. He stopped Sniff Snyder's punching his girlfriend, inviting Sniff to hit him instead, and that's all he recalls, removing his cap and showing Herky the lump on his noggin.
Reprints
  • from Herky Sunday newspaper comic strip (N. E. A. Service, Inc.) 1939.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Colored with shades of red. Per Lambiek.com and Toonopedia.com, Neg Cochran was assigned to the strip Lewis created after Clyde Lewis in 1938 left the strip for another syndicate.

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

Red Ryder / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Harman (credited)
Pencils
Fred Harman (credited)
Inks
Fred Harman (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My head hurtum plenty bad, too, Red Ryder.
Genre
western-frontier

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

Captain Easy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Crane (credited)
Pencils
Roy Crane (credited)
Inks
Roy Crane (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shh! Speak in ze whisper, M'sieur!
Genre
adventure

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

Boots / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Not a single car has stopped!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

King of the Royal Mounted / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Zane Grey (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On the trail of the night riders, hooded hoodlums, King investigates Professor Franz...
Genre
western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sure is a terrible night, isn't it, Doctor Wonmug?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural

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

Fighting Yanks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Chambers (signed)
Inks
Jim Chambers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We've been transferred, Buck! Away from this endless mud and cold.
Genre
adventure

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

Biff Baker / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Henry Lee (credited)
Pencils
Henry Lee (credited)
Inks
Henry Lee (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My name's Spring... Ever hear of me, Dr. Max Morgen?
Genre
crime

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Beaver / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Harman (signed)
Inks
Fred Harman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just as Little Beaver swung astride his pony's back...
Genre
western-frontier

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

Freckles and His Friends / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Merrill Blosser (credited)
Pencils
Merrill Blosser (credited)
Inks
Merrill Blosser (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I feel pretty good!
Genre
humor; domestic; teen

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

Herky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There oughta be a law against 'em!
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

The inside-back cover.

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

Boots / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy-y-y! Wotta moon... wotta night!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The back cover.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Red Ryder
  2. 1. [Pertecter of Womanhood]
    Herky
  3. 2. ["My head hurtum plenty bad, too, Red Ryder."]
    Red Ryder
  4. 3. ["Shh! Speak in ze whisper, M'sieur!"]
    Captain Easy
  5. 4. ["Not a single car has stopped!"]
    Boots
  6. 5. ["On the trail of the night riders, hooded hoodlums, King investigates Professor Franz..."]
    King of the Royal Mounted
  7. 6. ["Sure is a terrible night, isn't it, Doctor Wonmug?"]
    Alley Oop
  8. 7. ["We've been transferred, Buck! Away from this endless mud and cold."]
    Fighting Yanks
  9. 8. ["My name's Spring... Ever hear of me, Dr. Max Morgen?"]
    Biff Baker
  10. 9. ["Just as Little Beaver swung astride his pony's back..."]
    Little Beaver
  11. 10. ["I feel pretty good!"]
    Freckles and His Friends
  12. 11. ["There oughta be a law against 'em!"]
    Herky
  13. 12. ["Boy-y-y! Wotta moon... wotta night!"]
    Boots
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