The Comics #1

(March 1937)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

You Wouldn't Believe It / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

John Hix (signed)

Pencils

John Hix (signed)

Inks

John Hix (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Human touch cannot distinguish frozen mercury from red hot iron

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Betsy Anna

Reprints

• from Strange as It Seems daily (McClure Newspaper Syndicate) 193X-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

© McClure Newspaper Syndicate listed on page.

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

Wash Tubbs / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane (credited, signed)

Pencils

Roy Crane (credited, signed)

Inks

Roy Crane (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hidy, boys, how's everything in Turtle Creek?

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Wash Tubbs; Bud; Captain Easy; Joe Picket; Willie Zarat (villain)

Reprints

• from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA Service, Inc.) 1936-06-29 [Third and fourth panels switched.]
• 1936-06-30 [Fourth panel slightly widened on left side.]
• 1936-07-01 [Third panel cropped on left side. Edge of fourth panel cover over by next day's first panel.]
• 1936-07-03 [Reprinted out of sequence. Additional art added to right side of third panel and left side of fourth panel.]
• 1936-07-02 [Reprinted out of sequence. Fourth panel dropped.]
• 1936-07-06 [1936-07-04 not reprinted. Fourth panel dropped.]
• 1936-07-07 [Additional art added to left side of second panel.]
• 1936-07-08 [First and second panels switched. Third panel dropped. Additional art added to left side of fourth panel.]
• 1936-07-09 [First panel dropped.]
• 1936-07-10 [First, second, and fourth panels dropped.]
• 1936-07-11 [Fourth panel dropped.]
• 1936-07-12 [Fourth panel slightly trimmed on left side.]

Keywords

El Hoyo

Indexer Notes

Dialogue re-written on all the strip reprints.

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

In the Name of the Law / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

William Engle ?

Pencils

Henry Vallely

Inks

Henry Vallely

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Listen, honey- no dick'll ever beat me to the draw

Genre

crime

Characters

Officer Frederick Hirsch (death); Billie Dunn (villain); Fats Durlinger (villain); Two-Gun Crowley [Francis Crowley] (villain)

Reprints

• in In the Name of the Law [Big Little Books, 1100 Series] (Whitman, 1937 series) # 1155 (February 15, 1937) [See notes.]

Keywords

Nassau County

Indexer Notes

Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, In the Name of the Law [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1155 was published on February 15, 1937, which would have been near the same time this issue was released. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. The art was probably prepared at same time and altered as needed.

Date of publication from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1937, New Series, Volume 34, Number 3, page 237.

Cowboy Comics (Table of Contents: 4)

Out Our Way / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams (signed)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (signed)

Inks

J. R. Williams (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Out Our Way daily (NEA Service, Inc., 1922 series) 1935-12-24, 1935-12-17, 1935-04-09, 1935-03-19

Indexer Notes

4 single panel cartoons, titled No Sale; The Cold Shoulder; The Close Relation; The Dawn Rusher

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

Sombrero Pete / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Lillian I. Christensen ?

Pencils

Mort Cowen

Inks

Mort Cowen

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, boy, it sure smells good!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Sombrero Pete; Don Buena; Senorita Angeles; Pinto (a dog); Black Diablos Gang (villains)

Reprints

• from Sombrero Pete [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1136 [See notes.]

Keywords

Mexico

Indexer Notes

Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Sombrero Pete [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1136 was published on March 2, 1936. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. Date of publication from Catalog too.

Also per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Lillian I. Christensen is listed as the author of the Big Little Book and possibly this story too. (Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1936, New Series, Volume 33, Number 3, page 255; via Art Lortie GCD-Chat post October 19, 2018 (https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyri331li/page/254, retrieved 21 October 2018).

Gunfighter's Range (Table of Contents: 6)

Tom Mix / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Tom Mix; Tony (a horse); Steve; Ted Barton

Reprints

• from ?

Indexer Notes

Story may have been adapted from one of the Tom Mix Whitman Publishing Big Little Books.

Contact Telegraphy (Table of Contents: 7)

Muscles are Better Than Magic! / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sandini (credited)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Boy Martyr of Costa Rica; Slave Who Defied the Foreign Legion (Table of Contents: 8)

Adventure Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Isidore Klein (credited as I. S. Klein)

Pencils

Edmund H. Gunder

Inks

Edmund H. Gunder

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Adventure Stamps Sunday (NEA Service, Inc., 1936 series) 1936-05-24 - 1936-05-31 [Originally a topper comic strip to Wash Tubbs comic strip. May 24, 1936 is the first strip of this feature.]

Indexer Notes

Page includes 2 strips plus some stamp advertisements.

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

Erik Noble and the Forty-Niners / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Lloyd Edwin Smith ?

Pencils

B. F. McNaughton

Inks

B. F. McNaughton

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gold! Gold!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Erik Noble; Cyclone Kenny; Monte Miller; Van Zelm

Reprints

• from Erik Noble and the Forty-Niners [Big Little Books, 700 Series] (Whitman, 1934 series) # 722 (May 23, 1934) [See notes.]

Keywords

gold rush

Indexer Notes

Story was adapted from the 1934 Whitman Publishing Big Little Book "Erik Noble and the Forty-Niners", which was written by Lloyd Edwin Smith and illustrated by B. F. McNaughton. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail.

Date of original publication of Big Little Book from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1934, New Series, Volume 31, Number 12, page 1016.

Lone Marshal and the Border Rustlers (Table of Contents: 10)

The Lone Marshall / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Lone Marshal; Lobo (a horse); Dad Cordell; Mary Cordell; Tim Crawford; Vajo; Dan Russell (villain); Klem Russell (villain)

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

Tom Beatty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Richard X. Vale ?

Pencils

George R. Taylor ?

Inks

George R. Taylor ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's time to move!

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Tom Beatty; Gerald Dale; Herman; Jerry (villain); Scar Corvin (villain); Spike (villain)

Reprints

• from Tom Beatty Ace of the Service [Big Little Books, 700 Series] (Whitman, 1934 series ) # 723 ? (July 23, 1934) [See notes.]

Keywords

kidnapping

Indexer Notes

Story reprinted and altered probably from Tom Beatty Ace of the Service # 723 (the only Tom Beatty Big Little Book published before 1934, next not published until 1937). Art work is probably the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail.

Date of original publication of Big Little Book from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1934, New Series, Volume 31, Number 12, page 1026.

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

Prairie Bill / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

G. P. Alkire ?

Pencils

Hal Arbo

Inks

Hal Arbo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The West is the place, Nancy

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Prairie Bill Gardner; Ben Howell; Dan Farley; Louis De Monte; Nancy Howell; Ricardo

Reprints

• from Prairie Bill and the Covered Wagon [Big Little Books, 700 Series] (Whitman, 1934 series) # 758 (August 23, 1934) [See notes.]

Indexer Notes

Art reprinted from the 1934 Whitman Publishing Big Little Book "Prairie Bill and the Covered Wagon", which was written by G. P. Alkire and illustrated by Hal Arbo. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail.

Date of original publication of Big Little Book from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1934, New Series, Volume 31, Number 12, page 955.

[OH-1] (Table of Contents: 13)

Model Plane / activity / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

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

G-Man Jim / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A man left a note for you, sir!

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

G-Man Jim; Ellen Swan; Joseph; Officer Grogan; Officer Weiss; Scar Baldwin; The Masked Czar (villain)

Reprints

• from ?

Keywords

kidnapping

Indexer Notes

Story may have been adapted from one of the G-Man Whitman Publishing Big Little Books.

Cowboy Comics (Table of Contents: 15)

Out Our Way / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams (signed)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (signed)

Inks

J. R. Williams (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Out Our Way daily (NEA Service, Inc., 1922 series) 1935-11-05, 1935-10-15, 1935-10-01 [Right side of panel trimmed.], 1935-10-22

Indexer Notes

Four single panel cartoons, titled Heroes Are Made-Not Born; Water Tight; Heroes Are Made-Not Born; Old Faithful

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Arizona Kid / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Peter K. Maple ?

Pencils

Hal Arbo

Inks

Hal Arbo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hustle on, boy!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Arizona Kid

Reprints

• from Arizona Kid on the Bandit Trail [Big Little Books, 1100 Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1192 (April 7, 1936) [See notes.]

Indexer Notes

Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Arizona Kid on the Bandit Trail [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1192 was published on April 7, 1936. That book was written by Peter K. Maple and illustrated by Hal Arbo. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. It was probably prepared at same time and altered as needed.

Date of original publication of Big Little Book from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1936, New Series, Volume 33, Number 8, page 885.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Myra North, Special Nurse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Thompson (credited)

Pencils

Charles Coll (signed)

Inks

Charles Coll (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So you remembered about a certain crested ring you had!

Genre

adventure; medical; drama

Characters

Myra North; Curly [Prince Adrian]; Colonel Zoria (villain); Rosan (villain)

Reprints

• from Myra North, Special Nurse Sunday (NEA Service, Inc., 1936 series) 1936-08-09, 1936-08-16, 1936-08-23, 1936-08-30

Indexer Notes

© 1936 by NEA Service, Inc. on panels.

Cowboy Comics (Table of Contents: 18)

Out Our Way / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

J. R. Williams (signed)

Pencils

J. R. Williams (signed)

Inks

J. R. Williams (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Out Our Way daily (NEA Service, Inc., 1922 series) 1935-08-20, 1935-07-09

Indexer Notes

Two single panel cartoons, titled The Hide Away; The Dead March

Hey Fellows! (Table of Contents: 19)

Hecker Products Corp. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Ford of the Foreign Legion [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 20)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

historical

Characters

Ford; Lt. Louis Poiret

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

Flying the Sky Clipper / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dougal Lee ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That fellow in compartment six sure has a heavy bag!

Genre

adventure; aviation

Characters

Chuck Carson; Jarvis; Sparks; Winsie Atkins; Mr. Kent (villain)

Reprints

• from Flying the Sky Clipper with Winsie Atkins [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1108 [See notes.]

Keywords

Sky Clipper

Indexer Notes

Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Flying the Sky Clipper with Winsie Atkins [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1108 was published on September 19, 1936. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but in color, added word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. It was probably prepared at same time and altered as needed.

Publication date from Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1936, New Series, Volume 33, Number 3, page 1299 (https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyri331li/page/254, retrieved 21 October 2018).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

The Shooting Sheriff / comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script

Leon Morgan ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ain't no sheriff alive kin tell me an Bill what to do!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Sheriff Terry Dean; Mayor Miller; Sheriff Whitney (death); Ben Thompson (villain); Bill Thompson (villain)

Reprints

• from Shooting Sheriffs [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1195 [See notes.]

Keywords

Dolan's Saloon; Ellsworth

Indexer Notes

Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Shooting Sheriffs (called Shooting Sheriffs of the Wild West) [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1195 was published on September 19, 1936. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but in color, added word balloons, and minus illustrative detail.

Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1936, New Series, Volume 33, Number 3, page 1238; via Art Lortie GCD-Chat post October 19, 2018 (https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyri331li/page/254, retrieved 21 October 2018).

New Pocket Radio (Table of Contents: 23)

Little Giant Radio / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom / comic story / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script

Conrad Vane ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gentlemen, as Minister of War...

Genre

spy

Characters

Doctor Doom; Baron De Klabe; Mark Cameron; Roark; Sonia; The Falcon (villain)

Reprints

• in International Spy, Doctor Doom Faces Death at Dawn [Big Little Books, 1100 Series] (Whitman, 1937 series) # 1148 (March 18, 1937) [See notes.]

Keywords

Merovia; Returia

Indexer Notes

Per Catalog of Copyright Entries, International Spy, Doctor Doom Faces Death at Dawn [Big Little Books, 1100 Second Series] (Whitman, 1936 series) # 1148 was published on March 18, 1937, which would be about a couple months after this issue was released. Art work is the same as in the Big Little Book, but modified to be in color, adding word balloons, and minus illustrative detail. It was probably prepared at same time and altered as needed.

Date of publication from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1937, New Series, Volume 34, Number 5, page 528.

New! Pocket Radio (Table of Contents: 25)

Tinytone Radio / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Coast Guard and the Rajah's Ransom (Table of Contents: 26)

Coast Guard / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; military

Characters

Jerry Minton; Limpy Connors; Pop Berley; Scar-Ear Vint (villain)

Keywords

U.S. Coast Guard

Indexer Notes

Story may have been adapted from the 1936 Whitman Publishing Big Little Book "S.O.S. Coast Guard", which was written by William Engle and illustrated by Henry E. Vallely.

Talk-Sing-Play (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

Well of the Padres His Living Tomb (Table of Contents: 28)

National Carbon Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

E. P. Lyle III; Mr. Tyson

Indexer Notes

Back cover.