(April 1937)

Dell, 1937 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1937-04-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indexed from a scan from Digital Comic Museum (digitalcomicmuseum.com).

On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1937, New Series, Volume 32, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 343702. Copyright was given to Stephen Schlesinger, Inc.

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Wash Tubbs / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I told you to get a pre-shrunk tent!
Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Wash Tubbs [Washington Tubbs II]
Keywords
rain
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
John Hix
Pencils
John Hix
Inks
John Hix
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Drinking water from a volcano
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover page.

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

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

Script
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Trapped in a ranch house by claim jumpers...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Tom Mix

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

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

Script
Roy Crane
Pencils
Roy Crane
Inks
Roy Crane
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
With work to do, the recent attempt on his life...
Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Wash Tubbs [Washington Tubbs II]; Joe Picket
Reprints
  • from Wash Tubbs daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

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

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

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Trapped in a San Francisco waterfront dive...
Genre
adventure; military

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

Ford of the Foreign Legion / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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?
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typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ordered to the suicide wall repair duty...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Ford of the Foreign Legion

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

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

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As Sky Clipper is attacked over the Pacific by pirates...
Genre
aviation

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

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

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Unjustly accused of rustling Dad Cordell's cattle...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
The Lone Marshall

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

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

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Attempting to rescue Gerald Dale...
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Tom Beatty

Cowboy Comics (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
Pencils
J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
Inks
J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier; humor
Reprints
  • from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

4 individual cartoon panels.

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

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

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Bound for the west are Bill Gardner, his sister Nancy...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Prairie Bill

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

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

Script
John Hix
Pencils
John Hix
Inks
John Hix
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tristan da Cunha the island of health...
Genre
non-fiction

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

The Shooting Sheriff / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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The lawless Thompson brothers and their mob...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
The Shooting Sheriff

How to Make the LD-1 (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dusty Dowst
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Cowboy Comics (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier; humor

Indexer Notes

2 individual cartoon panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

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As Erik Noble, Cyclone Kenny and other gold-seeking forty-niners...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Erik Noble

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

Myra North, Special Nurse / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Thompson
Pencils
Charles Coll
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
As a prisoner aboard the royal yacht...
Genre
adventure; drama
Characters
Myra North
Reprints
  • from Myra North Sundays (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

3 separate strips (one per page).

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

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

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That's a hard way to go west.
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Arizona Kid

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Magic! / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sandini
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

4 magic tricks.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

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Persued by Black Diablo and his outlaws...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Sombrero Pete

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Adventure Stamps / text story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Isidore Klein (credited as I. S. Klein)
Pencils
E. H. Gunder
Inks
E. H. Gunder
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

The Legend of Bregenz and The Loot of Lima.

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

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

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In a chill April dawn, George Baby Face Nelson...
Genre
crime

Cowboy Comics (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script
J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
Pencils
J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
Inks
J. R. Williams (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier; humor
Reprints
  • from Out Our Way daily (NEA) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

4 individual cartoon panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Psst! Mark -- Mark Cameron!
Genre
spy
Characters
Doctor Doom

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

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

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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
G-Man Jim and his squad raid the hideout...
Genre
crime; detective-mystery
Characters
G-Man Jim

Develop That Bump of Imagination! (Table of Contents: 25)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Brigham
Pencils
Brigham
Inks
Brigham
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover page.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I told you to get a pre-shrunk tent!"]
    Wash Tubbs
  2. 1. ["Drinking water from a volcano"]
    You Wouldn't Believe It
  3. 2. ["Trapped in a ranch house by claim jumpers..."]
    Tom Mix
  4. 3. ["With work to do, the recent attempt on his life..."]
    Wash Tubbs
  5. 4. ["Trapped in a San Francisco waterfront dive..."]
    Coast Guard
  6. 5. ["Ordered to the suicide wall repair duty..."]
    Ford of the Foreign Legion
  7. 6. ["As Sky Clipper is attacked over the Pacific by pirates..."]
    Flying the Sky Clipper
  8. 7. ["Unjustly accused of rustling Dad Cordell's cattle..."]
    The Lone Marshall
  9. 8. ["Attempting to rescue Gerald Dale..."]
    Tom Beatty
  10. 9. Cowboy Comics
    Out Our Way
  11. 10. ["Bound for the west are Bill Gardner, his sister Nancy..."]
    Prairie Bill
  12. 11. ["Tristan da Cunha the island of health..."]
    You Wouldn't Believe It
  13. 12. ["The lawless Thompson brothers and their mob..."]
    The Shooting Sheriff
  14. 13. How to Make the LD-1
  15. 14. Cowboy Comics
    Out Our Way
  16. 15. ["As Erik Noble, Cyclone Kenny and other gold-seeking forty-niners..."]
    Erik Noble and the Forty-Niners
  17. 16. ["As a prisoner aboard the royal yacht..."]
    Myra North, Special Nurse
  18. 17. ["That's a hard way to go west."]
    Arizona Kid
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Magic!
  20. 19. ["Persued by Black Diablo and his outlaws..."]
    Sombrero Pete
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Adventure Stamps
  22. 21. ["In a chill April dawn, George Baby Face Nelson..."]
    In the Name of the Law
  23. 22. Cowboy Comics
    Out Our Way
  24. 23. ["Psst! Mark -- Mark Cameron!"]
    International Spy Featuring Doctor Doom
  25. 24. ["G-Man Jim and his squad raid the hideout..."]
    G-Man Jim
  26. 25. Develop That Bump of Imagination!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
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